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‘Left home late, took wrong route’: Bengaluru cops on why NEET aspirant was late

‘Left home late, took wrong route’: Bengaluru cops on why NEET aspirant was late

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The Bengaluru traffic police on Tuesday said its ‘fact check’ on National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Undergraduate (NEET-UG) re-examination delay found no evidence that traffic linked to a Congress rally prevented a student from reaching the examination centre on time, concluding that the candidate left home too late and travelled by a longer route The student reached the examination centre area at 1.33pm, three minutes after the deadline. (ANI) The clarification was based on CCTV footage, discussions with the student from RT Nagar and parents, and an analysis of the route taken to the examination centre. According to the police, the candidate left home at 12.57pm, while 1.30pm was the reporting time for entry to the examination centre. The student reached the examination centre area at 1.33pm, three minutes after the deadline. In a statement posted on X, the traffic police said CCTV footage confirmed the student had departed “only 33 minutes before the cut off time” and had travelled on a longer route. “Traffic conditions were found to be normal, and traffic police …

‘Inconvenience’, ‘half-truths’: Tejasvi Surya vs Priyank Kharge over Congress rally ‘disrupting’ NEET exam in Bengaluru

‘Inconvenience’, ‘half-truths’: Tejasvi Surya vs Priyank Kharge over Congress rally ‘disrupting’ NEET exam in Bengaluru

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BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and Karnataka home minister Priyank Kharge engaged in a heated battle on Sunday after the former targeted the Congress for organising a mega rally in the city on the day of the NEET exams, which allegedly caused students to miss the exams on time due to “massive traffic disruption”. In response to Tejasvi Surya’s allegations, Priyank Kharge, without taking the MP’s name, referred to him as “serial misinformation MP”. (ANI photos) In response to Surya’s allegations, Kharge, without taking the MP’s name, referred to him as “serial misinformation MP” and termed his allegation as “half-truths and manufactured outrage.” The event which Surya was referring to was Congress’s mega convention at Palace Grounds in the state capital Bengaluru, organised in connection with B K Hariprasad taking charge as the party’s new state president. Tejasvi Surya’s allegations In a post on X, Tejasvi Surya said, “The Congress party could have chosen any other day for its rally at Palace Grounds. Instead, it chose the very day thousands of students are appearing for NEET. …

BJP’s ‘last Mughal’ dig at Rahul Gandhi on Cong’s ‘vote chor, gaddi chhod’ rally

BJP’s ‘last Mughal’ dig at Rahul Gandhi on Cong’s ‘vote chor, gaddi chhod’ rally

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As the Congress sharpened its attack on the BJP during its ‘Vote Chor Gaddi Chodd’ rally in the capital on Sunday, the saffron party hit back by likening the Nehru family with that of Babar, and alleged that the Congress will be “buried in history” under Rahul Gandhi’s leadership just like the fate of the Mughal empire under its sixth emperor Aurangzeb. LoP in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, left, with party MP Sonia Gandhi during the ‘Vote Chor, Gaddi Chhod’ rally, at Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.(AICC) Track updates on Bondi Beach shooting The charges followed after some Congress workers were heard in several videos on social media purportedly chanting “Modi teri kabar khudegi” while heading to the opposition party’s rally at the Ramlila Maidan. Condemning the sloganeering, BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said, “Once again, Congress workers are wishing for Modi ji’s death. This shows that the Congress, while functioning under the Muslim League-Maoist agenda, is turning into a platform of anarchy.” Also read: Bondi Beach …

India General Elections 2024 LIVE Updates: PM Modi to address rally in Jharkhand; Rahul, Akhilesh head to Varanasi

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav. File. | Photo Credit: ANI With only phase left to go, both the NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc are giving their campaigns a final push. While Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are expected to hold a joint rally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign in two States today.  Also read | Written off five months ago, the Congress has put up a spirited Lok Sabha campaign, irrespective of the outcome Mr. Modi will address a rally in Jharkhand, followed by a roadshow in Kolkata, which has recently been facing the brunt of the cyclonic storm ‘Remal’. Meanwhile, Mr. Yadav and Mr. Gandhi will jointly address a rally in Varanasi, the bastion of PM Modi.  The opposition INDIA bloc has called for a meeting on June 1 in New Delhi to assess their electoral performance and to chalk out their strategy ahead of results on June 4. Trinamool Congress party has already conveyed their inability to attend the meeting …

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to begin from private ground in Manipur’s Thoubal: Congress

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge affixes the newly launched logo of ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ on the backside of a car, in New Delhi | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on Friday, January 12, 2024 said that the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will be flagged off from a private ground in Manipur’s Thoubal district on January 14, instead of State capital Imphal. Congress’s Manipur president Keisham Meghachandra said that permission was sought to begin the yatra from the Hapta Kangjeibung ground in Imphal but the State government gave the go-ahead with certain conditions, forcing to change the venue at the last moment. “We had proposed to the state government on January 2 that Hapta Kangjeibung public ground in Imphal be allowed for flagging off the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. We had also announced that the Yatra will start from Imphal, and culminate in Mumbai,” he said. “We met Chief Minister N. Biren Singh in this regard on January 10 but were told that the permission will not be given. Later that night, an order …