An FIR has been registered by the Imphal police against former chief minister of Manipur, Ibobi Singh, and five others in a case of alleged financial irregularities to the tune of Rs 185.79 crore. The case is about the functioning of the Manipur Development Society (MDS), a government agency. The[Read More…]
The Chandigarh administration has imposed Section 144 CrPC in the city for the next 60 days. According to a press release issued by the Chandigarh Administration, there lies a possibility of law and order problem, security threats and the possibility of misuse of weapons by antisocial and others can create[Read More…]
Grieving over the death of her daughter, Anitha’s father on Saturday said that his daughter managed to study hard in even difficult circumstances and was concerned about the NEET exam. The 17-year-old Dalit girl, who led a campaign against National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) exams, committed suicide on Friday.[Read More…]
S.Anitha, the state board student who filed a case in the Supreme Court against National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for medical admissions, has allegedly committed suicide at her house at Kuzhumur village near Sendurai on Friday. The 17-year old Dalit girl, who was a daughter of a daily wage[Read More…]
Over 1500-year-old Kalyani Devi temple, in Allahabad, is famous for drawing thousands of devotees. Besides these devotees, the temple is also visited by chess players and champions as the temple is known to share a unique bond with the game. “It is perhaps the only temple where priests can talk[Read More…]
The Income Tax Department has issued a notice to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and has asked for details on the amount of money spent at Lalu Prasad’s mega anti-BJP rally in Patna on 27 August. The I-T department has asked RJD to explain the source of money that was spent[Read More…]
A 24-year-old man was killed after being run over by the SUV of former Karnataka chief minister, BS Yeddyurappa’s son, late on Thursday night. As per reports, the incident reportedly happened near Madapura Cross in Karnataka, when BY Raghvendra was on his way to his constituency. The police have reached[Read More…]
Union minister, Mahendra Nath Pandey, was appointed as the new Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president on Thursday. BJP national president, Amit Shah, appointed him as the next UP BJP chief with immediate effect. Pandey is a BJP Member of Parliament from Chandauli constituency. He succeeds Uttar Pradesh deputy[Read More…]
In a shocking video that is going viral, a little boy is slapped mercilessly and repeatedly, by his teacher in the classroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow, for not responding to the attendance call. The boy, a student of class 3, was struck 40 times by the furious teacher, according to[Read More…]
A 12-year-old girl in Tamil Nadu allegedly killed herself on Monday after her teacher scolded her in class for staining her uniform with menstrual blood. The girl jumped off a 25-foot-high building in her hometown in Tirunelveli, over 600 km from Chennai. She was studying in class 7. She had[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh CM, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday made a highly insensitive remark, stating that people should not leave their children at the mercy of the government. “Mujhe lagta hai, kahin aisa na ho, log apne bachhe, jaise hi 2 saal ke ho, sarkar ke bharose chhodd de, sarkar unka paalan[Read More…]
At least two persons died and 25 others were injured when a bus overturned in Chamba district’s Dalhouise area in Himachal Pradesh, on Wednesday. The injured were taken to the local hospitals, of which four were seriously injured and shifted to Chamba district hospital.
Former minister in Akhilesh Yadav’s cabinet, Ravidas Mehrotra, has been caught in some serious legal trouble. An amount of Rs 30 lakhs has been recovered in old currency from his car in Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow. The money was in old currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000, that are[Read More…]
The Janata Dal (United) condemned the opposition rally that was organised by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday and said that he had organised the anti- BJP rally only to launch his sons. “Lalu Yadav organised this anti-BJP rally only to launch his sons so that[Read More…]
Former union defence minister and Goa chief minister, Manohar Parrikar, made a landmark victory in the Panaji by-polls, by a margin of 4,803 votes. The by-polls in the state were necessitated after Parrikar’s return to state politics in March 2017, as the CM. After winning in the by-polls, Parrikar said[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday extended fullest support to RJD ‘anti-BJP’ rally, says it will expose wicked intentions of ruling party in Bihar. The Congress vice-president, who is on an official visit to Norway, said, “This rally is being organised at a time when the very foundation of our pluralistic[Read More…]
Following the ongoing tension in Haryana and Punjab over the conviction of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the state government on Saturday imposed Section 144 (Unlawful Assembly) of the Criminal Procedure Code in west Uttar Pradesh’s nine districts bordering the two states. This is because followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda chief,[Read More…]
People are still mourning the deaths of over in 100 children in Gorakhpur‘s BRD Medical College, while a similar incident has gripped a government hospital in Jharkhand. The only government and perhaps the biggest hospital in Kolhan, MGM Hospital, has witnessed the deaths of at least 64 children in the[Read More…]
Nine persons, including Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College and Hospital’s former principal, Dr Rajeev Mishra and his wife, Dr Purnima Shukla, have been booked in connection with the deaths of over 100 children due to alleged lack of oxygen supply earlier this month. Dr Kafeel Khan (the then head of the[Read More…]
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was attacked on Thursday by Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Srikant Sharma over the Yadav’s proposed rally of opposition parties in Patna, terming it as a “congregation of the corrupt.” “Laluji is not organising a rally but a ‘jamawada’ (congregation) of the corrupt,” said Sharma. Yadav[Read More…]
In a dreadful incident, a 15-year-old girl was chased and attacked by a stalker who chopped her hand off with a sword in a busy market. The incident happened in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur district on Wednesday. The stalker was trying to chop off her other hand also, but was overpowered[Read More…]
Yoga guru, Baba Ramdev, on Wednesday suggested that prime minister, Narendra Modi, and Odisha chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, should join hands and work together for the welfare of the people of the state. While attending a convention of Patanjali distributors in Bhubaneswar, the yoga guru pitched for an alliance between[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh DGP, Sulkhan Singh, on Tuesday banned the deadly blue whale game across the state, expressing concern over the increasing number of suicides among children. He said that the Union ministry of electronics and information technology, as well as Union home ministry, had directed the state governments to impose[Read More…]
Days after a heart-wrenching incident happened in Gorakhpur, where at least 100 children died due to oxygen supply, three children died in a government hospital in BJP-ruled Chattisgarh’s Raipur, after an alleged drop in oxygen pressure. News agency ANI reported that the incident happened late on Sunday night at BR[Read More…]
Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar, on Saturday challenged rebel JD(U) leader, Sharad Yadav to split the party after the latter did not attend the national executive meeting of the party and held a parallel meeting of the party’s other faction in Patna. “Let Sharad Yadav split the party. For splitting the[Read More…]