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NEW DELHI : The Association of Indian Universities, already under the scanner over alleged financial and administrative irregularities, is now facing accusations of a potentially much larger scandal involving certification of sportspersons, with AIU president Vinay Kumar Pathak alleging that deserving university athletes may have been denied recognition and opportunities for years through systemic manipulation…

The Supreme Court is set to get five new judges after the Central Government cleared the names recommended by the SC Collegium, taking the apex court close to its newly expanded sanctioned strength of 38.Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal announced on X that the President has approved the appointment of four high court Chief Justices…

NEW DELHI: Govt is looking at pruning the list of vehicles exempted from paying tolls on national highways, and to begin vehicles attached to senior Central and state govt officers are likely to be taken out from the “exempted category”, TOI has learnt.A high level committee set up by the central govt has recommended the…

NEW DELHI: Indians remained the third largest applicants for Schengen visas globally in CY 2025, with 11.5 lakh did so with a rejection rate of 15.8%. Chinese were the largest applicants at 18 lakh with a rejection rate of 4.1%, followed by nationals of Turkey (12.5 lakh) with a rejection rate of 14.6%, according to…

NEW DELHI: Enumeration for Phase 3 of special intensive revision (SIR) – which shall cover over 37.7 crore electors across 16 states and UTs in all under different schedules – has started in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur. The exercise will verify the eligibility of around 3.7 crore electors across the four states, based on…

NEW DELHI: Govt is looking at pruning the list of vehicles exempted from paying toll on national highways, and the first category that may be removed is “secretaries to govt of India”. Currently, vehicles transporting and accompanying people holding any of the 25 public offices – such as President, PM, governor, CJI, CMs and MPs…

NEW DELHI: After an “exhaustive and microscopic” analysis of the 70-year-old Immoral Traffic Prevention Act (ITPA), Supreme Court has ruled that the principal objective of the legislation is neither to abolish prostitution nor to make it a criminal offence but to prevent its commercialisation.A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan said, “We…

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats and MLC polls in some states, BJP’s central election committee (CEC) met at PM Narendra Modi’s residence on Sunday to finalise the names of candidates.The CEC includes Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and BJP president Nitin Nabin, and its meeting came a…

NEW DELHI: Staring at a tough sowing season due to forecast of a weak monsoon and pressure on inputs such as fertilisers and diesel, the Centre will on Monday launch a month-long nationwide campaign on balanced and judicious use of inputs such as fertilisers and water, timely advice to farmers in view of weather-related challenges…

NEW DELHI: Amid government’s big push for next-generation reforms for improving ease of living and ease of doing business, PM Modi has directed all ministries and departments to go back to the intended beneficiaries – citizens and businesses – to assess the impact of policy modifications on their life and work.TOI has learnt that PM…