UGC-NET 2026 provisional answer key to be released on August 16: NTA

PTI, August 14, 2026, New Delhi: The provisional answer key for UGC-NET 2026 will be published on August 16, the National Testing Agency (NT...

Government to remove 12-minute-per-hour advertisement cap for TV channels

PTI, August 14, 2026, New Delhi : The government has decided to remove the 12-minute-per-hour cap on advertisements aired by television chan...

Suvendu Adhikari says ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme to be implemented in Bengal

PTI, August 14, 2026, Kolkata : The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao project, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015, is an initiative to a...

CJI Kant says remarks were misquoted and misused to mislead youth

The 53rd CJI said transparency in judicial proceedings is necessary but it should not result in their commercial exploitation PTI, August 14...

7 killed, 3 missing after water and debris enter tunnel in Uttarakhand's Chamoli

District Disaster Management Officer N K Joshi says 22 people were inside the tunnel at the time of the incident on Thursday PTI, August 14,...

Supreme Court says NALSAR students have right to protest, questions BCI intervention

On August 13, the BCI directed all state Bar councils not to enrol any 2026 graduate of NALSAR University of Law as advocates until further ...

Centre notifies 40 questions for Census 2027, including caste and SC/ST status

Enumerators will also ask about respondents’ birthplace, place of last residence, reason for migration, duration of stay in the village or t...

India Post delivers National Flag by drone to remote Himachal village

Tiranga flown from Mandi to Rehardhar on Independence Day eve; move showcases use of drone technology to strengthen last-mile connectivity i...

Tranglaobi IED attack accused linked to five other firing cases: Manipur Police

PTI, August 13, 2026, Imphal: The accused arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with an IED attack at a resident...

Does reputation flow across generations? Delhi HC raises question in Aaradhya Bachchan lawsuit

PTI, August 13, 2026, New Delhi: Does reputation arising from one's family name flow down generationally? The query was posed by the Del...

Constitutional democracy cannot survive if witch-hunting eludes rule of law: SC

PTI, August 13, 2026, New Delhi: A constitutional democracy cannot survive if derogatory practices such as witch-hunting continue to elude t...

Jantar Mantar protest and Gen Z issues set to shape DUSU poll campaign

PTI, August 13, 2026, New Delhi: From the recent student mobilisation at Jantar Mantar to demands over admissions, metro concessions and acc...

Bengal govt withdraws Banga Bibhushan from Ananta Maharaj after Netaji remarks

PTI, August 13, 2026, Kolkata: The BJP government in West Bengal on Thursday withdrew and annulled Banga Bibhushan, the state's highest ...

Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke says another Jantar Mantar protest may begin soon

‘BJP's actions and words clearly reveal that they are afraid of the country's youth’ ANI, August 12, 2026, New Delhi :  Cockroach Ja...

SC agrees to hear plea challenging Delhi Police's alleged use of facial recognition at Jantar Mantar protest

Relying on the landmark judgment in KS Puttaswamy vs Union of India, the plea says the impugned surveillance fails the constitutional tests ...

Fresh clash erupts along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border as police fire in air to disperse mob

Economic blockade against Arunachal enters second day over alleged firing that injured 12 Assam residents PTI, August 13, 2026, North Lakhim...

Ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh arrested in connection with alleged hurried cremation of RG Kar victim's body

Ghosh, the former MLA of Panihati, is arrested on charges of destruction of evidence, criminal conspiracy, and forcing someone to carry out ...