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New Delhi: Five cases of alleged malpractices in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar were taken over by the CBI, while two school teachers were arrested in Maharashtra on Monday. This comes even as a political storm intensified over the paper leak issue, with the opposition gearing up to confront the Centre in Parliament. The five new cases were being investigated by police in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police arrested two zilla parishad school teachers from Latur and registered a case against four persons after it emerged that a racket…

New Delhi: After days of uncertainty over the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, the NDA has decided to nominate Om Birla for the post again. BJP’s Om Birla was the Speaker in the previous Lok Sabha. Sources said that Mr Birla will file his nomination at 11.30 am today. The opposition INDIA bloc has fielded K Suresh against Mr Birla, the first time elections will be held for the key post. A Lok Sabha Speaker is elected by a simple majority of MPs voting and all speakers until now had been elected with consensus. The BJP, thanks to brute majorities after the 2014 and 2019…

INDIA: The relationship between India and the US is not just “addictive”, it is “multiplicative”, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti has said. Garcetti also said that the relationship between the two countries has never been so good. He made these remarks on Monday at an event on the sidelines of the SelectUSA Investment Summit, to which the largest delegation is from India. “This (India US) is a relationship that isn’t just additive. It’s not just the US plus India. It’s multiplicative. It’s the United States times India,” Garcetti said on the sidelines of the summit, to which the largest…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Moscow in the second week of July to hold summit-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit for the annual India-Russia dialogue comes against the backdrop of the two-and-a-half-year-long Ukraine conflict, during which New Delhi has repeatedly urged the warring sides to choose the path of diplomacy. India recently participated in peace talks on Ukraine in Switzerland, sending Pawan Kapoor, Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs, to represent the country. India and six other nations, opted out of signing the joint communique, saying peace requires ‘bringing together…

West Indies: No longer the ‘minnows’, Afghanistan proved once again why they belong to the cricketing elite as they defeated Australia in T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8s to qualify for the semi-finals, for the first time in their history. Afghanistan first got the world to stand up and take notice after they defeated Australia in the Super 8s. After the men from Down Under suffered a defeat against India as well, the Afghans only needed to defeat Bangladesh to secure their maiden semi-finals berth, in any format of the World Cup. It wasn’t a straightforward affair against Bangladesh by…

USA: A lacklustre Brazil launched their Copa America campaign with a dour 0-0 draw against Costa Rica on Monday as James Rodriguez inspired Colombia to a 2-1 win over Paraguay. Brazil, chasing a 10th Copa America crown, dominated possession and territory in the Group D game at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles but struggled to break down a resolute Costa Rica side. The Brazilians thought they had taken the lead in the 30th minute after Marquinhos tapped in at the back post after a flick on by Rodrygo following a free-kick by Raphinha. But after an agonising VAR…

New Delhi: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday accused ousted coach Igor Stimac of making attempts to show the country’s football fraternity in a bad light in international conferences, saying excuses and failures became emblematic of his tumultuous five-year tenure. In a strong rebuttal to the series of allegations made against the AIFF by the former men’s team head coach, the federation said it left no stone unturned in its effort to provide the gaffer with everything he had asked for to lift the team’s performance. In a long statement, the AIFF said Stimac’s sole intention of calling…