The second phase of the UGC-NET examination has been postponed and will now be conducted between September 20 and 30, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar said. Earlier, it was scheduled to be held between August 12 and 14. The admit cards will be issued on September 16 and the city of the examination centre will be displayed on September 11.

The main accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, Swapna Suresh, on Monday alleged that CM Pinarayi Vijayan helped a UAE national, who was held with a satellite phone, to escape in 2017. "These illegal activities were done so as to ensure that [CM's] daughter Veena Vijayan was able to start a business venture in the UAE," Suresh said.

Outgoing Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu broke down in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, when TMC MP Derek O'Brien narrated how Naidu lost his mother when he was one year old. O'Brien recounted how one of the bulls owned by Naidu's family in Andhra Pradesh attacked the latter's mother while she had him in his arms. Naidu got teary-eyed during the story.

News anchor Navika Kumar was on Monday granted interim protection from arrest in the case linked to suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma's remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a May 26 TV debate. It said that no coercive action will be taken against Navika in connection to the FIRs filed over the debate previously or in future, as an interim measure.

An idol of Goddess Parvati that was allegedly stolen from a temple in Tamil Nadu in 1971, has been traced to an auction house in New York, authorities said. The 12th-century copper alloy idol is worth $212,575 (around ₹1.69 crore) and measures about 52 cm in height. It dates back to the Chola period, authorities said.

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's great-granddaughter Rajshree Chaudhary Bose was asked to deboard a train and put under house arrest in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj on Sunday. She has been kept at a guest house in the reserve police line. Rajshree was going to Varanasi to attend an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Sena as the chief guest.

Outgoing Vice President Venkaiah Naidu in his farewell speech in Rajya Sabha said, "I am very happy on one side and on the other side I feel I'll be missing you all as I'll not be in this position of chairing the House from August 10 onwards." He added that he always used to say 'Namaste' while greeting the House.

Talking about outgoing Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, PM Narendra Modi said he thought the COVID-19 lockdown would be a "big punishment" for Naidu. "It was very difficult for him (Naidu) to sit still...but he made use of time," said PM Modi. Naidu called nearly every party worker during the lockdown, asked about their well-being and provided help if needed, PM said.

Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has announced the launch of new Hop-on Hop-off (Ho-Ho) AC bus service from August 8 onwards in a bid to boost tourism in Mumbai. The bus will depart everyday between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). The fare for the bus service is ₹150/person to travel an entire day.

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Monday criticised the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra and said it was difficult to understand who is the real CM of the state. Thackeray said the verdict in Sena's battle in the SC against the rebel MLAs will have an impact not just on the party, but on the entire nation.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Monday raised in Lok Sabha the issue of "infiltration" of Bangladeshi Muslims in Jharkhand, demanding that the government carry out the National Population Register exercise in the state. "There is Islamization with students being taught in Urdu in government schools and the weekly holiday now shifted to Friday," he said.

Home Minister Amit Shah said that "a gap started to arise between many sections of society" due to "appeasement". "Because of nepotism, no matter how much capacity someone had, he never got a chance," Shah said at an event in Bhubaneswar. He added, "Due to corruption, the economy of the society and the campaigns for social welfare were becoming hollow."

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday slammed Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal for his criticism of the Supreme Court, saying that Opposition leaders attack constitutional authorities when their judgments do not favour them. Sibal on Saturday criticised the SC, saying that sensitive cases are being assigned to selective judges, adding that he has no hope left in the institution.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on Monday dubbed the introduction of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022, in Parliament by the Centre an "attack on the constitutional rights of the states". He said that the Centre should not consider the states as puppets and they would not sit silently against this attempt to dilute the federal spirit of India's democracy.

Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said that 6,195 km of India's border roads are currently under construction. Replying to a Rajya Sabha question, Bhatt said that the Border Roads Organisation constructs roads on the basis of strategic requirements of a region and priorities fixed by the Indian Army. These roads are beneficial in troops' quick mobilisation, he added.

As many as 150 bikers flagged off a rally under 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign from Pune to Gateway of India in Mumbai. The 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign was introduced by PM Narendra Modi last month to mark the 75th anniversary of Independence Day. PM Modi urged people to display the national flag at their homes from August 13 to 15.

Gujarat forest department has recovered the body of a 30-year-old man who was seen getting attacked by a crocodile in several videos that surfaced online on Sunday. The NDRF began a search operation shortly after the videos of the man being pulled into the Dhadhar river by the crocodile, near Sokhdaraghu village in Vadodara, started circulating on social media.

A female Railway Protection Force officer saved an elderly woman and her son at West Bengal's Bankura station after they slipped while boarding a moving train. Sharing a video of the incident on social media, Railways Ministry wrote, "Service and Seva Bhav." "Passengers are requested not to board or alight a moving train," the Ministry further wrote.

PM Narendra Modi bid farewell to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday and called his term "inspiring, encouraging, rewarding" for future generations. "Venkaiah ji's life is a huge legacy for us. Whatever we have learned with him, let us carry on," PM Modi said. "We should ensure that his advice is always utilised," PM Modi added.

A report released by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday said that Delhi reported 174 cases of dengue this year till August 6. No deaths due to the infection have been recorded in the national capital so far this year, the report added. Last year, Delhi had logged 9,613 cases of dengue.

Uttarakhand Police on Monday said that it doesn't have information to indicate whether politician Shrikant Tyagi is in the state. The statement came after reports suggested that Tyagi, who went missing after assaulting a woman in Noida, turned up in Rishikesh and Haridwar. Noida Police have announced a ₹25,000 cash reward for the person who helps track down Tyagi.

Three people, including a minor, were killed and 11 got injured after a speeding private bus overturned on the Udaipur-Gujarat national highway in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district. Two of the three deceased were identified as Kalyan Singh (28) and Nidhi Jatav (10), police said. Notably, the injured are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, police added.

To cater to the rush of passengers during Raksha Bandhan, the Western Railway has announced six special trains. According to a press release, the Bandra-Bhavnagar terminus superfast special train (09207) will run on August 13 from the Bandra Terminus at 7:25 pm and reach Bhavnagar at 9:25 am on the next day.

The Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar has informed that there is no "proposal to establish any new IIT in the country". "Accordingly, new IITs at Tirupati and Palakkad started their academic session in 2015 and IITs at Bhilai, Jammu, Goa and Dharwad started in 2016," Sarkar informed while replying to a written question in Lok Sabha.

A 45-year-old debt-ridden share trader died by suicide in Surat, Gujarat. The deceased, Praveen Kumbhani, was allegedly getting threats from people to whom he owed money, police said. Kumbhani was a resident of Kanteshwar Mahadev society, but ended his life in another apartment in Katargam. The deceased has left a suicide note as well, police added.