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Shivakumar, Siddaramaiah meet Congress top brass ahead of new Karnataka cabinet

New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) Karnataka chief minister-designate D K Shivakumar and his predecessor Siddaramaiah held deliberations with the top brass of the Congress on Tuesday on giving final shape to the new cabinet in the state. Sources said Shivakumar will take oath along with a small new cabinet initially and expand it later. He will be sworn in on June 3 in Bengaluru, where former party chief Rahul Gandhi will be present. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah also met Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Gandhi and held talks on the new cabinet formation. Congress general secretary (organisation) K C Venugopal and

NEET, CBSE row: Youth Congress activists demonstrate in Mumbai, detained

Mumbai, Jun 2 (PTI) Youth Congress workers on Tuesday organised a protest march in Mumbai amid the alleged NEET paper leak and concerns regarding the OSM system in CBSE’s board examinations, prompting the police to detain several activists. Protesters raised slogans against the Centre and demanded transparency in the examination system and action against those involved in paper leaks. The march, led by Indian Youth Congress president Uday Bhanu Chib, commenced at Chaityabhoomi in Dadar towards the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Shivaji Park. Police stopped the march and detained several protesters, including Youth Congress workers and office-bearers, organisers

Centre forms one-member panel to probe OSM procurement by CBSE

New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) The Centre has formed a one-member committee to inquire into matters relating to the procurement of services for the on-screen marking system by the CBSE. The committee will be chaired by S Radha Chauhan, Chairperson, Capacity Building Commission, a memorandum issued by the Cabinet Secretariat said on Tuesday. Chauhan has been empowered to obtain the assistance of officials from other departments, as required, while the Capacity Building Commission will provide secretarial assistance to the panel. The committee will submit its report to the Department of Personnel and Training within one month. The memorandum addressed to

EU strikes migration deal for more deportations and detention centers abroad

BRUSSELS, June 2, 2026 (AP) — The European Union has moved forward with a vast overhaul of its migration policy, aiming to ramp up deportations and ink controversial deals to build detention centers abroad. Rights groups have criticized it, comparing the new regulations to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies. By green-lighting controversial “return hubs” outside the 27-nation EU, the regulation represents the EU’s hardest line on migration so far and has drawn sharp criticism from opponents who warn it will endanger migrants and undermine human rights from Spain to Romania. “The new regulation will speed up the return process

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