On Saturday, September 8, Nepal pulled out of the BIMSTEC military exercise in Pune at the last minute, even when an advance military team from Nepal had reportedly already arrived in India. This comes at a time when Nepal has …
Read More »3,000 Police Aspirants Miss Their Exam Due To Train Delay, Karnataka CM Announces Re-Exam
The Rani Chennamma Express carrying more than 3,000 aspirants from Belagavi and Dharwad districts to the District Armed Reserve (DAR) exam was on its way to Bangalore, when it encountered a technical snag around 10 PM near Hubbali and reached …
Read More »SC Adjourns Hearing On Article On 35A; Know What 35A Is
Today, the Supreme Court adjourned the hearing on PILs challenging the validity of Article 35A. Article 35A gives the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Legislature a carte blanche(complete freedom) to decide who are “permanent residents” of the state and confer on …
Read More »‘Default’ WhatsApp Group Admin In Jail For 5 Months For Anti-National Message By Member
21-year-old Junaid Khan has been behind bars for the last five months over an alleged objectionable message forwarded by somebody else on the instant messaging service. In February, Junaid, a second-year BSc student and a resident of Talen town in …
Read More »Nishrin Jafri’s letter to Shatrughan Sinha on mob lynching
New Delhi: Former Lok Sabha MP Ahsan Hussain Jafri’s dughter Nishrin Jafri writes an open letter to actor turned politician MP Shatrughan Sinha on the daily basis mob lynching across the country. Here the full text. Photo credit: Ahsan Hussain …
Read More »Single Mother: No need to disclose father’s name in birth certificate
Chennai: Empowering single mothers in India, the Madras High Court, last week, has ruled that mentioning father’s name in birth certificates is optional. This judgement comes as a relief to single mothers and those going for intrauterine insemination as it is not …
Read More »Government Appoints BJP-Affiliated ‘Independent Directors’ in PSUs
According to an Indian Express report, the Narendra Modi government earlier this week appointed at least ten BJP leaders as ‘independent directors’ of public sector undertakings (PSUs). The UPA regime before it had also been accused of similarly making political appointments in …
Read More »Chef Vikas Khanna Reunites With The Muslim Family Who Saved Him During Mumbai Riots in 1993
To reunite with someone who holds a special significance to you is a wonderful moment. Something similar happened to the Indian-American chef, Vikas Khanna, when he reunited with the Muslim family, who saved and sheltered him during the 1992 Mumbai …
Read More »Bypoll results: In face of united Opposition, BJP retains only 2 out of 14 seats
Here’s what the voters decided in the bypolls that were conducted on May 28 Lok Sabha Seats: # Kairana, Uttar Pradesh: Tabassum Hasan of the RLD defeated Mriganka Singh of the BJP. # Palghar, Maharashtra: BJP candidate Rajendra Gavit defeated Shrinivas Wanaga who was …
Read More »Supreme Court sits on 2 AM Hearing As Congress Moves To Stop Yeddyurappa Oath
NEW DELHI: The petition challenging BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa’s swearing in as Karnataka Chief Minister is being heard in the Supreme Court after the Congress, which has called the governor’s decision an “encounter of the Constitution”, filed an urgent petition …
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