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PTI New Delhi The student wing of Congress, the National Students Union of India (NSUI), held a protest march on Thursday against the On-Screen Marking (OSM) policy for Class 12 students, demanding its immediate rollback. The march took place from Indira Bhawan to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) headquarters at Shiksha Sadan. Hundreds []

PTI Thiruvananthapuram ED raids linked to the financial dealings between former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayans daughters firm and a sand mining company triggered attacks on central agency officials in the state capital and statewide protests by CPI(M) leaders and workers on Wednesday. Severe violence broke out outside Vijayans rented residence after ED officials completed []

NT Reporter Panaji Amid ongoing political developments within the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) following the resignation of its president Manoj Parab, St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar on Monday asserted that he continues to stand firmly with the party and described Parab as a respected leader who remains in our hearts. Dismissing rumours that he would []

Madurai/Villupuram: In a novel and emotionally charged protest, hundreds of unemployed youth took to the streets of Madurai on Sunday, staging a first-of-its-kind Cockroach Rally in Tamil Nadu. The demonstration was organised to voice opposition against severe unemployment and recent remarks made by a senior Supreme Court judge comparing jobless youth to cockroaches. The rally []

New Delhi: North India reeled under an intense heatwave on Wednesday, with Uttar Pradeshs Banda district recording the highest temperature in the country at 48 degrees Celsius, 4.5 notches above normal. In Delhi, the Ridge base station recorded the maximum temperature at 45.8 degrees, making it the hottest location in the national capital. The Safdarjung []

Kolkata: A protest against the recent bulldozer action in Kolkatas Tiljala turned violent on Sunday as demonstrators hurled stones at police personnel in the minority-dominated Park Circus area, injuring at least three officials and damaging several vehicles. The flare-up came days after bulldozers rolled into Tiljala as part of the West Bengal governments demolition drive []

New Delhi/Jaipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested five persons and conducted searches at multiple locations across the country in the NEET UG paper leak case as protests over cancellation of the examination intensified on Wednesday and the chorus for Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhans resignation grew louder. One of the accused arrested in Jaipur []

Special Correspondent Panaji: The Mission Political Reservation of the Scheduled Tribe community on Monday sought clarity from the government over the delay in implementing reservation for the ST community in the Goa Legislative Assembly under Article 332. Members of the ST community staged a protest outside the Department of Tribal Welfare at the Shram Shakti []

Dr. Nandkumar M. Kamat Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta was born on April 7, 1506, in the Castle of Xavier in the Kingdom of Navarre, in the Pyrenean borderlands of what is now northern Spain. He died on December 3, 1552, on Shangchuan Island off the coast of China at approximately 2151N 11249E. Between those []

Panaji: Goa signed off April 2026 under a spell of heat, with both day and night temperatures remaining above normal levels, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The last week of April recorded the highest maximum of 35.4C on April 29, about 1.6C above the normal of 33.8C. Panaji recorded 35.4C on April 11 []

Valpoi: Following the discovery of worms in tap water at a residence in Valpoi, Water Supply Department officials said that checks and testing were carried out over the past two days and added that the overall water being supplied in the Valpoi town has been found to be safe for drinking. The issue came to []

Leader of Opposition calls out BJPs witch hunt Panaji: Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao was questioned and his statement recorded by the Panaji police on Monday in connection with the February 2026 protest march demanding scrapping of Section 39A of the TCP Act outside the residence of TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane in Dona Paula. Police []

Panaji: A candlelight protest was held in Old Goa on Sunday seeking the resignation of Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho over derogatory remarks made against St Francis Xavier at a function in Vasco where he was present. Protesters raised slogans of Resign, resign and said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant should take responsibility and resign, alleging that []

Washington: President Donald Trump says the US Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea route for oil shipments whose disruption is increasingly threatening the global economy. Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the weekslong war, experts say. []

Panaji: The Enough is Enough movement has given authorities a 15-day ultimatum to reconvene the Assembly session, which was adjourned sine die over Model Code of Conduct and take up the Consolidated Land Bill. Should the government fail to act, we will lead a mass protest march to the capital, said former chief justice of []

NT Reporter Vasco In a step to contain the ongoing water contamination scare in Sancoale, the Mormugao administration has directed Zuari Indian Oil Adani Ventures Private Limited (ZIAVPL) to assist in pumping out the water from the well located within the premises of Our Lady of Health Church in Shindoli, Sancoale. Acting on instructions from []

Sawant also agrees to other demands of locals Margao: The 49-day protest held by the residents of Mirabag in Sanvordem against the proposed Rs 280-crore bandhara project on Zuari River came to an end on Monday after the agitators called off the protest following an assurance from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant that the project would []

Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has said that it is illegal to conduct a medical examination (ossification test) to determine a minors age when certificates from a school, board, municipal corporation, municipality, or panchayat are available. Holding this, the high court set aside the orders of the Juvenile Justice Board and the []

Chennai: TVK chief Vijay on Sunday named his partys candidates for all 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu for the April 23 elections, announcing his electoral debut from two seats, including Perambur in Chennai, considered a DMK stronghold. In his maiden electoral battle, Vijay will also contest from Tiruchirappalli (East) in central Tamil Nadu. It []

AP Kathmandu The police in Nepal arrested former prime minister Khadga Prasad Oli early Saturday over the deaths of dozens of people during violent protests in September that toppled the government and resulted in new elections. Authorities arrested the powerful Communist Party leader at his residence on the outskirts of the capital Kathmandu. They also []

PTI Kathmandu CPN-UML members on Saturday staged demonstrations in different parts of Nepal to protest against the arrest of party chair and former prime minister K P Sharma Oli. The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Lennist) leader Oli and former home minister Ramesh Lekhak were arrested early Saturday morning on charges of their involvement in []

Beirut: The Lebanese mother of two had just awakened to prepare the pre-dawn meal before another day of fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when Israeli warplanes began attacking southern Lebanon in retaliation for rockets and drones launched by Hezbollah. The family quickly packed up and headed toward Beirut, seeking safety from another []

NT Reporter Margao/Curchorem The Goa Forward Party (GFP) has strongly condemned the governments response to Mirabag protestors who were detained from the Goa Legislative Assembly for holding banners demanding the scrapping of the bandhara project in their village. Demanding immediate withdrawal of the cases filed against the protestors, the party has also sought a written []

Agenceis Perth India will look to regroup quickly when they face a formidable Japan in their second Group C match of the AFC Womens Asian Cup at the Perth Rectangular Stadium on Saturday. The Blue Tigresses are currently third in the group after a narrow 12 defeat to Vietnam in their opening match, while Japan []

NT Reporter Panaji St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar on Monday accused Chief Minister Pramod Sawant of going back on his words over the assurance that cases registered in connection with protests against Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act would not be pursued. Many have been issued summons. The CM has failed []

PRAJYOT MAINKAR On the evening of February 19, 2026, at New Delhis Bharat Mandapam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stood on stage holding hands with some of the most powerful people in AI. Sam Altman of OpenAI, Dario Amodei of Anthropic, Sundar Pichai of Google and many others. It was a spectacle on the stage, []

Says protestors crossed all limits, strict action will be taken Panaji: Stating that the protestors, who came to Panaji in support of St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar, had crossed all the limits on February 23, 2026 by protesting outside the residence of the Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on []

Panaji : Opposition parties on Wednesday condemned what they termed as the governments high-handed approach toward democratic protests, which are being held to demand the scrapping of Section 39A of the Town and Country Planning Act. Opposition leader Yuri Alemao, Congress MLA Carlos Ferreira and Goa Forward Party legislator Vijai Sardesai expressed solidarity with Revolutionary []

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had a narrow escape this month, when tremors from the Jeffrey Epstein files shook his leadership and threatened to bring him down. He faces new danger this week from a special election on Thursday in northwest England, where his centre-left Labour Party could face defeat by either the hard-line []

Leaders must behave responsibly Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday took exception to the protest morcha by Opposition MLAs and other demonstrators at the residence of Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane, calling it inappropriate. However, he refrained from commenting on their demand to scrap the controversial Section 39A of the Town and []

NT Reporter Panaji Villagers from Assolda in Curchorem constituency staged a strong protest outside the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) office at Patto-Panaji on Monday, demanding that the proposed coal handling project at Xelvona jetty be scrapped immediately. Residents from Assolda, Xelvona, Xic-Xelvona, Hodar and neighbouring villages marched to the capital. The Assolda gram []

Curchorem: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar alleged that the Goa government has compelled Goans to come out on the streets by bringing unwanted projects for its own financial benefit. He made the allegation while addressing a mashal rally organised by villagers of Mirabag and surrounding areas against the proposed bandhara project coming []

New Delhi: The conduct of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) workers arrested for protesting at the AI Impact Summit venue was not legitimate dissent, rather a blatant assault on public order that also hurt the countrys diplomatic image, a Delhi court said. Judicial Magistrate Ravi made the observation on Saturday when the four IYC workers []

PTI Ahmedabad Skipper Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varmas rejigged philosophy of dropping anchor rather than going for big strokes will be tested by a quality South African side that seems ready to find chinks in the Indian armour during their opening Super Eight match of the T20 World Cup on Sunday. The Proteas team boasts []

PTI New Delhi A group of Indian Youth Congress workers on Friday staged a dramatic shirtless protest at an AI Impact Summit exhibition hall, walking around holding t-shirts with slogans against the government and the India-US trade deal printed on them, triggering a strong reaction from the ruling BJP, and the police to arrest four []

NT Reporter Mapusa Tivim locals, including members of the Dhangar community, along with supporters of NGOs and social activists, on Thursday evening held a protest against alleged hill cutting at the site of a proposed private university at Cansa. They raised concerns over environmental destruction and its potential impact on villagers living downhill. The project []