Karnataka government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would not be able to release water from the Cauvery river to neighbor Tamil Nadu until the year end. The court had directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of river water daily to Tamil Nadu for seven days till Tuesday.[Read More…]
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) satellite launching workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has lifted off successfully with eight satellites on Monday at 9:12 am. Out of the eight, three are from India, three from Algeria, and one each are from Canada and the US. The vehicle was launched from[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation through the 24th edition of the monthly radio program Mann Ki Baat said that the perpetrators of Uti attacks will be punished for sure. PM paid tribute to the martyrs and added that the cowardly attack shook the conscious of the country.[Read More…]
You could be charged with sedition if you refuse a Rs 10 coin in Uttar Pradesh. The district magistrate (DM) of Pilibhit, Masoom Ali has said that those refusing to accept the Rs 10 coin could be charged with sedition. Earlier there were rumors in parts of UP that the[Read More…]
Despite being in a ‘majority’ around 300 families in Bengal’s Kanglapahari village of Birbhum district have been victim of ‘minority’ appeasement as the Hindu families for the fourth consecutive year were denied to perform Durga Puja following the objection from few Muslim families. As the local administration has been denying[Read More…]
With rising tensions among India and Pakistan over the recent attack in Uri, the Indus Water Treaty has come under strain. The centre had hinted towards revisiting the treaty and now J&K’s deputy chief minister Nirmal Singh on Saturday said the state will fully support whatever decision is taken by[Read More…]
With billboards being vandalised, posters being ripped off and stones being pelted at every second movie, book, opinion, tweet and statement, the very concept of free speech is being threatened in our country. Even though the article 19 (1)(a) under the constitution of India gives us the freedom of speech,[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Kozhikode, Kerala at BJP’s National Council Meet. The BJP supremo talked about elevating poverty and unemployment, while he trained his guns on Pakistan by calling them a nation run by terrorists which exports terrorism. He also addressed the Pakistani leaders by[Read More…]
Mounting the pressure on Pakistani artists working in India, Zindagi channel has now decided to ban all Pakistani TV shows currently being aired in India. The Zee network channel was the first to syndicate content from Pakistan and air it in India. Subhash Chandra Goel, Chairman of Essel Group and[Read More…]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday claimed that the Uri terror attack could be the result of a “reaction” of the people to the situation in Kashmir as he criticised India for blaming Pakistan “without any evidence”. “The Uri attack can be the reaction of the atrocities in Kashmir,[Read More…]
Students of Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are fighting against the oppressive stand taken by the vice chancellor of the university for the past few months, the university’s student body has alleged. Students claim that they have been demanding to keep the cyber library of the university open round the[Read More…]
The Census 2011 data has thrown up some alarming details: around 78 lakh Indian children are forced to work, even as they attend schools, while 8.4 crore children don’t go to school at all. The report by the Times of India states that although the percentage might be smaller in[Read More…]
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Friday announced ‘Amma Free Wi-Fi’ to be set up in 50 locations across Tamil Nadu. Free internet facilities will initially be provided in 50 schools at a cost of Rs 10 crore. A further Rs 1.5 crore has been allocated as annual[Read More…]
India signed the much-awaited Rafale deal worth ₹58,000-crore with France on Friday. With this deal, India will get a fighter with 14 India-specific enhancements and a modern air-to-air missile that restores its edge in aerial combat over Pakistan. The French fighter will be fitted with the 150-km range Meteor missile[Read More…]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) sarpanch Daljit Kaur’s husband, Paramjit Singh and son Gurjit have been booked for assaulting a pregnant nurse in Moga, Punjab. The assault took place after the pair was asked to wait their turn. The nurse was slapped and pushed so hard by the two men that[Read More…]
The Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday unanimously passed a one-line resolution empowering the Chief Minister to limit the use of Cauvery water for drinking water supply, thus setting the stage for a constitutional confrontation with the Supreme Court. Limiting Cauvery water left in Karnataka dams only for drinking water translates[Read More…]
2 Indian-Americans scientists Manu Prakash and Subhash Khot, alumunus of Indian Institiute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and Bombay respectively are among among 23 scientists who have won this year’s prestigious MacArthur Fellowship. The fellowship, also known as ‘genius grant’ is given to those who show exceptional creativity in their respective[Read More…]
India on Friday inked the deal for 36 Rafale fighters with France. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his French counterpart Jean Yves LeDrian signed the contract in Delhi. India will pay about ₹58,000 crore or 7.8 billion Euros for 36 off-the-shelf Dassault Rafale twin-engine fighters. About 15 per cent of[Read More…]
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has written to the Union Human Resource Development ministry saying that the practice of it being asked to conduct various examinations which are outside its purview is creating an “extraneous burden” on it. Sources said that ahead of the UGC-NET exam which is[Read More…]
Navtej Sarna who has been serving as India’s High Commissioner to UK has been appointed as ambassador to the US. Sarna will face the task of engaging with a new administration in Washington following the November 8 Presidential poll. The external affairs ministry said that he is expected to take up[Read More…]
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has received a lot of flak by people on Twitter after she announced a sum of ₹2 lakh each for the families of martyrs. Recently, the Bihar government too came under attack after Suneeta, widow of Hav Ashok Kumar Singh, refused the compensation and asked,[Read More…]
Taking cognizance of the modest six-month jail term for dangerous driving, the Supreme Court of India has asked the Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to revisit the law. This comes after the top law official conceded that punishment for causing death due to rash and negligent driving is ‘inadequate and requires[Read More…]
Cyber thieves who don’t face drought of new ideas to exploit people on cyber space have now come up with a new ‘educational grant’ phishing mail scam. According financial website Money Saving Expert cyber thieves are targeting students from renowned universities and luring them into revealing sensitive bank details. For instance,[Read More…]
With a net worth of $22.7 billion, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the annual Forbes’ list of richest Indians for the ninth straight time. The industrialist was leaps ahead of the second ranked Dilip Shangvi, who was quoted to be worth $16.9 billion. The interesting pick of the[Read More…]
A record 31 Indian institutes have been ranked in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-17. This indeed is sign of improvement shown by Indian education space, but still the top 200 list continues to elude the country. The total list has featured 980 best universities from 70 countries. The list[Read More…]
