The Delhi University to include the historic Goods and Service Tax (GST), as a part of their curriculum in selective academic courses. A groundbreaking initiative aiming towards economic reforms in the country, GST was implemented across the Nation on July 1. One of the biggest tax reform turned India, Asia’s[Read More…]
Leader of Opposition, Punjab and Supreme Court lawyer, HS Phoolka, has been denied permission by the Delhi Bar Council to resume practice as he holds an “office of profit”. He also enjoys the rank and pay of a Cabinet Minister. After suspending practice Phoolka had sought permission from the council[Read More…]
A Facebook post portraying the latent Islamophobia and certain harmful social misconceptions of religion have been making rounds on social media. The post was made by a gentleman who claims to be a resident of Qatar, a former resident of Delhi. In the post, he narrates an incident which occurred[Read More…]
In a sad news for its customers, food chain McDonald’s is shutting down 43 of its outlets in the national capital. The move comes after the infighting between Connaught Plaza Restaurants (CPRL) and McDonald’s took an ugly turn, resulting in the closure of the outlets. CPRL is a 50-50 local[Read More…]
After reports of a Khasi woman being asked to leave the Delhi Golf Club for violating dress-code attracted huge backlash, the Delhi Golf Club Limited has issued a letter accepting its mistake. It has also tendered apologies to Tailin Lyngdoh and Nivedita Barthakur, an entrepreneur from Northeast India and Honorary[Read More…]
A gas cylinder burst claimed the lives of five people and left four others injured Delhi’s Okhla on Monday. According to Delhi Fires Services, a phone call was received around 9.56 pm about a cylinder blast at a tea stall in the Tata Steel jhuggis. The fire tenders were rushed[Read More…]
Former Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra has been issued a notice by the Public Works Department of the Delhi government, asking him to vacate the Civil Lines bungalow he resides in ‘at the earliest’. A senior government official said that as Mishra was no longer a Cabinet minister, he was not[Read More…]
On Thursday, police raided a unisex salon in Rohini sector of New Delhi, where a prostitution racket was running. The operation was carried out on a tip-off received by the North Rohini Police Station. A decoy customer went to strike a deal and after completion of the deal, Inspector Birendra[Read More…]
The Delhi High Court set a 40-year-old rape convict free, reducing his sentence to seven years which he had already served behind the bars. The decision was initiated after considering that the conduct of the convict, who has a wife and two children to look after, has been satisfactory in[Read More…]
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has landed in a controversy after his office allegedly provided false information about the success of students of government schools. As per the Education Department, Sisodia’s office gave a script for a Radio advertisement to rejoice the Class[Read More…]
Due to the increase in bus rape incidents, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) led Delhi government is soon going to install CCTV cameras in over six thousand buses which run in the national capital. The government is going to utilise the Nirbhaya Fund for the installation. In order to fulfil[Read More…]
Uber India has started its pilot service UberPASS in four major cities. The cities include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. UberPASS service is similar to Ola select. A rider holding the UberPASS will get several benefits including discounted fares, waiver on cancellation charges and much more. However, the offer has[Read More…]
The Delhi High Court has said that parents will not put the honour of their minor daughters at risk by filing fake rape cases to settle personal scores. The court even rejected the appeal of a convict against a 10-year jail term for sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl, said PTI.[Read More…]
A pleasant morning in Delhi as rain swept through the streets of the national capital late on Monday. Giving Delhi respite to Delhiites, heavy showers continued in the national capital and the NCR till early morning on Tuesday bringing down the temperatures by several notches. Although the city experienced rain[Read More…]
A 25-year-old man allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a Metro train at Qutub Minar station on Monday. The deceased, identified as Ravi, ended his life by jumping in front of the train going towards Jahangirpuri around 9 pm, police said. He was rushed to a hospital where[Read More…]
On Monday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided Delhi Health Minister Satyender Jain’s residence whose alleged connection with a money laundering case is under the scanner. The CBI team has reached Jain’s residence to seek clarifications from his wife in money laundering case. In this case, the CBI had[Read More…]
A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus to carry out probe into the missing student Najeeb Ahmed’s case. The premier investigative agency had filed an FIR in the case on June 2. Notably, Najeeb is missing since October 16, 2016. He was[Read More…]
On Sunday, a 22-week-old premature baby, weighing under 500 grams, was reportedly declared dead by doctors at Safdarjung Hospital. The child was found alive, once the family started making preparations for the burial. The hospital officials have made an inquiry to look into the matter and find out why the[Read More…]
A woman filed a complaint against a man for allegedly harassing and mistreating her in an IndiGo flight on Sunday. The woman and the accused were on a flight from Hyderabad to Delhi. In her complaint, the woman said that just after she took her seat in the flight, her[Read More…]
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has directed Chief Secretary MM Kutty to submit reports of field visits of all officers by June 19. Kejriwal also recently instructed the officers to make field visits for at least half-a-day every week. “Whereas other officers may submit their reports to respective HODs/secretaries, all secretaries[Read More…]
Delhi government’s Public Works Department (PWD) has slapped a fine of Rs 27 lakh on the AAP for illegal occupation of a bungalow in Rouse Avenue in Delhi. PWD handed out a notice to AAP national secretary Pankaj Gupta over its continuous occupation of 206, Rouse Avenue as party office.[Read More…]
In order to provide a central point for processing of blood and their supply, a Metro Blood Bank is going to be launched in Chennai very soon. A state-of-the-art facility will coordinate with other health centres and will provide blood to the needy. The announcement was made by the Health[Read More…]
There may be huge celebrations of President Donald Trump’s 71st birthday on June 14 in the USA. It is with equal enthusiasm that his birthday celebrations will take place in India as well. Hindu Sena is excited to celebrate Mr Trump’s birthday in the country. The celebrations are likely to[Read More…]
On Saturday, the security at Kerala House on Jantar Mantar road in New Delhi was beefed up following reports of a political party, allegedly, planning a ‘beef festival’ in the evening. The Delhi Police received an information from Kerala House officials about the matter and security was stepped up as[Read More…]
Indian Oil Corporation on Thursday that the prices of petrol and diesel will be revised on a daily basis from June 16th all over the country. In a statement, it said, that all public sector oil companies, including IOC, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum, will implement the decision. However, it is[Read More…]
