Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday pursued the Central government’s intrusion concerning the recent trend of incidents involving fishermen being killed and detained by neighboring countries after they allegedly drifted into international waters. Appealing for a special assistance package to ensure justice for fishermen, he says that they are living[Read More…]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to miss the counting day on Saturday as she will be traveling abroad for medical treatment. The counting of votes will be held on March 11. Notably, Sonia also was seen not campaigning in the assembly elections including UP. However, Rahul organized Congress’s election[Read More…]
Air India’s revenue is expected to rise around 10% as compared to last fiscal’s years. It is anticipated to grow to Rs. 22,521 crore this financial on account of higher passenger earnings and increased capacity. Notably, The Revenue Passenger Kilometers has improved by 6.8% while the Passenger Carriages improved by 6.2 per[Read More…]
Women working in the organised sector will now be entitled to paid maternity leave of 26 weeks, up from 12 weeks, as Parliament on Thursday passed a bill in this regard that will benefit about 1.8 million women. The new law will apply to all establishments employing 10 or more[Read More…]
With exit polls predicting a hung Assembly, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday did not completely rule out a post-poll tie-up with the BSP to prevent BJP from coming to power in the state. As exit polls indicated the BJP emerging as the largest single party in the[Read More…]
The BJP is likely to form government in Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur while Congress may return in Punjab, according to exit poll results of the five states. The safforn party, however, is expected to fall short of majority in Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, amid prediction of a hung assembly in UP by[Read More…]
Days after finding bullet –riddled bodies of two army jawans in separate incidents, a jawan’s body with bullet injuries was found in Draba belt of Poonch district in Jammu & Kashmir under suspicious circumstances. “One jawan has died under suspicious circumstances due to bullet injuries in Draba belt of Surankote[Read More…]
Business tycoon Vijay Mallya on Thursday asked Supreme Court “Why have I been made the poster boy for loan defaulters?” As his debts mount and his properties stay attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Mallya accused the judiciary of targetting him, of treating him worse than a terrorist[Read More…]
President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday said that urgent collective action needed in order to eliminate terrorism. Mukherjee said this while interacting with visiting Chief of Royal Court of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Fayez Al-Tarawneh who called on him on Thursday at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President said India attaches great[Read More…]
Tribals in Jharkhand have adopted a unique way to protest chief minister Raghubar Das’ anti-tribal policies and decisions. Locals purify any place wherever Das pays homage to tribal freedom fighters, claiming the CM’s presence pollutes the “holy area”, Hindustan Times reported. On Tuesday, a tribal community, under the banner of[Read More…]
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that the whole country is proud of slain ISIS terrorist Saifullah’s father Sartaj for saying a traitor cannot be my son, straight and simple. “He (Sartaj) refused to take ISIS terrorist Saifullah’s body. The entire country is proud of him,” Rajnath Singh[Read More…]
In a major drawback to the digital India move and cashless economy, the digital transactions that gained popularity following the demonetization move, have started declining with the lift in remonetisation – indicating the return of people’s preference for hard cash. According to the latest data from the Reserve Bank of[Read More…]
Srinagar and Anantnag parliament seats would go to polls on April 9 and 12 respectively, Election Commission of India said on Thursday. The Anantnag seat had fallen vacant in June 2016 after Mehbooba Mufti, the present Chief Minister, had resigned as Lok Sabha member following her election as MLA from[Read More…]
A day after Shiv Sena activists attacked young couples on Marine Drive in Kochi, ‘Kiss of Love’ protest organizers announced that they are re launching the stir on Thursday against moral policing. The Facebook page of ‘Kiss of Love’ announced that the protest would be held Thursday, at 4 pm[Read More…]