Protests against the planned power plant of Adani Power in Godda district has entered its 5th day on Wednesday. Led by Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) legislator Pradeep Yadav, the protest began as hundreds of villagers, who are likely to lose their land, have participated and marched in deadly summer. People[Read More…]
Controversial Hindu leader Sadhvi Kamal equated the self proclaimed cow vigilantes who were accused of lynching a Muslim dairy farmer in Rajasthan’s Alwar to freedom fighters such as Bhagat Singh or Chandrasekhar Azad and called them future heroes. “When Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad went to jail, then they were[Read More…]
1) Mathura-born Shrikant Sharma‘s foray into politics happened during his college days in Delhi University. He joined the ABVP, the students’ wing of the RSS, in PGDAV College in 1991. 2) In 1992, he contested for the post of General Secretary in the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU), giving a tough fight[Read More…]
National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday slammed Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar over his allegation of bias in the green panel’s report on the damage caused to the Yamuna riverbed due to a culture festival organised by AOL. “You have no sense of responsibility. Do you think[Read More…]
As heatwave intensifies across India, the temperature at the national capital soars as high as 42.5 degrees Celsius. However giving some relief to Delhiites, the India Meteorological Department predicts a possible thunderstorm or a dust storm on Saturday. According to the officials, favourable wind movements on the western horizon could[Read More…]
BJP minister Babul Supriyo is being trolled on twitter for sharing an image of a supposed outstanding bus stand in Rajkot. While sharing the picture, Supriyo declared, “This is not an Airport, it’s not in London or New York either. It’s the New Bus Stand inaugurated in Rajkot, Gujarat.” But[Read More…]
Just as Deepika Padukone’s fans were startled by her Hollywood debut film xXx: Return of Xander Cage, the new Coke ad called the ‘Elevator’ goes viral on the internet. The video that was released on Wednesday hit close to a million views in 24 hours. This advertisement features one of[Read More…]
Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad allegedly had a verbal fight with cops over non-functioning of ATMs at Latur in Marathwada region. Videos of the spat between Gaikwad, his supporters and police have gone viral on social media now. Gaikwad is seen arguing with a police officer, during a protest over[Read More…]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate a two-day Civil Services Day event in New Delhi on Thursday. The opening session will be followed by a plenary session. Chaired by Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel Jitendra Singh, the plenary session will be on creating value through human capital management[Read More…]
The Indian government has barred an NGO from receiving international funding. Union home ministry has barred the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), an NGO registered with the government under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), from receiving foreign funding including that from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for[Read More…]
Tej Bahadur Yadav, the BSF jawan who was dismissed from his duty on Wednesday over his viral video on social media which highlighted the poor food conditions for jawans, requested the government to support him and asserted that if he did not get the support, he would move the judiciary.[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Thursday will pronounce its verdict in the Bihar topper scam case. The matter is itemized in court 11 as item no. 1A. Earlier last month, the Patna High Court provided conditional bail to Bihar topper scam key player Bachcha Rai. He received bail after not being[Read More…]
Actress Sonali Bendre Behl shared three principles of parenting that will help one strike a balance between tradition and modernity. Speaking at the Dehradun Community Literature Festival (DCLF) she said that her 11-year old son has been her source of inspiration. Newsd is the digital media partner for DCLF which[Read More…]
A campaign which asks government to make sanitary napkins tax-free has been trending on Twitter. SheSays, a non-profitorganisation, started the campaign with #LahukaLagaan. The campaign urges finance minister Arun Jaitley to exempt the tax on sanitary napkins by making it a non-luxury item under the GST. Legal representations have been[Read More…]