Digital payments platform Paytm on Tuesday announced a free insurance cover for users of its mobile wallet services against unlawful cash debit from the wallet. Customers using Paytm wallet will be insured up to Rs20,000 or the last amount in the account whichever of the two is lesser. In order[Read More…]
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EC in favour of restricting convicts from contesting polls for life
The EC on Monday said to the apex court that it favors the idea of not allowing people convicted of a criminal offense to contest elections. This news comes soon after the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms found that an average of one out of four freshly elected[Read More…]
Dakota Access pipeline on track work to resume, despite ‘threats’
The company constructing the Dakota Access pipeline declared on Monday that the project remains on track to start moving oil this week despite recent “coordinated physical attacks” along the line. A court filing on Monday from this company didn’t detail the attacks, but said they “pose threats to life, physical[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: New government sacks many ex-bureaucrats, politicians of ‘lal batti’
Several retired bureaucrats and politicians whom the previous government appointed on various post as advisor to the government or chairman, vice-chairman, member in various corporations, boards and committees were removed from their posts with an immediate effect in Uttar Pradesh. The action was taken just the days after the Yogi[Read More…]
DMC intervene in six cases to prevent communal disrupt
In reports from the Delhi Minority Commission, there are six listed cases that it had intervened in during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Of the cases, the Trilokpuri riots and attacks on churches in the capital in its annual report in 2014 it mentioned the alleged attacks on Muslims over suspected[Read More…]
Declare Ambedkar’s anniversaries as dry days: Shiv Sena
The senior leaders in Shiv Sena demanded that April 14 and December 6 be declared dry days in Maharashtra, months after resuming power in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The demand was made to mark respect to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. April 14 is Ambedkar’s birth anniversary while December 6 is[Read More…]
Goa: Manohar Parrikar allots portfolios to ministers
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday distributed portfolios among nine ministers. While Parrikar has retained majority of portfolios including Home, Finance, and Education, he has allotted one each to nine ministers. Former deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Francis D’Souza is assigned the Urban Development portfolio while Pandurang Madkaikar[Read More…]
‘We are all in boxes’: Watch Sonata Trailer
The trailer of Aparna Sen’s latest directorial venture ‘Sonata’ is released online. Sonata is the story of three unmarried women-Aruna Chaturvedi (Professor), Dolon Sen (Banker) and Subhadra Parekh (journalist) played by Aparna Sen, Shabana Azmi and Lillete Dubey respectively- trapped in the boxes of a metropolis. Sonata is an English[Read More…]
Delhi: Man ‘lynched’ over suspicion of theft
In a shocking indent, a 28-year-old man was allegedly thrashed to death by a mob on the suspicion of committing theft in Swaroop Nagar of northwest Delhi on Sunday night. His body was found lying in an open field at Vijay Chowk area near Swaroop Nagar with several injuries. A[Read More…]
History is biased in favour of the ruler’s narrative: Rana Safvi
A noted historian, a popular author, an active orator, and an influential columnist – the name Rana Safvi needs no introduction. Safvi’s passion for culture and heritage is known to history aficionados. A Master in Medieval History from the prominent Centre for Advanced Studies, Dept. of History, AMU, Rana is[Read More…]
Electoral defeats are temporary shocks, Rahul Gandhi has been steadfast in his core values
It was anybody’s guess while analysing the Congress result in the recently concluded 5 state elections that Congress’s success will have many fathers but in case of failure, all blame would be on Rahul Gandhi alone. As the leader, Rahul Gandhi has accepted the blame for the defeats on[Read More…]
Malayali priest stabbed by Italian during Sunday mass
In a shocking incident of hate crime, a Catholic priest from Kerala was stabbed by an Italian man at St Matthews Church in Melbourne. According to reports, Reverend Tomy Kalathoor Mathew was just about to begin the Sunday mass when an attacker shouted “You are Indian, a Hindu or Muslim,[Read More…]
Kerala: Christian outfit demands nuns to hear confession of women
A Kerala-based Christian outfit has come out with a demand that nuns be allowed to perform the sacrament of confession for women and minors instead of priests. Kerala Catholic Reformation Movement held a sit-in dharna outside the Bishop House in Kochi on Sunday to press their demand. According to members[Read More…]
From catering to individuals to shops, Lecoanet Hemant completes 36 years in fashion!
An impressive exhibition ‘Paris, New Delhi: From Haute Couture to the Technologies of Elegance’ was held at Bikaner House, Delhi, where award-winning designers Hemant Sagar and Didier Lecoanet (the duo behind the brand Lecoanet Hemant) showcased their unique handmade work. The exhibition was held to mark 36 years of the[Read More…]
GST has to be introduced on a trial basis for two months: Chidambaram
Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram who was recently in Kolkata, just before the launch of his book ‘Fearless in Opposition: Power and Accountability,’ said that the government should not rush GST through. “According to me there are things that have to be done,” Chidambaram told the Telegraph. When asked[Read More…]
Opposition parties insecure in Uttar Pradesh: BJP
RSS affiliated wing demands state board for Sanskrit in Gujarat
Sanskrit Bharati, the RSS affiliated organization’s state wing have launched a campaign for the “development and revival” of the ancient language in Gujarat demanding an independent “Gujarat State Sanskrit Education Board. They have launched a 21 point signature campaign inviting the general public, Sanskrit experts and educationists from every district[Read More…]
New York’s legendary columnist Jimmy Breslin dies
Jimmy Breslin, who died Sunday at 88, was a central character of New York journalism, notably with the New York Daily News. Breslin won a Pulitzer Prize for some amazing articles which include his works exposing police harassment in Queens. Of his remarkable works, the most impressive was an interview with[Read More…]
Young woman ends life after hurling kids off building in Mumbai
In a shocking incident, a woman on the pretext of buying an apartment visited a building at Mumbra in Thane, but instead hurled her children from the 15th floor before jumping to death at 11 am on Sunday. The victim, Shireen Khan allegedly killed herself over household matters. The 27-year-old[Read More…]
Biren Singh will take floor test in Manipur assembly
Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh, who was appointed on the March 16, will face floor test in the 60-member Manipur Assembly on Monday. As the floor test is appearing nearer, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leaving room for sloppiness and are headstrong to form their government in the state.[Read More…]
Former Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra dies at 77
Former Rajya Sabha MP and president of Odisha Janamorcha party Pyari Mohan Mohapatra died in Mumbai after a prolonged illness on Sunday at the age of 77. Mohapatra passed away at 9.48 pm at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. He was also called ‘Chanakya of Odisha politics.’ Odisha chief minister Naveen[Read More…]
BJP appoints leaders to head Delhi municipal poll campaign
The election management committee for the upcoming polls held its first meeting on Sunday evening which was chaired by BJP leader Vinay Sahasrabuddh. The BJP will begin officially begin its poll preparations from Monday by organizing a hawan in its Delhi headquarters. Out of all the committees which were decided to[Read More…]
AAP ‘youth leader’ arrested for theft in Delhi
In connection with the robbery which took place on March 12 in east Delhi, six persons including an AAP youth wing leader has been booked. JCP Ravira Yadav says that the arrested have been identified as Najeeb, his brother Naved, Jitendra a.k.a. Jhonny, Yusuf a.k.a. Faisal, Nadeem a.k.a Furkan and[Read More…]
Manipur blockade lifted from Sunday midnight after over four months
Just ahead of its floor test in the assembly on Monday, the BJP-led coalition government managed to convince the United Naga Council (UNC) to lift its almost four-month-long economic blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Silchar highways. The UNC lifted the blockade that had left Manipur teetering on the edge, from[Read More…]
Hotel sealed in Jaipur after ‘beef’ rumour
A hotel in Jaipur was seized and the owner of the hotel along with one of his staffs was taken under arrest for alleged improper disposal of meat remains, police said on Sunday. Turns out the locals were angered by the hotel serving non-vegetarian food and cows were consuming the[Read More…]