To ensure unity, Congress nudges Chennithala to join Kerala cabinet

T’PURAM/KOTTAYAM: Efforts to ensure unity within Congress ahead of the formation of the new UDF govt gathered pace on Friday, with chief minister-designate V D Satheesan holding discussions with senior functionaries Ramesh Chennithala and K C Venugopal over cabinet formation. Satheesan met Chennithala at his residence and urged him to join the new ministry. Venugopal,…

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ED arrests ‘masterminds’ in Mahesh Yogi land fraud case

NEW DELHI: The Enforecement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested two alleged masterminds for fraudulently selling properties associated with trusts linked to late spiritual guru Mahesh Yogi in a multi-crore land grab case.The accused, G Ram Chandra Mohan and Akash Malviya, had forged land deeds of Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation (SRMF) and sold them fraudulently. The…

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CBI arrests retired professor on NTA panel that set NEET paper

NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, in Latur.PV Kulkarni, who spent over three decades in academia, was associated with National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the panel that set the question paper….

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2 coaching centres fined for unfair trade practices & misleading ads

NEW DELHI: Consumer protection regulator CCPA has imposed penalties of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh on Motion Education Pvt Ltd and Career Line Coaching (CLC), Sikar, respectively, for publishing misleading advertisements about JEE and NEET results, and unfair trade practices.In a statement, Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said the advertisements published by the…

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US says El Nino just weeks away, earlier than expected

El Nino’s shadow over this year’s monsoon in India may have just got longer. Latest forecasts from international agencies suggest El Nino could be just weeks away, setting in earlier than expected. It’s now likely that the weather condition will prevail during most of the four-month monsoon period as opposed to previous expectations that it’ll…

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Taylor Swift makes history with new achievement just weeks ahead of rumored summer wedding to Travis Kelce

Taylor Swift makes history with new achievement just weeks ahead of rumored summer wedding to Travis Kelce. (Image via Getty Images) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce seem fully focused on their high profile wedding as the two recently turned heads in London as they stepped out for their date nights before flying to Greece to…

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Jobless cockroaches… attack the system: CJI Surya Kant

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday criticised elements in society working as “parasites” to weaken institutions and asked a lawyer, who had filed a petition questioning Delhi High Court not designating him as ‘senior advocate’ and its process for conferring the honour, whether he intended to join the parasite club.A bench of Chief Justice Surya…

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Govt not planning curbs on foreign travel: PM Modi

In an unusual move, PM Modi took to social media to trash speculation about govt planning curbs on foreign travel, dismissing it as “totally false” and emphasising that there is “not an iota of truth in this”. Responding to a media report that said govt was considering a tax, cess or surcharge on foreign travel,…

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Amid UAE-Iran rift, BRICS remains a divided house on West Asia; no joint statement after meeting

External affairs minister S Jaishankar meets Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the Brics foreign ministers’ meeting, in New Delhi on Friday The BRICS foreign ministers’ meeting ended Friday without a joint statement as member-states failed to bridge the gap between the UAE and Iran on the conflict in the West…

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India will wipe out narcos, be drug-free by 2047: Shah

NEW DELHI: Seeking a unified, global approach in the fight against narcotics and narco-terror, Home minister Amit Shah Friday said India has chalked out a roadmap to eradicate drug cartels and make itself drug-free by 2047, such that not a single gram of drugs can enter the country or transit through its land or sea…

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