As Poland’s 100 years of Independence is nearing, the country is gearing up for a massive celebration. What interesting is that along with Poland, there will be a similar jamboree in Gujarat, which shares a special bond with the European country since 1942. Poland was invaded by Hitler’s Nazi forces[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Sep 15 (IANS) Over three days after a 19-year-old board examination topper was gang-raped in Haryana’s Mahendragarh district, the police have failed to make any arrests, officials said on Saturday. The state police have set up a special investigation team (SIT), to be headed by Nuh Superintendent of Police (SP)[Read More…]
Often the festival time brings along a hectic hassled days where arranging festival essentials become a little tough as it needs your time in wise planning and investment. However, the booming everyday technology has come up with solutions to this problem as well. Right from getting an idol to the puja materials,[Read More…]
Addiction to social media affects the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots, as they are being deprived of adequate sleep for flying duty, said Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshall B S Dhanoa on Friday. “Much dependence on social media is taking away interpersonal and communication skills of our pilots.[Read More…]
Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar alias Ravan, after spending 15 months in jail, was released from the Saharanpur jail on Friday, a day after the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-government ordered his release. Chandrashekhar was booked for his alleged role in last year’s caste violence in Saharanpur district, involving Dalits,[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Sep 14 (IANS) BJP President Amit Shah will launch party’s campaign for the ensuing elections to the Telangana Assembly on Saturday by addressing a public meeting at Mahabubnagar, said a senior party leader. Amit Shah, who is arriving on a day-long visit to Telangana on Saturday morning, will also give[Read More…]
The Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum in South Goa pronounced the mandate in favour of a 78-year-old senior citizen who wanted to withdraw cash from her account but was denied after being accused of being mentally ill by her daughters. The forum came down strongly on the Madgaum Urban Co-op Bank[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) A court here on Friday ordered framing of sexual harassment charges against noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri, who has been accused of outraging the modesty of his colleague. Metropolitan Magistrate Charu Gupta fixed October 20 for formal framing of charges under Section 354 (assault or criminal force[Read More…]
A 14-year-old rape survivor, who is also a cancer patient approached the Bombay High Court appealing to let her terminate the 24-week-old foetus. The girl was raped earlier this and had even filed the complaint but her pregnancy was detected only recently when she went to a local hospital for[Read More…]
The criminal defamation case file of Fatima Nafees, mother of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, goes missing from Metropolitan Magistrate Ambika Singh’s registry in Patiala House Court! In a most shocking and brazen manner, the file itself has been removed from the court premises. Fatima Nafees has filed this complaint against prominent[Read More…]
Nidhi Mishra, a differently abled student, who is visually impaired and also an international para-athlete, is contesting for the post of president post in Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union election 2018. Nidhi is a studying in Center for Social Exclusion and Inclusive policy in JNU. Speaking exclusively with Newsd she[Read More…]
Barkatullah University in Bhopal is set to launch a short term course to train women to become a ‘sanskari bahu’ (perfect bride). The university holds the belief that this course will being women a step closer to “empowerment”. As quoted by a national tabloid TOI, vice-chancellor Prof D C Gupta[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation to former ISRO scientist S. Nambi Narayanan who was falsely implicated in an espionage case and had to suffer jail term and ignominy. Awarding the compensation, a bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar[Read More…]
A Maharashtra court has issued non-bailable warrants against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and 14 others in a 2010 case pertaining to an agitation against the Babli Barrage on River Godavari, an official said here. Judicial Magistrate First Class, Dharmabad Court (Nanded) N.R. Gajbhiye on Thursday issued the[Read More…]
Once again, the 102-year-old Indian athlete Man Kaur has made every Indian proud after she bagged a gold medal in the 200m event at World Masters Athletics Championship in Malaga, Spain. Born in 1916, Kaur, who is a world record holder in her age group for several categories, started running[Read More…]
Jindal Global University has unveiled a handbook on the rights of transgenders and gender non-conforming people in India. The handbook, titled “Rights of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in India”, was unveiled here by Professor C. Raj Kumar, Founding Vice Chancellor, JGU, on the sidelines of a day-long legal training[Read More…]
Sikkim was cut off from northern West Bengal‘s Siliguri on Thursday following landslides in both states triggered by heavy overnight rains. National Highway connecting Darjeeling district’s Siliguri to the Sikkimese capital Gangtok was inundated by the Teesta river at Gailphola around noon on Thursday, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded. Many[Read More…]
Indo-Asia News Agency found itself amid a pool of controversy after the wire news agency had put up a story about the Union Cabinet approving a new pro-farmer scheme, using an expletive to describe Prime Minister Narendra Modi in it. Here pic.twitter.com/mkd5z7tqE4 — Nishant Saxena (@nishant9717) September 13, 2018 The[Read More…]
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the All-Party Meeting that was held in Srinagar demanded that Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Tushar Mehta be kept away from the Article 35-A proceedings in the Supreme Court. Omar Abdullah said the parties at the meeting made the demand[Read More…]
US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) President Rhea Suh has announced a partnership with the Gujarat-based Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to improve the lives of women and their families. The NRDC and SEWA have supported thousands of women salt farmers in getting solar-powered pumps to replace diesel pumps in Gujarat.[Read More…]
In a press release published on September 13, by Anoop George Chaudhari from the AICC legal cell, it was clarified that Rahul Gandhi’s Congress party has curiously distanced itself from its own most vocal supporter and former media cell leader Tehseen Poonawalla, and has nothing to do with the PIL filed[Read More…]
A new development emerged on Thursday September 13, in the Maharajganj Madrasa National Anthem case. Advocate Manoj Singh filed a bail plea of the accused maulana following which, the advocated faced a furious opposition from other lawyers. The district advocates were seen in aggression and even vandalised Singh’s chamber. Lawyers[Read More…]
A man along with his wife and teenage daughter were found to have hanged themselves at their house in Ahmedabad’s Naroda locality on Thursday, September 13. Police officials suspect that the three committed suicide under the influence of black magic. Those dead include Kunal Trivedi (50), his wife Kavita Trivedi[Read More…]
The prevalence of child marriage in India is the highest amongst Scheduled Tribe girls (15 per cent) followed by Scheduled Castes (13 per cent), according to a report released by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). The report which was released on the NCPCR website on Wednesday,[Read More…]
Harinarayan Rishidev, a Mahadalit (most backward community) man from Bihar’s Madhepura district was forced to bury his dead wife inside his house after his neighbours did not allow him to cremate her on their land in the village where there is no community crematorium. Sahogiya Devi, the wife of Harinarayan[Read More…]