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…]
In a shocking incident, a man in Varanasi’s Sarnath area gagged and stabbed his five-year-old son who was asking for two rupees for buying a kite, police said on Monday. The child was severally injured. The incident took place on Sunday when Shivam, a class I student, was attacked by[Read More…]
The Centre and states finally managed to break the logjam after months of tough negotiating on two critical issues concerning the goods and services tax (GST) and ended up pushing the rollout date from April to July. Notably, both sides decided to cede some space to draw an agreement that[Read More…]
Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Verma was on Thursday appointed as the next chief of the Bentral Bureau of Investigation (CBI). His appointment was approved for a period of 2 years by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and[Read More…]
The Election Commission on Monday granted the ‘cycle’ symbol to Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Earlier, both factions in the Samajwadi Party, one led by Mulayam Singh and the other by son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, have staked their claim over the[Read More…]
Malayalam Writer Kamal C Chavara, who symbolically cremated his novel in protest against the jingoist nationalism, has alleged he was attacked by a Sangh Parivar activist on Sunday in Kunnamangalam near Calicut in Kerala. Chavara said the attacker approached him and asked whether he was the one who had burnt[Read More…]
In a major relief to the citizens, the Reserve Bank of India on Monday increased the daily limit for ATM withdrawals from Rs. 4,500 which has been in place for a few weeks now. The weekly withdrawal limit for current accounts had been increased from Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1[Read More…]
Despite the strong warning from Army chief Bipin Rawat on posting grievances on social media, a video of a jawan singing of alleged problem faced by army troop has emerged, The Hindu reported. The video featured a Sikh soldier singing of unsatisfactory living conditions to a group of colleagues. “It[Read More…]