New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) With the Supreme Court refusing to stay the Delhi High Court order allowing Olympian Vinesh Phogat’s participation in the Asian Games selection trials, the Wrestling Federation of India has insisted that she will be allowed to participate only in the 50kg weight category, in which he took part in Paris two years back.The WFI had approached the SC seeking a stay on the Delhi High Court order, but with the SC refusing to stop Phogat’s participation in the trials, the feder…
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally supervising the situation following the NEET-UG 2026 controversy, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Friday, as the apex court stressed the need to fix individual accountability within the National Testing Agency (NTA) to prevent recurring lapses in national-level examinations. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe was hearing a batch of pleas seeking structural reforms in the conduct of the NEET-UG examinatio…
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday said it has filed its first charge sheet against 16 persons in one of the Reliance ADA Group cases.The CBI registered the case on the basis of a complaint received from the “State Bank of India against Reliance Communications Limited and Anil Ambani for allegedly causing a loss of Rs. 2,929.05 crore to the bank”.The charge sheet, filed before the Special Judge for CBI Cases, Mumbai, include persons from Reliance Communicat…
Kolkata, May 29 (IANS) The new and the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday announced the state government’s decision to clear hurdles for the commencement of a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the recruitment of teachers in Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA)-run schools in the Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong regions in the northern zone of West Bengal.Although the Calcutta High Court had earlier directed a CBI p…
Mumbai, May 29 (IANS) Shares of gaming companies came under heavy selling pressure on Friday after the Supreme Court upheld the government’s retrospective imposition of 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online gaming platforms.Delta Corp — that operates licensed casinos and luxury hotels — shares declined as much as 17.76 per cent to hit an intraday low of Rs 66.60 on the BSE from the previous close.Meanwhile, Nazara Technologies — a diversified gaming and sports media platform — s…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has flagged a “worrying trend” of rising vexatious litigation, particularly in matrimonial disputes, cautioning that criminal law is increasingly being misused as a tool to settle personal scores and exert pressure on opposing parties.A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan made these observations while quashing criminal proceedings initiated against a man and his family in a POCSO case, setting aside an Allahabad High Court order that had …
Shillong, May 29 (IANS) Meghalaya Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dr B.D.R. Tiwari said on Friday that polling for the election to one Rajya Sabha seat from the state will be held on June 18, with vote counting scheduled later the same day. The announcement was made after a meeting convened by the CEO with representatives of various political parties at the Main Secretariat Building in Shillong to brief them on the election process and statutory requirements.According to the election schedule, the…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to halt the Delhi High Court’s order permitting wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the Asian Games 2026 selection trials, while agreeing to examine the plea filed by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) challenging the relief granted to the three-time Olympian. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Alok Aradhe, which issued a notice on the WFI’s Special Leave Petition (SLP), permitted Phogat to take part in the trials sche…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday told the Supreme Court that its decision to cancel the NEET-UG 2026 examination and order a re-test was taken “in the interest of students” and to preserve public confidence in the national examination system. In an affidavit filed before the apex court in the batch of petitions seeking reforms in the conduct of NEET-UG, the NTA said the cancellation of the May 3 examination and referral of the matter to the Central Bureau …
Thiruvananthapuram/Kochi, May 29 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) action in the controversial CMRL-Exalogic financial transactions case has pushed Kerala politics into one of its most volatile phases in recent years, with the spotlight now firmly on Veena Vijayan, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister and current Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan.According to highly placed sources, the ED believes it has secured crucial documentary and digital evidence during the recent back-to-ba…