In an attempt to keep children away from junk and unhealthy food, the Maharashtra government on Monday imposed a ban on the sale of `High in Fat, Salt and Sugar’ (HFSS) food at school canteens across the state. According to a Government Resolution (GR), 12 categories of food items will not be[Read More…]
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J&K: No cash transactions in banks after a rise in bank robbery cases
After a surge in the cases of bank robberies by alleged terrorists, the J&K government has issued an advisory to the bank to instantly stop cash transactions in at least 40 branches placed in Pulwama and Shopian districts of South Kashmir. The advisory has been issued in the backdrop of[Read More…]
Govt ask deets of foreign funding, AAP calls it ‘witch hunt’, ‘dangerous’ for democracy
The Centre has asked the Aam Aadmi Party to provide particulars of its overseas funding after suspicion of violation of law. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to clarify certain fundings from abroad after suspecting that the party might have violated the law concerning to[Read More…]
Swachh survey: Indore tops the list
130 million Aadhaar numbers were leaked, says reports
Soon after centre proposed Aadhaar to be mandatory identification proof, cases of Aadhaar number leaks has surfaced which throws the security of information of many Indians under question. In fact, most incidents revealed the personally identifiable information of beneficiaries or subjects of the leaked databases containing Aadhaar numbers of individuals[Read More…]
Nightmare for UP schools: Government scraps 15 public holidays
In a significant move, the Uttar Pradesh government has cancelled 15 public holidays marking the birth or death anniversary of eminent personalities in schools and colleges. Now, the students would be taught about them on those days. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath.[Read More…]
BSF jawaan Tej Bahadur to appeal against dismissal in Delhi court
Former Border Security Force (BSF) jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was dismissed from his duty because of a video he shared highlighting the poor food quality for jawans, is likely to appeal to a Delhi court on Monday. He was dismissed by the Summary Security Force Court (SSFC) on April 19. Yadav[Read More…]
No country has the right to rename Indian cities: Government
No foreign country has the right to rename Indian cities, Union information and broadcasting minister M Venkaiah Naidu, responding to the Chinese action of one-sidedly changing the names of six places in Arunachal Pradesh. Recently, China renamed the places in Arunachal Pradesh in an apparent retaliation against the Dalai Lama’s[Read More…]
Govt won’t reduce security for VIP: Venkaiah Naidu
Centre cancels FCRA licence of NGO
The Indian government has barred an NGO from receiving international funding. Union home ministry has barred the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), an NGO registered with the government under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), from receiving foreign funding including that from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for[Read More…]
Malala Yousafzai condemns killing of Mashal Khan
No liquor shops allowed near religious places, schools in UP: Government
The Uttar Pradesh government declared on Friday that no liquor shops will be permissible around religious places, schools or populated areas. “The Supreme Court has ordered removal of liquor shops from national highways and the government will ensure that the shops removed from there are not relocated to the vicinity[Read More…]
Nothing wrong in Hindu Rashtra concept: CM Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath supported Hindutva and a Hindu Rashtra for the overall development of India. Disregarding controversies, he declared that “there was nothing wrong in the Hindu Rashtra theory and taking a step forward in this direction”. He also said that his government will include Yoga[Read More…]
GST bill tabled for discussion in Rajya Sabha
Soon after the Lok Sabha on March 29, cleared the four Goods and Service Tax (GST) bill in a 7-hour debate, the four GST bills will be tabled for discussion in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The bills that will be tabled in Rajya Sabha include Central GST, Integrated GST, UT[Read More…]
Crackdown on people threatening govt officials
Geetha Johri takes over as new Gujarat DGP
Soon after PP Pandey was accused in the Ishrat Jahan case, Geetha Johri, was appointed the state’s director general of police on Tuesday, ANI reported. Johri, Gujarat’s first female IPS officer was earlier charged in the Sohrabbudin Sheikh encounter case, but the charges were dropped. Her appointment was announced after Gujarat’s[Read More…]
AAP leader Ashish Khetan accuses FM Arun Jaitley of corruption
Stirring up controversy, senior journalist and AAP leader Ashish Khetan shares a series of tweets directly amplifying the allegations of corruption against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. This comes soon after senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani agreed to fight the defamation case against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for ‘free’. Senior AAP leader[Read More…]
Reforming constitution is not Sri Lanka’s priority
Aadhaar card not mandatory for government welfare schemes says Supreme Court
On Monday the apex court said that the government cannot make Aadhaar card mandatory for welfare schemes offered by it. But it also cleared that the government can make Aadhar mandatory in other schemes like opening of bank accounts and filing of income tax. Meanwhile, on the matter of hearing[Read More…]
No Padma awards for MS Dhoni, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Arnab Goswami
The government denied proposals to bestow Padma awards to a number of prominent personalities, including cricketer MS Dhoni, spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain, as per a report in the Indian Express on Monday. Other noted personalities whose names were declined include Biju Janata Dal[Read More…]
BJP MP’s presence in Parliament is must: PM Modi
Uttar Pradesh: New government sacks many ex-bureaucrats, politicians of ‘lal batti’
Several retired bureaucrats and politicians whom the previous government appointed on various post as advisor to the government or chairman, vice-chairman, member in various corporations, boards and committees were removed from their posts with an immediate effect in Uttar Pradesh. The action was taken just the days after the Yogi[Read More…]
GST has to be introduced on a trial basis for two months: Chidambaram
Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram who was recently in Kolkata, just before the launch of his book ‘Fearless in Opposition: Power and Accountability,’ said that the government should not rush GST through. “According to me there are things that have to be done,” Chidambaram told the Telegraph. When asked[Read More…]
Manipur blockade lifted from Sunday midnight after over four months
Just ahead of its floor test in the assembly on Monday, the BJP-led coalition government managed to convince the United Naga Council (UNC) to lift its almost four-month-long economic blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Silchar highways. The UNC lifted the blockade that had left Manipur teetering on the edge, from[Read More…]
Jat agitation: Police beefs up security
The Delhi Police have directed the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to shut down Metro services to Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and at 12 stations in the capital in order to maintain security. Trains to Gurgaon, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad will not run from late Sunday evening ahead of the[Read More…]