In an attempt to send out the message of “simplicity” on Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, Congress leaders including party chief Rahul Gandhi were seen washing utensils at Sevagram, Mahatma Gandhi’s ashram in Wardha on Tuesday, October 2. During the Congress Working Committee meeting, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked Bharatiya Janata Party[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU)-led farmers’ protest was politically motivated. “There is a reason behind it. Because this is an election year… For so many people there are different motives. That is the only reason. Otherwise,[Read More…]
In a shocking news, 7 more lions were found dead in Gujarat’s Gir Forest making a total of 21 lions dead since September 12. The rising number of lion deaths in the national park in such a short span of time is a cause of worry for forest officials and conservationists.[Read More…]
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
Week after a video of Meerut police assaulting a woman for choosing a Muslim partner went viral raising huge controversy, it has emerged that the accused cops have been transferred, and dispatched to Gorakhpur, the home base of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. The transfer of the policemen has raised[Read More…]
Women in the Kanpur city stood for their rights by protesting against female foeticide as well as demanded their rights to perform Shraddh ritual. On Sunday September 30, a special programme was organised by Yug Dadichi Deh Daan Abhiyaan where women in large number at Sarsiyya ghat in Kanpur performed[Read More…]
India-born economist Gita Gopinath was appointed as the chief economist of International Monetary Fund on October 1. She has become the second Indian after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to hold the position. Ms Gopinath, who currently serves as the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Economics at[Read More…]
New Delhi: Demitting office after a tumultuous tenure, Chief Justice Dipak Misra on Monday said the Supreme Court will stand supreme not just for now but for all times to come and that judicial independence cannot be taken away. Speaking at a farewell ceremony hosted by the Supreme Court Bar[Read More…]
New Delhi: In his message on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said Mahatma Gandhi will be the guiding light in India’s pursuit to eradicate poverty and achieve rapid social and economic progress. He said it would be “only befitting” to celebrate this year’s Jayanti[Read More…]
October 1 is celebrated as International Coffee Day to promote coffee as a beverage across the world. The day is also to raise awareness about sustainable coffee cultivation and fair trade practices in the coffee industry. This International Coffee Day, let’s decode the mystery behind fancy coffee names we see[Read More…]
Following a row of controversy over ‘Hindu’ comment made by Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday, Delhi Chief Minister defended his remarks and attacked Bharatiya Janata Party for their religious stands, asking “Why was Vivek Tiwari murdered even though he was a Hindi?” Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal gave the murder[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) As President Ram Nath Kovind turned 73 years old on Monday, greetings poured in from leaders across the political spectrum. “Best wishes to Rashtrapatiji. India has benefitted greatly from his wisdom and perspectives on various subjects. He has connected wonderfully with every section of our[Read More…]
Mumbai: A 65 per cent shortfall in subsidies is affecting Maharashtra’s push to ensure a toilet in every urban household under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the nationwide cleanliness campaign, according to a study by CEPT University, Gujarat. The cost of building a basic toilet with water and a septic tank[Read More…]
Railway Recruitment Board has released the RRB Group D admit card and has announced the examination dates along with the shift details for the candidates to appear in the exams which will be held on October 16, 2018. The Ministry of Railways has declared to release the admit cards for[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 1 (IANS) Terming the Congress charges false and based on half-truths, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has denied that the Rafale deal had snatched jobs from the Indian aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). “There is no truth in the Congress allegations on the Rafale deal as they are[Read More…]
Jammu, Oct 1 (IANS) Four people were killed in a road accident in Jammu, police said on Monday. The accident took place late Monday night when a private vehicle collided with a load carrier in Bathera on the Jammu-Akhnoor road. “The victims were killed on the spot while one other[Read More…]
New Delhi: Chief Justice Dipak Misra, who will have his last working day as CJI on Monday, will be remembered in the Indian judicial history as perhaps the only head of the top court who saw rebellion by four of his senior most colleagues. Another incident that stands out during[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A large number of elderly people and those with disabilities from across the country protested here on Sunday in support of their demands and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to secure their right to pension. Converging on Parliament Street, the protesters, mostly labourers[Read More…]
Technologies have done wonders in human lives. The machines have eased the difficult jobs for humans across the world. Recently, an Indian start-up called Genrobotics has come-up with the world’s first manhole-cleaning robot called Bandicoot. Not just Bandicoot, other robotic machines like Sewer Croc, and 14 other machines are in[Read More…]
It is a shame on the government that has literally done nothing for the sewage workers despite spending a huge fund under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The Supreme Court has ordered the abolition of manual scavenging, yet the practice of cleaning the sewage with help of human being continues. As a[Read More…]
Pune/New Delhi: India has witnessed “a rising tide of violence, impunity, extended pre-trial detentions, and surveillance” under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, PEN International said on Saturday as it wound up the 84th PEN International Congress with representation from over 80 countries in Pune. The international writers’ body[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday restrained the publication and sale the book ‘Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev’ until the publisher deletes some defamatory portion written against Baba Ramdev. Justice Anu Malhotra, in her 211-page order, observed that the right to freedom of speech[Read More…]
Gaya: Students of Magadh University in Gaya of Bihar on Saturday turned aggressive after affiliations of 32 colleges under the university were canceled. The protest turned violent and students burned a state bus to showcase their anger. The University has previously also faced similar problems regarding disaffiliation of colleges. After[Read More…]
With another fake encounter by Uttar Pradesh police, there is a lack of disbelief in the public about the functioning of police administration in the country. This time, in a shocking incident, an Uttar Pradesh policeman on patrol duty allegedly shot dead Vivek Tiwari, an assistant sales manager for tech[Read More…]
Lucknow, Sept 29: An Uttar Pradesh policeman on patrol duty allegedly shot dead Vivek Tiwari, an assistant sales manager for tech giant Apple, who allegedly tried to drive his car over a police motorcycle when the cops tried to stop him on Friday night. Retaliating to this, one of the policemen,[Read More…]