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PRAYAGRAJ: A waitlisted candidate has no absolute right for being considered for appointment and that a waitlist cannot be for an indefinite period, Allahabad high court has ruled.Dismissing a petition filed by Nitish Maurya and four others, Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery said in its order in November, “It is well settled that a person in…

NEW DELHI: Blowing the bugle for restoration of job guarantee scheme with a 45-day ‘MGNREGA bachao sangram’ from January 8, Congress on Saturday said it will also legally challenge VB-GRAMG in court because it violates a key provision of the Constitution.As it released a three-level agitation plan which will see outreach at panchayat level and…

NEW DELHI: After pushing organisation cohesion and laying out BJP’s agenda in West Bengal, home minister Amit Shah will be in another poll-bound state Tamil Nadu for two days from Sunday to give shape to the party’s strategy, where it is a junior partner to AIADMK, but will have to play a key role in…

Joel Embiid injury update (Image via NBA) Joel Embiid is expected to be available when the Philadelphia 76ers face the New York Knicks on January 3, 2026, at Madison Square Garden. He is listed as probable due to right knee injury management, but his recent right ankle sprain no longer appears on the injury report….

US president Donald Trump United States President Donald Trump on Saturday claimed that Venezuelan forces were “waiting” for the American forces with “many ships out”.Trump said that despite being in a “ready position”, Venezuelan forces were “completely overwhelmed and very quickly incapacitated”.He said that the US was “ready” to stage a second “and much larger”…

Inside operation Absolute Resolve The United States revealed new details of the covert military mission that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, with senior officials describing an operation of unprecedented scale and precision involving more than 150 aircraft across the Western Hemisphere.According to General Dan Caine, chairman of the joint chiefs of…

US President Donald Trump on Saturday shared the first image of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following his capture by US armed forces during a midnight operation.The picture showed the now-deposed Venezuelan president handcuffed and blindfolded.“Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were dragged from their bedroom during the overnight US military raid that led to their capture, according to officials briefed on the operation, as cited by CNN.The couple were asleep at their home inside the heavily guarded Ft Tiuna military complex in Caracas when US special…

India vs Bangladesh (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to release Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season. However, this decision applies only to the IPL. No call has been taken yet on Bangladesh’s matches in the…

Venezuelans woke on Saturday to deserted streets, plumes of smoke and a single, nagging question: who is in charge now?Security forces patrolled near-empty avenues in the capital hours after loud explosions rattled Caracas and US commandos carried out overnight strikes that President Donald Trump said led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and his…