On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed an order of criminal contempt proceedings against well-known author and activist, Arundhati Roy. The proceedings were initiated suo motu by the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court in 2015 due to some allegedly made remarks against the judiciary for not granting bail to[Read More…]
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Chandigarh schools to teach kids how to file complaints of sexual offences
At a time when crimes against women have more than doubled over the past ten years, schools in Chandigarh to give education to students on how to legally file a sexual harassment case. This comes in response to a petition seeking the security of students in the city schools, district[Read More…]
Candidate turns up to SSC exam hall with ‘fake finger’
In a bizarre incident, a fake candidate was arrested for turning up to the SSC exam centre with a ‘fake finger’. This dummy candidate who appeared with the ‘fake finger’ was caught at the examination hall on Saturday when his false finger fell on the ground during biometric attendance. The[Read More…]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to attend Lalu Prasad’s drive-out BJP rally if invited
While Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s move to support the BJP candidate for presidential polls raised questions about ‘Grand Alliance’, Kumar said that he would attend alliance partner Lalu Yadav’s anti-BJP rally “if invited”. At a worker’s party meeting, Kumar lashed out the Congress, saying that he would attend the[Read More…]
Supreme Court to go partially paperless from today
After an announcement by Chief Justice of India JS Khehar, the Supreme Court will go only partially paperless from Monday after the summer vacation. It is to be noted that the concept of paperless court involves “technical and functional issues”, “it is proposed to implement the project gradually, as it[Read More…]
France mosque shooting injures 8
An attack on late Sunday outside a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon on late Sunday injured as many as eight people. Two men in a Renault Clio opened fire outside the place of worship in the city of Avignon at around 10.30pm on Saturday, reported La Provence.[Read More…]
Budget airline considers plans to make passengers stand on board
In an attempt to make air travel affordable, budget airline VivaColombia is considering plans to remove all seats from its planes and make passengers stand! With this move, the airline hopes to cut down the fares by letting more passengers into to the flight, so more working class Colombians can[Read More…]
JD(U) to not attend Lalu Yadav’s ‘BJP Hatao, Desh Bachao’ rally
While differences in the Grand Alliance in Bihar seems to deepen, the Janata Dal (United) or JD (U) has decided not to attend Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad’s “BJP hatao, desh bachao” rally in Patna which is scheduled to take place on August 27, said a party leader. The[Read More…]
Presidential Polls: Meira Kumar asks Tamil Nadu lawmakers to listen to inner voice
On Sunday, opposition’s Presidential candidate Meira Kumar asked all lawmakers (MLAs and MP) from Tamil Nadu to listen to their “inner voice” while they cast their vote in the presidential election. As per reports, Kumar said that she wanted their support in “this ideological battle”, referring to the upcoming Presidential[Read More…]
Scientists to develop heat resistant ‘cows of the future’
According to a report by The Indian Express, scientists are developing a genetically modified cow breed that will be more heat resistant and have superior ability to adapt to hot living conditions. The ‘cows of the future’ will be used by making use of genomic tools which will make the[Read More…]
Torrential rains floods Manipur
Many parts of Manipur have been flooded due to heavy in the past two days. The Imphal Valley has been affected by the torrential rains. As per reports, a part of the Imphal riverbank collapsed at Bashikhong in Imphal East district creating panic among the people, said officials of flood[Read More…]
Indian Railways to introduce ‘Economy AC’ coaches
Train passengers will soon have an option to travel in a new class of ‘Economy AC coaches’ with fares less than the normal 3AC tariff. The proposed fully AC train will have three-tier Economy AC coaches besides AC-3, AC-2 and AC-1 classes as part of the transformation exercise. An added[Read More…]
ICSE textbook refers to mosque as source of ‘noise pollution’
While religious tensions continue to intensify in our secular country, an image of Class 5 textbook taught in ICSE schools portraying a “mosque” as a source of noise pollution had sparked outrage on social media. However, soon after the criticism, the publisher apologised and the promise that the picture would[Read More…]
Surgical strike changed the world’s outlook: Amit Shah
Bharatiya Janta Party President Amit Shah said that the surgical strike conducted by the army in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir last year changed the world’s outlook towards India and showed the country is committed to “self-defence”. The decision to conduct the surgical strike was taken with a political will, he added. Talking[Read More…]
Wonder-woman cop who stood bravely against BJP leaders transferred
The woman police officer, Shreshtha Thakur, who stood up against local BJP leaders and sent five of them to jail for creating obstacles in discharging government duties, was transferred to Bahraich on Saturday. Thakur had hit the headlines after a video of surfaced of her bravely standing against the Bharatiya[Read More…]
Corruption in politics due to electoral funding mechanism: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that cleansing political funding is a “big challenge” but the government is working on the electoral bonds mechanism announced in Budget to end corruption. He further added that people used to say that if corruption is to be annihilated from the country, then the exercise[Read More…]
India’s Moment of Slaughter
What is happening in the country today is one question that goes back to the creation of a strong, Hindu Rashtra post the 1947 moment of violence that erupted on the border of India and Pakistan. Evidently, the “pain and struggle” for carving a monolithic Brahmanical, pure entity out of[Read More…]
Watch: This ad film is an answer why you should ‘Never judge too quickly’
With a message of never judge too quickly, a short film is winning hearts. In a film, a middle-aged woman sees a Muslim man around her house for quite a few times. This leaves her concerned and worried. One day, she makes calls to her son who lives abroad asking[Read More…]
GST launch: PM Modi calls it ‘Good and Simple Tax’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Goods and Services Tax (GST) before addressing Member of Parliaments in the historic Central Hall in presence of President and other noted dignitaries. GST is a Good and Simple Tax, PM said just before launching the Goods and Services Tax. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said,[Read More…]
Here’s all about KK Venugopal, India’s new Attorney General
Supreme Court’s senior advocate, KK Venugopal, has been named as the next attorney general of India. There were several names doing round for the post including solicitor general Ranjit Kumar and former solicitor general Harish Salve. But, Venugopal had himself confirmed his elevation. Attorney General for India is the Indian[Read More…]
Facebook post highlighting widening religious gap goes viral
A Facebook post portraying the latent Islamophobia and certain harmful social misconceptions of religion have been making rounds on social media. The post was made by a gentleman who claims to be a resident of Qatar, a former resident of Delhi. In the post, he narrates an incident which occurred[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Another man lynched and killed in suspicion of murder
Soon after a beef trader, Asgar Ali was lynched near Bazartand area in Ramgarh district on Thursday, an angry mob in Dumka’s Jalve village mercilessly thrashed to death an alleged rape and murder accused identified as Mithun Hansda, 25. This is the third incident of mob violence in Jharkhand in[Read More…]
Nagaland: CM’s son appointed his adviser, gets cabinet minister rank
An official order recently passed by the Nagaland government says that chief minister Shurhozelie Liezietsu’s son, Khriehu Liezietsu, is his adviser with cabinet minister rank, status and pay. On Wednesday, Khriehu was given “the rank and status of a cabinet minister with the portfolio of music task force with immediate[Read More…]
Darjeeling strike: 5 security personnel injured in suspected GJM attack
After a suspected attack by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists in Teesta Valley area, five police and CRPF personnel were seriously injured on Friday. The attack took place last night when the security personnel had gone to a village near Teesta Valley, 40 km from Darjeeling, to conduct a search[Read More…]
UP: Digital technology to check overloaded vehicles
Now, digital technology will be used to check the overloaded vehicles in Uttar Pradesh. With the government keeping a strict eye on vehicles breaking the laws, it has taken action against 18,112 overloaded heavy vehicles and recovered Rs 23 crore as fine. In a bid to ensure that overloaded vehicles[Read More…]