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NEW DELHI: Despite a Supreme Court bench in Jan asking Centre to consider introducing a “Romeo-Juliet” clause to exempt “genuine adolescent relationships” from Pocso’s harshest provisions, govt in response to a question in Lok Sabha on Friday said “any dilution of the age of consent or introduction of exceptions would undermine child safety, increase the...

Kayla Nicole reaches her limit after being pulled into Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s romance.(Image via Getty Images, Taylor Swift/Instagram) Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are busy planning their future while the Kansas City Chiefs’ star player’s ex girlfriend, Kayla Nicole, has made a subtle dig at their relationship.The popular social media influencer recently posted...

NEW DELHI: Himachal Pradesh govt on Friday moved Supreme Court questioning the HC’s decision not to permit it to withdraw in entirety 65 FIRs, involving non-serious offences, lodged against MPs, MLAs and politicians. On July 20, 2023, the Congress govt headed by Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu moved a petition before the HC seeking permission to withdraw...

When the cut-off percentile for NEET PG was reduced to zero in 2023, private colleges benefited more than govt colleges. Around 64% of seats filled by students who scored below the initial cut-off were in private colleges. Not only that, 2,677 or about 85% of seats in clinical specialties bagged by those with scores below...

NHAI (Representative image) NEW DELHI: Over half a crore highway car users have bought FASTag Annual Pass in past six months since this scheme was launched and there have been 26.5 crore toll payments using the pass @ Rs 15 each at plazas. Data show that there has been a 50% increase in trips of...

Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K CM Omar Abdullah presented on Friday the National Conference (NC) govt’s second budget, peppered with references to challenges arising out of last year’s Pahalgam attack, Operation Sindoor and devastating floods.Presenting the Rs 1.27-lakh crore budget for 2026-27 as he also handles finance, Omar proposed two dedicated emergency hospitals and bullet-proof ambulances...

NEW DELHI: Police on late Friday night arrived at the residence of Purnia MP Pappu Yadav in Patna in connection with an old case.Meanwhile, Pappu Yadav resisted the arrest and accused Bihar Police of hatching a conspiracy of killing him and said that cops reached at his residence in civil uniform like criminals. Watch: Pappu...

(Photo credit: Agencies) NEW DELHI: India on Friday strongly rejected Pakistan‘s allegations linking New Delhi to the suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in Islamabad. MEA called the claims “baseless and pointless” accusing Pakistan of choosing “to delude itself” by blaming others for its internal problems.At least 31 people were killed and more than...

SpaceX faces a significant hurdle in attracting engineers and technicians to its Starbase facility in South Texas due to limited job prospects for their spouses. Elon Musk highlighted this ‘significant other’ problem, noting the remote location’s scarcity of non-SpaceX employment. This challenge, though less pronounced, also affects Tesla’s recruitment in Texas. Elon Musk has revealed...

Obamas (AP file photo) White House said on Friday that a racist video shared from US president Donald Trump’s social media account was posted by mistake by a staff member and has now been removed.“A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down,” a White House official told AFP.The video had...