Kochi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought details of the steps taken by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on implementing recommendations to strengthen the country’s examination system.Hearing petitions seeking reforms in NTA in the wake of anomalies In the conduct of the NEET-UG, the court made it clear that reforms in NEET cannot remain temporary.The
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Kochi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a high-powered committee will examine allegations of police excesses during recent student protests in Delhi.A three member bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant will pass the order in this regard on Wednesday.The panel will also examine complaints and allegations made by female protesters who
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Kochi: Karnataka Congress chief B K Hariprasad has painted RSS a terror outfit equating it with Islamic terror outfits Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Taliban.Addressing a press conference at Bengaluru, Hariprasad said, “There is no difference between Jaish-e-Mohammed, Taliban, and RSS because all three are not registered in India.”Hariprasad’s remarks follow complaints lodged against senior Congress leaders
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Kochi: Over 200 terror suspects linked to Pakistan-based terrorist Shahzad Bhatti-led network were arrested ahead of Independence Day,Home Minister Amit Shah said.“The Modi government thwarted its plans for subversive attacks by arresting more than 200 operatives,” Shah said in a post on the X.Over 80 FIRs were registered and more than 200 were arrested under
Kochi: Kochi: The BJP on Monday announced a new team led by party chief Nitin Nabin ahead of the elections to seven states including in the crucial Uttar Pradesh in 2027.The team comprises 13 vice presidentsto prepare for the polls in Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh.Firebrand leader and former Union Minister Smriti
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Kochi: The BJP has warned of consequences for Kerala’s Muslim League backed Congress government skipping the rendering of the National song at all venues on Independence Day.BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said the decision not to play Vande Mataram in state function in Thiruvananthapuram and Congress office in New Delhi was taken by Lok Sabha Leader
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Kochi: The BJP has warned of consequences for Kerala’s Muslim League backed Congress government skipping the rendering of the National song at all venues on Independence Day.BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said the decision not to play Vande Mataram in state function in Thiruvananthapuram and Congress office in New Delhi was taken by Lok Sabha Leader
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Kochi: Congress is in soup after videos of Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge allegedly disrespecting the National Song during its rendition at Congress office on Independence Day went viral.The videos showed fuming at playing of the national anthem despite she and Kharge allegedly showing their displeasure at the rendition of Vande Mataram despite both of them
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Kochi: A dead snake found on a seat of the Bengaluru bound Vande Bharat Express sent shivers down the spine of a family which spotted it.The traveller who was going to Coimbatore with wife and children saw the lifeless snake next to the one allotted to him on Friday.The train was scheduled to depart at
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Kochi: Students allegedly boozing inside their school in Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu has embarrassed the state government.The district administration has shifted the principal of Thuckalay Government Higher Secondary School as part of preliminary action, media reports said.The matter surfaced through social media where the video reportedly recorded after special coaching classes for
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Kochi: Football legend Lionel Messi, 39, has hinted of calling it a day following the death of his father.Messi was part of the Argentina side that was defeated by Spain in the FIFA World Cup 2026 final. His father, Jorge Messi, 68, passed away last weekend.“All I ever did was play football, and now I
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Kochi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday referred the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Wednesday after the Centre moved a motion in the Lok Sabha amidst fierce protests and objections from Opposition MPs.Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai moved the motion which was accepted through a
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Kochi: The Bill that criminalises intentional disruption or prevention of the singing of the National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ has been given assent by the President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday.The Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has become a law following the assent of the President.The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill on
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Kochi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to discuss every issue related to the student protests in Parliament, Minister Kiren Rijiju said Monday.“…The Opposition should not create disturbances to prevent the statement of the Home Minister. They must listen to the reply of the Home Minister and the government,” Rijiju said.Amid allegations of not
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Kochi: A teacher in Kerala was on Sunday suspended for glorifying freedom fighter V D Savarkar in a quiz in connection with the country’s Independence Day in a school in Kasaragod, Asianet News reported.The General Education Department suspended the teacher of AUP School Pallathadka, Kasaragod, for framing a question as to “Who is the freedom
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Kochi: Two students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) were denied anticipatory bail by a Mumbai court for allegedly shouting slogans in backing jailed activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam.The court observed that the charges that the students had shouted slogans in support of Khalid and Imam besides recovery of electronic devices, weighed
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Kochi: US President Donald Trump’sdaughter Tiffany Trump’s husband Michael Boulos is visiting Kerala on Saturday, media reports said. He was received at Nedumbassery airport by Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan. Boulos is visiting as part of a guest of Kerala government, the reports said. Boulos, accompanied by US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, who is his friend,
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Kochi: The driver and conductor of a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation were killed and 14 passengers injured when their bus turned turtle in Bidadi in Karnataka on Saturday. The bus from Kozhikode depot was travelling on the expressway when it veered towards the left side of the road and crashed into a roadside board
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Kochi: National Highways Authority will take up the eight lane Angamaly-Aroor greenfield bypass project to decongest Angamaly-Edappally-Kundanoor stretch of NH 66.The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to put the 14.64-km-long Edappally-Aroor six-lane elevated highway project on hold, Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari informed the Lok Sabha, the New Indian
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Kochi: Former Bangladeshi Premier Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday announced plans to return home in December ending her stay in India where she is in exile after a bloody crackdown on protesters in 202 in Bangladesh.In an audio address to her people on the second anniversary of the uprising, Hasina said it was her duty to
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