In an unfortunate incident, Nagpur-based radio jockey, Shubham Keche, who hosted the ‘Hi Nagpur’ show on Radio Mirchi died on Thursday in the middle of his show. According to reports, 24-year-old Keche complained of chest pain at around 9:30 am. He stepped out of the recording room during one of[Read More…]
Astronaut Scott Kelly, who has the distinction of having spent a year in the space, has said that the level of pollution in China and India is shocking. “Seeing places like China and India, and the pollution that exists there almost all the time is quite shocking,” Kelly said in[Read More…]
Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said it’s time the country should abolish this “gender discrimination”, in the light of principles of justice, dignity and equality. Triple talaq is anti-constitutional, against law, against the principles of democracy and anti-civilisation. This kind of opinion is on the rise. There is a[Read More…]
In a seemingly controversial decision, the Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College has banned MBBS students from wearing jeans, tshirts and leggings inside the campus. The college has made it mandatory for the students to wear white overcoats and carry ID cards inside campus. The college authorities say that the dress code was only[Read More…]
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally stepped into the war over ‘interconnectivity’ and has proposed penalties on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular for denying interconnection to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio Infocomm. Along with suggesting a ₹50-crore penalty per circle on the three incumbent players, which[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao on Saturday visited Apollo Hospitals, where Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is undergoing treatment, and was happy to note that she was “progressing well”. Rao’s visit, the second this month, comes a day after the hospital announced that Jayalalithaa, admitted on September 22 after she complained[Read More…]
After much furor over the release of Karan Johar’s ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ which included Hohar meeting the home minister Rajnath Singh, decks have been cleared for the smooth release of ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ on Saturday. “Every producer who has cast a Pakistani actor must contribute Rs 5 crore[Read More…]
Union Ministers have been asked not to carry mobile phones in Cabinet meetings. The move is aimed at checking any possibility of leakage of information through hacking of communication devices. The Cabinet Secretariat has recently issued a directive to private secretaries of the concerned ministers in this regard. “It has[Read More…]
The third chargesheet in the controversial murder of Sheena Bora was filed on Friday where a key accused-turned-prosecution witness in the 2012 murder case has revealed that Peter Mukerjea was well aware of the plot to kill her. The former driver of the accused couple Indrani Muerjea and Peter Mukerjea has[Read More…]
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition seeking its direction to ban cow vigilante groups for allegedly “creating disharmony among various communities and castes” and indulging in mob violence. A bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy have sent notices to Centre and Gujarat, Jharkhand, Maharashtra,[Read More…]
A Pakistani spy has been arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Friday for giving important information regarding deployment and movement of security forces to Pakistan. Amongst his possession, two Pakistani SIM cards and a map showing deployment of security forces were recovered. The SSP Samba, Joginder Singh said, “Based[Read More…]
Pakistan again violated ceasefire along the International Border (IB) in the RS Pura sector of Jammu district on Friday night. “Small arms bursts are being fired by Pak Rangers in Abdullian village in the Suchetgarh sector in RS Pura,” said the deputy commissioner Simrandeep Singh. He also said the situation is being monitored for[Read More…]
After the Supreme Court pulled the Delhi government over outbreak of bird flu in the capital, Delhi government has ruled out any threat to human beings due to birdflu or avian influenza. The Supreme Court on Friday has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs to work more towards cleaning[Read More…]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that the air strikes on rebel-held eastern Aleppo has caused nearly 500 deaths and food rations expected to run out by the end of the month in the city. The air strikes launched on September 22 have been the most sustained and intensive bombardments[Read More…]
At the behest of the student activist group ‘Pinjra Tod’ the Delhi Commission for Women has issued notices to seven universities and colleges to explain the reason behind different entry and exit timings to hostels for girls and boys on Thursday. The group has been active in working equal hostel timings for[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is “largely conscious” and is able to sit up in her hospital bed, sources said on Friday, though she continues to be on respiratory support. Ms Jayalalithaa has been in hospital for more than three weeks and is being treated for a lung infection,[Read More…]
Among the latest recommendations made in the new education policy, the government has assured a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh affiliate that scrapping English as a mandatory language and banning references that insult India or eminent personalities – will be considered when the new policy is formed. An Indian Express report said[Read More…]
Hollywood star Pierce Brosnan said he was “deeply shocked and saddened” by the criticism over Pan Bahar endorsement. He also said that the company had made “unauthorised and deceptive use” of his image and had presented the product as “all-natural containing neither tobacco, supari, nor any other harmful ingredient”. The James Bond[Read More…]
Among the three candidates shortlisted for the post of member-secretary of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), the government has chosen Virendra Kumar Malhotra. A professor of economics at Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, he has cases of cheating, forgery, and dishonest misappropriation against him. In an exclusive[Read More…]
AIADMK has said that its supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was “completely well” and will return home soon. AIADMK spokesperson C R Saraswathy said that Jayalalithaa has progressed very well under the daily monitoring of Apollo Hospital doctors and specialists and soon she will return home. Former[Read More…]
Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi resigned from the Congress for the second time and her membership of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday to join the BJP in the presence of party president Amit Shah. Interestingly, the Bahuguna clan already has a history of defection. Here’s a lowdown: Hemvati Nandan[Read More…]
The third and final US presidential debate ended on Wednesday with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton facing each other in Las Vegas. Moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace, it covered several issues, including abortion, immigration and the relationship with Russia. Surprisingly, Donald Trump has been claiming for[Read More…]
C Edmonds Allen, whose earlier complaints had led to investigation of arms dealer Abhishek Verma (he’s out on bail now), has written to the Prime Minister’s Office that Varun Gandhi, BJP MP, has been “honey trapped and compromised” by Verma. In a September 16 letter sent to the PMO, Allen[Read More…]
Coca Cola, one of the world’s leading soft-drink Company has decided not to renew the contract with Salman Khan. He has been the brand ambassador for their product “Thums -up”. The four year contract expired last month and according to media reports, a joint statement was released by the company[Read More…]
In a relief to the makers of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil amid threats and protests, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has reportedly assured film producers that the film will release without any violence and all cinemas will have “100 per cent police protection.” President of Producers Guild Mukesh Bhatt told the[Read More…]
