Air warrior loses life after injury; family donates organs to help service personnel

Organs of a newly-wed Corporal from the Indian Air Force who was declared brain dead last week have been successfully transplanted to serving personnel, Army officials said. Corporal Sachin (27) was last week brought to the Army Research and Referral Hospital (AHRR) with head injuries and despite the best efforts by doctors […]

Narottam Mishra questions Indira and Rajiv Gandhi’s “sacrifices”

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on Tuesday refused to call the assassinations of two former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi as sacrifices made for the nation. Mishra was reacting to Congress President’s “dog” remark, wherein Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday in Rajasthan and again on Tuesday in parliament said that while Congress leaders […]

Joint Opposition stages walkout from Rajya Sabha over ‘misuse of NHRC’ in Bihar hooch tragedy

Joint Opposition, led by Congress, on Tuesday, staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha over misuse of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in the Bihar hooch tragedy. Several parliamentarians from parties belonging to Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Trinamool Congress, and the Congress walked out from the Upper […]

Indian society is “not ready” to accept same-sex marriage: Sushil Modi

Reiterating his stand on same-sex marriage, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sushil Modi on Tuesday stated that the Indian society is “not ready” to accept same-sex marriage and it is inappropriate for India’s culture and tradition. “Same-sex marriage will not be appropriate for India’s culture and tradition. But some leftist and liberal activists went to […]

Delhi Court dismisses bail plea of brother-in-law of Dheeraj Wadhawan in DHFL Case

The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi has dismissed the bail plea of Sunny Suresh Bathija, brother-in-law of Dheeraj Wadhawan former director of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation (DHFL) in the Bank Fraud Case to the tune of Rs 34,926.77 crore. The court noted that, in this matter, CBI filed a chargesheet consisting of about 55,000 pages in […]

Delhi L-G seeks recovery of Rs 97 cr spent by AAP on political ads

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has ordered a Rs 97-crore recovery from the Aam Aadmi Party-led Delhi government for publishing political advertisements of AAP as “government ads”. The L-G in his Monday’s orders to the Chief Secretary had directed that all advertisements since September 2016, be also referred to the Content Regulation in Government Advertising […]