The Aam Aadmi Party has written to the Election Commission seeking disqualification of 24 Parliamentary secretaries appointed by the Punjab government and 9 by Himachal Pradesh. In line with the 91st amendment in Article 164 (1A), only 10% of the total legislative strength can be part of the Cabinet, including[Read More…]
Jharkhand BJP chief Tala Marandi’s son Munna Marandi is allegedly wed to an 11-year old minor. The wedding is said to have taken place in Godda, Jharkhand, on June 27. Incidentally, her cousin was asked to marry Munna, but she complained to the police but received no help. However, she and[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government formed a judicial commission to probe the mystery of Gumnami Baba and asked the commission to submit a report within six months. The man died in Faizabad in 1985 and believed to be Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The move came in the wake of the Allahabad[Read More…]
The Gujarat High Court ruled a landmark judgment on Tuesday that the government’s norms for retirement for employees are not applicable to minority-run educational institutions. The court stated that in minority-run institutes, the employees including teaching and non-teaching staff can work longer than their retirement age of 60 years. The[Read More…]
A Nigerian woman in her late 20s, identified as Mariam, was tied up by the police in Karnataka’s Bengaluru after she allegedly attacked people at National Market. The police said the girl was drunk and damaged a shop’s glass pane in the market. Meanwhile, the African Students’ Association accused officials[Read More…]
The Haryana government is all set to introduce lessons from the Gita and other spiritual texts in the school curriculum as part of the state’s moral education syllabus that will be started from July 1. The lessons will be delivered in classes 6-12. State Council of Educational Research and Training[Read More…]
Union minister Ramshankar Katheria on Monday said former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya may soon join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Katheria said along with Maurya, many others too will join the BJP, as the BSP takes ₹5 crore for a ticket. However, Maurya has denied[Read More…]
A sting operation by India Today shows ministers open to orchestrating communal riots in Uttar Pradesh if they are paid. Ahead of the assembly elections, three leaders from the BJP, Samajwadi Party and Hindu Swabhiman Sangathan are caught on camera agreeing to spark violence in exchange for money—SP’s Hafiz Mohammed[Read More…]
The Rashtriya Muslin Manch has withdrawn its invitation to Pakistan high commissioner Abdul Basit to attend its Iftar party at the Parliament Annexe on July 2. In the wake of the Pampore attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, the RSS-affiliate body did a quick U-turn citing Pakistan’s failure to condemn the[Read More…]
Punjab minister of health Surjit Kumar Jayani on Sunday said only 1% of the total population in the state is addicted to drugs. He said it is not a serious problem as it is being projected to defame the state. Jayani rubbished all claims made by the Opposition, saying that[Read More…]
Ahead of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in 2017, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday inducted three Cabinet ministers and two ministers of state in his Cabinet. Recently axed minister Balram Singh Yadav, along with Narad Rai and Ziauddin Rizve has been inducted as cabinet ministers. It is the seventh time[Read More…]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 51 other Aam Aadmi Party Lawmakers were detained on their way to 7 RCR, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence on Sunday morning. The entire march was planned to protest against the arrest of Sangam Vihar MLA Dinesh Mohaniya and the Centre returning[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday won the Anantnag by-polls by more than 12,000 votes, driving home the point that her popularity remains unaffected even as the Peoples Democratic Party’s allies with the BJP in Jammu and Kashmir. The Peoples Democratic Party President polled nearly 17,000 votes[Read More…]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $500 million loan to build a bridge across Ganges River in Bihar. “The 9.8 km road bridge in Bihar will be India’s longest river bridge and will provide vital transport link between the northern and southern parts of the state and neighbouring Nepal,”[Read More…]
The Centre has refused to transfer University of Hyderabad (UoH) vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile, even though he has been accused of playing a role in Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide. The ministry of human resources development (MHRD) said there is “no provision” for the VC’s transfer to another varsity under[Read More…]
Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday, while responding to a query, said nearly 150 militants are active in the state including 54 foreigners and over 4,500 youths have crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) for arms training in last 30 years. Police said the involvement of locals in militancy has[Read More…]
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi on Tuesday announced his new party ‘Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (Jogi)’. He said each word in the party’s name has its own significance that represents 2.5 crore people. While making the declaration, Jogi slammed the BJP government for “lacking in vision” to[Read More…]
Lokayukta of Maharashtra, Justice (Retd) ML Tahaliyani has given a clean chit to former state revenue minister Eknath Khadse in the bribery case in which his “personal assistant” Gajanan Patil was involved and Khadse was indirectly linked in the case. Patil was arrested last month for allegedly demanding a ₹30[Read More…]
Harshitha C, a visually impaired Mount Carmel College student who spearheaded an initiative to scrap import duties on specialised equipment for the blind, passed her Bcom examinations with distinction in all subjects. She has received a congratulatory letter (accessed exclusively by Newsd) from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi which reads, “As[Read More…]
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Sanjeev Kumar Balyan on Monday on Monday said as per the BJP report on Shamli district’s Kairana migration issue, some Muslim families besides those of Hindus have moved out of Kairana mainly due to law and order problems. “It is a[Read More…]
The Karnataka High Court on Monday said Lokayukta police can file chargesheets or final reports in the cases filed by them prior to the creation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The court authorized them to carry on with probe in 747 pending cases. The move came after a PIL stated,[Read More…]
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said he is “focusing on higher education in Delhi”. Sisodia said the national capital may soon get a teachers’ and a journalism university. While responding to a query, he said during the hiring process of new teachers, the priority will be given to guest[Read More…]
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR in the ₹400 crore water tanker scam of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The ACB will interrogate “both” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit. ACB chief MK Meena said they received two complaints, one from Delhi’s water[Read More…]
The state transport ministries data has revealed that Mumbai has the highest number of private cars on roads among others. According to the data, Mumbai has 430 cars/km of road which has spiked almost 56% in last 6 years. Maharashtra’s Mumbai has the highest density of private cars on the[Read More…]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has claimed that as many as 7,000 Muslim students are studying in 1,200 RSS schools in Uttar Pradesh and in last 2 years, an increase of 30% has been noticed during the BJP-led government at the Centre. The RSS said the kids have been following[Read More…]
