Following India’s defeat against England in the second Test match, former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag criticised the team terming it “very poor”. Sehwag took to the Twitter to express his disappointment by defeat of Indian team and, even slammed Virat Kohli for showing less efforts to fight back. Very poor from[Read More…]
Communist Party leader, ten times Lok Sabha MP, former Lok Sabha speaker and one of the longest parliamentarians, Somnath Chaterjee passes away on Monday at the age of 89. He was admitted to a hospital in Kolkata following a kidney related ailment. On Sunday he got a mild heart attack,[Read More…]
Amid uncertainties regarding US President Donald Trump’s trade and visa policies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he shares Trump’s vision of prosperity for India and the US. “I share with him the vision of prosperity of our peoples through a strong India-US partnership, based on important convergences, inter alia,[Read More…]
Calling the opposition claims on rising unemployment a “political gimmick”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that over 70 lakh jobs were created in the formal sector alone in the last one year. Based on Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) data, more than 45 lakh formal jobs were created between September 2017 to April 2018, Modi[Read More…]
The IT backbone of the Goods and Services Tax was not given enough time to prepare a system to the satisfaction of the GSTN which led to the glitches in the implementation of the new tax regime, a top official said. However, he added, the system had now stabilized and[Read More…]
Turmeric, known as Haldi in Indian homes, is the ubiquitous kitchen spice that gives curry its yellow colour. Turmeric has been used in India for thousands of years as a spice and even used as medicinal herb because of its powerful anti-inflammatory and strong antioxidant property. It was recently found[Read More…]
Expressing concern over the increasing number of elephant deaths in India, an international organisation involved in the preservation and protection of these animals globally has stressed the urgent need for a comprehensive policy change in the country to arrest the rapid fall in elephant population. Speaking to IANS, Azzedine Downes, President and CEO of International Fund For Animal[Read More…]
Amid the growing debate over whether electronic voting machines (EVMs) are hackable or not, elections officials in the US are worried over the increasing “information warfare” as mid-term polls loom. According to a CNN report, at the annual “Def Con hacker convention” here over the weekend, state and local election officials who attended the[Read More…]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the death of Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul, who shared ancestral roots with India. “Sir V.S. Naipaul will be remembered for his extensive works, which covered diverse subjects ranging from history, culture, colonialism, politics and more. “His passing away is a major loss to the world of literature. Condolences to his family and well wishers[Read More…]
Justice Gita Mittal became the first-ever woman Chief Justice of Jammu and Kashmir High Court after she was administered the oath of office by Governor NN Vohra in Srinagar on Saturday. Before being sworn in as the Chief Justice, the court’s Registrar General read out the warrant of Mittal’s appointment.[Read More…]
Somnath Chatterjee has been suffering from cardiac problems due to which, he was admitted to hospital in Kolkata, and now has been put on life support system following worsening condition. 89-year-old Chatterjee was earlier admitted to a Kolkata hospital in June. He was released after his health improved after a[Read More…]
Speaking exclusively to a national media house, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about a series of issues that the opposition parties had been raising their voice for. On repeatedly being coxed to break his silence on the mob lynching, PM Modi said that opposition must not politicise the issue and[Read More…]
The Indian Railways will not provide free travel insurance to its passengers starting September 1, an official said on Saturday. A senior Railway Ministry official said that the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has decided to stop free travel insurance starting September 1 and “the option of free[Read More…]
Rafale Deal has been in controversy for quite some time now. During no-confidence motion against NDA in Lok Sabha on July 20, 2018, the Congress had raised their suspicion. Rahul Gandhi in his speech had claimed that the government’s refusal from revealing the price of the fighter jet with an[Read More…]
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has come up with a fresh attack on the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over ongoing Muzaffarpur shelter home controversy. Asking CM Kumar to resign Tejashwi has alleged that he is unable to run a state and claimed that it will be proved that he is[Read More…]
Ahead of state executive meet on Sunday, Bharatiya Janata Party UP chairperson Mahendra Nath Pandey has clarified that Ram Mandir has never been a poll agenda for BJP. Keeping in view the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections, all the parties have geared up for the preparations. Where oppositions are getting[Read More…]
Rajasthan BJP MLA Gyan Dev Aahuja, who is known for making controversial remarks, on Friday sparked a new controversy as he said that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was not a pandit because he used to eat beef and pork. Aahuja, who represents Ramgarh Assembly constituency in Alwar district, said[Read More…]
The Monsoon session of Parliament saw 20 bills being passed by the two Houses, out of which 22 were introduced in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha, according to an official release. The 20 bills passed by the two Houses includes four bills related to Goods and Services Tax[Read More…]
Amit Shah rally in West Bengal attacked on Friday night at Paschim Midnapore district. This took place hours before BJP president Amit Shah’s rally in Bengal. The rally is scheduled for today (Saturday) at Central Kolkata Mayor Road. A bus was waiting at Paschim Midnapore to carry the Bharatiya Janata[Read More…]
The Indian Army has launched a major rescue and relief operation in flood-ravaged Kerala where torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 27 people and left thousands homeless due to flooding and landslides. The Army pushed its men and machinery into disaster relief and rescue operations at Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad and Idukki after incessant rain and landslides hit various northern districts of[Read More…]
Recently, a fake WhatsApp message has gone viral across the nation claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving Rs 10,000 to girls between the age of 1-18 years under ‘Sukanya Samridhi Yojana’. The message also claims that in order to avail the benefits of the scheme, applicants must register[Read More…]
After a row of nuisance and violence staged by Kanwariyas over the past ten days across various cities of North India, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the police to take strict action against those responsible for erupting violence and breaching laws. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed[Read More…]
Union Minister of State for Railway Rajen Gohain is charged with rape case following a police complaint in Nagaon police station in Assam. Rajen Gohain is a BJP minister and a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha. It has come as a huge embarrassment for the BJP making the government[Read More…]
Mega Food Park in Getalsud, Ranchi is at the verge of getting shut and likely to be put up for auction, as banks have sought to take possession over Jharkhand Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd. Banks claimed that even after years of MFP’s inauguration, no unit could be opened or[Read More…]
Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav got an extended provisional bail till August 20 on the health grounds on Friday. Lalu Yadav had come out on a parol on May 10, for three days to attend his son Tej Pratap Yadav’s wedding ceremony. After wedding senior advocate Abhishek Manu[Read More…]