Soon after the sharp cut in MPhil and PhD seats in Jawaharlal Nehru University which are to directly hit the students coming from a modest background as well as the current students of the university; JNU students allege that they’ve not received their fellowships since January 2017. Considering that JNU is a[Read More…]
UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s first cabinet meeting will be held on Tuesday in Lucknow where important agendas in the BJP’s poll manifesto such as waiving off farmer loan and providing electricity in rural areas, is likely to be discussed in the meeting. State Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said a[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, two engineering students were found beaten to death on a remote hill near INS Shivaji in Lonavala on Monday. According to the police, unknown people had stripped the 22-year-old man and his female friend and knotted their hands before hitting on their heads. A resident of[Read More…]
In the capital city, the Autorickshaw unions in protest against policies of the Central and State governments in Delhi and Haryana have threatened to go on a strike. Referring to the surging fees by the Delhi transport department and the recent introduction of the border fee by Haryana government, a group[Read More…]
There is a significant upsurge in the number of train drivers of Indian railways who failed an alcohol test over the past five years, shows official data. Usually, most of these loco-pilots come for work drunk, making it a disturbing trend. Nearly, 15 per cent of them failed the alcohol[Read More…]
Veteran Hindustani classical singers, Kishori Amonkar died at the age of 84 at her residence in Mumbai on Monday evening. Reportedly, Amonkar was ailing for a while. The Padma Vibhushan recipient classical singer was born on April 10, 1932 to Madhavdas Bhatiya and Mogubai Kurdikar. The famed vocalist, Amonkar learned[Read More…]
The Tamil Nadu farmers who are protesting at Jantar Mantar continue to raise their voices against the Modi government even on the 23rd day of the protest. As days pass, a number of farmers from across the nation are flooding in solidarity. The Bharati Kisan Union collaborated with farmers of[Read More…]
The Congress party on Monday asked the Election Commission to introspect and explore possibility of shifting voting from EVMs to the alternative system of paper ballots. The party also added that EC should not be an advocate for electronic voting machines (EVMs) and should conduct polls to the satisfaction of[Read More…]
The Supreme Court will hear 5,300 cases during the summer vacation commencing from May 11. The cases include important ones like Triple Talaq, Whatsapp user data protection and illegal immigration and section 6A of the Citizenship Act. The apex court registry has issued a list of advance regular hearing matters which[Read More…]
The central government on Monday told a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud that they would file an affidavit within two weeks giving details of recommendations and its decision on cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh border. “An order has to be issued.[Read More…]
Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister on Monday released the ‘India Ranking Report 2017’. The Ministry has given the list of the top universities, best management, engineering and pharmacy colleges. Indian Institute of Science has retained its number one rank in the list of top universities in India. “Among Indian institutes,[Read More…]
African Group Head of Missions in New Delhi has expressed displeasure over the attack on African students in Greater Noida. Calling the attack as xenophobic and racial, the organisation said that “sufficient and visible deterring measures” were not taken by the government. “(We) strongly condemn the incident and express deep concern[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu takes a significant step in establishing gender equality in the state as it employs the first transsexual to serve the Indian government in a uniform. The transsexual community had gleeful faces on Sunday when K Prithika Yashini, 26, took charge as sub-inspector in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.[Read More…]
India is an inherently racist country. Every one of us has faced some form of discrimination when traveling to a part of the country we don’t call native. But, racial attacks against people from the Northeast have been on the rise in the last few years. According to reports, 86%[Read More…]
The 15 Indian fishermen who were arrested after they had ventured out from Bahrain on October 20, 2016, by the Iranian authorities, have been finally released. On March 14 this year, the Iran court has issued the release orders, yet due to the Iran holidays, their release was delayed. Current Minister[Read More…]
On Monday, Pakistan violated ceasefire in Digwar sector of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir and the Indian security forces have retaliated. No casualties have been reported so far in the incident. This is the second ceasefire violation in less than 24 hours. A civilian was injured when Pakistan violated ceasefire[Read More…]
A 21-year-old girl was arrested in Kottayam district in Kerala for staying at her 17-year-old boyfriend’s place. She has been arrested under the Prevention of Children against Sexual Offence act (POCSO) on Monday. As per reports, the woman, who hails from Ernakulam, was produced before the JFMC Pala in Kottayam remanded[Read More…]
UP CM Yogi Adityanath empathising with the drinking water crisis in the Bundelkhand region, approved Rs 47 crore packages on Sunday to ensure immediate availability relief. Ensuring that the people of the region will not suffer from this unfortunate crisis, he said that government will take necessary steps to provide funds. “Adityanath is also expected[Read More…]
Soon after PM Modi’s speech in the valley, a grenade blast by militants killed one police jawan was killed in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. The policeman has been identified as Shamim Ahmad from Gurez Bandipora. This attack injured 4 CRPF personnel and 7 police jawans, who were rushed to the SMHS[Read More…]