The Italian railway will assist Indian railways to keep ensure that their safety measures are strong. The Italian railway will conduct a safety audit of the Indian Railways besides supervising the passenger safety measures to be undertaken by the railway ministry. The concerns develop as, the recent rail accidents in[Read More…]
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Landlords in Delhi booked over tenant verification
South Delhi Police are checking on landlords who do not comply with tenant verification rules. As per reports over 174 FIRs have been registered against such landlords under section 188 IPC so far and the drive is likely to continue in the coming weeks. The maximum offenders were booked from[Read More…]
Farming Community cheated: P Chidambaram on Budget 2017
Slamming union budget 2017, Former Union Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that framing community has been cheated. “People have already stopped talking about the budget, 24 hours after it was presented,” Chidmbaram said. He added, ”I don’t think this will have any impact on state[Read More…]
IT department asks taxpayers to verify online deposits made post demonetisation
Income Tax department on Thursday asked taxpayers to verify online the deposits they have made in their accounts post demonetisation and respond to queries of any mismatch. The department is using data analytics for comparison of deposits made after the November 8 decision to scrap high-value banknotes with information in[Read More…]
Capt Amarinder promises to bring back innocent Sikh youth languishing in jails
Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh on Thursday promised to bring back the innocent Sikh youths languishing in jails around the country if voted to the power. “Cancellation of all false FIRs against Sikh youths lodged in prisons around the country and they will be brought back to Punjab,” chief ministerial face[Read More…]
Kejriwal supported Bhatinda blast perpetrators: Rahul
Launching scathing attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday ahead of Punjab polls, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that AAP supremo supported disruptive forces which led to recent blast in Punjab’s Bhatinda. Gandhi asserted that these were the same forces, which pushed Punjab into militancy three decades[Read More…]
[Watch]: Badrinath Ki Dulhania’s trailer out!
Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan have launched the trailer of their upcoming film ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’ amid much fanfare with their mentor Karan Johar in Mumbai. While Alia Bhatt looked gorgeous in a traditional red dress, Varun looked dapper sporting a Kurta and Nehru jacket. The duo is[Read More…]
Maryam Mirzakhani becomes the first woman to win the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics”
Maryam Mirzakhani became the first woman in 78 years to be awarded the prestigious Fields Medal, considered the highest honour in mathematics. She was awarded for “stunning advances in the theory of Riemann surfaces and their moduli spaces.” on Wednesday. The Fields Medal is awarded to stalwart mathematicians under 40[Read More…]
Jawan’s viral video: Wife alleges Tej Bahadur under arrest, being tortured
Weeks after BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Singh’s video alleging that the troops were being served bad quality food on social media went viral, his wife on Thursday claimed that he was being mentally tortured and his voluntary retirement had been called off. A video complaining about the quality of food[Read More…]
Twitter staff donate $1.59M to fight Trump’s travel ban policy
Despite Twitter being Donald Trump’s most crucial marketing partner, it hasn’t stopped staff of the Twitter social media company from donating to one of the most prominent organisations opposing Trump’s policies. Nearly 1,000 employees made about $1.59 million donations to ACLU, which fights Trump’s recent executive order banning citizens of seven[Read More…]
Students in Delhi hang bras in protest
On Tuesday, opposing the disqualification of the theatre society of Kamla Nehru College (KNC): Lakshya, student members of Pinjra Tod, a feminist collective raised voice against gender-based discrimination. In solidarity with the KNC students, they gathered inside the Shri Ram Centre for what they called ‘An Ode to Bra, Panty[Read More…]
Karnataka: Soaked in blood, teen cries for help; people choose to film him instead
In a horrific incident, a teenager in Karnataka was left bleeding on the road after he met with an accident and was offered no help. Instead, people took pictures on their phones and made videos of him bleeding for almost 25 minutes. The 18-year-old teenage Anwar Ali, who was almost[Read More…]
Cess accounts for almost 15% of total tax collection
The increasing trend of Cesses is making a deep hole into your pockets without you taking a notice of it. In fact, Cesses have become a silent tactic to upsurge taxes. Significantly, in the past decade, the collection through Cesses has augmented much faster than conventional tax revenues. And from[Read More…]
Rupee strengthens to 67.42 against dollar
Indian rupee advances 5 paise to 67.42 against the dollar in early trade on Thursday as there was no let-up in the selling of the American currency by exporters and banks. The dollar, in turn, became weak globally, causing a hike in the Rupee value. But this was offset by fresh[Read More…]
British MPs approve first stage of Brexit bill
Prime Minister Theresa May’s idea to take Britain out of the European Union passed its first legislative obstacle on Wednesday. The development paved the way for her administration to take-off separation talks by the end of March this year. May’s administration is seeking support for a new law that can[Read More…]
US backs Syrian rebels with armored trucks for Raqqa fight
U.S. military says it has provided a small number of armoured vehicles to Syrian fighters hoping to defeat the Islamic State militants from their self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa. As per guardian reports, air force Col. John Dorrian says that reinforced security vehicles such as bulletproof trucks will keep the U.S.-backed[Read More…]
Under-construction building collapses in Kanpur, 8 killed
An under-construction building in Kanpur’s Jajmau area collapsed on Wednesday, leaving at least eight people, most of them labourers, dead and over 30 injured, said officials. Three people were rescued from the debris and were taken to the Kanshi Ram Memorial Trauma Centre for treatment. They were all in critical[Read More…]
US travel ban ‘should be removed sooner rather later’ says UN
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres made it clear on Wednesday that the US travel ban imposed on refugees and immigrants from seven Middle East and North African countries. As per the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, refugees from all over the world will be prohibited from entering America[Read More…]
Maoist landmine blast: Seven Odisha police personnel killed
Seven security personnel were killed on Wednesday after Left Wing Extremists (LWEs) blasted a police vehicle using landmines in the hilly Sunki-Salur road near Koraput’s Pottangi. The incident broke the calmness after last year’s anti-Naxal operation by Andhra Pradesh and Odisha Police in Malkangiri. Five others were severelly injured and[Read More…]
Nagaland dispute: Two killed after protesters clash with police
Two persons lost their lives due to police firing in Dimapur on Wednesday as a repercussion of the violent protests by tribal groups. Hundreds of protesters opposing the government’s decision to hold elections to urban local bodies in the state; marched on the streets of Dimapur and marched towards the[Read More…]
Corporates welcome the new and ‘positive’ Union budget
The corporate and industries sectors embraced the new Union budget. They perceive it as a positive decision and booster to the rural economy as well as housing and infrastructure. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) president Pankaj Patel described the budget as “directionally correct and fiscally[Read More…]
Supreme court lawyer ‘manhandled’ in Delhi
An apex court lawyer, Aman Pawar, and legal affairs in-charge of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee was allegedly “manhandled” in south Delhi’s Shahpur Jat after he tried to stop five youths, who were drinking in public and eve teasing women. Police said the accused were sitting in two cars at[Read More…]
Iran Crack Security Team hacks PTI’s official Twitter account
Official Twitter handle of Press Trust of India appeared to have been hacked on Wednesday evening. The news agency has around 1.8 million followers in the verified Twitter account. The Twitter handle was allegedly hacked by ‘Iran Crack Security Team’. And now, @PTI_News hacked… pic.twitter.com/O8a4s8KVKU — Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) February[Read More…]
School closed in Bengal over communal tensions
A government-aided school was indefinitely shut down following communal tension in West Bengal’s Howrah district. According to an Indian Express report, around 100 students of the Tehatta High School on Tuesday marched to National Highway-6 and blocked the road. They protested against an order which has the school under lockdown[Read More…]
IRCTC, IRCON, IFRC to be listed on stock exchange
The state-run railway companies IRCTC, IRCON and IRFC would be listed on stock exchanges soon, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday while presenting annual budget 2017. IRCTC controls all the digital ticketing operations of Indian Railways, and post demonetisation has seen a 10 percentage point increase in the number[Read More…]