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A Delhi Court has expressed its displeasure with businessman Robert Vadra's explanation that he stayed in Dubai for a medical emergency in August this year while travelling to the United Kingdom (UK) via UAE and said this is a violation of terms and conditions of the permission granted to him.

The court also issued a show cause notice asking Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi why his fixed deposit receipt (FDR) deposited in terms of the order dated August 12 be not forfeited for violating the terms and conditions of the permission granted to the applicant.

As the discussion surrounding the Anti NEET Bill continues in Tamil Nadu, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has stated that any decision regarding the NEET exam would not be made based on the government.

While speaking to reporters during his visit to Chennai, the Education minister reiterated that fact that the NEET exam is conducted based on the outcome of the Supreme Court of India and is not a government decision. The minister further added that the NEET exam would create a level ground for medical aspirants.

The Delhi government is set to introduce new bus routes on a trial basis starting October 2 with an aim to make public transportation in the city more accessible for all. The state transport department on Tuesday released a list of the proposed bus routes in order to seek suggestions and/or objections from the public.

The average daily ridership of Delhi’s state-run buses is about 4.2 million -- much higher than that of the Delhi Metro, at around 2.7 million. At present, 7,300 buses operate on 625 routes in Delhi. The problem is that many of these routes overlap, resulting in some routes being overfed while others remaining underserved.

Taking a swipe at Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath over his “lend my car” remarks, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked how a party that does not even respect his own workers would be able to serve its people.

“For someone who does not even respect his own workers, would that party be able to serve its people?" Chouhan said at a public gathering.

Nath on Sunday said that his party would not stop anyone from quitting and that he would lend his car if anyone wants to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

More than 300 Indians, including at least 60 from Tamil Nadu, have been held hostage by a gang at Myawaddy in Myanmar where they are forced to do cybercrime activities, multiple sources told TOI. People from some other countries were also being held by the racket.

The victims are held captive in the Myawaddy region which is not under the control of the Myanmar government and is dominated by ethnic armed groups. Some of the hostages who sent out messages to their families called their captors ‘Malaysian Chinese’.