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NEW DELHI: A steep cut in NEET-PG qualifying standards has led to postgraduate medical seats in govt colleges being filled at shockingly low scores – including in high-risk clinical specialties – triggering alarm across the medical fraternity, reports Anuja Jaiswal. The impact was stark in third-round PG counselling, where candidates secured seats in govt medical…
Bengal Congress senior netas meet Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Thursday KOLKATA: Snapping its decade-old alliance ties with the Left Front, Congress on Thursday decided to “go it alone” in the 2026 Bengal assembly polls and fight in all 294 seats, setting the stage for a four-cornered contest.Putting to rest speculation…
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha MPs will be able to punch in their attendance only from their designated seats inside the House from the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday. The earlier practice that allowed members to mark their attendance from lobbies as well is set to be discontinued in a…
AIMIM boosts civic poll performance in Maharashtra despite dissent, bags 126 seats CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Defying internal dissent, ticket-related rebellions, sharp criticism, and even the resignation of key office bearers in protest against party state president and former MP Syed Imtiaz Jaleel’s decisions related to ticket distribution, the All-India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) significantly improved its electoral…
MALEGAON: In its maiden contest for Malegaon MC, Indian Secular Largest Assembly of Maharashtra (ISLAM) party, floated by former NCP MLA Asif Shaikh, ended Congress domination by winning 35 seats. However, it fell short of a clear majority of 43 in the 84-seat corporation.ISLAM had tied up with SP, which bagged five seats. Mumbai And…
MUMBAI: For the first time ever, the BJP will decide who will be Mumbai’s mayor. Though a ceremonial post, its political symbolism cannot be underestimated.CM Devendra Fadnavis has consistently maintained that the mayor will be from the Mahayuti and a Hindu. Speaker Rahul Narwekar said late evening on Friday that the mayor would be from…
The Congress has won the Latur Municipal Corporation (LMC) elections, securing 43 of the 70 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished a distant second with 22 seats, officials said on Thursday. The results were declared on January 16, a day after polling was held across the city on January 15.With this victory, the…
NEW DELHI: Holding that the constitutional goal of fraternity can be achieved only when a rickshaw puller’s child studies in a school alongside the child of a multi-millionaire or a Supreme Court judge, the apex court Tuesday initiated the exercise to ensure that all schools make available 25% free seats for children from poor and…
THANE: A rare alliance between BJP and Congress has emerged in the township of Ambernath after recent local body elections, surprising political observers and party cadres. BJP has joined hands with councillors from Congress and the Ajit Pawar-headed Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to form the Ambernath Vikas Aghadi and take control of a municipal council…
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday offered a first glimpse of the upcoming Vande Bharat sleeper train, describing it as a new-generation service designed to significantly improve comfort on overnight journeys. The minister, while reviewing the new train, said that focus was towards upgrading amenities to make long-distance rail travel smoother and more passenger-friendly. India…
