Three cases of the deadly Zika virus have been reported in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The World Health Organisation confirmed that the infected persons include a pregnant lady as well, who belongs to Bapunagar area of the city. Dr. Deepak Saxena, Professor, Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Gandhinagar, said that[Read More…]
Shahnawaz Shaikh is the municipal councillor from Jamalpur Ward which lies in the heart of the old city of Ahmedabad. The area is largely Muslim-dominated with around 60,000 voters out of the total of the registered 88,000 electorates. Shaikh, who has been active in student politics for more than a[Read More…]
Actor Rajinikanth’s brother, Satyanarayana Rao Gaikwad, on Saturday, said that the superstar’s entry into politics will be confirmed by the end of July. “It is the people’s wish that Rajinikanth should enter politics. He has just ended the first round of consultation with his fans and well-wishers who were urging[Read More…]
Delhi University is soon going to implement Right of Person with Disabilities Act 2016 in its admission guidelines, for admission into its various courses.The move is aimed at strengthening and facilitating the admission of disabled students. The quota will be increased from 3% to 5%. Students with Thalassaemia and Haemophilia[Read More…]
A case has been filed against BJP’s Delhi state president, MP Manoj Tiwari in Bihar’s Darbhanga district. Reportedly, a case of cheating and fraud has been filed against him by some Munna Chaudhary in the court of Chief Magistrate Vidyasagar Pandey. According to Chaudhary, he bought a flat from the[Read More…]
On Friday, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth met Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. This his first visit aboard as the PM of Mauritius. He will also meet his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi later in the day. In the meetings, leaders of the two countries[Read More…]
Days after the Sukhoi-30 MKI jet went missing, Para (Special Forces) and Indian Air Force Garuds have extended support to the army’s ground column and joined the rescue and recovery operation. A Court of Inquiry will be probing the cause of the mishap. Notably, the wreckage of Sukhoi-30 MKI jet[Read More…]
It’s been three years of the BJP government whose main election promise was to provide employment opportunity to people. But the government has miserably failed as there is hardly any reform. And now, BJP President Amit Shah had said that the government have tried to give new perspective to employment[Read More…]
The Indian intelligence agencies have issued alerts about a possible terror attack by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in Delhi and Mumbai, or in border areas of Punjab and Rajasthan. The agencies said a group of 20-21 LeT terrorists may have entered the country from Pakistan, and have subdivided themselves into smaller groups.[Read More…]
Bravado and distortion are the highlights of BJP govt: Kamal NathCivil aviation minister Gajapathi Raju said that Airlines are reporting the lesser number of cases of unruly passengers after the government’s move to come out with a ‘national no-fly list’ to handle such incidents. Raju said he had urged Air[Read More…]
In another disgraceful act, a 7-year-old girl has been allegedly gang-raped in a remote village in Allahabad district police said on Friday. Four persons have been detained in this concern. The incident happened on Thursday morning in Ghurpur police station area of the district’s trans-Yamuna region. It is about 40[Read More…]
The J&K government once again suspended the internet services in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday, hours after the ban was lifted after Months. The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department on Friday lifted a month-long ban on 22 social media sites and applications, including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter, in Kashmir. The[Read More…]
The Centre’s move to ban the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter through animal markets has triggered severe criticism from the state of Kerala. From the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) to the opposition, all have condemned the government’s decision. “We will seek legal resort against this. The Centre[Read More…]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who couldn’t attend Sonia Gandhi’s lunch party for the opposition leaders due to pre-engagements, will fly to Delhi only a day later to lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi is hosting lunch in honour of visiting Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth and has invited[Read More…]
On Friday, Congress leader and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has filed a defamation case against popular journalist Arnab Goswami for an amount of 2 crores and 10,000 rupees. “We filed today in Delhi High Court. Had enough of his campaign of calumny”, he tweeted. This comes soon after an[Read More…]
In order to prevent cattle slaughter, the Environment Ministry has banned the sale of cattle from marketplaces for the purpose of culling. A gazette notification, titled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change states that no one[Read More…]
On Friday, as the BJP led NDA government completes three years in power, BJP party president Amit Shah on Friday launched a sarcastic attack on the 2004-14 UPA government. “In 2014, BJP replaced a regime suffering from policy paralysis and gave the people a decisive and transparent government,” Shah said at a press conference. As[Read More…]
According to a verdict on Thursday, a court in Abu Dhabi has commuted the death sentence to 10 Indian men for murdering a Pakistani man in 2015 following a feud over bootlegging. 10 Indian men who were facing execution in the UAE from Punjab will now serve jail terms ranging[Read More…]
The anticipated ‘Heritage Line’ stretch of the Delhi Metro will be active from May 28, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) announced on Friday. This project was to be operational last year, however, after failing deadlines it is ready to begin its commercial operation. An extension of the Violet Line[Read More…]
Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill passed away on Friday in a Delhi hospital at 82. Among his notable contribution to Punjab, Gill has served twice as DGP of Punjab and is credited with having brought the Punjab insurgency under control. He has been called a “supercop”, for his work in[Read More…]
As part of its CSR (corporate social responsibility) campaign, Maruti Suzuki will invest Rs 6 crore to start 15 Automobile Skill Enhancement Centres (ASEC) by August 2017. These centres will be operated in partnership with government-run ITIs (Industrial Training Institute) across 11 states in the country. The first out of[Read More…]
On Friday, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has been denied permission to visit violence struck area of Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh. “No permission has been given for Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the district,” said ADG (law and order) Aditya Mishra, adding that the district administration has banned the visits[Read More…]
As BJP completes 3 years in power on Friday, the Congress prophesied a dark future for the country on the economic and social side. It also claimed that it was on the verge of seeing friction under the BJP-led NDA government. Additionally, they also demanded a White Paper on the[Read More…]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is hosting a get-together for the leaders of the opposition parties in the Delhi on Friday with an aim to discuss upcoming Presidential elections. The leaders will talk about a joint candidate for President to undertake the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s candidate. The meeting is considered[Read More…]