Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday pitched for “a collective effort” by party leaders to “overcome” the challenges it faced from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah. The Congress is facing an existential crisis, he said. Ramesh also said that business as usual approach will not[Read More…]
BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday accused the Chandigarh Police of doing a “somersault” on a case involving the Haryana BJP chief’s son, accused of stalking a woman, and said he would file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for a court-monitored CBI probe[Read More…]
The Karnataka energy minister DK Shivakumar on Monday appeared before the Income Tax department officials. He was questioned at the Bengaluru office for almost four hours at the Bengaluru office. As he was done with the interrogation, Shivakumar said to media personnel, “I am not afraid, I will do my[Read More…]
While many MLC’s are recently resigning from their respective parties and joining the BJP party, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, on Monday said that those who wanted to go should go, without offering any excuse, so that he could ascertain who was with him in “bad times”. Talking about[Read More…]
After BCCI put a ban on tainted Indian cricketer S. Sreesanth on allegations on match-fixing, the Kerala High Court lifts the prohibition on Monday. S. Sreesanth had approached the Kerala High Court with a petition to get the BCCI to lift his life ban. The Indian cricket board have denied[Read More…]
The BJP’s top brass aren’t happy with Karnataka unit after it failed to do much during raid on energy minister, DK Shivakumar. Congress leader Shivakumar recently faced an income tax probe. Though the congress attacked PM Modi and party national president, Amit Shah over the use of the taxmen, none[Read More…]
A man injured in a mishap in Kerala was being denied medical treatment by various hospitals in Kollam and in Thiruvananthapuram. The 30-year-old man from Tamil Nadu struggled between life and death for almost seven hours before he succumbed to his injuries. The man was taken to at least two[Read More…]
The Centre has decided to tell the court that Jamia Millia Islamia’s (JMI) was never intended to be a minority institution. The HRD ministry will file an affidavit in the already pending writ petitions in the Delhi high court. The Centre had earlier supported the order of the national commission[Read More…]
In yet another instance of victim blaming, vice president of BJP in Haryana, Ramveer Bhatti, blamed the victim in the Chandigarh stalking case for driving “so late in the night”. According to CNN-News18, Bhatti said, “The girl should not have gone out at 12 in the night. Why was she[Read More…]
The defence ministry ordered shutdown of 39 military farms across India, which houses elite cross-bred cows that produce the highest milk yields. The ministry on 20 July cited a decision by the cabinet committee on security. It asked the army to “take steps” to close the military farms that house[Read More…]
Vice-president, Hamid Ansari warned against ‘a trend towards sanctification of military might’, and expressed concerns over ‘enhanced apprehensions of insecurity amongst segments of our citizen body, particularly Dalits, Muslims and Christians.’ On Sunday, while delivering his final address as vice-president at the 25th annual convocation of the National Law School[Read More…]
Museums and galleries across the nation will display Hindutva-based artifacts, paintings and other exhibits of heritage significance in the theme-based exhibitions. With crores of exhibits in their reserves that have not been shown publicly due to lack of space, 800 small and big museums will start these demonstrations. National Museum[Read More…]
Top-end luxury cars including sports utility vehicles (SUVs) may cost more with Centre and states seeking to increase cess on these vehicles to accurate so-called “anomaly” that crept in when goods and services tax (GST) rates were decided. Reportedly, the plan is to increase the cess from 15% to 25%.[Read More…]
WhatsApp to introduce colourful text statuses like Facebook and the feature will be part of WhatsApp beta version 2.17.291. Users who’ve enrolled into WhatsApp’s official play store beta program should get access to new colourful statuses ahead of others. As per the report, this is probably a server-side test. This[Read More…]
Information technology (IT) services firm Cognizant Technology Solutions has said that its 400 senior staff has accepted a voluntary separation package (VSP). The step will aid the company save nearly $60 million this year. The voluntary separation programme was launched in the second quarter (Q) of 2017. It aimed to[Read More…]
The 44 Gujarat Congress legislators, who were staying at a resort in Bengaluru for over a week now, returned to Ahmedabad on Monday morning. Reportedly, the MLAs landed in an Indigo flight at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport amid tight security at 4.45 am. Deputy Commissioner of police, Parikshita Gurjar[Read More…]
In a proud moment for Indians, Mohit Khatana (80kg) and Satender Rawat (80+kg), made their way to the finals while six others settled for bronze medals after semi final defeats in the Asian Junior Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines on Sunday. As Khatana defeated Uzbekistan’s Rakhmonov Kamronbek in a 4-1 split verdict,[Read More…]
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has said it will be good for the BJP to have party President Amit Shah in the Rajya Sabha. It would be “good for the party when Amit Shah wins Rajya Sabha election”, he said in an interview reported India.com. Praising the newly-elected vice-president M. Venkaiah[Read More…]
The chief minister of Bihar, Nitish, Kumar, on Sunday urged the Centre to allocate funds “liberally” to strengthen the subordinate judiciary in the state in order to provide speedy justice to the litigants. “We (BJP and JDU) have come together. It must also reflect (in the allocation of funds). Bihar[Read More…]
As many as 20 people were detained on late Saturday for allegedly attacking ‘gau-rakhshaks’ in Shrigonda (100 km from Pune, Maharashtra). Seven gau rakshaks were severely injured and were admitted to a hospital following the attack, reported Hindustan Times. According to the Police, the condition in Shrigonda is under control[Read More…]
An IAS officer in Haryana took to Facebook to post about his own daughter’s ordeal who was almost kidnapped by two men. The IAS officers’ daughter, a DJ by profession, was stalked and nearly kidnapped by two men including a son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala. The officer, in[Read More…]
The women and children of this remote village symbolically named by an NGO after US President Donald Trump will send him 1,001 rakhis on the Hindu festival that celebrates the brother-sister bond. The residents of Marora village in the backwards Mewat region represents the “wish of the people that ties[Read More…]
On Sunday, the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad arrested Abdullah, a suspected Bangladeshi terrorist associated with Islamic extremist group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) from Muzaffarnagar. According to Indian Express reports, an ATS team arrested Abdullah from Kutesara locality in Charthawal area of Muzzafarnagar district. Abdullah was staying in Deoband area[Read More…]
The Apex Cort has cleared decks for the selection of 3500 sub-inspectors and Platoon Commanders in Uttar Pradesh Police, which has been stalled for over six years. The Supreme Court stayed the directions passed by both benches of the High Court at Allahabad and Lucknow from time to time and[Read More…]
Renowned economist Rajiv Kumar was named as the new vice chairman of NITI Aayog on Saturday night. This comes four days after Arvind Panagariya resigned from the post. Kumar will report directly to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who is the chairperson of NITI Aayog. Rajiv Kumar, who holds a DPhil in[Read More…]