A 60-year old farmer allegedly hanged himself on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh. Pyare Lal Oud of Pipiliya Vyas village hanged himself from the branch of a tree in his field in Neemuch district. The recent death took the death toll of agriculture-related suicides in Madhya Pradesh to 13 since the[Read More…]
Kerala government on Sunday appealed to the people to join the government’s mass sanitation drive on a war footing after more than 100 deaths were reported since January in Kerala due to numerous types of fevers. As many as 103 people, including women and children, succumbed to several types of[Read More…]
Although marriage is said to be a sacred institution, the alarming numbers of spousal violence in India have another story to convey. A statistics of National Family Health Survey, suggests that nearly 29 per cent of married women in the country faced spousal violence in 2015-16. The figure is indeed[Read More…]
Bihar’s revenue collection decreased by Rs 1,738 crore in 2016-17 as compared to 2015-16, a year after the state banned liquor on April 5 last year. Bihar could only generate Rs 23,711 in 2016-17 against the state’s revenue collection of Rs 25,449 crore in 2015-16. Although the drop in revenue,[Read More…]
A woman filed a complaint against a man for allegedly harassing and mistreating her in an IndiGo flight on Sunday. The woman and the accused were on a flight from Hyderabad to Delhi. In her complaint, the woman said that just after she took her seat in the flight, her[Read More…]
Darjeeling is on the edge for the last few days over the demand for a separate state for Gorkha people. The continuing protest turned into a chaos on Saturday with extensive clashes between protesters and the police. It is said that at least one person was killed in the mayhem[Read More…]
On Saturday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that “Sabka Vikas” (development of all) was not possible in Odisha till BJD remained in power in the state. “The nature has given all resources like water, forest, mineral and rich human resources to Odisha. Still, the state remains poor.[Read More…]
As landslide hits a village in Meghalaya on Saturday, three people were killed while two others were reported missing. As per reports, the landslides were triggered by incessant rains for the past few days. The incident occurred at Tharia, some 20 km downhill of state capital Shillong, in Ri Bhoi[Read More…]
While another man, Zafar Khan, was lynched in Rajasthan for shielding a woman, no arrests have yet been made although there are witnesses who saw CPI-ML leader Zafar Hussain, 55, being beaten viciously by municipal workers. Notably, Pratapgarh commissioner Ashok Jain was also allegedly part of the group that was[Read More…]
Just before President Pranab Mukherjee’s tenure is about to end, reports say that he rejected two mercy petitions in the last week of May. Mukherjee whose term ends on July 24 has rejected a total of 30 mercy pleas. Notably, Mukherjee’s predecessor Pratibha Patil had accepted mercy pleas of 30[Read More…]
Cow politics in India is shaping up to be more terrible than expected, not only are they creating rifts between communities but also claiming lives. With a ban on beef amidst beefed up cow protection, both religious and communal tensions continue to take a toll on people’s life. In a[Read More…]
The hype around India-Pakistan match has always been high. It is one match which generally creates a buzz all around the two nations, with lots of news coming in over people’s reactions. In the ICC Champion Trophy 2017, India and Pakistan, both defeated their counterparts Bangladesh and England in semi-finals[Read More…]
The “Queen of the Hills” continues to remain under stir even for the sixth day of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) sponsored indefinite shutdown, with police allegedly raiding and vandalising the residence of party assistant general secretary Binay Tamang. North Bengal, especially Darjeeling turned into a battlefield as moves and[Read More…]
Sunday is going to be a super ‘Mauka Mauka’ day as it brings a double blast where India and Pakistan will have a face off not only on the ground of cricket but also hockey. On Thursday, where India was playing semi-finals of ICC Champions Trophy against Bangladesh, the Indian[Read More…]
Amidst the uproar over Cow and banning on their slaughtering, Gau Seva Parivar- an affiliate of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh recently approached the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to implement the use of cow dung cakes in funeral pyres instead of firewood at government crematoriums. GSP pracharak Lalit Agarwal claimed that cow[Read More…]
In order to revolutionise the processed food industry in the state, the Telangana state government on Friday released a brand new policy draft on food processing. The objectives of the policy are multi-leveled, further focusing on reducing the wastage and optimising the resources. Some of the other aspects of the[Read More…]
Although the Presidential election is round the corner, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA is yet to decide its candidate. Many names such as LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sumitra Mahajan, Draupadi Murmu and E Sreedharan are doing rounds, but nothing is concrete yet. Reportedly, Bharatiya Janata Party has said[Read More…]
India was criticized by the Human Rights Watch, which in its recent report said that the nation has shut down the internet services in several regions 20 times in the first five months of this year. Four of those blackouts just have taken place this month. These shut down were[Read More…]
On Friday, Union Minister, M. Venkaiah Naidu, slammed critics who have been holding the government responsible for curbing the freedom of press in the country. He said that that the media is free to express its view under the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rule. He further said that the press[Read More…]
Following its launch in India in May, Lenovo’s Moto C Plus will be available online on e-commerce site, Flipkart, from June 19. The website has just confirmed this news. The phone is available at Rs 5,999 offline. Flipkart has listed the Moto C Plus on its site and mentioned that[Read More…]
Six officials were killed in a militant attack in Anantnag district of Jammu & Kashmir on Friday evening. The terrorists reportedly targeted a police patrolling party in Thajiwara village. The attack also left three other cops injured. The terrorists also mutilated the faces of the policemen. “Six policemen including an[Read More…]
Those working for the Rajasthan government for over 15 years or attained 50 years of their age and whose integrity is suspicious and work unsatisfactory may lose their job. Rajasthan Chief Secretary O P Meena, in an order, has asked all department heads to mark those employees or officials who[Read More…]
As unknown disease hits Mizoram-Myanmar border town of Champhai since last week, many have taken ill. Secretary of the Champhai District Vawkvulh (Pig rearers) Association Lalrinzuala on Friday said that at least 25 pigs have died in the central area of Champhai town since last week while many others were[Read More…]