Experts chart roadmap for strengthening project execution across energy and mining CPSEs

IANS | July 26, 2026 7:05 PM

Vadodara, July 26 (IANS) The three-day third edition of Bharat CPSEs' Consultative Conclave 2026 on Project and Asset Management successfully concluded on Sunday here with experts charting out a roadmap for strengthening project execution, asset management and organisational excellence across Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) in the energy and mining sectors a day before at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) Vadodara, after insightful deliberations on strengthening project execution, asset management and organisational excellence.

'I support reforms': NEET suicide victim’s father backs Centre's anti-paper leak push (IANS Exclusive)

IANS | July 26, 2026 6:21 PM

Ahmedabad, July 26 (IANS) The father of 17-year-old NEET aspirant Kahaan Patel, whose death by suicide in June became one of the most widely discussed tragedies linked to the NEET-UG 2026 controversy, has thrown his support behind the Centre's proposed amendments to strengthen India's anti-paper leak law, saying speedy investigations, fast-track courts and tougher punishment are necessary to restore confidence in the examination system.

Seers, former Babri litigant welcome new SIT for Ram Temple embezzlement probe

IANS | July 26, 2026 5:44 PM

Ayodhya, July 26 (IANS) Hindu saints in Ayodhya and former litigant in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid case, Iqbal Ansari, welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government's move to reconstitute the Special Investigation Team (SIT), following a Supreme Court order regarding the alleged misappropriation of donations and offerings made at the Ram Temple.

FairPoint: Why did it take a street protest to force action?

Deepika Bhan | July 26, 2026 4:18 PM

New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) It should never have taken a street protest to force governments to address a problem that has plagued India's examination system for many decades. But that is precisely what the Cockroach Janata Party's (CJP) protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi has exposed.