Deputy CM and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday announced a new merit cum scholarship scheme for the students in need. This fee waiver system has been launched only for a certain section of students pursuing higher studies in any state varsity of Delhi. Under the scheme, students from a[Read More…]
TR Zeliang has been appointed as the new chief minister of Nagaland by the Governor, PB Acharya. He will take oath as new chief minister of Nagaland, at 3 pm on Wednesday. Earlier today, former chief minister, Shurhozelie Liezietsu failed to appear for face a floor test at a special session[Read More…]
Manpreet Kaur, India’s leading shot putter and gold medallist in the just concluded Asian Athletics Championships might just lose her gold medal after being caught in the dope net as she was tested positive for a banned stimulant. Kaur was tested dimethylbutylamine positive. The test was conducted by National Anti-Doping[Read More…]
Mantralaya in Mumbai considered as headquarters of the government is supposedly planning to get more securities. Entering Mantralaya will now get more difficult for the common man as the home department plans to tighten the internal security by controlling access points for visitors and vehicle monitoring system. Read More: Union government to impose[Read More…]
Filmmaker Karan Johar expressed regret at his ‘nepotism rocks’ chant at the 18th India International Film Awards (IIFA) in New York on Saturday, after Varun Dhawan’s apology. Johar said he takes full responsibility for the joke and it was ‘entirely his idea.’ In an interview to NDTV, Karan said, “Of[Read More…]
The battle for Aadhaar is still ongoing. Every day, there is a new update related to it. The latest one being that Supreme Court on Wednesday is expected to hold a hearing to decide if privacy is a fundamental right, a significant question that has a bearing on the government’s push[Read More…]
The External Affairs Ministry revoked the passport of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik. Naik is wanted in link with alleged terror funding cases. The step was taken on the request made by National Investigative Agency a few days ago. “The Regional Passport Office, Mumbai, has revoked the Indian passport of[Read More…]
While speaking to a group of MPs on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary, S Jaishankar, said that China’s approach to the standoff at Sikkim is ‘unusually aggressive’. The group included senior opposition leaders including Congress Vice President, Rahul Gandhi. Jaishankar assured a parliamentary committee on External Affairs, which has about 20 members[Read More…]
Even though Raghuram Rajan, former RBI governor, co-wrote the influential 2003 book, “Saving Capitalism From the Capitalists,” it has fallen upon his successor at the Reserve Bank of India to actually attempt such a thing. By the looks of it, Urjit Patel has a hard slog ahead. For now, the[Read More…]
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo, Mayawati resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, hours after she had threatened to quit the Upper House for “not being allowed to speak” about atrocities against Dalits and minorities. “I was speaking about the atrocities against Dalits, since I belong to that community. But[Read More…]
Bollywood actor, Sitaram Panchal, who has acted in movies like Peepli Live, Jolly LLB 2and Paan Singh Tomar, is battling cancer and struggling to pay for his treatment. The actor mentioned about his illness in a Facebook post on Monday morning. “Bhaio meri help karo meri cancer se halat kharab[Read More…]
Indian Cricket team coach Ravi Shastri on Tuesday declared that Bharat Arun will be Team India’s new bowling coach. Shastri also welcomed both Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan on board as batting and bowling consultants and said that the contracts of the duo will be finalised by the BCCI officials.[Read More…]
The Centre on Tuesday asked state governments to compulsorily register FIRs in all “untoward incidents” happening in the name of cow protection, informed the Lok Sabha. Minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir said the responsibility to maintain law and order, protect life and property and incidents of attacks on[Read More…]
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who filed his nomination on Tuesday as the vice presidential candidate of 18 opposition parties, said he believes death penalty belongs to the medieval ages and it’s wrong. He further added that “Yes, I had also written to Pakistan PM, Nawaz Sharif demanding that he should not hang Kulbhushan Jadhav.[Read More…]
A decade ago, Umesh Yadav wanted to become a constable. His father Tilak Yadav wanted his youngest son – Umesh Yadav – to get a government job. He even prepared for an examination for the post of constable in the police department but he couldn’t clear the exam missing the cut by[Read More…]
While the Centre is in the process of making Aadhaar mandatory, a constitutional bench of the Apex Court on Tuesday heard matters related to the aspect of the right to privacy of Aadhaar. The five-judge bench which was headed by the Chief Justice of India was hearing a petition which[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a 16-year-old national level junior Kabaddi player was raped by a man in his 30s outside a stadium in North West Delhi on Saturday. The girl told the police that on 9 July, she was outside the stadium when a man posing as a stadium official[Read More…]
The second day of monsoon parliament session was stormy as BSP chief, Mayawati threatened to resign from Rajya Sabha. Soon after, the Opposition troops in the well of the House started shouting slogan ‘Dalit virodhi yeh sarkar, nai chalegi.” The opposition raised slogan in Rajya Sabha against the Narendra Modi government[Read More…]
Rohit Tilak, Congress leader and the great-grandson of freedom fighter, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, has been booked for allegedly raping a woman and forcing her into ‘unnatural sex,’ said the police. The case was filed against Rohit late last night. Rohit is also the grandson of late Jayantrao Tilak, a senior[Read More…]
At a time when the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops at the Dokalam area in the Sikkim sector is continue, a former US diplomat has said that China needs to recognize that India is “a force to be reckoned with.” The diplomat added that the countries in the region[Read More…]
Before the second day of the Parliament monsoon session began, the Congress moved an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha over the poor condition of farmers across the country. The Opposition seems to attack the Narendra Modi-led NDA government on several issues like farmer’s protests, lynching incidents, Jammu-Kashmir unrest[Read More…]
On Tuesday, the additional charge of the Ministry of I&B has been given to Smriti Irani. Smriti Zubin Irani is currently the Minister of Textiles in the Government of India. This announcement was made public by the Prime Minister’s Office’s official Twitter handle. This comes soon after Venkiah Naidu’s resignation as he is[Read More…]
An Indian Army jawan killed his major after being angry over ticked off for using a cell phone on duty. The man fired five bullets into the major’s chest, killing him on the spot, according to Hindustan times. Major Shikhar Thapa of 71 Armed Regiment was presently posted with 8 Rashtriya[Read More…]
In a jaw-dropping incident, a man has been alleged of stealing from houses in posh colonies to serve the poor in his village. And while he did this over a time building himself an image as the real life Robin Hood of Bihar, he has been involved in over 12[Read More…]
While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is supporting opposition presidential nominee, Meira Kumar as a mark of protest against the Centre’s “atrocities”, the BJP on Tuesday slammed Banerjee, alleging her of communal politics. BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao said the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal[Read More…]