In a major setback for Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Supreme Court on Monday ruled that he and other accused will have to face a separate trial in Rs 900 crore fodder scam. The Supreme Court pronounced its order after a plea was filed by the CBI opposing the[Read More…]
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NEET exam: Candidates got a ‘sleeve cut’
Centre Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) organised the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) Undergraduate (UG) on Sunday in 104 cities across the country. Against 8,02,594 registered candidates last year in NEET-2016, with the increase of 41.42% in the number of candidates, 11,35,104 medical aspirants have registered for NEET-2017. Over[Read More…]
Kejriwal calls review meeting on Dengue, Chikungunya
Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal has called a meeting with his ministers, all civic bodies and medical superintendents of hospitals on May 13 to review the measures taken to tackle dengue and chikungunya. This is the first meeting headed by the CM of its sort this year in the[Read More…]
Yogi mango: UP man develops new variety of mango, names it after UP CM
This summer, one can relish the taste of a new variety of mango- a ‘Yogi mango’ named after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The mango variety has been developed by Padamshri Haji Kalimullah. Three years ago, Kalimullah, 74, named mangoes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actresses and now,[Read More…]
Amit Shah in Tripura; vows to grant Rs 25,923 crores
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah who is on a two-day visit to Tripura, addressed a rally in Fatikroy on Sunday. In his address he slammed the state government for having done nothing for poor, labours. “It has done nothing apart from corruption,” Shah said. Talking about the ruling Communist Party[Read More…]
Breaking taboo, this DU college installs sanitary pad kiosk on Campus
In a historic move, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, a Delhi University College located in Bawana, has installed a vending machine for the purpose of dispensing sanitary napkins. One has to just insert a Rs 5 coin into the vending machines and can collect a sanitary napkin. According to Times of India report, the[Read More…]
To help the poor and needy is a service of purity: PM Modi
On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a gathering at Shillong on the occasion of Centenary Celebrations of Bharat Sevashram via video conferencing. Praising the efforts of Bharat Sevashram Organisation, the PM said, “Be it a natural disaster or be it a birth of worry by the struggle of humans, [Read More…]
Saw Satyendar Jain giving Rs 2 crore to Kejriwal: Kapil Mishra
Sacked Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Sunday made a shocking revelation claiming that he saw Health Minister Satyendar Jain handing over Rs. 2 crore in cash to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. “Where did the money come from? They must say what was done with the money?” the AAP leader said[Read More…]
Police, emergency, defence vehicles allowed to use multi-colour beacons
After the debate on the elimination of the VIP culture, the centre will now allow emergency vehicles on duty, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours for maintaining law and order. The Union Cabinet had decided last[Read More…]
Court orders Ananth Kumar, Yeddyurappa to give voice samples
Union Minister Ananth Kumar and Karnataka Bhartiya Jantha Party (BJP) chief BS Yeddyurappa were on Saturday directed by an additional chief metropolitan magistrate court to appear before the cyber crime cell in seven days and give voice samples. This is in connection with a case where the Cyber Crime police are probing[Read More…]
Delhi govt rejig: Kapil Mishra removed from Cabinet
Delhi Water and Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra has been removed from the cabinet on Saturday. Kapil Mishra has been replaced by Kailash Gahlot. The Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said that water management was not up to the mark and CM decided to bring Gahlot in place. “Water management[Read More…]
Indian-origin girl scores 162 in Mensa IQ test, beats Einstein and Hawking
A 12-year-old Indian-origin girl in England, has secured an incredible 162 in the British Mensa IQ Test. She has secured two points higher than geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking and she has been invited to join the coveted society as a member. Rajgauri Pawar, reportedly appeared in the British Mensa[Read More…]
Who will be the next Raksha Mantri: Arun Jaitley or Sushil Modi?
The search for a full-time Defence Minister is on, at a war footing. Names of Arun Jaitley and Sushil Kumar Modi are doing the rounds in the top echelons of power. A top source in the government told Newsd that shifting Arun Jaitley as a full time Defence Minister and[Read More…]
PM Modi only hope to end 70-year-old Kashmir issue: Mehbooba Mufti
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti came out in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday saying that, he is the only hope to end the 70-year-old Kashmir issue once and for all. Mufti while speaking at the inauguration of a flyover in Jammu said, PM Modi alone[Read More…]
Nirbhaya verdict: Actress Priyanka Chopra pens a moving letter
After the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case that shook the nation on the night of December 16, 2012, actress Priyanka Chopra took to social media to share her views on the same. “The flame of this verdict should singe[Read More…]
FB post claiming harassment of a 53-year old woman by Jet Airways goes viral
A Facebook post depicting one of the worst kinds of experience during the process of boarding a flight is going viral now. The post was shared by one Kawaljit Singh Bhatia on late Friday night. The terrible episode took place after Kawaljit dropped his mom, an elderly woman who was[Read More…]
Woman found hanging after family returned from the US due to H1-B
A 39-year-old woman was found hanging at her house in Hyderabad, less than a month since her family returned to the city from the US. Rashmi Sharma’s husband Sanjay and their two sons had gone out to get a laptop repaired. Reportedly, they found her dead when they returned to[Read More…]
J&K: No cash transactions in banks after a rise in bank robbery cases
After a surge in the cases of bank robberies by alleged terrorists, the J&K government has issued an advisory to the bank to instantly stop cash transactions in at least 40 branches placed in Pulwama and Shopian districts of South Kashmir. The advisory has been issued in the backdrop of[Read More…]
Govt ask deets of foreign funding, AAP calls it ‘witch hunt’, ‘dangerous’ for democracy
The Centre has asked the Aam Aadmi Party to provide particulars of its overseas funding after suspicion of violation of law. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to clarify certain fundings from abroad after suspecting that the party might have violated the law concerning to[Read More…]
GSAT-9 launch: ISRO successfully launches South Asia Satellite
The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GSLV-F09 carrying the South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) took off from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The ₹ 235-crore satellite, funded entirely by India, will improve disaster and telecommunication links between six south Asian[Read More…]
Trailer: Manisha Koirala is making comeback with ‘Dear Maya’
Bollywood veteran actress Manisha Koirala is back with Sunaina Bhatnagar’s film ‘Dear Maya’. The first trailer of the film has released on Friday. Notably, Bhatnagar has worked with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali on Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal and Rockstar. The trailer shows two teenage girls Anna and Ira –[Read More…]
Nirbhaya gangrape case: SC upholds death sentence for four convicts
The Supreme Court on Friday has upheld the death sentence of all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case that shook the nation on the night of December 16, 2012. The 23-year-old physiotherapist was gangraped by six men, including one juvenile, on a moving bus, brutalized with an iron[Read More…]
Attacks on jawans: Congress women’s wing protests with bangles outside BJP office
Congress women’s wing protested on Friday outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarter in Delhi with bangles over a recent attack that claimed lives of security personnel in Kashmir. Recently, the opposition lashed out at Union minister Smriti Irani over the “barbaric” killing and mutilation of two Indian soldiers saying,[Read More…]
Sonu Nigam’s azaan row: Here’s what Irrfan Khan has to say
Sonu Nigam has been in the news for his tweet on the azaan playing through loudspeaker; Bollywood was quick to respond to this entire controversy. Recently, Irrfan Khan was asked to react on the Sonu Nigam azaan controversy. To this he said “The loudspeaker matter is a big one. We[Read More…]
Karnataka: Petrol pumps to remain shut on Sundays from May 14
Karnataka Federation of Petroleum Traders has decided to shut all 3,000 filling stations in the state on all Sundays starting from May 14. The petrol bunks will remain open for the customers for only 12 hours from May 15, 2017. The move came after the federation decided to back protest initiated[Read More…]