The travel sector across the globe are concentrating on a series of offers exclusively catering to gay tourists, who tend to spend more than most when away from home. The trend was underscored at the For instance, Fitur tourism fair in Madrid, one of the world’s largest, which wraps up[Read More…]
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UP Polls: Congress releases first list of 43 candidates
Hours after the Congress sealed a pre-poll deal with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh, the former on Sunday released its first list of 43 candidates for the UP Assembly elections. The list include, former Union minister Jitin Prasad and controversial leader Imran Masood. Masood, who is well-known for his hate speech[Read More…]
Modi’s new budget prioritises consumers before taxes
As Indian economy struggles with low consumer rate post demonetisation, PM Modi is expected to lower taxes in the Feb. 1 budget to spur consumption. The risk is that a cut in tax will rob Modi of a short-term revenue rush, which his administration had been endorse as proof of[Read More…]
Jallikattu: Chennai police start evicting protesters; police station set on fire
The police in Chennai started evicting pro-jallkattu protesters on Marina Beach on Monday morning who refused to vacate the protest ground even after a frequent request by the cops. The police requested protesters to leave the place as “their purpose has been fully achieved.” However, the outrageous protestors set Ice House[Read More…]
Finger print money transaction now made possible using Aadhar cards
In order to encourage digital transaction, Indian government is now pushing to popularise Aadhaar Pay which ensures financial transactions by just using fingerprint. The officals confirm that this sort of transaction is secure and there is barely any loops of misuse. This service is exclusively to cater the rural population of India.[Read More…]
Samsung reveals why Note 7 phones are catching fire
Korean electronic company Samsung announced on Monday the real cause of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sudden over-heating and bursting into flames. The investigation report blames both the design and manufacture of the device’s batteries for the fatal malfunction. It took about seven hundred researchers and engineers examined hundreds of thousands[Read More…]
1.42 lakh posts for safety staff remain vacant in railways across country
The incident of rail derailments have become quite common these days with the latest case of Hirakhand Express derailment that comes in close chain to at least four similar train accidents across the country in the recent past. Just a week ago, a goods train derailed at Wihirgaon station on[Read More…]
US President slams celebrities in response to the ongoing worldwide protest
US President Donald Trump was all over Twitter this Sunday. Slamming the protestors who poured into the streets of Washington and other cities around the world to protest against him, saying he was “under the impression that we just had an election!” As several protest marches were also attended by[Read More…]
One inspector monitoring 77sqkm area of forest in Delhi
There are only two Wildlife officers at play taking care of the flora and fauna of the National Capital. And one of them is perpetually on duty at district courts, Delhi High Court and the National Green Tribunal. Despite ragging pollution, Delhi is home to huge forest reserves that few[Read More…]
Illegal smuggling of tobacco, gold at the Mumbai airport
Two passengers Vijay Kumar Natvarlal Rupapara and Manish Kumar Mansukhlal Khambani holding Indian passports on their departure to Lubumbashi via Addis Ababa by Ethiopian Air flight no. ET 641 were stopped at the airport. The passengers were allegedly attempting to export 5869 pouches and 900 tins of tobacco products, 185.5 kgs of[Read More…]
Koffee With Karan season 5: Priyanka Chopra said it all!
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra graced the latest episode of much-famous celebrity talk show Koffee With Karan. While on the show, PeeCee talks about her global image, turned truly desi, reveals a lot of stuff about her Hollywood life and much more. No wonder, even Karan introduced her as the ‘biggest[Read More…]
Congress workers vandalise party HQ in Uttarakhand
Hundreds of Congress workers and supporters went on the rampage at the party headquarters in Dehradun after the names of 63 poll candidates were announced on Sunday. They were angry at the distribution of poll tickets. The workers supporting Congress leaders Ayendra Sharma and Navin Bhisht threw chairs, broke furniture,[Read More…]
Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu: Two bull tamers dead, at least eight injured
Amidst the Supreme Court ban, Jalikattu was held on Sunday in some parts of Tamil Nadu. Two persons were killed at the event in Pudukottai and at least eight people have been injured. Jallikaattu was held at Erode, Pudukottai and Trichy districts while bullock cart race was organised in Coimbatore.[Read More…]
In pics: Women dump Trump all over the world
Hundreds of thousands of women filled the streets across the world on Saturday in an unprecedented wave of mass protests against US President Donald Trump. Women activists, galvanized by Trump’s hate campaign and behavior they found to be especially misogynistic, spearheaded scores of marches around the world in which around[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP-Congress alliance sealed, Congress gets 105 seats
The alliance between the Congress partyand Samajwadi party for the upcoming Assembly polls in UP has been sealed on Sunday. Congress party will contest from 105 seats,while SP would contest for 298 seats. UPchief minister Akhilesh Yadav will release the Samajwadi party election manifesto on Sunday. Stating the discussion between[Read More…]
32 killed, 54 injured after Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derails in Andhra Pradesh
At least 32 people were killed and 54 injured after Jagdalpur-Bhubaneswar Express derailed in Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place around 11.30 pm when the train was going from Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh) to Odisha capital Bhubaneswar. Thirteen of the train’s 22 coaches were unaffected in[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP-Cong alliance in trouble, will push votes to BSP
Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance ahead of UP Polls is in trouble as Congress rejects Akhilesh Yadav’s final offer of 100 seats. However, this alliance failure will tilt voters to BSP. Akhilesh Yadav’s offer came after a talk between SP and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azaad and a special emissary[Read More…]
Toyota fortuner bookings cross 10,000 mark
Launched in November last year, the bookings of the all-new Toyota Fortuner have crossed the 10,000 mark. The immensely popular body-on-frame SUV has redefined the segment and in its latest avatar, everything has gone a notch higher, be it looks, cabin, feature or engine. In the past two months, close[Read More…]
China shuts down 17 websites for violation of internet laws
China has shut down 17 websites including one run by liberal economist Mao Yushi’s Tianze Institute of Economics for violation of internet laws and regulations. “The 17 websites were closed for providing news service online without Internet News Information Service License, providing pornographic content, not registering for an Internet Content[Read More…]
EC censures Kejriwal for bribe remark, AAP to move court
Election Commission on Saturday censured Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his bribe remarks made at a poll rally in Goa. The election commission also warned Kejriwal for stern action including suspension or withdrawal of recognition to AAP if he continues to violate the model code. “…The Election Commission hereby[Read More…]
Percentage of girls dropping out of school in MP rises to 8.5%
Madhya Pradesh is among the top three states in the country where the percentage of out-of-school girls is the highest, according to an education status report for 2016. Despite the government trying to convince students to enroll in schools by offering freebies like books, bicycle and uniforms along with scholarships,[Read More…]
‘Educated women’ consenting to pre-marital sex cannot allege rape: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has said that the ‘educated women’ must take liability for their decision to enter a pre-marital sexual relationship and a promise of marriage cannot be measured as a reason to allege rape in every case. The judgment was passed by the Justice Mridula Bhatkar. The observations[Read More…]
Pak releases Indian soldier Chavan as goodwill gesture
To ease tension between the two neighbouring nations, Pakistan on Saturday said released Indian soldier Chandu Babulal Chavan, who had strayed across LoC last year. Chavan was returned at 2.30 PM via Wagah Border in Punjab, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official statement. He will be debriefed[Read More…]
Alliance with SP will not help Cong in UP: Mayawati
Reacting to the speculated SP-Congress alliance, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said Congress’ attempted tie-up with ruling Samajwadi Party showed its political bankruptcy and will be inimical to party which is running on oxygen support in Uttar Pradesh. She alleged that Congress was kowtowing to Samajwadi Party by accepting tainted[Read More…]
Bus crash killed at least 16 in Italy, children on board: Reports
In a terrible incident, a bus carrying Hungarian teenagers crashed and caught on fire on a motorway in northern Italy on late Friday night. The horrific episode killed at least 16 people while several others got injured in the tragedy, said, firefighters. The accident took place near Verona on Friday[Read More…]