Dalai Lama arrived at Bomdila in West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday evening, marking the beginning of his nine-day visit amid the Chinese objections. He arrived by road as his chopper could not take off from Guwahati due to unpleasant weather. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and[Read More…]
Tag: Featured
4 arrested for attacking couple who threw stone at cow
Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested four persons for allegedly attacking a couple after the woman allegedly hurled a stone at a cow in south Delhi’s Kusum Pahadi area. The incident happened on March 31 when Jaishankar and his wife Sharmila, who live in slums in Savitri Camp, were going to[Read More…]
Watch: Tribute to Indian farmers
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Farmers contribute about 16% of the total GDP. Farmers, who work day and night to feed the nation, are the real warriors. Unfortunately, their trials and tribulations remain largely unattended. According to a report by National Crime Reports Bureau, farmers suicide account for[Read More…]
Graphene seive turns sea water to drinking water
A team of researchers based in UK created has created a graphene-based sieve capable of transforming sea water into drinking water. The discovery by a team at the University of Manchester has the potential to revolutionise water filtration across the world. Professor Rahul Nair, who led the team of researchers[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh: ED attaches Rs 36 crore assets of suspended principal secretary
Assets worth Rs 36 crore of suspended Chhattisgarh IAS official BL Agrawal was attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday. Agrawal was earlier detained by the CBI. “ED has attached assets worth Rs 36.09 crore under PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act),” an official from the agency said as[Read More…]
Geetha Johri takes over as new Gujarat DGP
Soon after PP Pandey was accused in the Ishrat Jahan case, Geetha Johri, was appointed the state’s director general of police on Tuesday, ANI reported. Johri, Gujarat’s first female IPS officer was earlier charged in the Sohrabbudin Sheikh encounter case, but the charges were dropped. Her appointment was announced after Gujarat’s[Read More…]
Madras HC directs TN govt to waive all farm loans
Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to waive farm loans of all farmers in the state irrespective of their land holdings. The court also ordered the government to ensure that no penal action is taken against farmers by officials. Earlier, the Centre had sanctioned a drought-relief[Read More…]
Jethmalani-AAP fee controversy: Why should Kejriwal pay the bills, asks Sisodia
AAP government in Delhi has defended its decision to pay from the state exchequer the fees of senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday. Jethmalani is handling the defamation case filed by none other than union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against CM Arvind Kejriwal in the court. After much controversy over[Read More…]
Abhinav Prakash: The right-wing Ambedkarite
Coming from a middle-class Dalit family in Uttar Pradesh, Abhinav Prakash saw the interplay of caste and class from a vantage point early in life. During his days in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, he got dismayed by the appropriation of the Dalit discourse by non-Dalits. With the belief that he[Read More…]
ISIS targets children by planting bomb inside teddy bear, television
Islamic State terrorists are planting booby trap bombs inside teddy bears, dolls, fridges and televisions in war-torn Syria. Syrian doctors working with Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the north of the devastated country made the claim. According to the doctors, bombs have also been planted in roads, fields, houses and[Read More…]
AAP leader Ashish Khetan accuses FM Arun Jaitley of corruption
Stirring up controversy, senior journalist and AAP leader Ashish Khetan shares a series of tweets directly amplifying the allegations of corruption against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. This comes soon after senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani agreed to fight the defamation case against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for ‘free’. Senior AAP leader[Read More…]
Computer programmers may no longer be eligible for H-1B visa
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that computer programmers will not be eligible for H-1B visas by default. The (USCIS) on March 31, released a policy memorandum titled “Rescission of the December 22, 2000 ‘Guidance memo on H-1B computer related positions’”. The move could directly affect thousands of Indians applying[Read More…]
Prashant Bhushan apologises, says his tweet was ‘inappropriately phrased’
Lawyer-politician Prashant Bhushan has been in news because of his recent tweets against the anti-Romeo squad which has invited criticism from the Sangh community. After a police complaint was lodged against him on Monday, Bhushan has apologised for his tweet. Bhusan was booked for hurting Hindu sentiments, even his effigies[Read More…]
JNU students face fellowship crunch since January
Soon after the sharp cut in MPhil and PhD seats in Jawaharlal Nehru University which are to directly hit the students coming from a modest background as well as the current students of the university; JNU students allege that they’ve not received their fellowships since January 2017. Considering that JNU is a[Read More…]
Witch hunt against Chidambaram and family still alive
So here are some facts. The Aircel-Maxis case has been quashed by Judge O P Saini in February this year. Therefore, any rational person would think that there is no further investigation is possible. Hence, Monday’s news reports that the CBI will file a status report on the Aircel-Maxis case on[Read More…]
UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s first cabinet meet to be held in Lucknow
UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s first cabinet meeting will be held on Tuesday in Lucknow where important agendas in the BJP’s poll manifesto such as waiving off farmer loan and providing electricity in rural areas, is likely to be discussed in the meeting. State Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi said a[Read More…]
Pune: Two engineering students stripped, beaten to death in Lonavala
In a shocking incident, two engineering students were found beaten to death on a remote hill near INS Shivaji in Lonavala on Monday. According to the police, unknown people had stripped the 22-year-old man and his female friend and knotted their hands before hitting on their heads. A resident of[Read More…]
Delhi autos threaten to go on strike
In the capital city, the Autorickshaw unions in protest against policies of the Central and State governments in Delhi and Haryana have threatened to go on a strike. Referring to the surging fees by the Delhi transport department and the recent introduction of the border fee by Haryana government, a group[Read More…]
Drunk driving a major issue for Indian Railways
There is a significant upsurge in the number of train drivers of Indian railways who failed an alcohol test over the past five years, shows official data. Usually, most of these loco-pilots come for work drunk, making it a disturbing trend. Nearly, 15 per cent of them failed the alcohol[Read More…]
‘Will slit our throats’ says protesting Tamil Nadu farmers at Jantar Mantar
The Tamil Nadu farmers who are protesting at Jantar Mantar continue to raise their voices against the Modi government even on the 23rd day of the protest. As days pass, a number of farmers from across the nation are flooding in solidarity. The Bharati Kisan Union collaborated with farmers of[Read More…]
EC should consider paper ballots instead of EVMs: Congress
The Congress party on Monday asked the Election Commission to introspect and explore possibility of shifting voting from EVMs to the alternative system of paper ballots. The party also added that EC should not be an advocate for electronic voting machines (EVMs) and should conduct polls to the satisfaction of[Read More…]
SC to hear 5,300 cases during summer vacation
The Supreme Court will hear 5,300 cases during the summer vacation commencing from May 11. The cases include important ones like Triple Talaq, Whatsapp user data protection and illegal immigration and section 6A of the Citizenship Act. The apex court registry has issued a list of advance regular hearing matters which[Read More…]
Measures to be taken to avoid cattle smuggling: Centre to SC
The central government on Monday told a Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud that they would file an affidavit within two weeks giving details of recommendations and its decision on cattle smuggling across the India-Bangladesh border. “An order has to be issued.[Read More…]
Explosion at St Petersburg metro station: 10 dead, 20 injured
At least 10 people have died after an unidentified device exploded on the underground system at Sannaya metro station in St Petersburg. At least seven stations on city subway network – “Victory Park”, “Electrosila”, “Moskovskiye Vorota”, “Frunze”, “Institute of Technology”, “Sennaya Ploshchad”, “Gostiny Dvor”-have been closed following the blast, Zero[Read More…]
African envoys slam racial attack on students
African Group Head of Missions in New Delhi has expressed displeasure over the attack on African students in Greater Noida. Calling the attack as xenophobic and racial, the organisation said that “sufficient and visible deterring measures” were not taken by the government. “(We) strongly condemn the incident and express deep concern[Read More…]