Congress leader and MLA Preneet Kaur today slammed both AAP and SAD as organisations for having radical ideologies. He claims that AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal brought outsiders for his rally in Patiala district. Preneet Kaur, who is campaigning for her husband Capt Amarinder Singh and other party candidates in[Read More…]
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Now soldiers can tell their problems to army chief through WhatsApp
After a series of videos were posted online by jawans from the army, Indian Air Force and central police forces concerning various conditions that they work under and which became viral with attracting huge criticism from celebrities as well as commoners, the army has set up a WhatsApp number for[Read More…]
Malala Yousafzai ‘heartbroken’ over Trump’s refugee policies
Yousafzai, the youngest to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, shared it in 2014 with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, a fellow education activist. She is student activist from Pakistan and a Nobel Peace laureate too. As Trump signs an order entitled: “Protection of the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” which[Read More…]
Manish Sisodia appreciates the ‘new administrator’
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said that ‘the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is ‘comfortable’ with new administrator’, praising the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Sisodia said Baijal had previously worked together in several departments in Delhi and have the first-hand information of the problems faced by the national capital.[Read More…]
Snow-fall paralyses life in Kashmir
Roads in Kashmir are blocked with snow. Travelling through roadways is not an option in Kashmir anymore. And due to rising demand of air-tickets, there has been an intense inflation of price on Saturday came at a cost of Rs 38,379. At the same time, the cheapest ticket from Srinagar[Read More…]
LDF at the receiving end of saffron attack in Kerala, says politburo
A day after a bomb was thrown at the venue of a public meeting addressed by CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan in Kerala, the communist party on Friday alleged that it was at the receiving end of violence by Sangh Parivar organisations, contrary to the BJP claim. “This attack by[Read More…]
IKEA refugee shelter wins Beazley Designs of the Year Award
A flat-pack refugee shelter developed by Ikea and the United Nations has been awarded the Beazley Design of the Year, presented by the Design Museum in London. The modular Better Shelter is made from recyclable plastic, comprises only 68 components, and can be assembled in as few as four hours. Each[Read More…]
Centre plans to revive colonial-era gold mines with $2 billion reserves
Central government is planning to revive a cluster of colonial-era gold mines – shut for 15 years but with an estimated $2.1 billion worth of deposits left – as India looks for ways to cut its trade deficit, officials told media. State-run Mineral Exploration Corp Ltd has started exploring the[Read More…]
Amarinder Singh is the Congress’ CM Candidate in Punjab declared Rahul Gandhi
Putting a rest to the confusion about the Congress’ chief ministerial candidate in the poll-bound Punjab, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi announced on Friday that Captain Amarinder Singh would head the government if the Congress is voted to power. Addressing his first political rally in the Akali Dal assembly stronghold[Read More…]
Kashmir avalanche: Four more bodies recovered, death toll reaches 14
The bodies of four army personnel who went missing after avalanches struck an army camp and patrol in Gurez area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have been recovered. It took the total death toll to 14 with army spokesman Rajesh Kalia saying that the search operation had been stopped.[Read More…]
Britain to strengthen trade alliance with the world but will abide by the EU rules
Britain will respect its responsibilities under European Union treaties although it will strive to strengthen trade ties with world partners, the British finance minister said on Friday. “Of course we want to strengthen our trade ties with the very many trade partners we have around the world, but we are[Read More…]
14 arrested in Austria for having links with ISIS
Austrian police force involving 800 policemen with the help of SWAT detained 14 people suspected of having ties to the Islamic State group in early-morning raids on Thursday. As per the initial statement from the public prosecutor’s office in Graz said there were eight arrests in twin operations there and[Read More…]
BJP appoints party leaders as independent directors in Navratna PSUs
NDA’s Appointment Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) allegedly cleared the appointment of at least 10 politicians affiliated with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) as independent directors on the boards of top public sector companies. According to an Indian Express report, the list of politicians included BJP Delhi unit vice president[Read More…]
Delhi mother flings own toddler down the stairs over property argument
In a shocking incident in capital, a woman was caught throwing her two-year-old toddler off the stairs in a fit of rage in CCTV camera. The news came into the light when the grandmother of the child revealed that it was a quarrel over property that led to violence from[Read More…]
Maharashtra: Shiv Sena set to take on BJP on state level after split ahead of polls
After Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray shelved his party’s decades-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the civic body, and decided to never form an alliance in future, the Shiv Sena ministers are now putting pressure on the BJP on a state level as well. A delegation of[Read More…]
Trump to impose 20% tax on Mexican imports to finance border wall
The White house says that President Donald Trump plans on imposing a 20% tax on imports from countries which has a trade spillage with the US like Mexico to raise funds to construct a border wall along its southern border. This is a way to finance the border wall which[Read More…]
Indian arrested in US for alleged fetal murder
An Indian escapee, Manish Patel, 43, was seized as he entered the US without presenting himself for inspection. And he was also found the alleged accused of a lot of shady cases, including attempted homicide of an unborn child, the US Customs, and Border Protection said. He was charged with attempted[Read More…]
Akhilesh denies tickets to 4 MLAs in new candidate list
The new list of Samajwadi party candidates for 12 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections was released on Thursday by CM Akhilesh Yadav. Surprisingly, Akhilesh has not given tickets to four sitting MLAs, three of whom were announced as candidates in the list Mulayam Singh Yadav had declared last month. The MLAs[Read More…]
California’s new attempt to break away from the US
Threats to secede from the United States have been a part of American politics almost since the nation was founded. Election officials in California announced on Thursday that a proposal has been submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office that would ask voters to amend the state constitution that declares[Read More…]
Sexual assault allegations: Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan resigns
Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan resigned after news of sexual assaults surfaced against him in local media. The report accused him of sexual misconduct alleged by a woman who had come looking for a job at the Governor’s Office. A week after this incident, a letter was sent to PM Modi[Read More…]
Mexican President cancels US visit as tensions intensify; Trump says, it’s a mutual decision
After Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto decided to cancel his planned visit to the US next week, US President Donald Trump has said that it was a mutual decision and such a meeting would be “fruitless unless Mexico is going to treat America fairly”. “The President of Mexico and myself[Read More…]
Govt mulling entrance exam for BEd: Anil Swarup
Pitching for quality education, School Education and Literacy Secretary, Anil Swarup, said that the government is mulling plans to hold entrance exams for B.Ed. “There is no plan to scrap B.Ed. Under consideration is an entrance exam for B.Ed to ensure that only quality students get to these courses.” Anil[Read More…]
India, UAE bat for adopting policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism
India and the UAE have condemned efforts by states to use religion to sponsor and sustain terrorism against other countries, and resolved to cooperate in countering terrorism by adopting a policy of zero tolerance towards the menace. An India-UAE joint statement on Thursday, said the two sides agreed to coordinate[Read More…]
Fight forces seeking to undermine constitutional values, says Sonia Gandhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said the intrinsic strength of Indian Republic lies in our constitutional values and asked the people to fight forces which seek to undermine them. Extending greetings on the occassion of the 68th Republic Day, Gandhi said that the Indian Republic’s intrinsic strength lies in[Read More…]
It’s time to leave Afghanistan: Taliban to Trump
In a long letter emailed to journalists on Wednesday, Taliban spokesperson told US President Donald Trump that its time to leave Afghanistan. The letter, in English as well as Dari and Pashto, was written on behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesman, warns Trump that[Read More…]