In order, to tackle the problem of fake identities, centre to soon make Aadhaar number compulsory for vital managerial personnel and directors in regulatory filings under the Companies Act. The move is initiated at a time when authorities are taking steps to deal with the dangers of shell companies which[Read More…]
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SC raises doubts over Calcutta HC judge’s sanity
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered a medical examination of Justice CS Karnan of the Calcutta High Court. The court has also ordered for a medical board to be formed to investigate Justice Karnan’s mental condition. The medical examination is scheduled on May 5 and the reports are to be[Read More…]
Sonu Sood to paint Olympian PV Sindhu’s life on big screen
Actor-producer Sonu Sood has decided to bring the life of ace shuttler Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, who became the first Indian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics last year, on a silver screen. Now, PV Sindhu is the next sports personality whose story is heading to the big[Read More…]
Uttarakhand: Aide of top BJP leader predicted exact results a week before the counting
Raju Binjola, a close aide of Uttarakhand BJP spokesperson Munna Singh Chauhan had accurately predicted the vote share of both Congress and BJP in many key booths of the constituency more than a week before the results were announced, on Facebook. Now, questions are being raised over the accuracy of[Read More…]
MP Minister gifts ‘washing bats’ to brides to fix drunk husbands
If you can’t decide on what to gift your married friend, Madhya Pradesh panchayat and rural development minister Gopal Bhargava has a solution for you. Recently, he gifted wooden bats/mogri to nearly 700 brides at a mass marriage ceremony. Though this wooden plank/mogri is made to wash clothes, but Bhargava[Read More…]
How are we ruining India’s future by trolling & faking it
This is no regular blog. This is an intervention. A serious one at that. You really need to stop. Stop whatever you have been doing all this while and think for a second what have we become? And, what are we trying to become in the future? A few years[Read More…]
Telangana police encouraging Muslim Youths to join ISIS through bogus site: Digvijaya Singh
Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has sparked controversies after alleging that Telangana police were encouraging Muslim youths to join Islamic State (ISIS), on Monday. Singh labeled these allegations on micro-blogging site in a series of tweets. “Telangana police has set up a bogus ISIS site which is radicalising Muslim Youths[Read More…]
Real Estate Act comes into force today
The Real Estate (Regulation & Development) Act, 2016 comes into force from today (May 1), ending the nine years long wait. The development will make regulation of real estate sector involving more than 76,000 companies across the nation a reality. Post this development or all the 92 Sections of the[Read More…]
Raj Babbar on SP-Congress alliance: ‘UP ko yeh saath pasand hai’ is history
Amid speculation to end alliance with Samajwadi Party, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar said that the slogan, ‘UP ko yeh saath pasand hai’ is history. The SP-Congress alliance miserably failed in the assembly elections. Thus, speaking for the first time on electoral issues since, Babbar said that his party[Read More…]
Former East Bengal captain Santo Mitra passes away
The former captain of East Bengal Football Club, Santo Mitra passed away on Sunday morning after suffering from throat cancer, said his family. Mitra was 75. He lived with his daughter and wife. “He was battling throat cancer since 2009, the year he was crowned as Kolkata Sheriff… He passed[Read More…]
PM Modi urges youth to take advantage of reward scheme on BHIM App
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the youth to obtain profit from a scheme that gives cash rewards for those encouraging others to use the government’s Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) App for transactions. The scheme is valid till October 14, he added. “Friends, the government of India has[Read More…]
Ban on red beacons to end VIP culture mindset: PM Modi
Just a day prior to government’s decision on red beacons for VIP’s come into effect, PM Modi said on Sunday that the decision to eliminate the red beacons is directed in order to exclude the VIP culture from the mindset of certain people. He added that the concept should be[Read More…]
Delhi’s ISBT model to be replicated in Gorakhpur
The ISBT model of Delhi may soon to be replicated in Gorakhpur. According to sources, the Delhi transport department said the UP Transport Minister Swatantra Dev Singh is expected to visit the Maharana Pratap ISBT, an inter-state bus terminus to study the model. As per a senior official, the UP[Read More…]
UP CM promises improved power supply, better roads
Addressing a rally on Sunday in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said the condition of the roads in the State would improve in the coming days. ‘We have asked authorities to ensure that the roads are free of potholes by June 15’, he said. He told the gathering that[Read More…]
Facebook may help reduce exam anxiety: Study
Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US have found that undergraduate students, who have high levels of anxiety before an examination, may control it by reading supportive comments, ‘likes’ and private messages from Facebook friends. “We found that only the students who received supportive messages from their Facebook[Read More…]
Couples can’t ‘pick and choose’ when opting for adoption
Now in India, those going for adoption will no more be permitted to “pick and choose” the child. In fact, they can only accept or reject the child which is offered to them by the national adoption body. This rule will be implemented from Monday onwards. According to the previous[Read More…]
No deals to be signed during PM Modi’s visit: Lankan President Sirisena
Ending speculations, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena made it clear the Prime Minister Narendra Modi would only attend the UN ‘Vesak Day’ celebrations and no mutual agreements will be signed during his visit to Sri Lanka in the coming week. President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday said addressing a gathering at[Read More…]
Normal life disrupted due to separatists’ strike in Kashmir
On Sunday, normal life in Kashmir was affected due to a strike called by separatists to protest the killing of a civilian in firing by security forces after militants attacked an army camp in Kupwara district on Thursday. Marking the strike, most local businesses, and fuel stations remained shut in[Read More…]
Erdogan’s Turkey blocks Wikipedia
Turkey has blocked all the access inside the country to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia without giving any official reasons. According to ‘Turkey Blocks’ monitoring group, the site was inaccessible from 08:00 (05:00 GMT) by order of the Turkish authorities. People in the capital Istanbul were unable to access any Wikipedia[Read More…]
NSUI gears up for a new president
Indian National Congress’s student wing, NSUI has started the process for selection of the new national president. Multiple sources confirmed that the vacancy was created after acting president Amrita Dhawan resigned a few days back. Last president Roji M John had resigned in June 2016 after he was elected as[Read More…]
Congress approves Central Election Authority, Mullapally Ramachandran elected as chairman
In an effort to speed up the internal polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the composition of the Central Organisational Election Authority (CEA). Mullappally Ramachandran was elected as the chairman of the CEA. Bhubaneshwar Kalita and Madhusudan Mistry were appointed as members of the CEA. As per a Congress[Read More…]
Allahabad High Court transfers 400 judicial officers
The Allahabad High Court has transferred around 400 judicial officers in a major reshuffle in the lower judiciary in Uttar Pradesh. According to the notifications issued on Friday by the High Court’s Registrar General Dinesh Kumar Singh, the transferred officials included 199 Additional District Judges (ADJ) and another eight of[Read More…]
India’s first digitalised ward in Kerala’s Aymanam
Ward number 15 of Aymanam grama panchayat in Kerala’s Kottayam has become India’s first digitalised panchayat ward. Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the website http://www.digitalaymanam.com at a function held at a temple premises in the village. This small panchayat ward in Kerala[Read More…]
Uttarakhand High Court issues notice to river Ganga
Days after the Uttarakhand High Court declared river Ganga as a living entity, a notice was issued upon the river by the court. This is the first time a river has been issued a legal notice, Hindustan Times reported. A two-judge bench led by VK Bisht and Alok Singh, while[Read More…]
India’s history is not restricted to defeat, slavery and poverty: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India’s history is not restricted to defeat, slavery and poverty, but the country has given the world, the message of good governance, non violence and Satyagraha. The PM who was speaking at Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan on the occasion of Basava Jayanti said, “Bharat ka[Read More…]