Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has ruled out the possibility privatisation of Indian Railways. He also said that the railways will have to bear the public service obligation – which is currently between Rs 30,000 and 35,000 crore – for the foreseeable future. “This cannot be done in India. I think[Read More…]
Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 70 after prolonged illness. Recently, a picture of him in a terrible physical condition had gone viral on social media. Politicians and film fraternity are sending messages of condolences to the actor’s family in expression of the[Read More…]
A video of a CRPF man, who can be seen venting his anger and expressing anguish against the home minister Rajnath Singh, after losing kin in Monday’s Sukma Maoist attack, has gone viral now. Posted by Pankaj Mishra of paramilitary force’s 221 battalions at Durgapur in West Bengal, this video[Read More…]
As we witness a time when religious foul-play continues to create disharmony in a diverse country like ours, even seeping through the more civilized spaces; an incident which comes from a remote end of India gives us hope for the society. In a recent heartwarming incident from Malda, one of[Read More…]
Yogi Adityanath led-government conducted the biggest reshuffle of IAS officials in Uttar Pradesh so far, late on Wednesday. The state government transferred 84 IAS officers, including 38 district magistrates. Notably, SSP of Saharanpur, Luv Kumar, who prevented a communal flare-up last week in which BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma was[Read More…]
Separatist leader Asiya Andrabi has been arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police under the public safety act, on late Wednesday night. Andrabi is the chief of the radical women’s outfit Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM). Reportedly, she was arrested from her home in Soura. Andrabi, allegedly is the key separatist leader who provoked[Read More…]
In an attempt to ameliorate youngsters, who have been influenced by armed terrorism, Adityanath government has launched a de-radicalisation programme. The initiative has been taken up by the ATS (Anti-terrorism squad) UP, who are working on the project to help the ‘misguided’ youths of our country, to stop them from[Read More…]
The government is probing the likelihood of setting up a mechanism to test food supplements to give support to the athletes, said the Union minister for Sports Vijay Goel. The minister also emphasised the need for a scientific approach to diet and nutrition for athletes. The sports minister has asked[Read More…]
After BJP’s impressive victory in the Delhi MCD polls, a number of AAP party members along with Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra called for introspection over the party’s overthrow in the polls saying that the loss cannot be blamed only on EVMs even as the party leadership alleged “rigging” of voting[Read More…]
In a dreadful incident, a three-year old boy died after he was harshly beaten up by a person who suspected him to be a ‘ghost’ in Nagaon district of lower Assam, said the police. The kid was standing unaccompanied on the road at Sarudal Basti of Salna, waiting for his[Read More…]
An online petition demanding to CM Manohar Parrikar to allow online cab services like Ola and Uber in Goa has gone viral. Goa being on of the top tourist places in India attracts an incredible number of tourist round the year. This petition was started by an NRI of Goan[Read More…]
PM Narendra Modi will flag off the first regional flight under the ‘Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)’ scheme on Thursday. The flight will be between Shimla and Delhi, the aviation ministry announced on Wednesday. “The Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first UDAN flight under RCS on[Read More…]
According to reports, Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as the new Director-General of the Central Police Reserve Force (CRPF). The decision comes just two days after 25 jawans of the CRPF were killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district. The formal announcement is likely to be made late at[Read More…]
Twitter had a field day with users mocking the Aam Aadmi Party’s dismal performance in the recently held MCD elections. Hilarious tweets and memes targeting the party are doing the rounds, Newsd has compiled a few of them. Watch the video:
The BJP has swept the recently held Delhi municipal polls with 183 seats. Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party managed to get less than 50 seats in the elections, in the backdrop of accusations of EVM tampering directed towards the BJP. Following the decimation of AAP, Newsd presents to you the[Read More…]