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New Delhi, May 6: The Supreme Court today made clear that students, who appeared in National Eligibility Entrance Test-I (NEET) on May 1 for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses, cannot be permitted to re-appear in NEET-II on July 24. "Those students who had appeared in NEET Phase-I shall not be permitted to appear at NEET Phase-II but the students who could not appear in NEET Phase-I may appear in

New Delhi, May 6: Maintaining heat on the Congress, the government today said the previous UPA government had "done everything" to help AgustaWestland bag the contract for VVIP helicopters and asserted that it will track down the main beneficiaries of the kickbacks in the deal. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in the Lok Sabha that former Air chief S P Tyagi and Gautam Khaitan, both accused

New Delhi, May 6: Members of the Congress party, including Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, party president Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, were detained by the police on Friday. Party workers protested the arrest outside the Parliament Street Police station, climbing over police barricades. The party had taken out a 'Loktantra Bachao March' (Save Democracy March)

Chennai, May 6: AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa on Thursday unveiled her party manifesto for the May 16 assembly elections, promising freebies such as mobile phones to all 1.92 crore ration card holders, 50% subsidy on scooters for working women, 100 units of free power and free Wi-Fi at public places."I have fulfilled all the promises made in the last election. This time I'll do more than you can

New Delhi, May 6: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the new bankruptcy bill that proposes speedy closure of sick companies, fast action against defaulters and recovery of debt by banks. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015, the first major economic reform legislation this session, was passed with the support of Opposition Congress and other parties. This comes in the wake of a whopping Rs 9,000

New Delhi, May 5: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned ousted Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to Delhi for questioning on Monday in a corruption case, officials said. The summon comes after the CBI on April 29 began probing a videographed “sting operation” allegedly showing Rawat offering bribes to rebel Congress lawmakers to support him during a floor test in the

Mumbai, May 5: All four accused have been pronounced guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by Mumbai special court on Thursday in a 2011 Keenan-Reuben murder case. Keenan Santos (24) and Reuben Fernandez (29) were stabbed by eve-teasers after a scuffle near a paan shop in suburban Andheri on October 20, 2011. The duo were attacked when they tried to protect their woman companions from the

Bengaluru, May 5: Shreya Ukil, a 40-year-old Indian woman who was formerly a senior techie at the Wipro back office in London, claimed to have won a lawsuit in a British tribunal against the IT major for sacking her on the grounds of gender discrimination, unequal pay and victimisation. Wipro, however, said the tribunal upheld the dismissal as appropriate and rejected claims of adverse cultural

Kolkata, May 5: Over 45% of the electorate exercised their franchise in the first four hours of polling in the sixth and last phase of West Bengal Assembly elections in two districts. While East Midnapore district recorded 48.02% Cooch Behar recorded 42.07%. The overall average till 11 a.m was 45.88%. For the first time since Independence, residents of border enclaves in Cooch Behar were

New Delhi, May 5: Targeting the previous UPA regime over the controversial AgustaWestland deal, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said the ongoing probe will focus on those named in the Italian Court judgement even as he suggested the role of an “invisible hand” in preventing a proper investigation earlier. He, along with Parliamentary Affairs Venkaiah Naidu, rejected the opposition