A BJP worker has been arrested by police on Saturday for attacking Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi’s convoy while he was on visit to flood hit areas in Dhanera town of Banaskantha district, Gujarat on Friday. The worker, identified as Jayesh Darji, was detained in Dhanera. “We have arrested one person[Read More…]
The 44 Congress MLAs from Gujarat, who were accommodated in a resort in Bengaluru, visited the Raj Bhavan to meet Karnataka governor, Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala on Saturday. “Vajubhai has been a member of Gujarat assembly. He knows everyone. All 44 MLAs met him individually,” Shaktisinh Gohil, a Congress leader said.[Read More…]
Speaking on the 2nd edition of ‘Samvad- Global Initiative on Conflict Avoidance and Environment Consciousness’, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in a video message on Thursday said dialogue is the only way to cut through deep-rooted religious stereotypes and prejudices that divide communities across the world and sow seeds of conflict[Read More…]
After a span of almost two decade, a Hindu politician, Darshan Lal, was given the role of a cabinet minister in Pakistan. The decision was declared on Friday as the new Prime Minister, Shahaid Khaqan Abbasi formed his cabinet. As per the government official, Abbasi has appointed 65-year old Lal[Read More…]
AAP leader, Kumar Vishwas, took a jibe at those who pelted stones at Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, calling them cowards. Gandhi’s convoy was attacked in Gujarat on Friday. Vishwas took to Twitter to lash out and wrote, “Agar aap ‘aiso’ par bhi pathhar phenk rahe hain to app sachmuch ‘darpok’[Read More…]
Maharashtra has recorded 855 cases of farmer suicide from January to April this year. While the figure is alarming, it is 168 less in number than 1,023 cases registered during the same period in 2016. “The answer to unfortunate instances of farmers’ suicides lies in improving their welfare,” union agriculture[Read More…]
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and NDA’s nominee, Venkaiah Naidu have cast their vote to elect India’s 15th vice-president. Parliamentarians started voting on Saturday and the polling has begun at 10am. The results will be announced by Saturday evening. With numbers in favor, the ruling NDA’s candidate Venkaiah Naidu is likely to[Read More…]
The union government on late Friday night clarified that Aadhaar number is not mandatory for registration of death of a person. A PIB release in this regard was issued by the government, which clarified that the news saying that the Aadhaar number was mandatory for registration of death of an[Read More…]
The Congress on Saturday lashed out at singer Mika Singh for using the term, ‘Apna Pakistan’ in a viral video. It said that being an Indian, to praise a country like Pakistan, which ploys against New Delhi is incorrect. “The act of Mika Singh is very unfortunate and condemnable. He[Read More…]
President Trump’s administration is all set to probe a complaint by four Indian-American organisations and other Asian groups claiming that Harvard University discriminates against students from the communities during its admission process. Justice department spokeswoman, Sarah Isgur Flores said the department wants to probe the “administrative complaint filed by a[Read More…]
To facilitate senior citizens and those with income below Rs. 5 lakh to file tax returns for 2016-17, the Income-tax office department declared to remain open until midnight on Saturday. Notably, the last date of filing Income Tax Returns (ITRs) was extended from July 31 to August 5 in view of difficulties faced[Read More…]
Striving for a cleaner environment, the Indian Railways has planned to reduce its emission intensity to the extent of 32% by 2030 by taking a series of energy efficient initiatives, the government said on Friday. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said[Read More…]
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on Thursday decided to incorporate content on GST and demonetisation in the reprint editions of economics, business studies, accountancy and political science books from 2018, as per the reports. “NCERT has decided to incorporate the contents related to GST and demonetisation[Read More…]
After Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi’s car was attacked on his visit to flooded areas in Gujarat, he attacked the Centre and said that any attack by the NDA government cannot deter their aim to work for the people. Earlier, Congress spokesperson, Randeep Singh Surjewala alleged that the ‘BJP goons[Read More…]
Pakistani textbooks are blaming Hindus for the bloodshed that took place at the time of partition. History books in Pakistan are claiming that “traitorous” Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that took place after British India was divided into two nations 70 years ago. This biased narrative of such[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi was shown black flags and his car was attacked in Banaskantha, Gujarat on Friday. Gandhi is on a visit to flood-hit Gujarat and will tour the northern districts of Gujarat that have been declared ‘disaster-affected’ by the state government. After he was shown the black flag[Read More…]
Soon after the Karnataka chief minister, Siddaramaiah asked the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited to temporarily redesign the signs at metro stations and remove Hindi names from them, Hindi sign boards outside metro stations in Bengaluru were removed by the authorities today. According to ANI reports, in Karnataka, after protests[Read More…]
The members of Parliament are ready to cast their votes for the vice-president’s poll which is scheduled on Saturday. According to speculations, the ruling NDA‘s candidate M Venkaiah Naidu is tipped to be India’s next vice president. Notably, the name of the next vice president of India will be known[Read More…]
The Rajya Sabha witnessed huge commotion over the government giving its consent to Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath’s proposal to rename ‘Mughalsarai’ railway station to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya station on Friday. Noted Jan Sangh leader, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya was found dead in mysterious situation near Mughalsarai station in February,[Read More…]
Along with veteran journalist Arnab Goswami, his new channel Republic TV too seems to have picked a special interest in decoding Tharoor. And as they unceasingly continue their pursuit of truth, they are also surpassing media ethics. On Friday, Shashi Tharoor took to Facebook to share a video where Republic[Read More…]
Toilet Ek Prem Katha stars Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar were in Lucknow today to promote their upcoming film and also to spread awareness about the importance of building toilets and putting an end to defecation in the open — a message he is giving out with his forthcoming film.[Read More…]
There was no expression that remained untouched by legendary singer, Kishore Kumar. On his 88th birth anniversary, we bring to you an evergreen collection of his soulful songs, that reflect every mood with utmost perfection and precision. He is, was and will always remain one of the best voices of[Read More…]
Jet Airways has suddenly cut its menu options for domestic passengers by more than two-thirds, from 23 to just seven choices. This means people who might have food allergies or are vegan or lactose or gluten-intolerant may not have much to eat besides some fruits served to them. According to[Read More…]
The Delhi high court on Friday told Republic TV’s founder, Arnab Goswami, to respect Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor’s right to remain silent in the ongoing investigation into his wife, Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. As a response to the order, Tharoor wrote on his Facebook page and said, “My duty is to[Read More…]
A class 5 student from a slum in Bhopal has been encouraging other kids to study and is also running a library from her make-shift house. Named, Muskan Ahirwar, this kid started a small library, ‘Bal Pustakalaya’ with 25 books in Durga Nagar, a slum located barely 1km away from[Read More…]