Jaipur, July 28 (IANS) Amid the nationwide political uproar over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, the issue of the 2021 REET paper leak in Rajasthan has once again taken centre stage. Rajasthan Minister Dr Kirodi Lal Meena has written a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking a comprehensive probe by Central agencies into alleged paper leak cases that occurred during the previous Congress government.In the letter, Meena names former Education Minister Govind Singh Dotasra…
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Raipur, July 27 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement’s (ED) Raipur Zonal Office has arrested the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission’s (CGPSC) former Chairman Taman Singh Sonwani in a case involving corruption, question-paper leak and manipulation of the CGPSC State Service Examinations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, an agency release said.Sonwani was arrested on July 25 under Section 19 of the PMLA and produced before the Special Court (PMLA), Raipur. The court s…
Agartala, July 27 (IANS) The probe into the “mysterious” death of Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag gathered pace as the state police authority expanded the inquiry team from three to ten members to expedite the high-profile investigation, officials said on Monday. The body of Anurag, a 1994-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Tripura cadre, was found under mysterious circumstances in the washroom attached to his official chamber at the state police headquarters here o…
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the handling of donations and offerings received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. As per the causelist uploaded on the apex court’s official website, the batch of matters is listed before a bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana.The petitions include a writ pe…
Lucknow, July 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out search operations at ten premises located in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with an alleged bank loan diversion and money-laundering case involving M/s Santosh Overseas Ltd (SOL), officials said on Saturday. The searches were conducted by the Lucknow Zonal Office under Section 17 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, at premises linked to the company’s promoters, associated companies, facili…
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) After Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation as the Union Education Minister, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju praised his journey in public service, terming it as a “testament to lifelong engagement with student welfare”.Submitting his resignation on Saturday, Pradhan reaffirmed his commitment to youth and education while thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for support, framing it as a response to protect exam integrity and students’ future.Taking to s…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) has initiated a significant institutional rebuilding process by notifying senior professional positions and engaging young talent through its Pratibha Setu portal.This marks the first concrete step towards implementing the recommendations of the High-Level Committee of experts chaired by Professor K. Radhakrishnan.The autonomous body under the Ministry of Education has issued advertisements for four general manager positions on contract…
Varanasi, July 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Senior Divisional Materials Manager (Sr DMM) of the North Eastern Railway (NER) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.70 lakh, officials said on Friday.According to a CBI statement, the agency registered a case on July 23 based on a complaint lodged by the proprietor of a Government e-Marketplace (GeM)-registered private firm. The complainant alleged that his company had supplied furni…
Imphal, July 24 (IANS) The security forces in Manipur have arrested four hardcore militants belonging to different insurgent outfits and a woman drug trafficker during the past 24 hours as part of intensified counter-insurgency and anti-narcotics operations across the state, officials said on Friday. A senior police official said the four arrested militants belong to the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) and United Kuki National Army (UKNA).They were apprehended fr…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The CBI, in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the NIA, secured the deportation of two Red Notice criminals from Gulf nations in connection with their involvement in cases of murder and financial fraud, an official statement said on Friday.Muhammedali Kanneer Palliyalil was deported from Saudi Arabia on Thursday, said the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He was wanted by the National Investigation Agenc…