A woman was allegedly crushed to death with a stone in a public park in Mangolpuri area, New Delhi on Monday night. The deceased has been identified 30-year-old Aarti who got married just a month back. According to Indian Express reports, Aarti’s body was found in a public park in[Read More…]
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Kerala college principal detained for castiest remarks on student
Police on Monday filed a case against celebrity chef and Kerala Law Academy principal Lakshmi Nair on charges of making casteist remarks on Dalit students of the institution. Nair had been at the centre of a campus agitation for the past 20 days, with students demanding her resignation. Police said[Read More…]
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Vodafone to merge with Idea Cellular in India
Shares of Idea Cellular increased as Vodafone on Monday confirmed that it is in talks to merge its Indian operations with contemporary Idea Cellular in an all-share deal. The motif of the deal is to counter the surging competition in the telecom market. As per Reuters, Vodafone said it was[Read More…]
‘Bra’ and ‘panty’ are obscene words, according to Delhi govt’s cultural wing
The theatre society of a women’s college has been moral policed by the Sahitya Kala Parishad (Delhi government’s cultural wing) for performing a play with a number of words which apparently affected the cultural integrity of the society. ‘Lakshya’, a theatre group consisting of students of the Kamala Nehru college’s theatre[Read More…]
Wear khadi once a week, Gujarat govt asks teaching and non-teaching staff
Aiming to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary (January 30), the Gujarat education department asked its teaching and non-teaching staff to wear khadi at least once a week. In this regard, the Gujarat education department, which has over two-and-a-half lakh staff members, has passed a resolution. Ironically, on December[Read More…]
DU to launch an application for attendance
The process of tracking attendance of students at Delhi University is ready to be digitalized as the university is planning to launch a mobile application for the purpose. The university had last year set up a seven-member committee, which has been working on a mobile application to ensure accountability and[Read More…]
Supreme Court denied bail to Asaram Bapu fining Rs 1 lakh
The Apex Court on Monday ordered the registration of a new First Information Report (FIR) against Asaram who allegedly faked his medical. In fact, the Supreme Court also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on Asaram against a plea for bail on medical grounds. The plea said that his[Read More…]
Pakistan declines India invite for speakers’ meet
RBI rejects EC’s proposal to hoist cash withdrawl limits
The Reserve Bank of India has rejected the Election Commission’s proposal to increase the weekly withdrawal limit for those contesting the Assembly elections. There will be no change in the withdrawal limit till March 11, when the poll results would be declared. Currently, ATM withdrawal limit stands at Rs 10,000 a[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav are like ‘two wheels of a cycle’
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav left an image of a healthy relationship between the two, as they addressed the crowd in joint conference and roadshow. Flaunting their unity they said that they were like the “two wheels of a cycle” (the SP’s poll symbol) and the[Read More…]
Administration prohibit mobile internet services in Jhajjar
As the Jat community began their protest against reservation on Sunday; the district administration in Jhajjar has prohibited all mobile Internet services, including 2G, 3G, 4G, voice calls and GPRS, SMS services and bulk messages provided on mobile networks. The ban which comes soon after the protests hit out, will[Read More…]
China shortlists eight names for Mars mission
Woman’s footwear without a back strap is a “sandal” not a “chappal” ruled High Court
A woman’s footwear without a back strap a “sandal” not a “chappal” says the Delhi High Court. The crucial judgment came as a Chennai-based footwear manufacturing company, Wishall International, challenged the court saying that a woman’s footwear without a back strap is a chappal and not a sandal. A customs[Read More…]
‘Only development will solve problems in UP’ says Amit Shah releasing BJP manifesto
BJP National President Amit Shah released its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Saturday which promised a bunch of attractive schemes for the people. The key line of BJP’s resolution document for UP is ‘gunda mukt Uttar Pradesh-bhrashtachar mukt Uttar Pradesh’.Shah is expecting to gain some benefit out of[Read More…]
Budget 2017 may inflate service taxes
Service tax rates have seen an increase over the last two years. In 2015-16, service tax was increased from 12.36% to 14%. The Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5% also was hitched to it. This financial year, the Krishi Kalyan cess of 0.5% was imposed, taking the tax rate to 15%.[Read More…]
Asaduddin Owaisi slams Modi government for awarding Padma Vibhushan to Murli Manohar Joshi
Asaduddin Owaisi slammed Modi’s government on Friday for awarding the Padma Vibhushan to someone who is allegedly involved in the Babri Masjid massacre. BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi was slammed for his alleged role in the Babri Masjid demolition case. As BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi receives PadmaVibhushan, All India[Read More…]
Manish Sisodia appreciates the ‘new administrator’
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said that ‘the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government is ‘comfortable’ with new administrator’, praising the Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal. Sisodia said Baijal had previously worked together in several departments in Delhi and have the first-hand information of the problems faced by the national capital.[Read More…]
Snow-fall paralyses life in Kashmir
Roads in Kashmir are blocked with snow. Travelling through roadways is not an option in Kashmir anymore. And due to rising demand of air-tickets, there has been an intense inflation of price on Saturday came at a cost of Rs 38,379. At the same time, the cheapest ticket from Srinagar[Read More…]
