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Ladakh stepped out. London rallied. Indore mobilised. Dehradun marched. Hyderabad joined. Mumbai dug in. Protesters rallied across geographies Tuesday, drawing students behind activist Sonam Wangchuk’s hunger strike for education reforms.For the first time since Wangchuk began his fast in solidarity with Cockroach Janta Party’s agitation, scores of students marched through Kargil carrying banners reading “Save…

Four Indian nationals were killed after a commercial vessel, MV Golden Leo, came under attack NEW DELHI: India summoned Russian charge d’affaires, Vladimir Ladanov, to protest the attack on a commercial vessel in Ukraine that left four Indian seafarers dead. The ministry of external affairs (MEA) said in a statement that it conveyed India’s grave…

New Delhi: Supreme Court judge Shree Chandrashekhar on Tuesday recused himself from hearing the bail plea of lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling in the 2016 Gadchiroli arson case. He is the third judge to recuse himself in the case after Justice Atul Chandurkar and Justice MM Sundresh, reports Amit Anand Choudhary.At the outset of the hearing, which…

SC set aside conviction and death sentence of an accused in Rajasthan’s 1996 Samleti bus blast case NEW DELHI: Holding that legitimacy of a judicial verdict is measured not by severity of the punishment but by the fairness of the processes through which guilt is determined, Supreme Court Tuesday set aside the conviction and death…

In the past 100 days, J&K authorities arrested 2,581 drug traffickers SRINAGAR: In the past 100 days, J&K authorities arrested 2,581 drug traffickers, seized 1,431 kg of narcotics, including 23.3 kg of heroin, and confiscated assets worth over Rs 188.8 crore under the “Drug-Free J&K” campaign to cripple narco-terror financing, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said…

A resident sits on the steps of a flood-affected house surrounded by inundated water NEW DELHI: At least 21 people were killed in Assam in the last 24 hours as the flood situation worsened, with more than 5.64 lakh people affected across 16 districts, according to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA).The latest fatalities…

Rahul issued a video message explaining why they staged a protest, demands debate on paper leak in Parliament NEW DELHI: The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi issued statement addressing the students and Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Congress party’s protest outside PM residence over the NEET paper leak.He shared a video…

NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday accused leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Congress of “shamelessly exploiting students as political tools” following the grand-old-party’s protest outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence over the NEET paper leak.In a social media post on X, Pradhan said Congress chose to stage a…

Rahul Gandhi being taken away by police NEW DELHI: High drama unfolded outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in Delhi on Tuesday as the Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, arrived to stage a sit-in protest, catching security personnel off guard.The Congress leaders demanded the resignation of PM Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah, and education…

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday reportedly left the party’s Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata after a verbal exchange with party supremo Mamata Banerjee.According to a report by news agency PTI, Mamata was upset with Kalyan over exceeding his allotted speaking time at the rally, where he spoke for around 23 minutes.Party…