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Allahabad High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Ayushi Patel, a NEET-UG aspirant, who alleged that the National Testing Agency (NTA) had failed to declare her result and that her OMR answer sheet was torn. The court found that Patel had submitted forged documents in her petition. Patel claimed that the NTA had informed her that her result would not be declared due to the torn OMR sheet. She demanded a manual evaluation of her OMR sheet, an inquiry against the NTA, and a halt to the admission counselling process. However, upon a court order, the NTA presented the original OMR sheet, which was found to be intact. «NTA can take legal action in the matter,» Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan said in his order. NTA told the court the decision to initiate legal action against the student, Ayushi Patel of Lucknow, had already been taken.

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Congress party urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take responsibility for stopping the paper leaks. Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in a post on X referred to the cancellation of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) as a «victory of spirit» of millions of students. He further said that it was the «defeat of the Modi government's arrogance.»

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A recent decision by the Federal Court of Appeal serves as a reminder to all Canadians that if you actively trade marketable securities in your tax-free savings account, the Canada Revenue Agency may consider this activity to constitute a business, and the TFSA, rather than being tax free, could be subject to tax on its business income.

Education Ministry on Wednesday ordered Bihar police's Economic Offences Unit to present a detailed report on the issue of grace marks. «In the matter pertaining to the NEET(UG) Examination-2024, the issue related to grace marks has already been fully addressed. As regards certain irregularities alleged in the conduct of the examination in Patna, a detailed report has been sought from the Economic Offences Unit, Bihar Police. Government will take further action, on receipt of this report. Government is committed to ensure the sanctity of examinations and protect the interest of students. It is reiterated that any individual/organization found to be involved in this matter will face strictest action,» said the Ministry in the statement. The NEET examination was held on May 5 across 4,750 centres and around 24 lakh candidates took it. The results were expected to be declared on June 14 but were announced on June 4, apparently because the evaluation of the answer sheets got completed earlier.

ALSO READ: Will Uddhav Thackeray align with BJP? The Shiv Sena (UTB) chief says ....Addressing the party workers in Mumbai on the occasion of 58th Foundation Day of the Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray said, as quoted by news agency ANI, “Today, I welcomed not only our winning MPs but also those who did not win. I want the government to fall and elections to be held so that we can form INDIA alliance govt...I challenge Modi ji openly to start campaigning for Assembly elections from today itself...I challenge PM Modi to go to Andhra Pradesh and say that whatever Chandrababu Naidu has said in his manifesto he will fulfil it."Uddhav asserted he will never go with those who tried to 'finish off' his party and paid to speculation about a possible reconciliation with the BJP post the Lok Sabha polls.

French Open coming to a close. Now, the Wimbledon is set to begin soon with the qualifying rounds beginning towards the end of June, according to The Telegraph. Wimbledon has a rich tennis history, when it comes to heritage as well as exemplary performances of tennis legends from across the globe. The grass court has seen the likes of Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serna Williams, Venus Williams and many others, at their prime in different categories.

AAP) on Wednesday staged a protest against the alleged NEET scam, calling it a «national disgrace» and demanded a fresh examination. The protest held at Dadar was part of the party's nationwide agitation against the alleged irregularities in the NEET examination, it said. Ruben Mascarenhas, AAP's Mumbai working president, alleged that the NEET «scam» is playing with the future of not just 24 lakh medico aspirants, but all of young India. «We demand that the NEET exam be scrapped and a fresh exam be held. There must be a court-monitored independent investigation and exemplary action must be taken against those involved, especially those who are from the BJP,» said Paul Raphael, AAP Mumbai executive member.

Prajwal Revanna, accused in a rape and sexual harassment case, has been remanded to Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody until June 24 by a Karnataka court on Wednesday, a day after he had been sent to judicial custody under separate charges. The SIT produced him in a court in Bengaluru for the second rape case filed against him. It had earlier requested an extension of his police custody for further questioning. The former JDS MP, who lost the recent Lok Sabha election as the NDA candidate from Hassan, was arrested on May 31, when he returned to the country after nearly five weeks. He is battling charges of sexual abuse of women after pen drives of explicit videos allegedly involving him surfaced in Hassan and other places days ahead of the April 26 election.

North Dakota’s financial regulatory authority has joined other US states in withdrawing Binance.US’ money transmission license.

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decision last month in the Patanjali Ayurved case, the ministry of information and broadcasting mandated that beginning 18 June all advertisers had to declare compliance with cable TV rules and advertising codes for all their ads.The apex court also directed Union ministries and authorities to take action against fast-moving consumer goods companies indulging in false campaigns.Advertisers have complained that uploading hundreds of pages of documents daily would only result in bureaucracy, especially in the absence of any mechanism to evaluate or monitor the declarations. Industry bodies have been trying to engage with the government to find an alternative.

A South Korean crypto fraudster will serve 10 years in jail after the High Court upheld his original sentence.

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Supreme Court has stayed further proceedings in an FIR filed against top brass, including IREO Group Managing Director Lalit Goyal and Oberoi Realty Chairman and Managing Director Vikas Oberoi, under various sections of cheating, criminal breach of trust and forgery. While seeking response from the Haryana police and others, a vacation Bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kumar and Justice Augustine George Masih said: “...we find that the second complaint (against IREO and Oberoi officials) was made without disclosing the fact that the first complaint had been made, albeit in relation to the letter dated September 9, 2022 supposedly addressed by the complainant (one Chandan Singh) itself which was attacked as a forgery. Significantly, the second complaint does not even mention this letter though it was of relevance.” “The question as to whether the filing of the second complaint would amount to an abuse of process and as to whether the complainant approached the Court with unclean hands requires further examination,” the apex court said, while posting the matter for further hearing on July 29.

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₹4,000- ₹5,000 for our NEET exam course material. Right now, even a student with a high score is not celebrating because people may allege that the student has received the marks through unfair means," Pandey told Mint. Before we tell you about the other faces behind the protest, let us understand how exams of this scale are conducted.

—Name withheld on request A will is an instrument of testamentary disposition of property, whereby one transfers or bequeaths his property to the named beneficiaries on his death. At the time of testing the will for its validity, your friend will not be alive, therefore, a will is required to fulfil the requirements under the relevant provisions of Indian Succession Act, 1925 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.For this, (a) The testator/ your friend has to sign his will; (b) It is mandatory to get it attested by two or more witnesses, though no particular form of attestation is necessary; (c) Each of the attesting witnesses must have seen the testator sign or affix his mark to the will; (d) Each of the attesting witnesses shall sign the will in the presence of the testator, however, the presence of all witnesses at the same time is not required.For the purpose of proving the execution of the will, at least one of the attesting witnesses, who is alive, subject to the process of court, and capable of giving evidence, shall be examined.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reiterated during testimony in federal court Monday that the league’s “Sunday Ticket” package, the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is a premium product while also defending the league’s broadcast model

NCERT says teaching about Gujarat riots, Babri masjid demolition ‘can create violent, depressed citizens’"The NCERT has decided to replace Babri Masjid with the words ‘three domed structure.’ It has also decided to call the Ayodhya judgement an example of 'consensus.' India’s children should know that the Supreme Court called the demolition of Babri Masjid an egregious criminal act," Owaisi said.He also added that the children should know that a functioning masjid was "desecrated" in 1949 and then demolished by a mob in 1992. "They should not grow up glorifying criminal acts."Also read: NCERT omits some references to ‘Gujarat riots, Babri Masjid’ from Class 12 syllabus.