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AHMEDABAD: Aspiration to walk tall and proud in khaki has been “shrunk” after running with a tape measure. Several police job aspirants in Gujarat have approached the High Court after failing to display their full height in the latest recruitment drive, falling below the mandatory 165 cm (5.4 ft) cut-off, despite clearing the same criteria…

Twins with their mother MUMBAI/JAIPUR: In a city crammed with touts and tight schedules, brothers Mahroof Ahmed Khan and Masroor Ahmed Khan in Kota stand out for an almost uncanny symmetry. The twins, who share the same shoe size and spectacle strength, have studied together, examined together, sat in the same JEE Main (Session-I) 2026…

New Delhi: The SC on Tuesday criticized 12 ’eminent’ persons who together filed a PIL “targeting” chief ministers of BJP-ruled states while seeking framing of guidelines to restrain constitutional activists and bureaucrats from violating fidelity to constitutional ethics. Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Kapil Sibal told a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and…

Karnataka Deputy CM and State Congress Chief DK Sivakumar BENGALURU: Two dozen civic amenities sites across several urban local bodies in Karnataka were allotted to the Congress Bhavan Trust to build party offices at the district and taluk levels, data from the Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development showed. Deputy CM DK Sivakumar, also…

Apart from renewing an agreement for defense cooperation, Prime Minister Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron, who met in Mumbai on Tuesday, also presided over the inauguration of the final assembly line of H125 helicopters at Vemagal in Karnataka.Modi said the inauguration of helicopter assembly line in India is another shining example of trust between…

French President Emmanuel Macron is in Mumbai for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Defense, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals are key. President Emmanuel Macron invited PM Modi to attend the G7 summit in France in 2026. According to a joint statement, he invited India to actively participate in the discussions and preparatory work ahead…

Jammu: Amid furor over monkey menace destroying crops, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday told the Assembly that it does not plan to launch a sterilization drive to curb the simian population, although it admitted that the menace remains a major headache across the Jammu region.The government, however, said various steps were being taken…

New Delhi: The Delhi government will rehabilitate 400 km of roads by the end of the year, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Tuesday. According to officials, over 241 major roads have been identified for reconstruction at a cost of Rs 802 crore under the government’s Comprehensive Road Development Scheme. “The project is a significant…

New Delhi: Days after the announcement in the Budget, the agriculture ministry on Tuesday launched AI-enabled ‘Bharat-Vista’ (virtually integrated system for accessing agricultural resources) that will help farmers take farm-level decisions by receiving date-driven customized digital advice.Launched at a time when India is hosting the AI ​​Impact Summit, Bharat-VISTAAR is a multilingual AI tool that…

New Delhi: When senior leader Dr Mani Shankar Iyer Declaring that he is a “Gandhian, Nehruvian, Rajivian but not a Rahulian,” it sounded, at first glance, like another bout of his familiar provocation. But the comments, delivered in between CongressAttempts to project order and unity ahead of key assembly elections quickly raised wider debates about…