Foreign secretary Misri (R) with Sun Haiyan of CPC Wednesday NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri stressed the need to take positive steps for improved Sino-Indian ties in a meeting with Sun Haiyan, vice minister of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (IDCPC) who is on a visit to India.Talks covered the…
Nishikant Dubey (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lokpal has dismissed the allegation of BJP MP Nishikant Dubey possessing disproportionate assets as “frivolous and vexatious”, slamming the complainant, former IPS officer and activist Amitabh Thakur, for indulging in “whataboutery” during the case’s proceedings.The Lokpal, headed by former Supreme Court judge AM Khanwilkar, found Thakur’s charge, made in…
NEW DELHI: Citing a “confidential RCMP report”, a Canadian portal has claimed that Lawrence Bishnoi syndicate was working on behalf of Indian govt – a charge the earlier Trudeau administration repeatedly levelled without evidence.The article, which raised eyebrows, refers to an undated internal report by Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police and quotes only two groups…
BENGALURU: If you have been stressing overmuch about AI hallucinations lately, maybe it’s time for the chatbot to see a shrink. “I woke up in a room where a billion televisions were on at once – a chaotic blur,” one of them said during a recent therapy session. Another confessed to ‘strict parents’ who tended…
NEW DELHI: To prevent thousands of postgraduate medical seats from going to waste, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has again allowed NEET-PG 2025 candidates to apply for conversion of nationality status from Indian to Non-Resident Indian (NRI) ahead of the third and final round of counselling.Conversion from Indian to NRI status is tightly regulated. Only…
NEW DELHI: The repeated lowering of NEET-PG cut-offs has reignited concerns over the quality of postgraduate medical training, with critics warning that successive relaxations risk diluting standards at a time when patient care is already under strain.Health ministry officials acknowledge these concerns but argue that the policy reflects a difficult trade-off between preserving academic standards,…
NEW DELHI: Over 70% of 40.7 crore vehicles, mostly two-wheelers, in the country do not comply with some or other norm, such as those related to pollution under control (PUC) certificate, fitness certificate or insurance, according to road transport ministry data.The data, shared with states and UTs in a meeting last week, showed over two-thirds…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways has told the Central Information Commission (CIC) that the classification and methodology of fixing fares of different classes in passenger train falls in the domain of “trade secret/intellectual property rights”, and therefore, cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act.This was disclosed while the CIC dismissed an application seeking…
New Delhi: Amidst the threat of a US attack on Iran, which is reeling under mass protests, the govt strongly advised Indian nationals in the country to leave through all available means of transport, including commercial flights as Iranian airspace remains open.Later in the evening, foreign minister S Jaishankar also received a call from his…
NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old widow from Assam, who was deported recently to Bangladesh, has approached the Supreme Court alleging she was wrongly declared an illegal migrant even though all 16 members of her family are in National Register of Citizens. The court has ordered officials to verify the documents submitted by her brother.Aheda Khatun was…