On the International Yoga Day celebrations in Lucknow, PM Modi will be performing asanas. And over 300 Muslim men and women under the banner of the Muslim Rashtriya Manch will be among the 55,000 participants at the Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan. “More than 1,000 Muslims had contacted us about participating in[Read More…]
On Saturday, the security at Kerala House on Jantar Mantar road in New Delhi was beefed up following reports of a political party, allegedly, planning a ‘beef festival’ in the evening. The Delhi Police received an information from Kerala House officials about the matter and security was stepped up as[Read More…]
On Saturday, NCP chief Sharad Pawar lashed out at the BJP-led government, saying politics in the country has come to an “unwelcome situation” and there is dissatisfaction among people. “The Modi government has copied many of the UPA’s schemes like Aadhaar, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Direct Cash Transfer[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, two persons in Hyderabad were arrested with over 40KGs of marijuana. On Friday, prohibition and excise personnel and seized 42 kg of marijuana that they were ferrying concealed in bags of tamarind. As per reports, Sunil Singh (23), a resident of Gangabowli in Upper Dhoolpet and[Read More…]
On Saturday, Congress asked for the imposition of President’s Rule in Madhya Pradesh, saying Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has no right to continue as he is evading from his constitutional duties. Lashing at the state government, Opposition in MP Assembly Ajay Singh, said that instead of consoling the families[Read More…]
On Saturday, India’s favourite Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev, said that India should immediately reclaim Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), calling it the root of all the problems originating from Pakistan. He further added that India should destroy all terrorists camps operating from PoK. “All the problems emanating from Pakistan is because[Read More…]
On Saturday, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung declared that th party has decided to go on an indefinite strike from Monday demanding a separate state of ‘Gorkhaland’. “We will go on strike from Monday. Bengal government takes so much revenue from us but it only encroach our territory.[Read More…]
Rajasthan government has announced to raise the insurance amount by one lakh for farmers. Nearly 7 lakh farmers who have availed crop loan through cooperative banks in Rajasthan will get an insurance cover of Rs 6 lakh by giving only Rs 27 as yearly premium. Read more: The law of the[Read More…]
Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that the Centre will soon come out with a scheme to revive various stalled power plants in the country. The broad policies to make abandoned projects viable was decided in a meeting between the Ministry of Power and lenders earlier this week. “We[Read More…]
Strongly condemning the statements made by Amit Shah on Mahatma Gandhi on Friday, Congress is demanding an apology from the BJP President and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They are labelling Shah’s comments as an ‘insult’ to the Father of the Nation. “Rather than fighting casteism, they [BJP] identified even the[Read More…]
While Indians identifying them as feminists is on the rise, aiming for gender equality while being bound by patriarchal social fabric stuck across various strata looks inscrutable. Though the Indian women’s movement has achieved much, there is still a long way to go. As old mindsets steeped in patriarchy still[Read More…]
Days after a Rajasthan HC judge said that cow should be made the national animal, a Hyderabad high court judge on Friday, said that cow is “sacred national wealth” and is a “substitute to Mother and God”. Justice B Siva Sankara Rao of Hyderabad HC quoted from a Supreme Court[Read More…]
A truck collided with an auto-rickshaw in Jagatsinghpur district on Saturday. The incident killed eight people while injured two passengers. The crash happened at Chandol when the victims hailing from Machhagaon were returning after attending ceremonial ‘Snana Purnima’ ritual at Nemala. Seven people, including a teenager, died while another succumbed[Read More…]
The state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), in collaboration with the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF), is going to set up 25,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in its rural exchanges by next six months. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Friday in the presence of Communications Minister, Manoj Sinha. According[Read More…]
In a recent development, Madras High Court on Saturday directed CBSE, Medical Council of India (MCI) and the Union and Tamil Nadu governments’ health departments to furnish their replies to the 12 questions raised by the court when the NEET matter is taken up further on June 27. The Madras High Court asked whether[Read More…]
According to Intelligence Bureau (IB), Pakistan’s spy agency Inter Services Intelligence is planning a major terror attack in India, as four terrorists have already infiltrated into the country from the Punjab border. As per IB’s inputs, it has been warned that the planned ISI attack may take place in the[Read More…]
Women cadets will now be first inducted into the military force before considering other options in the armed force for them, said Chief of Army Staff General, Bipin Rawat. He told media that, “First, we will start with women as military police jawans, will take next step after success”. “Because[Read More…]
The chairman of the underground Nagaland rebel group NSCN (K), SS Khaplang, 77, a rebel leader for half a century, took his last breath on Friday. He died at the general headquarters of the group in Taga due to prolonged illness. He was also the President of the Government of[Read More…]
In an unfortunate incident, a helicopter carrying pilgrims crashed soon after take-off from the Himalayan shrine of Badrinath in Uttarakhand on Saturday. The incident killed a crew member along with injuring two pilots. However, all the five passengers were said to be safe. An engineer, who was part of the[Read More…]
BJP president Amit Shah termed father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi as a ‘bahut chatur baniya’ while addressing an event in Chhattisgarh. “Bahut chatur baniya tha woh, usko maloom tha aage kya hone waala hai,” Shah was quoted as saying. Shah also attacked the Congress saying that it is a[Read More…]
According to a UP government spokesperson on Friday, the new industrial policy of Uttar Pradesh has been approved by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The policy promises ease of doing business, tax relief and continuous power supply to the people. It also aims at promoting industries in the underdeveloped regions of[Read More…]
Aamir Khan, who is one of the renowned actors of Bollywood industry, has been tremendously astonishing the audience with his work since a long time. He not only won hearts of lakhs of people in India but also left a deep impact on the population of China. About 8 years[Read More…]
A large number of media persons, lawyers and supporters gathered at a protest meeting at Press Club in New Delhi on Friday, in the wake of the CBI raid on NDTV demanding press freedom. Eminent jurist Fali Nariman, author Kuldip Nayyar, former BJP leader Arun Shourie amongst others spoke in the[Read More…]
In film ‘Babumoshai Bandookbaaz’, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is back to hit the screens and wow the audience with his next performance The teaser of this upcoming film is out and Siddiqui has been portrayed as the protagonist, playing the role of a serial killer. As he says, “Hum outsourcing karte hai,[Read More…]
