Days after his bizarre statement that ‘cow is the only animal to exhale oxygen’, Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani on Tuesday stood by his claim and said his comments were based on “research websites.” “I read this fact on research websites and it recently appeared in a magazine,” he said.[Read More…]
Michelle McGagh, from London, outdid the dream of every traveler. And turned it into her real life. Michelle has been living for one whole year without spending on anything but the bare necessities. McGagh, a finance journalist by profession lived through 2016 without including any extra expense in her budget.[Read More…]
Rajasthan Education Minister has blown the Sanghi sentiments out of proportion. Vasudev Devnani said cow is the only animal that inhales as well as exhales Oxygen. He made the claim while speaking at the Hingonia Goshala during an event organised by Akshay Patra foundation Saturday. The minister underscored the ‘scientific[Read More…]
Echoing the Perumal Murugan episode from Tamil Nadu in 2015, Malayalam novelist Kamal C Chavara has decided to withdraw his book and burn it in front of the public in Calicut’s Kidson corner on Saturday evening at around 4 pm. Kamal C Chavara, who hails from CPI(M) ruling state, was[Read More…]
A woman and her elderly mother were verbally abused by a man who accused the woman for not standing up for the National Anthem at Palazzo Cinemas in Vadapalani, one of the venues of the Chennai International Film Festival. The woman Sreela M, a social worker, was part of a[Read More…]
Two foreigners have been taken under arrest by the NCB as they were found carrying a humungous amount of drugs abroad. They were caught at the IGI airport, Delhi. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has intercepted and arrested two foreigners at different times. According to reports from India today, a[Read More…]
In a unique tripartite initiative, Mumbai’s famed Taj Mahal Hotel, Tata Strive Entrepreneurship Programme and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) have joined hands to help youth in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. The collaboration aims to provide financial, infrastructural and skill support to students for setting up small eateries in their villages,[Read More…]
A government-run upper primary school in Odisha’s Kendrapara district saw as many as 34 of its students hospitalised after a mid-day meal curry contained dead caterpillars. The incident took place at Arteswar upper primary school in Jagannathpur village and the food was thrown away after one of the students found[Read More…]
Delhi University professor Nandini Sundar on Tuesday rubbished the allegation of Chhattisgarh Police linking her to the murder of a tribal villager in Maoist-hit Bastar. She said that it was a clear case of being framed and that some people in Bastar were forced to name her and others in[Read More…]
Delhi University (DU) professor Nandini Sundar and Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) Archana Prasad are among the 10 people accused in a police complaint for the murder of a villager in Chhattisgarh. “An FIR was lodged against DU Professor Nandini Sundar, Archana Prasad (JNU Professor), Vineet Tiwari (of Delhi’s Joshi Adhikar[Read More…]
16-year-old Sonali Sheokhand from Jind district will be honoured by the Haryana State Pollution Control Board with a cash reward of ₹11000 for reporting the case of stubble burning by her father to the authorities. Sonali had reported the case of stubble burning by her father to the local pollution[Read More…]
Gaya road-rage accused Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav on Saturday surrendered in a Bihar court, police said. “Rocky (Yadav), who arrived in Patna from Delhi on Saturday morning, surrendered in the Gaya Civil Court,” a police officer said. He was arrested on May 11 for fatally shooting 19-year-old Aditya Sachdeva[Read More…]
After a night of rest, shelling was resumed by the Pakistani at various places along the Line of Control (LoC) in Pallanwala, Sunderwani and Nowshera sectors on Friday morning. As per the latest reports a girl was injured in the shelling. A Defence Ministry spokesperson Lt Colonel Manish Mehta confirmed[Read More…]
Former Karantaka chief minister and current BJP state unit President BS Yeddyurappa has been acquitted along with fellow accused in the Bellary illegal mining case. A special CBI court in Bengaluru on Wednesday acquitted the BJP strongman along with his two sons and son-in-law along with some JSW Steel affiliates[Read More…]
Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur officials on Monday claimed that a group of students were developing drones using indigenous hardware and software. The drones, being developed under the institute’s Aerial Robotics Kharagpur (ARK) initiative, are being given shape at the Centre for Excellence in Robotics and funded by the Sponsored Research[Read More…]
Another prominent Congress MLA and former minister Francis Ngajokpa from Manipur has resigned from the party and his post on Thursday. He cited the reason as ‘pressure from workers’ behind his step and this MLA from Tadubi constituency in Senapati district, was elected twice on a Congress ticket since 2002[Read More…]
Over 50 children in Odisha’s Malkangiri region died in the last 34 days due the spread of Japanese Encephlities. The administration has sprung into action and is geared up to grapple with the situation on a war footing, with mosquito control drives and distribution of mosquito nets across areas. Pigs[Read More…]
A teenager saved his friend from being run over by a train at Kurla station when both of them were heading for home in Dombivli on Wednesday. As the train chugged into platform number 1A, the duo, Virendra Pokle (16) and Sarvesh Dhere (16), started walking in the opposite direction.[Read More…]
In a horrific incident, a 23-year-old pregnant woman’s family has alleged that she was killed by her husband and mother-in-law over dowry demand in Rasulpur village in Gunnaur area in Sambhal, police said on Wednesday. Brijeesh (23) was allegedly beaten and fed some poisonous substance on Tuesday night by the[Read More…]
In a despicable act, a senior police officer was arrested in Tripura for allegedly molesting a tribal girl who was pandal-hopping during the Durga Puja festival along with her friend, police said on Monday. “A tribal girl lodged a complaint of molestation against Deputy Commandant of TSR (Tripura State Rifles)[Read More…]
A Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader on Saturday night was thrashed and handed over to police after he was allegedly caught molesting women at a Muharram Majlis while wearing a burqa (veil). Police have registered a case against VHP district secretary Abhishek Yadav, who is the husband of BJP zila[Read More…]
In yet another shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by five men in Sahaswan area here, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday when the girl was going to attend a marriage function with her elder sister. Both were abducted by a[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a policeman was shot dead by at least four unidentified bike-borne men in Bihar’s Gaya district in the second such attack on police officers in the state in the last 10 days. Mohammad Qyamuddidin, the station house officer of the Kothi police station, was killed between[Read More…]
The Patna High Court on Friday struck down Bihar government’s Prohibition of Liquor Act by calling it illegal. Even though Bihar CM had roped in many JD(U) workers to support the ban, the court overturned the decision. The recently passed Bill- the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Bill -2016 had very[Read More…]
Protests by adults is passe now, a school kid in Nagpur will lead an agitation in Chandrapur near Nagpur in Maharashtra on October 2 to protest heavy school bags. Rugved Raikwar, who studies in Vidyaniketan School in Chandrapur, plans to hold a sit-in to draw the attention of the state[Read More…]
