The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at several locations in Karnataka linked to the alleged Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) paper leak scam. Former Chairman of KPSC Shivashankarappa S Sahukar is accused of examination paper leaks, tampering with OMR sheets and demanding bribes ranging from 70 to 80 lakhs per candidate to recruit Government Veterinary Officers. It is also alleged that a private company acted as a middleman. In this background, th

The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with the Election Commission’s decision to fix 2002 as the base year for the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Sikkim. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana dismissed a PIL filed by an NGO, seeking a direction to the poll panel to consider 1993 as the base year instead of 2002 for the ongoing SIR exercise in the state. The court observed that the ECI has uniformly adopted 2002 as

Four women from Nagaland have been selected to represent India in Sepaktakraw at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, kicking off on the 19th of next month. The selected players are Menenu Tsukru and Seyiekhrieno Tepa, while Puleno Neikha and Pungotolu Puro will serve as coaches for the Indian Women’s Team. The selection also marks the fifth consecutive Asian Games since 2010 in which Sepaktakraw players and coaches from Nagaland have represented India, making the a