Patna, Aug 18 (IANS) Hundreds of aspirants took to the streets in the capital demanding that the State Teacher Eligibility Test (STET) be conducted before the TRE 4 recruitment examination. This marks the second major protest in 15 days over the issue.Candidates from different districts gathered at Patna College, insisting that the government must first conduct STET to ensure transparency and give unemployed teacher aspirants a fair chance.“Without STET, TRE 4 will be an injustice to thousands…

Kharagpur (West Bengal), Aug 18 (IANS) The world is moving from conventional wars to technology-driven wars of power, and our ability to prepare will decide our future, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said on Monday.Addressing IIT Kharagpur’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations here, Gautam Adani said the wars that we have to fight today are often invisible as they are fought in server farms, and not in trenches.”The weapons are algorithms, not guns. The empires are not built on land – they are bu…

Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) India is on course to emerge as the world’s most sought-after consumer market and a top investment destination, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday.Addressing the second ‘Lokmat Global Economic Convention,’ the minister said the government is embarking on the next 100 Days Agenda of Transformation to take India on a fast track to developed nation.“In the next 100 days, the government will follow the clarion call given by Prime Minister Narendr…

Kolkata, Aug 18 (IANS) Jadavpur University alumnus Hindol Majumdar, who is an accused in the attack on state Education Minister Bratya Basu’s car earlier this year, was granted bail by the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Kolkata’s Alipore on Monday.Hindol was presented in the court after his police custody expired on Monday. His lawyer Gopal Haldar argued in court for bail and said that there was no new development in the case.He said that his client lives in Spain as he is engaged in …

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved the Indian Ports Bill 2025, which aims to consolidate laws related to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business, and ensure optimum utilisation of India’s coastline.The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 12, and now, with the approval of both the Houses of Parliament coming through, it will be sent to the President of India for her assent.The Bill was moved in the Upper House by the Minister…

Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) NCP (SP) legislator Rohit Pawar on Monday alleged that the social justice minister and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat is involved in a corruption worth Rs 5,000 crore as during his tenure as the chairman of state undertaking City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) gave 15 acre of land to one Bivalkar family in Navi Mumbai and betrayed the local landowners. He has demanded Minister Sirsat’s resignation and appealed to the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to fo…

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a two-day official visit during which he will hold a fresh round of Special Representatives (SR) dialogue on the boundary question with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. While announcing his arrival on X, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated, “Welcome to FM Mr. Wang Yi of China as he arrives in New Delhi on an official visit. Important engagement…

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed contempt petitions, filed by Jharkhand’s Leader of Opposition Babulal Marandi and others, challenging the appointment of Anurag Gupta as the state’s Director General of Police (DGP). A bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, observed that contempt proceedings cannot be used as a tool to settle political scores.”Contempt proceedings cannot be used to settle political scores. Settle political scores among the public,”…

New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a blistering attack at the Opposition on Monday, claiming that the Congress and other parties of the INDIA bloc want to spread anarchy and chaos in the country with an intent to turn the ‘group of infiltrators’ into their vote bank. BJP leader Sambit Patra, in a presser at the party headquarters, slammed the opposition parties for refusing to buy the Election Commission’s reasoning over the Bihar Special Intensive Revision …

Bengaluru, Aug 18 (IANS) In a major development pertaining to the mass grave case, Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara has said that until the chemical and DNA analysis reports are available, the investigation into the matter will remain on hold, adding that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has taken this decision.He made the statement on the floor of the Legislative Assembly while replying to BJP members on the matter. Responding to a question on how long the SIT investigation would con…