The Supreme Court on Monday sought the response of the Civil Aviation Ministry on a petition by a transgender person challenging a medical board’s rejection of her job application as a cabin crew in Air India. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandrachud[Read More…]
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Arrested cartoonist G Bala gets bail
Cartoonist G Bala, arrested for a cartoon that allegedly depicted officials and politicians in poor light, was granted bail by a court in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu on Monday. Bala was arrested at his residence here on Sunday on a complaint lodged by Tirunelveli District Collector Sandeep Nanduri for[Read More…]
PM Modi visits Karunanidhi, enquires about health
On a half-a-day’s trip to Chennai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on DMK President M. Karunanidhi and enquired about his health. “Vanakkam, Sir”, Modi greeted Karunanidhi as he sat near the 93-year-old veteran and held his hand. Accompanied by Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Pon Radhakrishnan, Modi was[Read More…]
Renault Captur Launched At Rs 9.99 Lakh
Renault has finally launched the Captur in the country at an introductory starting price of Rs 9.99 lakh for the petrol and Rs 11.39 lakh for the diesel (all prices, ex-showroom New Delhi). The Renault Capturis positioned above the Duster in the compact SUV space and will take on the segment’s bestseller,[Read More…]
Editorial freedom should be used in public interest: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that editorial freedom should be used in public interest and urged the newspapers to devote space to increase awareness about climate change. Speaking at the 75th-anniversary celebrations of Tamil newspaper Daily Thanthi at the Madras University Centenary Auditorium, Modi said a lot of[Read More…]
Arrange Rs 2,000 cr before next hearing, SC tells Jaypee
The Supreme Court on Monday told Jaypee Associates to keep Rs 2,000 crore ready before its next hearing as it refused to permit it a part deposit of Rs 400 crore by Friday. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice DY Chandracud asked the real[Read More…]
Paradise papers expose tax haven secrets of ultra-wealthy
A huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II’s private estate, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens, media reports said on Monday. The details come from a leak of 13.4 million files on Sunday that expose[Read More…]
PM Modi to visit Chennai today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly in here on Monday morning to participate in the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Daily Thanthi newspaper, said state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan. Modi is expected to arrive here at around 10 am and would return back to New Delhi the same day. Security[Read More…]
Meghalaya CM on our hit-list, says militant group
Meghalaya’s outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) on Sunday declared that it has included Chief Minister Mukul Sangma in its “top hit list”. In an e-mailed statement to media, the outfit spokesperson Sainkupar Nongtraw also warned Sangma of receiving a “bullet” if he did not change his “dictatorial” mindset. Nongtraw[Read More…]
Mukul Roy joining BJP ‘Aaya Ram Gaya Ram’ politics: CPI-M
Dismissing former Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy’s crossing over to the BJP as “Aya Ram Gaya Ram’ politics, the CPI-M on Sunday said it would be “suicidal” if anybody harboured thoughts of fighting one of them by joining the other as the two parties “complement each other”. “So many people[Read More…]
PM attacks Congress for questioning World Bank ranking
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked Congress for questioning the World Bank Report on ease of doing business in India and said with GST and other reforms, its report next year would show further improvement in ranking. The Prime Minister said those who had worked with the World Bank[Read More…]
People uniting to defeat Trinamool, bring ‘another change’ in Bengal: Mukul Roy
A day after joining the BJP, former Trinamool Congress heavyweight Mukul Roy on Saturday said people of Bengal are getting united to bring about another political change in the 2019 general and 2021 assembly elections. “When the people get united, the change takes place. The people of Bengal are getting[Read More…]
UP CM Adityanath visits NTPC blast injured; death toll now 35
Hours after he returned from his three-day trip to Mauritius, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday visited the hospitals here where the injured in the boiler blast at the NTPC unit in Rae Bareli have been admitted, even as the toll rose to 35 with two more injured[Read More…]
India to be high-middle income country by 2047: World Bank CEO
Lauding India’s increasing per capita income, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday said she has no doubt that India will be a high-middle income country by 2047 when it completes its centenary year of independence. “In the last three decades, India’s per capita income has quadrupled. I have no[Read More…]
Rajdhani, Shatabdi passengers to get SMS alert about train delays
Passengers of Rajdhani and Shatabdi will now get text messages on their mobile phones if their scheduled trains get delayed by more than an hour. Currently, the SMS messages are being sent to wait-listed passengers after the confirmation of their berths. Railways made the much-needed facility operational on Saturday for[Read More…]
Government asks DIAL to provide helicopter services for bigger cities
Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) was on Saturday asked to explore the possibility of air travellers availing helicopter services to connect them nearer to their homes in cities such as Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad instead of travelling by road. Speaking at the 1st Heli Expo India 2017 organised by[Read More…]
Facebook knows it has 270 mn fake accounts
Already under the lens for its role in Russia’s meddling into the 2016 US election, Facebook has admitted that up to 270 million accounts on the platform are either fake or duplicate. The social media giant this week released its third-quarter earning and buried in those results, it disclosed that[Read More…]
Tough to remain ‘headstrong’ in filmdom: Kangana Ranaut
Actress Kangana Ranaut, known to speak her mind despite the reactions her words elicit, says it is difficult to remain “headstrong” in Bollywood as there are always people who try to make one “feel insignificant”. But she continues to fight it. “Being an outsider in the business, I have fought[Read More…]
World Bank ranking is recognition for our work: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said India has improved 42 ranks on the World Bank’s ease of doing business ranking in a short span of three years, which was a recognition of his government’s work and slammed the opposition for voicing doubts about it. Speaking at ‘India’s Business Reforms’[Read More…]
Dhumal as BJP’s CM face has cleared confusion: Anurag Thakur
Having settled the issue in his family’s favour, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur now says declaring his father Prem Kumar Dhumal as the chief ministerial face in Himachal Pradesh has cleared all “confusion” and has swung the voters in the party’s favour in the assembly elections. Against the[Read More…]
From Amitabh Bachchan to Sridevi, B-Town celebs pray for peace, love on Gurpurab
On the occasion of Gurpurab — the birth anniversary of Sikhism’s founder Guru Nanak Dev — Bollywood celebrities, including Amitabh Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi, on Saturday sent out wishes for peace, positivity and happiness to their friends and fans. The celebs took to Twitter. Here’s what they had to[Read More…]
Bihar: Two pilgrims killed in stampede on the banks of Ganga
Two pilgrims died and over a dozen others were injured on Saturday in a stampede on the banks of the Ganga river in Bihar’s Begusarai district, an official said. The incident took place at a major bathing spot at Simaria ghat on the occasion of Kartik Purnima, when thousands of[Read More…]
Thousands take dip in Ganga on ‘Kartik Purnima’
Starting early on Saturday, hundreds and thousands of Hindu devotees took a holy dip in the river Ganga on the occasion of ‘Kartik Purnima’. Pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan travelled miles to be part of the festivities, an official said. Amid tight security,[Read More…]
Thousands throng gurdwaras in Punjab, Haryana to mark Gurpurab
Braving the early morning chill of the onset of winter, thousands of devotees thronged gurdwaras across Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh on Saturday to offer prayers on the occasion of ‘Gurpurab’ – the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Nanak Dev. The holiest of Sikh shrines ‘Harmandir Sahib’,[Read More…]
‘Ittefaq’: Desecrating a classic (Film review)
Film: “Ittefaq” Cast: Akshaye Khanna, Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha Director: Abhay Chopra Rating: * 1/2 (one and a half stars) This 2-hour thriller claiming to be a taut, revisionist version of the 1969 classic produced by this film director’s father and directed by his uncle, actually seems to last much[Read More…]