A latest data compiled by the US State Department has pointed out that India has witnessed the third highest number of terrorist attacks in 2016. The country has witnessed terror attack even more than Pakistan, which has slipped to the fourth spot. While Iraq, with 2,965 terrorist attacks ranked first[Read More…]
On Sunday, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that his party would not shy away from “exposing” the BJP-led Maharashtra government if it fails to execute the loan waiver scheme properly. Thackeray, whose party is also a part of the ruling coalition in the state, claimed his outfit was the[Read More…]
Indian Railways to now provide clean and safe drinking water to passengers at one rupee. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) plans to install 1,100 water vending machines at 450 stations in 2017-2018 as part of its efforts to ensure clean drinking water at low cost in rail[Read More…]
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India have recently criticised the cleanliness and management of linen in the Indian railways. As per the country’s top auditor, the sanitation and washing of linen including blankets provided on trains were not carried out as per the established norms to be followed[Read More…]
As the price tomatoes continue to soar high, armed security guards in Indore are safeguarding trucks loaded with tomatoes, in Indore. In the risk of theft, tomatoes are being sold in the presence of armed security guards. Tomato is the most expensive vegetable and in Indore’s Devi Ahilya Bai Holker[Read More…]
While JD(U)-RJD riff continues to deepen, the BJP on Sunday continued to put pressure on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over Tejashwi Yadav and warned that they will not let the House function if an adequate response did not come from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo. According to reports, senior[Read More…]
An RTI response from Maharashtra’s Buldhana district collectorate has confirmed malfunctioning of electronic voting machine (EVM), despite Election Commissions of India’s claims of fair voting machines. As per reports, Buldhana collectorate’s election department has replied to an RTI query confirming that votes of an independent candidate had gone to BJP’s[Read More…]
This Naxal affected village in Jharkhand is ignored both by the system as well as the government. The plight is as such that the villagers are driven to drink water out of sewage pipes. In the Naxal affected area of Dumriya, government services in Palsabni village have been suspended. There[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, an Indian court denied abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who was impregnated, ruling she is too young and her pregnancy too advanced to have an abortion. The survivor, six months pregnant after her maternal uncle allegedly raped her several times, CBS News reported. The district[Read More…]
Around 71, 941 crores of undisclosed income have been detected in the last three years after Income Tax (IT) department carried out searches and seizures, informed the Centre to the Supreme Court. The Ministry of Finance has said in an affidavit that from the day after high currency notes were[Read More…]
As the hills in Bengal continue to remain under stir, according to senior West Bengal government officials the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is preparing for a prolonged underground armed movement for a separate state and has hired Maoists from neighbouring countries as mercenaries to train its cadres. Although the claims[Read More…]
BJP on Saturday said that Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar is wasting his time in meeting Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi in wake of asking RJD’s Deputy chief minister, Tejaswi Yadav to resign. “Nitish Kumar is wasting time meeting Rahul Gandhi for reportedly asking Tejaswi Yadav to tender resignation,” said senior[Read More…]
Railway authorities seem to face a negative outcome of giving access to free internet and wi-fi at suburban railway stations in Mumbai. Non-commuters and potential miscreants have been found to be using free wi-fi to watch porn inside the station. In an attempt to get rid of the problem, railway[Read More…]
Senior Congress leader and former member of Maharashtra Legislature, Shivajirao Patil passed away in Mumbai on Saturday after a brief illness. He was 92. He was also the member of state cabinet and father of actress Smita Patil. In the year 2013, Patil was awarded the Padma Bhushan. He was a member of the Maharashtra ministries[Read More…]
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report that was tabled in Parliament have highlighted the critical shortage of ammunition in the Indian Army. The CAG has found deficiencies in the performance of the Ordinance Factory Board (OFB) and witnessed no progress in the performance of its factories since[Read More…]
A three-day conference is being organised in Karnataka on Dalit icon, BR Ambedkar, and the state of Dalits in the country. In his inaugural address at the symposium on Friday, human rights activist and social reformer, Martin Luther King III drew a parallel between India and the US, and said[Read More…]
Both Sanjay Kothari, chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board and senior journalist, Ashok Malik have been appointed as secretary and press secretary to new President-elect Ram Nath Kovind. Senior Gujarat-cadre forest service officer Bharat Lal will also join as joint secretary to Kovind, said an order issued today by the Department of Personnel[Read More…]
AICC secretary and MLA from Amreli, Paresh Dhanani is all said to be elevated as the leader of the Congress legislative party in Gujarat, sources told Newsd.
Days after social activist Shabnam Hashmi threatened to be killed by a man posing as a police official, the Delhi Minorities Commission has issued a notice to the national capital’s police. The Delhi Police has already detained man in link with the case after Hashmi reported the matter to the[Read More…]
Mumbaikars need to beware as a 34- year-old man was arrested Thursday for allegedly posing as a traffic constable at JVPD junction in Juhu. He allegedly took bribes from motorists in different areas of the city for around three months. After the arrest police identified him as Mohnsin Wazir Sayyed. The[Read More…]
The government has assured a parliamentary panel that Aadhaar data has foolproof security. The assurance came while parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, led by P Chidambaram, was given a presentation on privacy concerns of Aadhaar data. The presentation was given by officials from the Unique Identification Authority of India[Read More…]
The Centre is considering to deal with the problem of teachers remaining absent from duty and sending proxies to do the job with adorning school walls with pictures of teachers. Nonattendance among teachers, assisted by use of proxies, has for long affecting the education in government schools, especially in rural[Read More…]
Pakistan’s envoy Abdul Basit has learned to have met the Chinese and Bhutanese envoys in New Delhi this week, after a month into the border standoff between India and China at the tri-junction with Bhutan. Though it is not uncommon for the envoys to meet in, the timing of these[Read More…]
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi reiterated on Friday that the Narendra Modi government’s policies are “burning” Jammu and Kashmir. He said no third party intervention was required to resolve India’s internal matters. “India is Kashmir and Kashmir is India,” Gandhi told reporters. “It is being said there should be a discussion[Read More…]
No one can deny the indispensable importance of social media today. They have become an inevitable part of our lives, not only as a platform for expressing our own views but also as a great source of information.No one can deny the indispensable importance of social media today. They have[Read More…]