As a part of Nasha Mukt or addiction free state-wide campaign, the world’s largest human chain has been formed in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Saturday led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The purpose of the human chain is to show staunch support towards the alcohol ban that has been[Read More…]
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Girl abducted, stripped and attacked brutally in Bengaluru
A case of sexual violence has again resurfaced in Bengaluru. Around Lakshmidevi Nagar area in Bengaluru, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped, stripped, beaten and tortured. The accused allegedly rubbed chilli powder on her private parts, while her mother was forced to watch. Police arrested five people including three women,[Read More…]
Trivandrum to completely ban use of plastic
Thiruvananthapuram city Corporation plans on implementing complete ban on the sale of plastics by February 2017. Earlier the city had tried limiting the sale of plastics by banning plastic bags with a thickness below 50 microns. As per a News Minute report, on Friday, Thiruvananthapuram Mayor VV Prakash told media[Read More…]
Mulayam’s loyalist Ambika Chaudhary joins BSP
Ahead of UP Assembly polls, a Samajwadi Party leader and Mulayam Singh Yadav’s aide Ambika Chaudhary joined Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Saturday. “I have resigned from SP and all positions related to the party and have dedicated myself completely to BSP now. The kind of treatment Akhilesh extended to[Read More…]
Finance Ministry says no fake currency was seized from Nov 8 to Dec 30
The primary motif of demonetisation according to PM Modi was the elimination of fake notes and black money which eventually result in financing terrorist actvities. After weeks of banning notes, the Finance Ministry has come up with a verdict supporting the decision of scapping notes. According to the Finance Ministry,[Read More…]
10 coaches of Ranikhet Express derail in Jaisalmer
In a tragic incident, ten coaches of Ranikhet Express have derailed in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on late Friday night. The Train 15014 Kath Godham-Jaisalmer Express derailed between Thayat Hamira-Jaisalmer at 23.16 hours last night, a statement said. However, no casualties or major injuries have been reported so far, said Railways North[Read More…]
Apple sues Qualcomm for over $1 Billion
Apple is suing Qualcomm, the chip supplier company for roughly $1 billion. Apple says Qualcomm is “charging royalties for technologies they have nothing to do with.” The suit follows the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Qualcomm earlier this week over unfair patent licensing practices. Qualcomm is a major supplier to both[Read More…]
Donald Trump remodels Oval Office; brings Churchill bust back
Just hours after US President Donald Trump’s moving to the White House, he refashioned the Oval office as he reinstalled a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and introduced some other changes. The bust was removed to outside the Treaty Room in the private residence of the White[Read More…]
JNU student allegedly gang raped by two Afghan nationals
A 21-year-old JNU BA second year student was allegedly raped by two Afghan nationals in south Delhi’s Green Park area, on Friday as per Police reports. The victim had gone to a pub in Hauz Khas village last week where she met one Twaab Ahmad alias Saleem, 27, an Afghan[Read More…]
Mystery of missing name plates in Delhi
Delhi has seen many kind of thieves but this sort of thievery is unique. Muggers in Delhi are now targeting the brass nameplates of high-ranking government officials. Since January 1, two senior military officers and an Additional Solicitor General of India have reported stolen nameplates from their residences in Lodhi[Read More…]
Government clears draft for ordinance to allow Jallikattu
The Centre on Friday night passed an ordinance on Jallikattu in a bid to end the protests that have paralyzed Tamil Nadu for the last few days. The ordinance will pave the way for the state government to promulgate it to allow the conduct of controversial bull-taming sport in the[Read More…]
Demonetisation majorly cuts down Delhi governments’ revenue targets
The note-ban rule announced by the Central government on November 8 last year may leave the Delhi government dry during the upcoming of the budget season. India Today reports reveal that Delhi’s already poor revenue collection went a stack down during December The overall reduction in revenue collection during December[Read More…]
6 ‘Modism’ in Donald Trump’s inauguration speech
The newly appointed President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, gave his brief inaugural speech with a dash of Nationalism, concentrating on America’s Acche din. Interestingly, here in India when our PM Narendra Modi was elected to power, his inaugural speech and the to-be adapted policies for making[Read More…]
Amid protest, Donald Trump to swear in as 45th US President
Amidst the protest across the globe, Donald Trump will deliver his first presidential speech to hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington DC and millions watching around the world Friday afternoon local time (10: 30 pm IST). Trump’s incoming press secretary Sean Spicer told media on Thursday that the[Read More…]
True nationalism is found where students, citizens, are encouraged to think and speak freely: Manmohan Singh
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday alleged that independent thinking and free expression in Indian universities were under threat in the present situation. He said the recent attempts to interfere with free expression of the student community in Hyderabad Central University and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were of particular[Read More…]
UP Polls: SP fields candidates in Congress seats; alliance in trouble
Adding trouble over the grand alliance, Samajwadi Party on Friday released the list of 191 candidates for the first three phases of elections. Interestingly, the list included SP candidates on eight seats where Congress has sitting MLAs. According to reports, SP has fielded candidates in sitting seats of Congress that[Read More…]
Bengaluru municipality proffers ban on large dogs in apartments
In Bengaluru, you may not be allowed to keep a large dog anymore in your apartments. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has sent out a set of draft guidelines for approval, putting restrictions on the number and kind of pets people are permitted to keep. The BBMP’s Animal Husbandry department[Read More…]
Dangal girl Zaira Wasim slams BJP leader for his patronising effort
Dangal actor Zaira Wasim, who has been trolled in social media after Jammu and Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti called her ‘role model’, on Friday, had a fresh Twitter spat with Union Minister Vijay Goel. The BJP leader tweeted a painting of a Burqa-cladded woman, tagging Zaira Wasim in the comment.[Read More…]
SC refuses to recognise divorces granted by the Church
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request that wanted recognition to divorce dictum passed by canonical courts to Catholic couples. A jury of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud dismissed the public interest law-suit filed by Bengaluru-based Clarence Pais. Clarence urged that divorces granted by canonical[Read More…]
Men can now check their fertility on smart phones
Now smart phones can help men perform fertility test at home. Men who are ambivalent to perform fertility test in hospitals and nursing homes can now use their smartphones, powered by YO sperm kit for home use. The kit includes everything needed to collect a sample and is said to[Read More…]
‘Kaabil’- ‘Raees’ clash: My father is ‘hurt’ and ‘upset,’ says Hrithik Roshan
January 25 will see a major box office clash of 2017 as “Kaabil” and “Raees” will hit the theaters on the same day. But actor Hrithik Roshan feels the clash could have been avoided if the producers of the Shah Rukh Khan starter had planned things in a good manner.[Read More…]
US dropped 26,172 bombs in seven countries under Obama presidency, says report
Outgoing US President Barack Obama, Nobel laureate for peace in 2009, was responsible for the dropping of 26,172 bombs in seven countries in 2016, over 3,000 more bombs than in 2015. The data released by Statistica are likely to be an underestimate, since the data came from a handful of[Read More…]
Finance Minister skips Didi’s Bengal Business summit
Finance minister Arun Jaitley was scheduled to attend the 3rd edition of the Bengal global business event but did not show up on Friday. Sources say that he was believed to have been asked by the party high command to stay away. After the arrest of two TMC MPs Tapas[Read More…]
Infosys: 9,000 employees released due to automation in 2016
About 9,000 employees were “released” by Infosys in the past one year due to automation of lower-end jobs, said company’s human resources head, Krishnamurthy Shankar. These people are now working on more superior projects. “We have been releasing about 2,000 people every quarter and also training them in special courses[Read More…]
Sharing of information may reduce cyber crime
Cyber experts say that sharing cyber violation information among countries can be a helpful way of tracking cybercrime. As the threats of computer crime in the age of fast-growing use of internet and technology increases, keeping safety measures high is mandatory. Tackling cybercrime and threat is, however, very challenging task[Read More…]