President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that urgent collective action needed in order to eliminate terrorism. Mukherjee said this while interacting with visiting Chief of Royal Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Fayez Al-Tarawneh who called on him on Thursday at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President said India attaches great[Read More…]
Over 200 victims of the serial blasts in the capital in 2005 may get compensation finally with the New Delhi Legal Services Authority starting the process to make a list of the entitled persons after a court order. Last month, a court had declared its judgment in the Sarojini Nagar[Read More…]
Delhi government will construct 11,000 toilets by the end of the next finacial year towards making the national capital open defecation-free. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, while presenting the budget in the Assembly, said the AAP government has prepared a sanitation plan based on a survey done by the Delhi[Read More…]
The victims of the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy have re-lodged their plea asking the Supreme Court to modify its order. Concerning the case, the Apex court orders have been rather loose when it came to the case of real estate baron Sushil Ansal, sentencing him to prison for just a brief while.[Read More…]
In an anti-encroachment drive to start the construction of metro, six semi-pucca homes and a newly-opened restaurant were demolished in Jamia Nagar Monday. As per the Delhi Municipal Corporation, it cleared off a chunk of land in Tikona Park, where the Jamia Nagar Metro station is being constructed on the[Read More…]
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday promised in a highly driven speech that he would alter the city’s civic management and make it “comparable to London within just one year if AAP wins the municipal polls”. The Municipal elections are expected to happen this coming April. Kejriwal attacks the Congress and BJP[Read More…]
President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday emphasised on providing reservation for women in Parliament. Mukherjee said the recognition of women in the country’s growth has not been taken into account while calculating the GDP, which reflects the attitude of discrimination of the society. “It’s really a dichotomy in our society[Read More…]
The ‘IVCA’s Annual India Alternatives Conclave 2017,’ will draw attention to alternate investment opportunities in India along with focusing on investment opportunities in the sectors of infrastructure, energy, and other growing segments. The focus of the conclave will be to review Indian economy and role of private capital. The event[Read More…]
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration Thursday submitted a notice to the Delhi High Court that the UGC notification which sets a limit of eight students per professor for M.Phil and Ph.D. courses was binding on all varsities in the country. The lawyer representing JNU said that it is not the discretion[Read More…]
Aiming to prevent touts and end fraudulent bookings, the Railways will soon move towards Aadhaar-based online ticketing system. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train tickets from April 1. A three-month trial run for this is going on. As per the new business[Read More…]
Jats in Haryana will be staging a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Thursday to voice their supports towards various demands, including reservations in government jobs and educational institutes for the Jat community. Notably, protesters have peacefully protested over the agenda for a month now, the paramilitary forces are[Read More…]
Almost a year since Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest on charges of sedition, the Delhi Police has reportedly not found any absolute evidence to pursue its charges against the former student of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Kanahaiya Kumar was jailed on February 9, 2016. He was charged with sedition, along with two other[Read More…]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice on Tuesday to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik over the alleged police excesses against students and journalists outside Ramjas College on February 22. During a clash between different student groups outside the Delhi University college last week, police allegedly attacked a[Read More…]
India’s first dedicated heliport built at a cost of Rs 100 crore for flying in and out of Delhi to nearby areas in choppers became operational on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the state-of-the-art heliport at Rohini in north Delhi, saying this is the first such integrated[Read More…]
Terming it grossly biased, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Tuesday hit out at Union minister Kiren Rijiju for his remark against Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, He also took a dig at cricketer Virender Sehwag and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who trolled Kaur after her campaign ‘I am not afraid of[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met with Indian Blind Cricket team, the winner of T-20 Blind Cricket World Cup-2017. Prime Minister said he was happy to interact with the members of the Indian blind cricket team. “Had a memorable interaction with our champion cricketers, the winners of the T-20[Read More…]
The repercussion of the Ramjas violence was a series of protests followed by counter-protests. The Delhi University Students Union (DUSU), led by the ABVP, held a Tiranga March on Monday propagating nationalism in students while the students and teachers from DU and JNU, Left and AAP-affiliated student groups are to the streets[Read More…]
