The National Eligibility Test (NET) scores will be used for PhD admissions from 2024-25 eliminating the need for separate entrance tests conducted by universities and higher education institutions, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC).

BJD founding member and six-time Cuttack Lok Sabha MP Bhartruhari Mahtab, former party MP Sidhant Mohapatra and noted Santali language litterateur Damayanti Beshra joined the BJP in New Delhi, Thursday

A court here Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1 in the excise policy case.

In what came as a relief for AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, the Delhi High Court (HC) Thursday rejected a PIL seeking the removal of Kejriwal from the Delhi Chief Minister’s post following his arrest in an excise policy-linked money laundering case and said it cannot declare a breakdown of the constitutional machinery in the national capital.

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Thursday decided to field its Odisha unit president Anjani Soren as the party's candidate from Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat. This was stated by JMM Odisha unit spokesperson Shivaji Moulik in a statement.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Thursday has warned of thunderstorms and lightning at one or two places over several districts of Odisha during the next four days. The weather agency has issued a ‘yellow’ warning for these districts.

NALCO has launched a new product AL-59 in the form of an Aluminium Alloy Ingot.

Police arrested two persons after fake currency notes with a face value of Rs 1.37 lakh were seized from their possession in Bolangir district, an officer said Thursday

More than 58,000 voters in Rajasthan have so far opted for home voting in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, an official said.

Kolkata Metro Railway has urged commuters to maintain cleanliness amid reports of people dirtying newly inaugurated stations with gutkha and paan stains and littering the premises with plastic waste

Calling the US State Department’s remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “unwarranted”, India Thursday said that any such external imputation on the electoral and legal process is completely unacceptable.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday that China’s repetitive claims on Arunachal Pradesh will not change India’s position, and the northeastern state will remain an integral and inalienable part of India.

A sessions court in Palanpur in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district Thursday sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in a 1996 case involving planting of drugs to frame a lawyer.

Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh Thursday, its principal said.

An FIR has been lodged against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh at Durgapur Police Station for his remarks West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said Thursday.

India has launched a new database designed to record crimes against UN peacekeepers and monitor progress in holding perpetrators accountable, India's UN envoy Ruchira Kamboj said Thursday, asserting that New Delhi is at the forefront of advocating for accountability.

Pakistan Thursday clarified that it has no plan to resume trade relations with India which has been "non-existent" since 2019 after the Indian government abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

The government’s fiscal deficit at `15 lakh crore at February-end touched 86.5 per cent of the revised annual target, according to official data released Thursday.

The growth of eight key infrastructure sectors slowed to 6.7 per cent in February due to poor performance of some sectors like fertiliser, according to official data released Thursday

Young Riyan Parag showed why he is considered a precocious talent as he struck a stunning 84 not out off 45 balls to set up a 12-run win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals in their IPL match here Thursday.