Bhopal/Indore, May 15 (IANS) The Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court has redefined the legal status of the Bhojshala complex in Dhar by ruling that the site is a temple and that the Hindu community possesses an inherent right to worship there which was never lost to history.In a significant judgment delivered on Friday, the division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice Alok Awasthi set aside decades of administrative compromises surrounding the disputed site.The court observ…
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Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Political parties in West Bengal welcomed the state government’s decision to make the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory in state-run schools. At the same time, Opposition parties in the state said that the national anthem, ‘Jana Gana Mana’, must not be compromised in any way. Speaking to IANS, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shatorupa said that singing Vande Mataram in schools would instil a sense of national pride and patriotism among students.“The ent…
Chennai, May 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday announced a two per cent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for state government employees, teachers, pensioners, and family pensioners, raising it from 58 per cent to 60 per cent with retrospective effect from January 1, 2026.The announcement was made through an official government press release issued by the Department of Information and Public Relations.The move is expected to benefit nearly 16 lakh government emplo…
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday intensified his opposition to the NEET system, urging the Union Government to abolish the national medical entrance examination following the cancellation of NEET-UG 2026 over allegations of question paper leaks and large-scale irregularities. Describing the latest controversy as proof of “serious structural flaws” in the examination process, Vijay said the Centre should allow States to conduct admissions to medica…
Bhubaneswar, May 12 (IANS) Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Bhakta Charan Das on Tuesday strongly condemned the Union Government over the NEET-UG -2026 paper leak incident, calling it an “organised crime” within the education system and demanding strict action against those involved. Referring to concerns earlier raised by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Das said lakhs of students had spent sleepless nights preparing for the examination, while paper-leak rackets wer…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Communist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP, P. Sandosh Kumar, on Tuesday condemned the Union government and the National Testing Agency (NTA) over the cancellation of the NEET UG 2026 examination due to a paper leak. Sandosh Kumar said that the development has pushed lakhs of students into uncertainty and distress.”The repeated paper leaks, exam scams and cancellations have completely exposed the collapse of the examination system under this regime. Students who prepa…
Bengaluru, May 12 (IANS) Karnataka Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar and Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa on Tuesday launched sharp attacks on the Central government over the alleged NEET UG 2026 examination question paper leak case and handing over of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), raising concerns over the credibility of the National Testing Agency (NTA) and demanding accountability from the BJP-led Union government.Speaking to reporters, Sudhakar described the…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Stung by the Left Democratic Front’s defeat in Kerala after a decade in power, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Monday signalled a comprehensive introspection exercise, with the party leadership admitting that the electoral setback was being viewed with utmost seriousness.The party Politburo held detailed discussions as it reviewed the Assembly election results in Kerala, Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry.After the two-day meeting, CPI-M Gener…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Congress on Sunday once again opposed the Great Nicobar Island development project, calling the compensatory afforestation argument “bogus” and seeking access to the report of a High-Powered Committee (HPC) set up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to review the green nod to the project that entails felling of more than seven lakh trees. In a letter to the Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, former Union Minister and Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said, “In the intere…
Chennai, May 7 (IANS) Escalating the political confrontation over government formation in Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee on Thursday announced statewide protests on May 8 against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar for not inviting Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief C. Joseph Vijay to form the next government despite his party emerging as the single-largest formation in the Assembly elections. In a strongly worded statement, Tamil N…