India’s United Breweries has sacked “King of Good Times”, Vijay Mallya from the post of the non-executive chairman role following an order from the country’s market regulator late this Wednesday. The UB Group said the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred Mallya from holding key managerial roles[Read More…]
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AIADMK MLAs ‘free to move around’, not under detention: TN govt to Madras HC
Madras High Court on Thursday rejected the plea for an urgent hearing Habeas Corpus petitions which alleged illegal detention of 130-odd ruling AIADMK MLAs after the Tamil Nadu government said the legislators were staying at the MLAs’ Hostel and “free to move around”. Additional Public Prosecutor, who appeared for the[Read More…]
Bill to revoke redundant laws introduced in Lok Sabha
105 redundant Acts could be functional in the next few days declared Lok Sabha. A 150-year-old law providing for collection of toll from steamers and boats plying on river Ganga to improve navigation and another seeking to prevent dissemination of publications “harmful” to the youth. According to the Repealing and[Read More…]
Weight loss: Eating brown rice is equivalent to 30-min brisk walk
Here comes great news for people who are trying their best to shed those extra kilos from their body. The researchers have found that swapping white rice with its brown alternative speeds up weight loss and is the equivalent of a 30-minute brisk walk. Yes, you heard it right! Bringing[Read More…]
Kashmir shut down on the death anniversary of Afzal Guru
Various parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown to mark the fourth death anniversary of the prime suspect of the 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on Thursday. High security was imposed on conflicted parts old Srinagar. Main city markets remained closed while public transport vehicles went off the road. Over[Read More…]
Actor Kamal Haasan reacted on TN’s political crisis, says Panneerselvam has proven his mettle
The ongoing political crisis in Tamil Nadu is known to all of us now. The political war for top post is becoming worse day by day with accusations and blame game. Actually, Panneerselvam, who resigned from Chief Minister’s post on Saturday, said on Wednesday that he was forced to do[Read More…]
UGC asks universities to update their syllabus
Central universities must review and revise their syllabus, once in every three years, to make the college and university students more employable, said UGC. In a letter issued on February 8 by the University Grants Commission says that in a recently held meeting of the Group of Secretaries on Education[Read More…]
Teachers’ protests against the controversial West Bengal Universities and Colleges Bill 2017
The controversial West Bengal Universities and Colleges (Administration and Regulation) Bill-2017 is set to be tabled in the Assembly on Thursday, even after the member of various teachers’ organisations on Wednesday protested against the bill. The state government had proposed to place the Bill in the Assembly on December 9,[Read More…]
Muslims in India are Hindu by nationality: Mohan Bhagwat
Every one living in India was a Hindu, including Muslims, who were “Hindu by nationality but Muslim by faith,” said Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday at a Hindu Sammelan in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul. Indian society was known across the world as a Hindu society and all Indians[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: O Panneerselvam keeps up attack; Sasikala tightens grip on AIADMK
In a major turns of events in OPS vs Sasikala in Tamil Nadu, the legislature party meeting convened by V K Sasikala was attended by at least 120 AIADMK MLAs out of a total of 134. Her faction said 129 MLAs appeared in the meeting, while Five MLAs including former[Read More…]
Service tax department issues notice to Sania Mirza
Indian star sportsperson, Sania Mirza has been summoned by the Service Tax department in connection with alleged non-payment or evasion of Service Tax. Principal Commissioner of Service Tax office here issued the notice on February 6 and the date to appear before it in person or by an authorised agent[Read More…]
Trinamool demands state funding of polls
Trinamool Congress in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday demanded state funding of elections to end black money and corporate funding in the political system. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Dola Sen (TMC) said her party has during its 18 years of existence stood for electoral reforms and state[Read More…]
Bhopal: Akansha Sharma murder case inspired by American crime film
Udayan Das, who admitted to have killed and entombed his girlfriend in Bhopal, took inspiration from the drama series Hollywood film Devil’s Knot. “He got the idea bury Akansha Sharma under a marble tomb by watching these,” Bankura Superintendent of Police Sukhendu Hira said. Das had been brought to Bankura.[Read More…]
Delhi registered 140 rape cases in January 2017
Unfortunately, Delhi alone has registered about 140 cases of rape and 238 cases of molestation in January this year alone. 43 and 133 cases respectively remain unsolved. The number of rape cases registered in 2016 was 2,155, of which 291 were unsolved, while there were 4,165 molestation cases of which[Read More…]
In touch with Pakistan through diplomatic channels: Govt
The government on Wednesday said that it remained in touch with Pakistan through bilateral diplomatic channels, including addressing all urgent humanitarian even after cancellation of Foreign Secretary-level talks as agreed in December 2015. “Talks envisaged between Indo-Pak foreign secretaries to decide the modalities of the Composite Bilateral Dialogue, agreed during[Read More…]
PM Modi takes jibe at Manmohan Singh on corruption
Taking jibe at his predecessor Dr Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that there is not a single black mark against him despite all the corruption. “For almost 35 years, Manmohan Singh had a lot of influence on the country’s economic policies… There was not even one[Read More…]
Akhilesh has destroyed UP, end 14 year exile of growth: Modi
Asserting that UP election is about ending 14-year exile of growth in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday alleged that the government led by Akhilesh Yadav has sheltering and nursing crime. “Is this poll about choosing a new government, or about electing a new CM? This election is[Read More…]
Iranian infant Fatemah arrives in US for heart transplant surgery
Iranian infant, Fatemah Taghizaheh, in need of life-saving heart transplant surgery arrived Tuesday at a Portland hospital with her family after being temporarily banned from coming to the US by President Donald Trump’s executive order. The infant was referred to an Oregon hospital by Iranian doctors for an urgent surgery[Read More…]
Now YouTube will let you stream live
YouTube, just like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, is making it simpler to go live on its platform by offering the feature to the followers directly on their mobile phones. Mobile live streaming automatically added to YouTube mobile application and will be extremely handy to use. Streaming videos will also have[Read More…]
Centre ends financial tie of NTAGI with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Central government has shut the gate on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on a critical national health mission, Economic Times reported. The decision is due to the possible conflict of issues arising from the foundation’s tie with pharmaceutical companies. According to the news report, all financial ties of the[Read More…]
SC to initiate contempt proceedings against a HC judge
The Supreme Court will start contempt proceedings against a sitting Calcutta high court judge who, a few months back, slammed his colleagues with allegations of corruptions. A bench of seven judges headed by the Chief Justice of India JS Khehar was set on Wednesday morning to issue a directive against[Read More…]
TMC to hold protest as ‘demonetisation’ move completes three months
As the government’s demonetisation move completes three months, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs will hold a protest at the Gandhi statue in Parliament at 10:30 am on Wednesday. TMC is not letting go a single opportunity to target the Centre over demonetization move. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has[Read More…]
Indian heritage looter arrested in Mumbai
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Mumbai, has finally managed to detain heritage looter Indian-origin US businessman Vijay Nanda, said to be a top international smuggler. Nanda is running a global syndicate dealing in precious antiques, from South Mumbai. India is being robbed of its exceptional and ancient sculptures and[Read More…]
Merkel urges Putin to help end violence in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel unanimously agreed on immediate restoration of peace in southeastern Ukraine, the Kremlin said Tuesday. They expressed concern during a phone conversation about the recent activities of the armed conflict between Ukrainian government troops and local militias in the Donbass region, as[Read More…]
Any move that hurts India is backed by China: Defence expert
Defence expert Qamar Agha said that that any move that hurts India is backed by China, after the country again blocked move to get the United Nations to sanction Masood Azhar, the chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). “China’s stand on Masood Azhar is concerned and consistent. Any move that[Read More…]