Yuvraj Singh and his fiance Hazel Keech are all set to tie the knot on November 30th. While the cricketer’s wedding is sure to make news, a popular daily has some more dope on the wedding nuptials. As per reports, Yuvraj and Hazel will have two weddings – one would[Read More…]
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Hardship because of demonetisation may continue for a month: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the hardship arising out of demonetisation may continue for around a month. He described the move as the first step towards achieving economic and social freedom. Speaking at a rally in Haryana, Singh asked the people to bear with the difficulties for[Read More…]
Won’t write off Rs. 7000 cr loans, will go after defaulters: SBI chief
SBI chairman, Arundharti Bhattacharya, on Wednesday said there has been no write offs and no let off of wilful defaulters will happen. “It is only accounting entry. That does not change anything. To impute otherwise is to unnecessarily malign the banks,” Further, Bhattacharya explained this in the following points: First,[Read More…]
ATM now means ‘Aayega Tab Milega’, says Mamata
After leading a march of opposition parties to Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said now common people have to wait for cash to arrive in ATMs, which was initially meant to dispense cash whenever a user needed it. “Initially ATM meant ‘All time Money’ now[Read More…]
Goa government employees demand salary in cash
Goa government employees have demanded that their salary for the current month be paid in cash rather than be deposited in bank accounts, considering the difficulties faced to withdraw money. Goa Government Employees Association (GGEA), in a written communication to Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, said, “to make the withdrawal of[Read More…]
Bangladesh mulling dropping Islam as state religion, says minister
Government officials in Bangladesh are considering dropping Islam as the country’s national religion after a senior politician claimed Bangladeshi people have embraced “a force of secularism”. Dr Abdur Razzak, a leading member of Bangladesh’s ruling Awami League party, proposed the religion be withdrawn from the country’s constitution during a discussion[Read More…]
Nawaz, Raheel witness military exercises near India border
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday witnessed ongoing military exercises near the border with India. The exercise, in Khairpur Tamiwali in Bhawalpur, Punjab province, is aimed at checking the operational preparedness of the Pakistani military. Tanks, planes, artillery and other heavy weapons will[Read More…]
Birla, Sahara documents link ‘CMs’, BJP and Congress leaders to alleged cash payments
NGO ‘Common Cause’ moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking a SIT to probe alleged payments of huge amounts by Sahara Group and Aditya Birla Group to politicians. The application was filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan. Have filed an application in the SC seeking thorough investigation into Sahara/Birla docs showing[Read More…]
Naxals force elderly to convert unaccounted money in Jharkhand
With a motive to evade scrutiny, Naxals in Jharkhand are forcing elderly people to exchange their unaccounted money after demonetisation of ₹1,000 and ₹ 500 notes. As per reports, in Latehar district, one of the most Naxal-affected areas in Jharkhand, the left-wing extremists, who have extorted crores of rupees by[Read More…]
Get well soon! Sushma Swaraj suffers kidney failure, put on dialysis
Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj is suffering from kidney failure and is on dialysis at AIIMS. “Presently, I am on dialysis. I am undergoing tests for a Kidney transplant. Lord Krishna will bless,” Swaraj said in a tweet on Wednesday. I am in AIIMS because of kidney failure. Presently,[Read More…]
Why International Men’s Day is a feminist cause
If there is a day that is more mocked than celebrated, it is the 19th of November, commemorated as International Men’s Day. Founded in 1999, International Men’s Day (IMD) is intended to promote international reflection and incite action in support of men’s health and well-being, gender equality, improving gender relations[Read More…]
Demonetisation: Death toll rises to 33, hospital casualties tops list
A week has passed since Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to ban old ₹500 and ₹1,000 notes, the death toll has reached 33. Citizens across the country have been inconvenienced since the announcement. Punjab Four days before his daughter’s wedding, Sukhdev Singh died of heart attack in Tarn Taran, Punjab.[Read More…]
Father, son duo in Hyderabad accused of repeatedly raping teen help
A minor domestic help was allegedly sexually assaulted repeatedly by a lawyer and his son at their apartment in Hyderabad, the police said on Wednesday. The family, which stays in Greenhills Colony in the city’s Chaitanyapuri area, brought the girl six months ago from Suryapet, around 140 km away. Less[Read More…]
SBI writes off loans, Kingfisher and 62 other loans not on balance sheet
India’s largest public sector bank SBI cleaned up its balance sheet by writing off loans worth Rs 7016 crore owed to it by more than 60 of its top 100 defaulters. 63 accounts have been fully written off, 31 have been partially return off and six of them have been[Read More…]
Stranger threatens to set woman on fire for wearing hijab
A Muslim woman in US was approached by an unidentified man who yelled at her and threatened to set her on fire if she did not remove her hijab, prompting police to probe the hate crime incident. “The case is being investigated as a hate crime,” Diane Brown of the[Read More…]
COP 22 Is An Opportunity To Create An Equitable Future
One year after countries finalising the Paris agreement on climate change, countries are currently meeting for the annual ‘Conference of Parties’ or COP. This COP, taking place in Marrakech, Morocco, has been labelled a ‘COP of action’. Yet, one week into the negotiations, there’s very little evidence that countries[Read More…]
Opposition parties ganged up against Modi: BJP
BJP on Tuesday said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working to curb black money and corruption with his demonetisation exercise, rival parties have “ganged up” against him. Terming demonetisation as a ‘surgical strike’ on black money, BJP National Secretary Shrikant Sharma claimed that the general public is in the[Read More…]
Supreme Court refuses to stay demonetisation notification
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay the Nov 8 government notification demonetising ₹ 500 and ₹1,000 currency and asked the Centre to take immediate measures to alleviate the hardships and sufferings of the traumatised common man who is “forced” to stand in queues to withdraw a little[Read More…]
Demonetisation: Narendra Modi’s mother visits bank to exchange notes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother, Heeraben, visited a bank at her village in Gandhinagar to exchange the old notes on Tuesday afternoon. She was accompanied by her relatives. She entered the bank premises in a wheel chair, filled the mandatory form, put her thumb impression on the form and exchanged[Read More…]
It’s a rat! Woman sues Zara after finding dead rodent sewn into dress
In a rather shocking and equally surprising incident, a Manhattan woman’s Zara dress came with an unwanted accessory — a dead rat sewn into the hem, according to a new lawsuit. Cailey Fiesel bought two dresses from the Spanish clothier’s Greenwich, Conn. store last July, and hanged them in the[Read More…]
Mohamed Morsi’s death sentence overturned, Egypt court orders retrial
Egypt’s highest court has overturned a death sentence against ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. The court also ordered a retrial on Tuesday, according to judicial sources. Egypt’s first democratically elected president, Morsi was overthrown by a military coup in July 2013 after having served just one year of a four-year[Read More…]
Indian-origin boy in UK allegedly kills self after bullying in school
In an unfortunate incident, a 15-year-old Indian-origin boy hanged himself to death allegedly after being bullied in a school in the city of Leicester in the East Midlands region of England. Brandon Singh Rayat died in August but his mother, Mina Rayat, decided to speak out on Monday at the[Read More…]
‘Nirbhaya gangrape convicts too young to be hanged’
A senior lawyer appointed to assist the Supreme Court in the 2012 Nirbhaya fatal gangrape case as “amicus curiae” has urged the judges not to send the four death row convicts to the gallows, saying they are too young to be hanged. The SC is hearing appeals of Mukesh (24),[Read More…]
That was fast! Japan fixes vast Fukuoka city sinkhole in two days
A section of road in the centre of the Japanese city of Fukuoka has reopened just days after a sinkhole opened up outside a busy railway station and threatened to topple nearby buildings. In a typical demonstration of Japanese workmanship and efficiency, workers toiled around the clocks and had practically[Read More…]
Demonetisation takes toll on cash-strapped people
Following its demonetisation decision on Nov 8, government claims that the inconvenience is temporary but harsh reality is that the decision has taken toll on people. Ironically, Prime Minister Modi also claimed that his demonetisation decision was somewhat ‘kadak’ (strong) linking it to his ‘chaiwallah’ background. “When I was young,[Read More…]