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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government was conducting an internal inquiry into reports claiming that the CBSE Class 10 mathematics and Class 12 economics papers had been leaked. A new system would be put in place from Monday to ensure no leaks take place and the government would ensure that there is no injustice, Javadekar said. He said ...

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has extended the deadline for connecting PAN with Aadhaar card to June 30. The law making body of the tax department has issued an order to increase the deadline. So far, the last date was 31 March. It has been said in that the timeframe for adding PAN-Aadhhar is being increased for filing ...

The Central Government does not have any proposal to end Article 370 of the constitution providing special status to Jammu and Kashmir. This information was given by Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Tuesday. Responding to a written question in the Lok Sabha, Ahir said, “There is no such proposal under consideration with the government at present.” ...

A 22-year-old woman in Kerala was killed just hours before her wedding by her father, who had grudgingly agreed to let her marry the man she loved. The woman’s fiance, who is in the army, is from a different caste. Her father remained opposed to the match even though he gave his consent to the wedding, to be held today. ...

Bank-related fraud scams are being exposed one after another. While exposing a new scandal on Thursday, the CBI has registered a case against Totem Infrastructure for scam involving Rs 1,395 crore. In connection with the Rs 1,395 crore scam case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) took major action and arrested the promoters and director of Totem Infrastructure Limited (Hyderabad) ...

Social activist Anna Hazare today started an indefinite hunger strike to press for his demand to appoint a Lokpal at the Centre, nearly seven years after his anti-corruption movement caught the imagination of millions of Indians and shook the then UPA government. He sat on hunger strike at the iconic Ramlila Maidan, the same venue of his protest in 2011. ...

India on Thursday successfully flight-tested the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from Rajasthan’s Pokhran test range. The missile, which is the result of an Indo-Russia joint venture, can fly almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8 and has a range of 290 km. The range of the BrahMos missile can be further extended up to 400 km as ...

RSBY and SCHIS to be subsumed under Ayushman Bharat – NHPS The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi yesterday has approved the launch of a new Centrally Sponsored Ayushman Bharat -National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) having central sector component under Ayushman Bharat Mission anchored in the MoHFW. The scheme has the benefit cover of Rs. 5 ...

JNU professor Atul Johri, who was arrested for sexual harassment of several women students, was yesterday granted bail by a Delhi court. Duty magistrate Ritu Singh granted bail to Johri and directed him to furnish a bail bond of Rs 30,000 for each of the eight FIRs registered against him. Johri had moved a bail plea saying sending him to ...

Under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the Supreme Court has given directions in the offense. The Supreme Court has said that there will be no automatic arrest in such cases now. Not only that, the investigation of the allegations is necessary before arrest. The bail can be given before the arrest. The Supreme Court ...