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 …
Read More »Sonia ‘willing’ to crown Kumaraswamy CM in last-ditch effort to retain Karnataka
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has asked a senior Congress leader to speak to the Janata Dal (Secular) about her party’s willingness to crown HD Kumaraswamy chief minister, sources told India Today TV. Gandhi asked Ghulam Nabi Azad, the leader of …
Read More »Former PM Manmohan Singh Writes To President Saying PM Modi’s Language Unbecoming Of A Prime Minister
Congress leaders including ex-PM Manmohan Singh have written a letter addressed to President Kovind. The letter talks about inappropriate language used by Prime Minister during Karnataka election. On May 6, 2018, PM Modi during Karnataka campaign in Hubli said, “Congress …
Read More »Attack on Kashmiri Women in Delhi. The Mob raised Slogans ” Kashmiri Terrorists Go Back.
A video of a Kashmiri woman being mercilessly beaten in south-east Delhi last night while no one came for her help has emerged online. The video of the woman, whose identity was not immediately known, being beaten by a mob …
Read More »Parents will have to pay 18% GST in addition to the tuition fees
A Mumbai-based coaching institute, Simple Shukla Tutorials, moved to the state AAR seeking clarification if GST was applicable on coaching fees. In its reply, the government clarified that 18% GST would be applicable on fees of coaching classes, a ruling …
Read More »RBI data storage diktat: Paytm stands in support while Google and FB in disarray
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mandate on data storage has put almost digital payment industry into a split. Differences over RBI data storage diktat: Paytm stands in support while Google and FB express concern. While payment players like Paytm …
Read More »Modern Abortion and the eternal dilemma
Guwahati, Vishal Upadhaya: Abortions have been around forever. But at different points of time in history it has received attention for differing reasons, some in support of it, but often against it. Abortion is primarily a health concern of women …
Read More »Child Labour and another side of civilized society
Guwahati,Vishal Upadhaya: If the government and the voluntary agencies devoted half as much of time to devise a viable strategy to eliminate child labor as they do to meaningless displays of public concern, the problem would have been erased a …
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