Following IAS topper Tina Dabi’s announcement of engagement to the 2nd rank holder Athar Aamir-ul-Shafi a couple of weeks ago, the Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Mahasabha wrote a letter to her parents calling her relationship with Athar, ‘love jihad’. According to Sabrang India, Munna Kumar Sharma, national general secretary Hindu right[Read More…]
A wedding in union minister Mahesh Sharma’s family has seized the attention of Arvind Kejriwal, who tweeted on Monday questioning how he is paying for it after the currency ban. Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi: “BJP MP Mahesh Sharma’s daughter is getting married. Is the entire payment in cheque? Has he[Read More…]
In view of an alarming condition of air pollution in national capital, the Supreme Court banned the sale of firecrackers in Delhi and its neighboring areas. The Apex Court also asked the Centre to suspend licenses of firecracker sellers in Delhi & NCR. The court wants a ban on the[Read More…]
A three-day TLC Heartwork Tattoo Festival, with an aim to make tattoos accessible, will start on December 2 here. The festival brings together the tattoo industry, artists and equipment suppliers. To be held at the capital’s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, it will see participation of artists from England, Spain, Russia[Read More…]
A leopard which strayed into human habitation and injured nine persons in Gurugram on Thursday was allegedly hacked to death by villagers, said officials. The animal was spotted around 8 am and ran amok for more than three hours on the streets of Mandawar village, 26 kilometres from Gurugram, local[Read More…]
Chief Minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Benerjee on Wednesday led a protest at Jantar Mantar in Delhi demanding a rollback of the policy of demonetisation from Prime Minister Modi, citing inconvenience caused to the general public. Now another TMC leader and West Bengal state power minister[Read More…]
JNU students and the family members of missing students tried to march from Mandi House to Parliament on Wednesday demanding justice for Najeeb but were stopped midway by Delhi Police. Fatima Nafees, mother of Najeeb, alleged that her son has been held captive. She said that UP Chief Minister Akhilesh[Read More…]
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday was informed that as many as 136 cases of people found fallen on the track of Delhi Metro were reported since 2014, reported PTI. During 2014-15, 46 people fell onto metro track; the number went up to 51 cases in 2015-16 and there were 39[Read More…]
A complaint has been filed at north Delhi’s Roop Nagar police station against British band Coldplay for allegedly dishonouring Indian flag during their performance at the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai. Gaurav Gulati, an advocate, has submitted a complaint against Coldplay and its frontman Chris Martin alleging, “They can be[Read More…]
At a University General Body Meeting, the students of Jawaharlal Nehru University have decided to support the call given by JNU Students Union to organise a march to Parliament House on Wednesday to ensure justice for the missing student Najeeb Ahmed. The caption of the poster to mobilise students for[Read More…]
Only senior citizens will be allowed to exchange old notes for new ones on Saturday in banks. Moreover, on Sunday, banks will remain shut. “Across the country, there is visibly less rush,” said Rajiv Rishi, the head of the Indian Bank Association, adding that Saturday will be used to clear[Read More…]
Indian Navy on Friday denied the Pakistani Navy claim that it had prevented an Indian submarine from entering its territorial water. “Indian Navy categorically denies the statement of Pakistani Navy as blatant lies,” Navy spokesperson Captain D K Sharma said. He added that the Indian Navy did not have any[Read More…]
Nearly 700 petrol pumps across the country on Friday started dispensing cash through debit card swipe in a bid to ease the cash crunch in the economy following the government’s decision to withdraw ₹1,000 and ₹500 notes. The facility to provide ₹2,000 per day per card will be extended to[Read More…]
Taking note of problems faced by Delhi citizens, the AAP government has issued strict directions to all private hospitals to accept cheques, demand drafts and online payments from patients. A circular regarding the same has been issued, after complaints were received that some hospitals were not accepting cheques and demand[Read More…]
Tremors were felt in New Delhi and parts of National Capital Region (NCR) after a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the Delhi- Haryana border at around 4 30 am on Thursday. According to US Geological Survey, the earthquake was at a depth of 10 kilometres. The tremors, which lasted for[Read More…]
Cricketer turned commentator turned Twitter sensation – Virender Sehwag will be seen acting in a new web series on Video on Demand (VOD) service – Viu that will go on air next week. After a successful cricketing career that included 38 hundreds and 72 fifties across all international cricket formats;[Read More…]
BJP on Tuesday said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to curb black money and corruption with his demonetisation exercise, rival parties have “ganged up” against him. Terming demonetisation as a ‘surgical strike’ on black money, BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma claimed that the general public is in the[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Nov 8 government notification demonetising ₹ 500 and ₹1,000 currency and asked the Centre to take immediate measures to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of the traumatised common man who is “forced” to stand in queues to withdraw a little[Read More…]
A senior lawyer appointed to assist the Supreme Court in the 2012 Nirbhaya fatal gangrape case as “amicus curiae” has urged the judges not to send the four death row convicts to the gallows, saying they are too young to be hanged. The SC is hearing appeals of Mukesh (24),[Read More…]
Seeking to corner the government in Parliament on the demonetisation issue, major opposition parties, including arch rivals TMC and CPI(M), on Monday held deliberations to finalise a common strategy alleging that the decision was a “scripted scam” which was leaked to the ruling BJP much in advance. The meeting, held[Read More…]
A journalist was shot dead by three persons on Saturday morning in Sasaram, headquarter of Rohtas district in Bihar. Dharmendra Singh, working for Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, was at a tea stall outside his house in Amra Talab area under town police station in Sasaram when three persons in a[Read More…]
Putting speculations to rest, an official on Friday said no new security features has been added to newly designed currency note ₹ 2000 . “Since the decision to introduce the new notes was taken only six months ago, there was no time to alter the security features. Only the design[Read More…]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged demonetistaion of ₹500 and ₹1,000 is huge scam and it should be roll back immediately. “Before the PM announced the move on Tuesday, the BJP and its friends had been alerted and they had already stashed their cash,” he said. He further[Read More…]
In a rare case, robbers returned purse to victim after they found denominations of ₹ 500 and slapped him for not keeping ₹ 100 notes. Two bike-borne robbers snatched purse containing ₹ 1,500 from Vikas Kumar, a labourer, who works at a construction site in Greater Noida. Kumar said he[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to devise a common minimum programme to control the air pollution in Delhi and NCR for the next 48 hours. Earlier in the day, the National Green Tribunal banned any kind of construction for one week in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR). NGT slammed[Read More…]
