Here is good news for air travellers and it sounds like fiction but it is true that they don’t need to carry documents like identity proof and air tickets along with them to board a plane as passenger’ thumb screening soon will be all documentation required to enter airports. Presently,[Read More…]
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Woman offered lift, raped inside parked car in Moti Bagh
In yet another crime against women, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a parked car in south Delhi’s Moti Bagh by its driver who had offered to drop her home in Noida on Wednesday night. The man was arrested hours after the incident and has been sent to Tihar[Read More…]
Bombay HC tells Tata Sons to keep Wadia’s seat vacant ‘until further orders’
The Bombay high court in an interim order directed Tata Sons to keep one seat of an independent director “vacant until further orders” in each of its companies on Friday. The court was hearing the case between Tata Sons and industrialist Nusli Wadia who serves as independent director. The directions[Read More…]
Political parties will not come under scrutiny for depositing cash in old currencies
In a major drawback to the so-called historic move demonetization, the finance secretary Ashok Lavasa said that political parties are exempted under Income Tax law to deposit old currency notes in their bank accounts on Friday. This simply means that the political parties will not come under any inspection for[Read More…]
Note ban: KCR defends PM Narendra Modi, asks all to wait till Dec 31
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao backed demonetisation and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the assembly on Friday, saying the “abnormal decision” was taken in the interest of the country and would work wonders in the coming days. Lauding PM, KCR said demonetisation was a part of the “scheme of things”[Read More…]
South China Sea: China seizes US underwater drone; US demanding its return
The US Navy unmanned underwater glider that was gathering unclassified scientific data in the South China Sea was seized by a Chinese warship. The US is demanding its return, said the Pentagon on Friday. The US has raised a formal diplomatic complaint over Thursday’s episode, said Navy Capt. Jeff Davis[Read More…]
Demonetisation is firebombing on 99% honest Indians: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the demonetisation drive launched by Prime Minister Modi was firebombing of 99 per cent honest people and not a surgical strike. “Narendra Modi got up on November 8 and announced that the money which is in your pocket has now turned into mere paper. This[Read More…]
Dalai Lama & Prez meet: China objects; India calls it non-political
India said that the meeting between Dalai Lama and President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday was a non-political event. The clarification comes after China objected to the meeting saying that bilateral ties might be disturbed. “India has a consistent position. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama is a respected and revered spiritual[Read More…]
Aleppo: Evacuation of residents suspended
The process of evacuating tens of thousands of rebels and civilians from the last rebel-held pockets of east Aleppo has been suspended, a day after convoys of buses and ambulances began taking residents out of the city. The reason for halting the evacuation process was unclear. Anti-government activists said pro-government[Read More…]
Jayalalithaa’s death to Trump’s victory: 2016 in review
2016 was an eventful year. From Trump’s shocking victory to Brexit to Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa’s death, this year made history. Here’s a lowdown on the major happenings that happened in 2016. The A-Z of it: Ae Dil Hai Mushkil row Karan Johar’s seventh directorial venture was embroiled in the[Read More…]
No daily allowance in case of session disruption: Committee on ethics of J&K LC
While the entire country debates over wasting tax payers money in disruptions. Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Council has taken a lead to suggest and implement a solution. “In case the House gets disrupted without effective proceedings for half of the total time allocated for the day due to protest or[Read More…]
Jammu: A 36-year-old woman army officer allegedly commits suicide
Anita Kumari, an Indian army major allegedly committed suicide in Jammu by shooting herself in the head at her official residence in Bari-Brahmana cantonment late on Thursday, said police on Friday. The woman army officer belonged to Udaipur village in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. The 36-year-old probably used her[Read More…]
PayPal accuses online payments startup Paytm of stealing its logo
The California-based PayPal – a major payments company has accused India’s biggest digital payments startup Paytm of stealing its logo. In a complaint filed with the Indian trademark office, PayPal accused Paytm of using a logo that is “deceptively and confusingly similar” to its own. PayPal claimed that the Alibaba-backed[Read More…]
Mamata angry over FBI’s surprise visit to Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee conveyed state government’s displeasure at the FBI team’s surprise visit, without informing the state, to question alleged Islamic State operative Mohammed Masiuddin, alias Abu al-Musa, a resident of Labhpur in the state. Sources quoted by Times of India said that West Bengal DGP Surajit[Read More…]
Four years after Nirbhaya Gang-rape: Number of rape cases just has increased
It’s been four years of the brutal December 16, 2012, gang-rape of a physiotherapy student that shook the entire country and brought extensive shame to India. As the inhuman incident attracted negative publicity, the government made several promises to make the national capital as well as the country a safer[Read More…]
Arnab Goswami’s new venture will be called ‘Republic’
Just a month after his last show on Times Now, senior journalist Arnab Goswami announced his new venture called Republic. Goswami had resigned from Times Now on November 1, and Rahul Shivshankar has replaced him as Editor In Chief of the news channel. Accoding to the reports, his channel will[Read More…]
At least 3000 civilians evacuated from east Aleppo: Red Cross
At least 3,000 civilians were evacuated from east Aleppo under a deal allowing Syria’s regime to take full control of the city after years of fighting, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. A revived agreement on a ceasefire and evacuations were announced on Thursday after the initial plan[Read More…]
DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi readmitted to Chennai’s Kauvery hospital
DMK Chief and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi admitted in the Kauvery hospital due to his fragile health condition in Chennai on Thursday night. This is the second time in a month that the former chief minister was hospitalised. “Dr.Karunanidhi was readmitted with breathing difficulty due to throat[Read More…]
Five family members feared dead in house fire on Ontario First Nation
A father and four kids are believed to have died in a fire that demolished their home and ripped apart this First Nation community. Efforts were being made to recover and recognize the charred remains of the victims. Distressed community leaders and inhabitants struggled to come to terms with the[Read More…]
Digital platforms are under threat: Congress on demonetisation
Claiming digital data and digital financial platforms are under the threat, Congress on Thursday alleged that the union government diverting the attention of people from serious issue of Cyber Security by raising slogans of cashless economy. “Brazen and repeated hacking attempts have exposed the complete vulnerability of cyber security as[Read More…]
National anthem row in Kerala: Why give Kamal a Muslim Identity, asks director Aashiq Abu
Malayalam film director Aashiq Abu has lashed out against the right wing forces who labeled director Kamal as a Muslim anti-national. The director has quoted an article, which questioned the Sangh Parivar narrative of converting Kamal to Kamaluddin, a Muslim anti-national. Kamal is the chairman of Kerala State Film[Read More…]
Beard is not acceptable for anyone in the Indian Air Force: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that a beard is not acceptable for anyone in the Indian Air Force, no matter what religion. The apex court dismissed the petition of a Muslim officer who was sacked in 2008. A bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur also said that the[Read More…]
A gift to remember! Aurangabad businessman gifts 90 houses to homeless
In a sweet gesture, a businessman from Aurangabad district in Maharashtra gifted 90 houses to the poor as a wedding gift on the occasion of his daughter’s wedding. According to a news report in NDTV, Ajay Munot, resident of Lasar town in Aurangabad district, distributed 90 one-BHK houses at a[Read More…]
Syrian UN Ambassador uses fake photo at council to positively portray army
Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations reportedly used an old photo taken in Iraq in attempt to convince the UN Security council that Syrian forces are not mistreating civilians, ABC News reported. By holding up the photo of a soldier providing help to a woman, Syrian ambassador Bashar Jaafari said[Read More…]
NITI Aayog announces reward schemes to encourage digital transactions
In a bid to promote electronic transactions, NITI Aayog has launched two schemes – Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi Dhan Vyapari Yojana – involving a rewards programme entailing a spending of Rs 340 crore. NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said “Lucky Grahak Yojana” or ‘Lucky Grahak Scheme” has been launched[Read More…]