Universities are supposed to be thriving centres of ideas sprouting from young minds. Students should be seen indulging in intellectual activities and the temple of knowledge providing them all sorts of facilities. But the scene in Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) from last few months has been quite disturbing where[Read More…]
Mumbaikars travelling to Goa by road may soon take only six hours! Union Minister for Roads Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari made the announcement during the launch of a construction of a new four-lane concrete highway. “It will soon take only six-hours to travel between Goa and Mumbai with the[Read More…]
On Thursday, India called Pakistan a “terrorist state ” and accused it of carrying out “war crimes” against Indians through its “long-standing policy” of sponsoring terrorism. This response came hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif racked up Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session. He referred to the “killing of innocent Kashmiri[Read More…]
Heavy rainfall in Mumbai has disrupted normal life in the last 48 hours with the weatherman predicting rainfall at regular intervals in the next 24 hours. From Wednesday 8 am to 8 am this morning, the city recorded 84.7 mm rainfall, western suburbs recorded 95.89 mm, while eastern suburbs registered[Read More…]
Defence ministry has announced that the decks have been cleared for direct acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday. The overall cost of the 36 twin-engine Rafales, along with their weapon packages is pegged at around Rs 59,000 crore. The deal will be a booster dose for India’s air combat power.[Read More…]
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday stressed that the government will take steps to ensure there will be no such incidents as Uri attack in which 18 Indian soldiers died. The minister added that if required there can be a knee-jerk reaction to the attack believed to be carried out[Read More…]
Three speakers from different walks of life brainstormed on the topic, “Young India Makes in India,” at Young Makers Conclave organised by SheThePeople.TV in New Delhi on Wednesday. With Newsd as the digital partner, the conclave saw Anant Goenka, head of new media, Indian Express, Puneet Dalmia, managing director, Dalmia[Read More…]
Minister of State (MoS) for power, coal and energy Piyush Goyal addressed the inaugural edition of Young Makers Conclave organised by SheThePeople.TV on Wednesday. Talking about the young ‘change makers’ he gave out a strong message to the youth of India and urged them to “participate and indulge in the[Read More…]
The Young Makers conclave organised by ShethePeople.TV in association with Newsd as digital partner, was attended by Rajasthan Pradesh Congress chief, Sachin Pilot. Deliberating on the topic, “The Story of Political Life”, he said that Indian politics is desperately in need of young faces who are eager to create a[Read More…]
Home to countries top politicians including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the New Delhi Municipal Corporation on Wednesday decided to rename the Race Course Road as Lok Kalyan Marg. “There were some suggestions in NDMC meeting, but consensus was that Race course road be now called Lok Kalyan Marg,” Delhi Chief[Read More…]
Three young politicians from across party lines came together on the Young Makers conclave organised by ShethePeople.TV in association with Newsd, on Wednesday. Ankit Lal, (AAP), Nupur Sharma (BJP) and Gaurav Pandhi (Congress) were panellists on a session titled, ‘Politics for Good’ moderated by Mayur Shekhar Jha, founder, Newsd. The[Read More…]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi who is currently on his 2500-km long Kisan Yatra, on Wednesday suggested that if they are withdrawing the practice of Rail Budget, they can start a ‘Kisan Budget.’ In a break from the 92-year-old tradition, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday scrapped the Railway budget and[Read More…]
The northeastern state of Sikkim has been accredited of having the best working conditions for women, while the national capital Delhi ranked lowest, according to a report. The report released jointly by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a top American think-tank, and Nathan Associates, gave Sikkim 40[Read More…]
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the merger of the Railway and Union Budget from 2017-18 onwards. The Railways, which is the country’s largest employer, has to bear an additional burden of about ₹40,000 crore on account of implementation of the 7th Pay Commission awards, besides an annual outgo of[Read More…]
In a shocking incident that came to light on Wednesday, a speeding car hit a man on the highway in Telangana’s Mahbubnagar and kept going for around 3 km with the body on its roof on Monday night. The driver, eventually stopped by locals, escaped. He has been identified as[Read More…]
The government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court it has no objection on Italy’s fresh plea seeking modification of bail conditions of marine Massimiliano Latorre to enable him remain in that country till an international tribunal decided which country had the right to try the case of killing of two[Read More…]
In wake of the cross-border terror attack from Pakistan on an Indian army base in Jammu and Kashmir that left 18 Indian soldiers dead, India on Tuesday used the biggest international forum to say that terrorism was the biggest threat to human rights. “Mr. President, I do want to stress[Read More…]
Two Delhi-based non-governmental organisations filed a class action suit against Ola and Uber seeking damages worth more than ₹9,000 crore for imposing surge pricing in the last three years across India. The suit has been filed by the NGOs – Nyaybhoomi and Pariwar Unity Road Safety Life Safety – before[Read More…]
Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu today announced third set of smart cities taking the total number to 60. These 27 cities will require investment of Rs 66,883 crore. The third list constitutes five cities from Maharashtra namely Aurangabad, Kalyan –Dombivali, Nagpur, Nashik and Thane. Four cities, each from Tamil[Read More…]
What is the worst flight experience that you have had? Horrible co-passengers who occupy your space, getting the aisle-facing seat, bad food or worse a crying, bawling baby? Well, this is nothing in comparison to the trauma faced by passengers of Delhi bound flight 9W 2552. The passengers were in[Read More…]
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Bharat Solanki said that the the situation in Jammu and Kashmir would not have worsened if Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was the Prime Minister. Solanki slammed the PDP-BJP led coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir for the rise in Pakistan sponsored terror attacks in that[Read More…]
In a tragic incident, a 21-year old woman died after being stabbed 22 times by a jilted lover on Tuesday morning in full public view, police said. The woman has been identified as Karuna, a resident of Burari area in north Delhi. She was a teacher at Novel Reaches School,[Read More…]
Security personnel at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport went into a tizzy on Monday after receiving a phone call threatening to blow up an Air India flight. The Guwahati-bound flight from the city was delayed by around two hours following a unanimous call saying a bomb has been[Read More…]
Wife of former union minister P Chidambaram, senior lawyer Nalini Chidambaram, has moved the Madras high court against the summons from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is after her for receiving a fee of over Rs 1 crore from the beleaguered Saradha Group. In her petition, scheduled to be heard[Read More…]
After almost a week of agitation over the Cauvery water sharing row, the Supreme Court will announce the verdict today. The Cauvery supervisory committee on Monday ordered the release of 3,000 cusecs of water per day to Tamil Nadu from 21 to 30 September. This decision sparked another round of[Read More…]
