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New Delhi: The Patna High Court on Friday granted the CBI custody of 13 persons arrested by the Bihar Police in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case.The central investigation agency will now be able to question the accused in custody and also confront them with kingpin Rockey alias...

GUWAHATI: The Assam government's 'Jal Doot' programme, which recognizes the role of students in water conservation, will be emulated in all schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the country, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.Posting a CBSE circular in...

Jaipur: Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday said a provision of Rs 96,000 crore has been made in the budget for the welfare of farmers and said the state government is committed to making farmers prosperous and improving their standard of living.Addressing a felicitation and gratitude...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday underlined the need to balance the rights of all while hearing a plea against Jim Corbett National Park's decision to allow buses of a private operator to ply within the core area of ​​the tiger reserve in Uttarakhand .If there are villages, they also...

The forces also destroyed two Houthi unmanned aerial systems over the Red Sea and a system in Houthi-controlled territory of Yemen late Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement from US Central Command.US Central Command said, "It was determined that these systems present an...

S Basu & Company is an outsourced agency which was responsible for providing and preserving the OMR sheets for the recruitment exam.Some preliminary evidence of data deletion was found after a search operation by the CBI and software experts at the office of S Basu & Co for three consecutive...

Raipur Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Thursday sought special central grants for Chhattisgarh, citing its large tribal population, difficult geographical conditions and Naxal activities in parts of the state, at a meeting held with a delegation of the 16th Commission of Finance, said a...

Indore, Union Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said mobile phone penetration in the country is 70-80 per cent of citizens and around 120 crore devices are currently in use.Scindia told reporters, now the priority is to increase the scope of 4G network in the country...

In Q1, the services segment of FY24-25 was the major driver with a GMV of over Rs 80.5 billion, representing a growth of 330 per cent over the corresponding period in FY23- 24.Procurement by central ministries, including CPSEs, crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore milestone in this period, with the...

New Delhi: Public procurement portal GeM is working on a proposal to bring job contracts on the platform to further expand its reach, a senior official said on Thursday.Currently, only suppliers of goods and services are registered on the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal, which was...

Bengaluru, Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje has appealed to Union Home Minister Amit Shah to direct central agencies to thoroughly investigate the illegal transfer of funds from the Development Corporation. State-owned Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes.Karandlaje also...

New Delhi: As procurement of goods and services through government portal GeM will cross Rs 1.24 lakh crore in the first quarter of 2024-25, the platform will become the world's largest by the end of this year prosecutor, a senior official said Thursday.Government e-Market (GeM) portal was...

According to him, the central bank is busy improving the auditing process to safeguard the integrity and stability of financial institutions.“Auditors and Chief Financial Officers are key pillars of financial integrity and governance in our banking system. Auditors should conduct their audits...

Since Thursday morning, a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, along with cyber and software experts, were conducting a fresh round of raids and search operations at that office. Earlier, similar raids and search operations were conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday also...

New Delhi: In a major boost to the fisheries sector, Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh is scheduled to inaugurate over 125 projects at the Fisheries Summer Meet to be held in Madurai, Tamil Nadu on Friday, according to ministry officials.These initiatives, sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri...

New Delhi, CBI is likely to file a charge sheet against a youth who allegedly circulated a "modified" screenshot of UGC-NET document on Telegram leading to cancellation of the exam after an alert from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Union about a possible "default," officials said.The Central...

'E-Vidhan' is a step to make the State Assembly paperless and bring it to the digital platform. The state government has approved Rs 83.87 crore for this project which was pending for the last several years.Former Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker Girish Gautam had visited some states along with...

Aizawl, Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Wednesday urged the state government to again give general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate crimes including corruption cases in the state.Senior Congress vice-president Lalnunmawia Chungo told reporters...

New Delhi, Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda on Wednesday insisted on focusing on high-burden states and regions where dengue outbreaks are frequently reported and directed officials to set up a 24-hour central helpline at day, 7 days a week for dengue prevention and awareness.Nadda, who...

New Delhi, The CBI operates under the control of the Union government as per law, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, while rejecting the Centre's objection to the maintainability of a petition filed by West Bengal.The top court said that as per a provision of the Delhi Special Police...