Baba Ramdev seems to be on the roll. After being India’s top followed Yoga guru, Baba Ramdev will be now seen judging a singing reality show, titled Om Shanti Om, on Life OK. You read that right, Baba Ramdev, who often appeared on reality shows like Nach Baliye and India’s[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment over the issue of right to privacy is fundamental right or not. A nine-judge bench of SC was hearing the matter for a long time now and finally the verdict was reserved after extended arguments between the Centre and the petitioners. A[Read More…]
Blaming the NDA government of misusing state agencies, the Opposition on Wednesday raised the income-tax raids against Karnataka minister, DK Shivakumar in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. A series of investigations were conducted at a Bengaluru resort where 42 MLAs from Gujarat are staying since 30 July and the properties of[Read More…]
The government is planning to make Aadhaar or 12-digit unique identity code mandatory during the registration of real estate properties. As reported by Indian Express, the verification of Aadhaar will be a precondition for documents such as agreement of sale and power of attorney and even for electronic registration of[Read More…]
Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir is often in news for his good deeds. He has often taken a stand for the Indian soldiers, and now initiated a campaign where the left-handed batsman wishes to feed poor and not let anyone sleep empty stomach. Gambhir’s foundation has started a free community kitchen from Monday,[Read More…]
Indian airline Vistara is making flying safer for women. In a thoughtful move, Vistara introduced a new program in March aimed at ensuring the comfort and safety of women flying solo. #VistaraWomanFlyer allows women travelling alone the option to request specific seats, and also provides baggage and transportation assistance and[Read More…]
Superstar Aamir Khan has unveiled a new poster of ‘Secret Superstar’ starring Zaira Wasim in the lead. On July 31 this year, the actor has shared the first poster of the film. The trailer will be released today i.e August 2. The poster features both Aamir and his ‘Dangal’ co-star[Read More…]
In a funny incident, a government hospital in Bihar is asking its employees some really weird questions in their declaration forms. In the marital declaration form of the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (IGIMS), Patna, employees are being asked to declare their virginity and also the number of wives[Read More…]
Even after months of protest when the farmers’ demands went unheard, the Sikh community in Delhi decided to benevolently open the doors of their Gurudwara to them. In an affectionate gesture, the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) has opened their kitchen to the farmers who have been in Delhi’s[Read More…]
Hours after Karnataka minister, DK Shivakumar was raided by taxmen on Wednesday morning, leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad has said that the government should conduct raids on BJP people who were offering Rs 15 crore to Congress lawmakers to lure them before Rajya Sabha polls. “Conduct[Read More…]
Karnataka minister, DK Shivakumar and a resort in Bengaluru where Congress has accommodated its lawmakers from Gujarat to prevent a rash of defections have been raided by Taxmen. Reportedly, Income Tax officials searched the minister’s home along with rooms at the Eagleton Golf Resort where 42 Congress lawmakers are staying[Read More…]
Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader, Santosh Mohan Dev died on Wednesday morning. Dev, the father of Congress MP, Sushmita Dev, was hospitalised in Silchar, Assam. All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary, CP Joshi took to Twitter to express his condolences. “My deepest condolences to @sushmitadevmp at the[Read More…]
Now drinking at Goa beaches could land you in trouble. The BJP-led Goa government told the state legislative assembly that a severe action would be taken against people who will be caught drinking on the state beaches. It also said that if needed, the offenders could even be detained. The[Read More…]
In Bihar, 22 out of 29 newly sworn in ministers are facing criminal cases, which is more than the previous government, a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) declared. In previous grand alliance Cabinet, 19 out of 28 ministers were facing criminal charges. The report was prepared by[Read More…]
On the World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7) begins, over 7,500 women in Jaipur have donated more than 15 lakh millilitre of breast milk to save the lives of many newborns. As per Hindustan Times report, 15,00,680 ml milk has been collected at the 11 milk banks. “I salute the mothers[Read More…]
In the last three years, CRPF jawans have mostly died of depression or medical reasons than they have on anti-Naxal operations said the government on Tuesday. As per reports, heart attacks, depression and other medical reasons killed sixteen times more CRPF personnel than action in anti-Naxal operations. In a written[Read More…]
The ‘Shiksha Mitras’ who have been protesting in the streets against the state government in the last one week, withdrew their protests on Tuesday after a meeting with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. After a three hours meeting with Adityanath and Minister of State for Basic Education Anupama Jaiswal, the protest[Read More…]
Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, on Tuesday, said that terror funding has been “squeezed” due to demonetisation. He added that the number of stone throwers in Jammu and Kashmir has gone down in last few months as a result of it. “In 2008 to 2010 we saw thousands of stone pelters[Read More…]
Amidst Gorkhaland unrest, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday said she is not in favour support the division of the state and urged all political parties in the hills to restore peace and normal life in Darjeeling, where the indefinite shutdown entered its 48th day. “Whatever happens,[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking cancellation of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar‘s membership of the state legislative council for allegedly concealing a pending criminal case against him. A bench of Justices Justice Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar said that they will[Read More…]
Congress party on Tuesday has removed its senior leader, Digvijaya Singh from the post of in-charge of Telangana Congress. They appointed a new team in the state, declared All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary, Janardhan Dwivedi. The step was taken after Singh’s controversial statements against the Telangana police. He accused[Read More…]
Arvind Panagariya, the first vice-chairman of Niti Aayog, announced his resignation from office on Tuesday. 31 August is likely to be his last working day in Niti Aayog. Panagariya was considered to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal pick for economic reforms. Though the exact reasons behind his resignation is[Read More…]
Ramdas Athawale, union minister of social justice and empowerment, on Monday, said that transgender people should wear pants and shirts instead of saris as “they are not men and they are not women”. He did clarify that “they( transgenders) are human”. The minister was speaking at a national workshop for[Read More…]
Rajya Sabha was rocked by opposition protests on Tuesday over an Election Commission (EC) notification that provides MLAs the ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA) option in the elections to the Upper House on 8 August. The annoyed oppositions’ members forced adjournments of the proceedings questioning the NOTA provision for these[Read More…]
Days after a student of LSR (Lady Shri Ram College), Simran Keshwani was bullied and threatened online for expressing her views in an article first published on Newsd, a national movement, StopOnlineMobs, aimed at emphasizing and condemning cyber bullying was organized at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Simran received death threats,[Read More…]