After a month of delay, Delhi Development Authority’s new Housing Scheme with 12,000 flats on offer is now likely to be launched next month. The scheme was earlier expected to be launched around January 26. “We had a January target but people were reeling under the immediate impact of demonetisation[Read More…]
Bollywood actor Salman Khan was acquitted of all charges in the Arms Act case against him in the alleged poaching of two black bucks on Wednesday. “Salman Khan (has been) acquitted in the Arms Act case after the prosecution failed to provide conclusive evidence,” the film star’s lawyer said. Khan[Read More…]
The UN does not see a demonetisation as a long-term threat to India’s economy. Although it will have a short-term effect due to shrinking consumer spending, as per an official monitoring the global economy. The UN World Economic Situation and Prospects Report released on Tuesday forecasts 7.6 percent growth rate[Read More…]
One of the six prisoners who had escaped from Punjab’s Nabha jail was detained together with another person, who is also an accused of monstrous crimes in Punjab, last night, said a senior police officer. The former carried a reward of Rs. 5 lakh. On 27 November 2015, a team[Read More…]
An American citizen in Hyderabad has been arrested by the Police for downloading and uploading child pornography. 42-year-old James Kirk Jones, who was working with a MNC law firm in Hyderabad, was arrested after the cybercrime wing of Telangana’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) received a tip-off about an IP address[Read More…]
A 46-year-old Ravi Kant stood in front of the BJP headquarters in chilling cold, on Ashoka Road. Kant, who lives near Jama Masjid, wants to meet BJP chief Amit Shah to carry the demand to him in person. He wants tougher law to be passed against rapists who target or[Read More…]
Pakistan’s ISI hand is suspected behind two major incidents — the derailment of the Indore-Patna Express train near Kanpur that took 140 lives and the failed attempt last year to blow up goods and passenger trains near Ghorasahan station in Bihar, said police on Tuesday. According to the east Champaran[Read More…]
Tensions prevailed in and around the University of Hyderabad as students observed Rohit Shahadat Diwas on his first death anniversary. Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohith Vemula and Raja Vemula, brother of Vemula were detained by the police from the university main gate on Tuesday. Telangana police also detained Hindustan Times correspondent Sudipto[Read More…]
In an unbelievable verdict, the Bombay High Court recently granted bail to three men who were charged with allegedly murdering a Muslim man after attending a meeting of the fringe right-wing group Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS) in Pune in 2014. The court said that accused did not kill the man[Read More…]
Days after his bizarre statement that ‘cow is the only animal to exhale oxygen’, Rajasthan Education Minister Vasudev Devnani on Tuesday stood by his claim and said his comments were based on “research websites.” “I read this fact on research websites and it recently appeared in a magazine,” he said.[Read More…]
Farmers in West Bengal are protesting against alleged “forceful” possession of 16 acres of farmland for the project by the Power Grid Corporation of India. Violent protests have erupted in West Bengal’s South 24 Pargana district after villagers opposed to a power sub-station project clashed with police over the forceful[Read More…]
Deepa Jayakumar, late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s niece has decided to enter politics to accomplish her aunt’s dreams, on Tuesday. “I can’t see anyone in the place of Jayalalithaa. It was after talking to AIADMK cadre that I decided to enter politics,” said Deepa at a press conference[Read More…]
After setting aside his family dispute, Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav is all set to move on to the next level of dealing, ahead of the UP polls. Akhilesh is willing to contest together and form an alliance with Congress as he believes it will help him counter rivals Mayawati[Read More…]
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on declared on Tuesday that he and his son, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav will campaign for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the assembly elections. “I along with Tejaswi will campaign to ensure the return of Akhilesh as Chief Minister,” Lalu Prasad[Read More…]