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The government is awaiting a nod from Baghdad ambassador, for Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh to fly to Iraq to bring the mortal remains of Indians, who were killed by ISIS in Mosul. Singh has confirmed that he will fly to Iraq soon after the nod in a C-17 plane to bring back the mortal remains of 39 Indians. “As soon as we get a nod from Baghdad ambassador, we will leave with a C

New Delhi, Mar 31: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct re-examinations for Class XII economics paper all over the country on April 25. The re-examination, if any, for Class X mathematics paper, will not be held across the country. "If at all re-examinations for the Class X mathematics paper has to be held, it will be done only for the National Capital Region of Delhi and

New Delhi, Mar 31: In the wake of the CBSE mathematics paper leak, the police have interrogated more than 60 people including the admins of over 10 WhatsApp groups on which the leaked question papers were circulated. The initial investigation revealed that most of the papers were shared "out of friendship", police said. On being questioned, the students and tutors revealed that they got the papers

New Delhi, Mar 30: The information regarding the CBSE 10th Math's paper leak was given to the police a day before the conduction of examination, claimed a coaching teacher named Chandan Gupta, who is said to be the first one who flagged the incident. Gupta allegedly received a portion of the leaked Math's paper, a day before the exam was conducted on March 28. Following this, he informed the

New Delhi, Mar 30: Students and youth leaders from the Congress on Friday, March 30, 2018, held protests in several parts of the national capital against the alleged leak of question paper for the 10th and 12th Central Board of Second Education (CBSE) examinations, accusing the board of negligence and demanding immediate action against the guilty. While some students gathered at Parliament Street

New Delhi, Mar 30: The Income Tax (IT) department on Thursday seized two bank accounts of Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu for non-payment of taxes. While the former cricketer's tax dues stand at Rs. 52 lakh, payments to be made were towards dress expenses (Rs.28,38,405), tour and traveling expenses (Rs. 38,24,282), salary expense (Rs. 47,11,400) and petrol and diesel expenses (Rs. 17,80,358)

Chennai, Mar 30: Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK on Friday announced that its cadres across the state will undertake a day-long fast on Monday demanding immediate constitution of Cauvery Management Board (CMB). The day-long fast, to be held at all district headquarters, is to exert pressure on the BJP-led Union Government to implement the Supreme Court order asking it to set up a scheme to ensure that

New Delhi, Mar 30: Any "bonhomie" between the judiciary and the government would sound the "death knell" for democracy, senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice J Chelameswar has told the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and urged him to convene a full court to deal with the alleged executive interference in the judiciary. In an unprecedented letter to the CJI, copies of which were also sent to 22

Chennai, Mar 29: Veteran actor and Makkal Neethi Mayyam founder-president Kamal Haasan on Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) at the earliest. "My appeal to the prime minister is, please sir, you have the authority to create this CMB and you must do it. Please," Haasan said, addressing a news conference here. "The prime minister can do (it

Lucknow, Mar 29: The Yogi Adityanath government has decided to introduce "Ramji" as the middle name of the Father of the Constitution B R Ambedkar in all official correspondence and records, an order that has raised Opposition hackles ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. A government order to this effect was issued on Wednesday night by Principal Secretary (Admin) Jitendra Kumar, an official