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After NEET-UG controversy, NTA moves to tighten security with ₹7.5 crore tender
According to the tender document, the move aims to safeguard NTA's personnel, visitors, assets, premises, records, confidential examination material, server rooms, strong rooms and other critical infrastructure
Supreme Court Collegium’s unexplained recommendations risk bad appointments: Justice Bhuyan
On misuse of livestreamed content, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan expressed concern about sensationalisation of decontextualised fragments of oral observations made by judges, distorting public understanding of what had actually happened in court
Country’s ethos should reflect in curriculum of educational institutions: Tamil Nadu Governor Arlekar
He inaugurated a national conclave on ’The Role of Minority Educational Institutions in Unity, Cultural Diversity, and Nation Building: Viksit Bharat @ 2047’ at the B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology
NEET aspirants stage silent protest in Visakhapatnam seeking end to caste-based reservation
Participants wore black ribbons across their mouths at the Gandhi statue; State convener S.L.N. Vasu sought a periodic review of the reservation system and minimum qualifying marks for all candidates
Kerala rains: 92% of power connection restored after monsoon damage, says Minister Sunny Joseph
Minister says 2,892 transformers were damaged during the rains. Following the receding of floodwater, 2,600 transformers have been repaired and re-energised, while restoration of 1,872 damaged electric poles is progressing
Home Minister Shah must explain in Parliament lathicharge-pellet gun action on students: Kharge
The Opposition has been seeking a statement from the Home Minister on the police action against protesting students on July 20, including use of pellet guns, and have also demanded his resignation over the issue
Thirupparankundram row: Supreme Court agrees to hear T.N. government plea, but gives the State no interim relief
The Bench queried whether there was a prevailing tradition of lighting the lamp on the pillar; the State said there were no historical records of lighting the lanp on the stone pillar.
Parliament Monsoon Session Day 11 LIVE updates: Indian Statistical Institute Bill, Bankers' Books Evidence Bill likely to be introduced in Lok Sabha
The agenda also includes a statement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman showing Demands for Excess Grants for 2022-23
Derogatory caste names should not be used in Census, says VCK MP
Villupuram MP D. Ravikumar, general secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), addressed Parliament on July 31, 2026, urging the Union government to eliminate the use of derogatory caste names in the Census and official documents, including Scheduled Caste certificates in Tamil Nadu.
Women wrestlers sexual harassment case: Delhi Court acquits Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Vinod Tomar
Several renowned wrestlers, including Sakshi Malik, Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, and Sangeeta Phogat had protested for months in New Delhi in 2023, demanding the arrest of the BJP leader
Two coaches of Samastipur-Saharsa MEMU train catch fire in Bihar, none hurt
East Central Railway (ECR) Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Saraswati Chandra said, "As 63344 Samastipur-Saharsa MEMU arrived at Simri Bakhtiyarpur station around 3 a.m., the station master reported a fire in the motor coach of the train."
Counting underway for Datia Assembly bypoll in Madhya Pradesh; tight security in place
The bypoll was necessitated after a Delhi court in April this year sentenced Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti to three years imprisonment in a cheating case, leading to the termination of his Assembly membership.
