Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday inaugurated Multi Lane Free Flow tolling on Delhi’s Urban Extension Road-II (UER-II), bringing the capital’s latest transport corridor into India’s expanding barrier-less toll network. The move is aimed at boosting connectivity while easing travel for adjoining villages and surrounding habitations. The UER-II rollout follows…

JAIPUR/MUMBAI: Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) has launched a probe into alleged malpractices in NEET (UG) 2026 after the National Testing Agency (NTA) received inputs from Rajasthan and Uttarakhand regarding question sets circulated before the May 3 exam that allegedly overlapped with the actual paper.Additional DGP (SOG) Vishal Bansal said investigators found a set…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor questioned the outcome of the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, suggesting that the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls may have played a decisive role in the BJP’s victory in the state.Referring to the SIR exercise, Tharoor alleged that large-scale deletions from voter rolls and delays in adjudicating…

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay’s choice of a sleek black suit for his oath-taking ceremony, inspired by his film ‘Beast’, signaled a deliberate move towards a new political image. CHENNAI: Even before Vijay declared “This is a new beginning” on Sunday, after taking oath as chief minister, his suit had made the statement.“Vijay…

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir on Sunday claimed that New Delhi approached the United States for mediation and a ceasefire following last year’s conflict after Operation Sindoor.While addressing a ceremony at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi to mark the first anniversary of ‘Marka-e-Haq’, the name given by Islamabad to the four-day conflict with India, Munir claimed…

Scientists have found what may very well be the oldest surviving map of the universe ever made, and it has been sitting under our noses all these years, locked away in the pages of an ancient medieval book. Experts believe this discovery might have something to do with Hipparchus, the renowned ancient astronomer who lived…