Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is planning to field former ISRO scientists Nambi Narayanan against the Shashi Tharoor, an incumbent from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. The name is in the discussion at least among the top leadership of the ruling partners CPM and CPI, confirms a highly placed[Read More…]
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Govt set to boom tourism in India; aspires to be second cheapest destination in world
Indian government is looking for all the ways to attract more tourism in India. To make the mission possible, it has decided to achieve the position of second cheapest destination across the world. As of now, Vietnam is the cheapest destination in the world for tourists. Vietnam witnessed 20 per[Read More…]
Canadian Leader of Opposition Andrew Scheer meets PM Modi
New Delhi: Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Andrew Scheer, who is on a visit to India, on Tuesday held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The two leaders stressed on further developing bilateral ties. Noting that the relationship between the two countries was elevated to the strategic partnership[Read More…]
Gujarat: RSS-BJP men behind this planned attack against north Indians, alleges Amit Chavda
Gujarat Congress Committee president Amit Chavda has condemned the attack followed against people north India in Gujarat, after a minor girl was raped by a resident of Bihar and said that “Such incidents of attacks against the Migrants also exposes the rising lawlessness and sheer failure of Gujarat government in[Read More…]
RRB Group D 2018: Admit Cards for October 10 to release today; here’s how to download
RRB Group D 2018: The Railway Recruitment Board is releasing the admit cards for the October 10 exams today on their official website www.indianrailways.gov.in. The admit card will have all the details including examination date, city, and centre. It is compulsory for the candidates to carry their RRB Group D[Read More…]
Selfie Trends: Govt institutions adopt selfie vogue to mark teachers’, doctors’ attendance
Expanding its usage, selfie trends has crept into many government sectors including hospitals, schools in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. After a school in Uttar Pradesh, now doctors in Munger district of Bihar have also been asked to submit their selfie to mark attendance. Making the best use of technology in[Read More…]
Bihar: Political blame game of who benefited from whom? Congress leads the charge
Congress lone Rajya Sabha member and Bihar Pradesh Congress Campaign Committee chief Akhilesh Singh attacks Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said: Kumar is a power-hungry leader, became the Chief Minister of Bihar again after joining hands with Congress in 2015. Singh said “We both had 2 seats each in Lok Sabha 2014.[Read More…]
Pakistan asks India to share data of J&K’s Kishanganga dam
Islamabad: Pakistan has asked India to immediately share the data showing inflow and discharge of water at the Kishanganga hydropower project in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said on Friday. It has also sought dates for inspection of the 330MW hydroelectric project that India had agreed to during a[Read More…]
Ranchi: This polio afflicted man wants his blood to race across country
India has 600 million young people and any death due to lack of blood is a matter of shame, says 43-year-old athlete Prakash M. Nadar. Like a soldier or a doctor or a well-wisher, this polio-afflicted man is a saviour for many. Nadar, a Marathi dwells in Mumbai and has[Read More…]
UP cabinet minister, ex-MLA among PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat beneficiary list
It is not even two weeks since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana–Ayushman Bharat and called it a game-changer initiative to serve the poor and the names of few important people from Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh has emerged among its beneficiaries.[Read More…]
India vs West Indies 1st Test, Day 1 Live Cricket Score: Shaw, Pujara Partnership Crosses 50
LIVE UPDATES 100! Prithvi Shaw completes a sensational ton here, he is all smiles. This is a sensational innings from the teenager, dressing room enjoyed that as well. He will now look to convert this into a big one. India are now 174/1! After 16 overs, India 77/1 (Shaw 46, Pujara 30)[Read More…]
Why India invited Afghan and Uzbekistan Presidents prior to Putin’s visit?
When Russian President Vladimir Putin is arriving in India for a two-day visit on October 4, it will be appropriate to see through diplomatic prism the just concluded back to back visit of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in the country. While security and strategy were the[Read More…]
#KisanKrantiPadyatra Live Updates : Farmers sleeping on the road at Delhi-UP border after violent day long protest
Live Updates #KisanKrantiPadyatra #KisanKrantiYatra Midnight, after day-long violent protest farmers are sleeping on the road at Delhi-UP border. Thousands of farmers stopped at Delhi-UP border from entering Delhi on the occasion of 150th Gandhi Jayanti and former prime minister of India Lal Bahadur Shashtri birth anniversary. The police used live[Read More…]
India essential component of multipolar world: UN Secretary General
New Delhi: Multilateralism has not been under so much fire as it is today and India will be the essential component if the world has to become multipolar, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday. He called for a global response to climate change and terrorism, which he said[Read More…]
Yogi Aditynath’s government orders shut down of Acid attack survivors run Sheroes cafe in Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh Yogi Aditynath Singh government orders shut down of Sheroes Café of Lucknow, run by the acid attack survivors. There are over 20 survivors whose relocation and rehabilitation fate hangs in uncertainty after this government assault. An order regarding vacating the café has been passed and despite all the[Read More…]
With over 1 lakh contaminated vaccines, India’s ‘polio-free’ status at risk
The Union Health Ministry on Monday claimed it had identified hundreds of children who received contaminated polio vaccine in states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana. As per the local media reports, police arrested the managing director of Bio-Med after routine testing which revealed it had made and shipped some 150,000[Read More…]
The recent gender friendly judgements of the Supreme Court of India
Doing away with colonial era Section 377 was perhaps Supreme Court’s one of the most vital judgments in ensuring belated justice to the LGBTQ community as well as affirming India’s stance as a nation that is defined by liberalism and acceptance.
India favourites vs Bangladesh in Asia Cup final
Dubai: Defending champions India are the favourites to lift the Asia Cup trophy for the record seventh time when they face a confident Bangladesh in the final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here on Friday. For India, the last-ball draw against Afghanistan in their final Super Four encounter on[Read More…]
Mission 2019: Unemployment, price rise creating rift within the blue colored cadre of BJP
In an opinion poll conducted earlier this year in 19 states claimed that nearly half of the voters don’t want to vote for the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi again in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The mood of the nation (MOTN) survey, conducted by CSDS-Lokniti for ABP news suggested[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar government is more brutal than British Raj: BJP MP CP Thakur
Bhartiya Janata Party senior leader and Member of Parliament CP Thakur allege Nitish Kumar government of being more brutal than British Raj. Thakur has launched the attack against the coalition partner in Bihar. He is protesting against the lathi charge by the state police during the recent Upper caste reservation[Read More…]
These are not deaths, it is an institutional killing says Bezwada Wilson to Newsd
#StopKillingUs: New Delhi, Bezwada Wilson, the founder of Safai Karmachari Andolan, speaks exclusively to Newsd about the plight of manual scavengers. He said, “Our demands are simple and clear. Stop people from entering the sewers who are involved in manual scavenging. The government should enable more technology into the shit[Read More…]
Maldivian election: Will India cut China to size in Maldives after Yameen is gone?
In the aftermath of the imposition of emergency, President Yameen sent special envoys to China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to brief them about the situation in the Maldives, but conveniently bypassed India.
Is electoral politics behind Modi govt’s decision to call off India-Pakistan meet?
Were brutal killing of three Jammu and Kashmir policemen and the release of stamps glorifying slain terrorist Burhan Wani as a “freedom icon” reasons behind India’s decision to call off a meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi in less than 24 hours[Read More…]
Asia Cup: Confident India look to continue dominance over Pakistan
Beaming with confidence after successive lop-sided wins over Pakistan and Bangladesh, a confident India will once again aim to brush aside the Green Brigade when the two sides clash in a Super Four tie of the Asia Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium here on Sunday. The men in[Read More…]
Rafale Deal: Ravi Shankar Prasad attacks Rahul for levelling allegations against Modi
Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi for his “thief” jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said “irresponsible, shameless and baseless” remarks were being made by a family which is out on bail in the National Herald case and is the source of all corruption[Read More…]