The United States has announced that President Donald Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, which will be their second meeting in three days, including at the “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston, on the opening day of the 74th UN General Assembly (UNGA) debates. […]
BJP plans to bank on new faces in upcoming elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party plans to replace at least a fourth of its candidates for the assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand later this year, four BJP leaders from these states said on condition of anonymity. Maharashtra and Haryana will go to polls in October, while Jharkhand votes in December. […]
In a first, single judge Supreme Court bench to hear bail appeals
Over 69 years after it came into existence, the Supreme Court of India will, for the first time, have a judge sitting singly to decide on matters of bail and anticipatory bail — in cases which carry a punishment of up to seven years’ imprisonment — and transfer of cases […]
Kerala star Mohanlal chargesheeted seven years later for ivory possession
The Kerala Forest Department on Friday filed a chargesheet against popular actor Mohanlal for alleged possession of four elephant tusks after it was pulled up in April by the Kerala High Court for delaying the chargesheet by seven years after the case was registered. Officials had seized four tusks from […]
Poll date announcement shortly; Maharashtra, Haryana brace for elections
The Maharashtra assembly has 288 seats while Haryana has 90 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rules Haryana on its own and governs Maharashtra in coalition with the Shiv Sena. The BJP is on a strong wicket in Haryana where it won 47 seats in 2014 and for the first […]
‘Win-win for 130 crore Indians’: PM Modi on corporate tax rate cut
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lauded Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s step to cut corporate tax as historic calling it a ‘win-win for 130 crore Indians’ “The step to cut corporate tax is historic. It will give a great stimulus to #MakeInIndia, attract private investment from across the globe, improve […]
Perception about UP has changed, says CM
Listing his achievements in the past 30 months, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said the perception of the state has changed considerably during this period. “On March 19, 2017, the BJP government was formed in the state after a 14-year exile. In the past two-and-half years UP […]
Mumbai citizens complain to BMC of foul smell, fire tenders rushed to find source
Citizens from several areas across Mumbai complained of foul smell on Thursday night. Citizens, in a state of panic, started complaining to the fire brigade while some took to Twitter to complain. Reports of the foul smell came in from Chembur, Ghatkopar, Tilak Nagar, Andheri, Kandivali, Kurla and several other […]
To create awareness about new traffic rules, students to form human chain at India Gate
A group of thousand students will form a human chain at the India Gate on Saturday to spread awareness about the new traffic rules under the amended Motor Vehicles Act which has been opposed by several quarters of the society due to provision of hefty fines. Around 5,500 uniformed school […]
SC notice to Centre on plea of mothers of Rohith Vemula, Payal Tadvi
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea filed by mothers of Rohith Vemula and Payal Tadvi, who had allegedly committed suicide following alleged caste-based discrimination, seeking to end such bias in universities and other higher education institutions across the country. While Vemula, a Ph.D scholar at Hyderabad […]
Plea alleges detention of children in Kashmir, SC seeks report
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a report from Jammu and Kashmir High Court on the alleged detention of children in Kashmir during curbs following the scrapping of Article 370 in the state on August 5. Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi, representing child right activists Inakshi Ganguly and Shanta Sinha who […]
‘Difference with Centre not on PoK, but on Article 370’: Shashi Tharoor
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said that Pakistan has no right over Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and it has given a territory to China which does not belong to it. He said that he has no differences with the government’s stand on the PoK, but the way it has dealt with the […]
With a 12-year-old patient on sling, Odisha doctor walks 5 km through a forest and hill
In a State where abysmal healthcare systems make news every other day, a 52-year-old doctor in Maoist-affected Malkangiri district of Odisha has gone beyond the call of duty and done what doctors rarely do. On Monday, Shakti Prasad Mishra, a 52-year-old doctor working in a sub-centre– the lowest rung of […]