Fast-track special courts slow as backlog mounts; nearly 2.5 lakh cases pending BENGALURU: At a time when Centre has announced setting up of Fast-Track Courts (FTC) to ensure expeditious trials in paper leak cases in the wake of the 2026 NEET fiasco, the country’s Fast-Track Special Courts (FTSCs) — operating under the most recent scheme…
NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency has terminated 47 officials and begun rebuilding its workforce with specialist leadership in cybersecurity, forensic investigation, test-centre operations and assessment research, government sources said on Friday.Some of those terminated will also face legal and criminal action based on internal inquiries and inputs from investigating agencies. More measures are expected…
The meeting commenced with the lighting of a ceremonial lamp, followed by tributes to the organisation’s former office-bearers NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, the women’s organisation ideologically affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), on Friday began its three-day first half-yearly national executive and representatives’ meeting at the Madhav Smriti campus in Samalkha, Haryana.Around…
People coming from various countries to get treatment in India A hip replacement in Vadodara. A dental procedure in Chennai. An IVF treatment in Delhi. Every year, hundreds of thousands of patients travel to India not for its monuments or beaches, but for its medical care.What was once driven largely by patients from neighbouring countries…
The Union cabinet has approved a tougher anti-paper leak Bill proposing up to 10 years in jail and a Rs 10 crore fine, signalling a major crackdown on exam fraud. At least 13 people are feared dead after a taxi was crushed by falling boulders in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul-Spiti district, highlighting the dangers posed by…
Himachal Pradesh: At least 13 feared dead after taxi crushed by boulders in Lahaul-Spiti NEW DELHI: At least 13 people, including a six-month-old infant, are feared dead after a taxi was hit by boulders on the Sansari–Killar–Tandi (SKTT) road near Kadu Nala in Himachal Pradesh’s tribal Lahaul-Spiti district on Friday.The taxi, carrying 15 passengers from…
The app allows anonymous communication without mandatory user registration, phone number verification or centralised logging of messages NEW DELHI: The Union government’s cybercrime coordination centre has directed Microsoft-owned GitHub to remove Bitchat, a Bluetooth-based messaging application developed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, citing concerns that it could be misused by terrorists, organised crime groups…
NEW DELHI: Congress veteran Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday joined the protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the alleged NEET paper leak and welcomed the dialogue between the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the Union government, expressing hope that the talks would lead to a positive outcome.Calling the agitation a significant moment, Aiyar said, “This…
Supreme Court on Manipur (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday proposed setting up special courts to conduct day-to-day trials in criminal cases arising from the 2023 ethnic violence in Manipur, while directing investigating agencies to expedite pending probes and ensure victims receive copies of chargesheets without delay.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant…
The university has also asked to exercise responsibility on social media. NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Friday asked its “all stakeholers” to “refrain from participating in or visiting gatherings at or around Jantar Mantar” that has been witnessing mobilisation against the perpetual exam paper leaks and the alleged irregularities in the education system.The…