India won their 500th Test in style on Monday when they overcame New Zealand’s resistance to win the series opener by 197 runs and go 1-0 up in the three-match series. New Zealand were always going to do well to manage anything more than delaying the Indian celebrations when they[Read More…]
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PIL filed in Supreme Court challenging validity of Indus Valley Treaty
A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional legality of the Indus Valley treaty. The PIL has been filed by a Delhi-based lawyer on the grounds that the treaty was not signed by the then President of India. It is a water-sharing arrangement signed which was signed by the two[Read More…]
Get Reliance Jio SIM card delivered at your doorstep soon: Report
Reliance Jio is gearing up to start doorstep delivery of its SIM cards. For registration, the company may soon launch a portal where prospective customers will have to fill in basic information, such as full name, address, alternate contact number, identity proof and address proof. Once all the details are[Read More…]
Deadly selfie: Man dies after falling into dam while taking picture
A 20-year-old man met a tragic end after falling into a dam in Maharashtra’s Beed district while taking a selfie. Sheikh had gone to the Bindusarai dam in the afternoon with his friends. While clicking a selfie along the edge of the dam, Gazik Sheikh and his friend Akhtar Sheikh,[Read More…]
Haryana witnesses the call for a ‘third front’ by JD(U), SP and INLD
The call for a ‘third front’ was raised at the ‘Sadhbhavna Samman Rally’ organised by INLD in Karnal on Sunday. The gathering saw leaders like Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, SP’s Shivpal Yadav who claimed that people were looking for an alternative to Congress and BJP and hence ‘third front’ of[Read More…]
Cannot release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu now, Karnataka tells SC
Karnataka government on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would not be able to release water from the Cauvery river to neighbor Tamil Nadu until the year end. The court had directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of river water daily to Tamil Nadu for seven days till Tuesday.[Read More…]
ISRO launches PSLV-C35 with 8 satellites
Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) satellite launching workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) has lifted off successfully with eight satellites on Monday at 9:12 am. Out of the eight, three are from India, three from Algeria, and one each are from Canada and the US. The vehicle was launched from[Read More…]
Alleging ‘inaction’ in land grab case, Haryana Dalits threaten conversion
Elevating tension in Haryana, a fraction of Dalits from a village have threatened conversion alleging the inaction by state authorities against some persons who allegedly ‘illegally occupied’ land given to them, by the state. The land was allotted to them by a cooperative society formed under the Punjab Nazul Act 1956. The villagers[Read More…]
Silence of the Dialogue
On his 87th Birthday, let us traverse his journey and explore this perspective of the man who has contributed so much to India.
Here is how you can support ‘free speech’ in India
With billboards being vandalised, posters being ripped off and stones being pelted at every second movie, book, opinion, tweet and statement, the very concept of free speech is being threatened in our country. Even though the article 19 (1)(a) under the constitution of India gives us the freedom of speech,[Read More…]
Petitions in Pakistan court to ban Indian movies, EVMs
A petition demanding the ban on exporting electronic voting machines and biometric machines from India has been filed in the Lahore high court. Advocate Azhar Siddique has filed a writ petition on behalf of a citizen, and said the Pakistan Election Commission (ECP) opened bidding to acquire the electronic voting[Read More…]
Kashmir: Curfew and restrictions imposed after 19-year-old killed while harvesting crop
Curfew was re-imposed in Handwara on Saturday, making it the 78th day of shutdown in the valley. After Friday witnessed shutdown on account of congregational prayers, the death of 19-year-old Waseem Ahmad aggravated the situation. As reported by Greater Kashmir, the youth was killed after forces fired at him while[Read More…]
An open letter to rational Indians on MNS’s ultimatum to Pak Actors
Dear Indian, I’m sorry. Dear You, This letter is only for the rational, thinking Indian. Everyone else please don’t waste your time. I’ve been told to refrain from writing my thoughts as there could be “repercussions” but I believe I still live in a democracy where my right to speech[Read More…]
Delhi: 17-year-old girl attacked with a knife, throat slit
In a shocking incident, a 17-year-old girl’s throat was slit after a man wielding a kitchen knife allegedly attacked her at her residence in outer Delhi’s Mangolpuri on Friday. The police arrested the accused, identified as one 24-year-old Rahul Kumar, within a few hours. The accused is the son of[Read More…]
False claims? Uri attack could be reaction to Kashmir situation: Sharif
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday claimed that the Uri terror attack could be the result of a “reaction” of the people to the situation in Kashmir as he criticised India for blaming Pakistan “without any evidence”. “The Uri attack can be the reaction of the atrocities in Kashmir,[Read More…]
Internet giant Yahoo sued for gross negligence over massive hacking
Yahoo was sued on Friday by a user who accused it of gross negligence over a massive 2014 hacking in which information was stolen from at least 500 million accounts. The lawsuit was filed in the federal court in San Jose, California, one day after Yahoo disclosed the hacking, unprecedented[Read More…]
No question of playing cricket with Pakistan, says BCCI chief
Coming down heavily on the neighbouring country, BCCI chief Anurag Thakur on Friday ruled out the possibility of reviving bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan in near future, saying even considering such a thought is not appropriate. Thakur struck a combative note, saying India can decimate Pakistan anytime but it is[Read More…]
Democracy has been squashed in BHU
An illustration of what happens when the right wing takes over an institution. I have been in our Prime Minister’s constituency, Varanasi, for the past few days. I, along with representatives of various other student organizations, was invited here by the students who are at the receiving end of the[Read More…]
After varsity suppression, BHU students face fresh oppression, alleges student body
Students of Varanasi’s Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are fighting against the oppressive stand taken by the vice chancellor of the university for the past few months, the university’s student body has alleged. Students claim that they have been demanding to keep the cyber library of the university open round the[Read More…]
Shooting mayhem: At least three killed in Washington’s Cascade Mall
At least three people were killed and an unknown number wounded late on Friday during a shooting at a mall in the state of Washington, with the suspect still on the run, police said. Washington State Patrol District 7 spokesman Sergeant Mark Francis described the suspect in the shooting at[Read More…]
‘Going nuclear’ is the only option: North Korea tells United Nations
North Korea’s foreign minister has told the United Nations that “going nuclear” is his country’s only way to defend itself and vowed to further bolster its nuclear military forces. Speaking to the General Assembly, Ri Yong-ho on Friday said his country will “continue to take measures to strengthen its national[Read More…]
Rafale fighter jet deal: What India gets from France
India signed the much-awaited Rafale deal worth ₹58,000-crore with France on Friday. With this deal, India will get a fighter with 14 India-specific enhancements and a modern air-to-air missile that restores its edge in aerial combat over Pakistan. The French fighter will be fitted with the 150-km range Meteor missile[Read More…]
Leave India within 48 hours, says MNS leader to Pakistani artists
In another act of xenophobia, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Friday threatened all Pakistani artists and actors to “immediately leave India within 48 hours.” Amey Khopkar, chief of MNS’s cinema workers’ unit was quoted as saying, “We give a 48-hour deadline to Pakistani actors and artistes to leave India, or MNS[Read More…]
No Cauvery water for irrigation: Karnataka Legislative Council says
The Karnataka Legislative Council on Friday unanimously passed a one-line resolution empowering the Chief Minister to limit the use of Cauvery water for drinking water supply, thus setting the stage for a constitutional confrontation with the Supreme Court. Limiting Cauvery water left in Karnataka dams only for drinking water translates[Read More…]
Scarlett Keeling murder: Both accused acquitted by Supreme Court
Both the accused in the murder case of 15-year-old British teen Scarlett Keeling have been acquitted by the Supreme Court. It has beenmore than eight years since her body was found on Goa’s Anjuna beach in the morning hours and two beach shack workers Samson D’souza and Placido Carvalho were[Read More…]