The Allahabad High Court judge has suspended a judge of a Lucknow court for granting bail to rape-accused Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati. The SP leader is accused of raping a woman and attempting to rape her minor daughter. The 49-year-old leader was granted bail[Read More…]
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Manipur: Four more Congress MLAs join BJP
Four Congress MLAs from Manipur quit the party on Friday and joined BJP in yet another setback to the Congress. The four leaders who joined the BJP include Y Surchandra, Ngamthang Haokip, O Lukhoi and S Bira. All the leaders were felicitated by CM N Biren Singh and state unit[Read More…]
Bhai is fit and fine, says Chhota Shakeel on Dawood’s health and death rumours
After news of infamous gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s deaths circulated soon after some Pakistani media outlets said he’s been gravely sick, his long-time aide Chhotta Shakeel terms the news as ‘false’. The reports of the 61-year-old gangster’s death started circulating on Friday. But, his long-time aide Chhotta Shakeel was at pains[Read More…]
Need is action, not excuses, it’s time to get back to work: Arvind Kejriwal
Days after disastrous performance in Delhi MCD polls, chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday morning has confessed that his party made mistakes that caused in a number of electoral debacles in the recent weeks. This is the first such confession by the CM after the results for assembly and civic[Read More…]
Quake measuring 7.2 hits southern Philippine province; no damage reported
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 has hit a southern Philippine province on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of destruction or injuries. However, the quake prompted a local tsunami warning. The pre-dawn quake was centered at sea off Sarangani province and hit relatively deep below the[Read More…]
Rahmani-30, proves its mettle once again in IIT-JEE
Ali has indeed done well and brought lots of glories to his coach, family and his entire district. But the effort of Rahmani30 in bringing such talent forward cannot be ignored.
Carpet bomb Kashmir, says Pravin Togadia
Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Pravin Togadia demanded the government to carry out “carpet bombing” in Kashmir Valley to stop the attacks on security forces. “After attacks on Army camps in Uri and Kupwara, our government should carry out carpet bombing in Kashmir Valley area to stop such attacks. The attacks[Read More…]
Tax Free Wings
Women’s empowerment by far is one the most vexed issues in any nation. However developed or underdeveloped, liberal or conservative a nation may be, the difficulty with empowering women is a challenge that cannot simply be tackled by any government by fiscal and legal provisions like in the case of[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh: 13 people drown in lake
At least 13 persons drowned in a lake in Guntakal in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district when a round boat made of bamboo–overturned when they were returning after attending a local fair. 15 persons were on board the coracle when they started rowing from one end of the YT lake when[Read More…]
Dalit groom attacked for riding a mare during wedding procession
A Dalit man riding a mare during his wedding procession (baraat) was attacked with beer bottles and dragged along the road allegedly by a group of upper caste men in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, according to multiple reports. Kailash Meghwal, the groom, was attacked in Jhalo Ka Dhana village in Udaipur.[Read More…]
SC dismisses plea seeking death penalty for Govindachami in Soumya murder case
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the curative petition filed by the Kerala government which sought the reinstatement of the death penalty on Govindachami, the man who was convicted of raping 23-year-old Soumya in 2011. Responding to the verdict, Soumya’s mother told media that Govindachami’s death would alone invite justice[Read More…]
Won’t talk to separatists: Centre tells SC on Kashmir unrest
Addressing the Kashmir crisis, the government on Friday told the Apex Court that it was ready to talk to only accepted political parties in Jammu and Kashmir but not with the separatists. It was clearly expressed by Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi that the government will only negotiate or go into[Read More…]
Nalanda University to collaborate with Kanazawa University
On Friday, the Nalanda University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Kanazawa University of Japan for an academic collaboration, said a statement from Nalanda University. The MOU was signed on Thursday in Rajgir by Mori Masahide, Head of the School of Humanities, Indian Buddhist Studies, Comparative Culture[Read More…]
No spitting inside engineering campuses, says AICTE
In an attempt to make India and Indian educational campuses clean, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) directed engineering colleges to restrict students from spitting within the campus. On Friday, the AICTE said although government’s Swachh Bharat campaign has received enormous support from all technical institutions, but spitting[Read More…]
A right-wing outfit demands scrapping of Article 370
A right-wing group on Friday demanded to scrap Article 370 that grants special autonomous status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Additionally, they also asked the country to take the initiative to declare Pakistan a terrorist state. This outfit believes that providing a special status to Jammu and Kashmir[Read More…]
No code of conduct for institutional investors in India: SEBI
The Indian capital market regulator– the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Friday, expressed deep concern over the standard of corporate governance. It said that in India there is “no code of conduct” for institutional investors. “Is the system of corporate governance in the country working satisfactorily…The majority would[Read More…]
No farmer committed suicide over drought: TN govt to SC
Tamil Nadu Government on Friday said to the Supreme Court that drought is not the reason for farmer suicides in the state. The government stated that no farmer had committed suicide in the state, and clarified that those who have, took the extreme step due to personal reasons, The Indian[Read More…]
Model Preeti Jain who sentenced for plotting to kill Madhur Bhandarkar granted bail
Model Preeti Jain has been sentenced to three years in prison by the city civil and session court and was also levied a fine of Rs 10,000 for plotting to kill Bollywood filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar. She had earlier filed a rape case against Bhandarkar. “Some things are better left unsaid![Read More…]
UP: Groom calls off marriage as the bride’s family failed to serve non-veg dishes
The crackdown on slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh under Hindutva hardliner Yogi Adityanath is adversely affecting the marriage ceremonies in the country’s most populated state. According to a report, a groom called off a marriage ceremony in Muzaffarnagar after the bride’s family said they may not be able to serve any[Read More…]
Sukma attack: Maoist body recovered from ambush site
Days after the brutal maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, in which 25 CRPF personnel were killed, the body of a maoist has been recovered last night from the site. The 25 CRPF personnel were killed earlier this week by the Maoist in an ambush in Burkapal area. “The body[Read More…]
Tata Motors bags order of 3192 Safari Stormes for the Indian Army
Tata Motors has bagged an order of 3192 units of its Safari Storme 4×4 for the prestigious Indian Armed Forces. Under the newly formed GS800 (General Service 800) category, the butch SUV will be supplied to the forces in phases. It will be replacing the age-old Maruti Gypsy in the[Read More…]
Sukma Maoists attack: Gautam Gambhir to bear education expenses of kids of killed CRPF men
Former Indian cricket team skipper Gautam Gambhir has announced that he will bear full expenses of the children of 25 CRPF personnel killed by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s south Sukma area on Monday. Gambhir said he would extend support through his ‘Gautam Gambhir Foundation’. The initial steps were already being taken[Read More…]
RBI to issue new ₹5 and ₹10 coins
The Reserve Bank of India is soon to issue new Rs 10 and Rs 5 coins to honor the 125th year of National Archives of India. In order to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Allahabad High Court, the central bank will put new Rs 5 coins into circulation. As per[Read More…]
UP school asks students to get ‘Yogi-haircut’
As Yogi Adityanath’s popularity keeps multiplying, a private school in Meerut has asked students to get hairstyles on the line of CM Adityanath. The Rishabh Academy School, affiliated by Central Board of Secondary Education has also restricted the students from keeping beards. The school administration also restricts students from bringing[Read More…]
SC to continue hearing plea challenging move to make Aadhaar mandatory for filing I-T returns
The Supreme Court will hear pleas challenging government’s decision to link Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN) card for filing of income tax returns and to apply for a new PAN, on Friday. Significantly, the SC had earlier showed its displeasure over the Centre’s decision to make Aadhaar mandatory.[Read More…]