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Palitana town in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat has become the first city in the world to ban non-vegetarian food. This decision was taken after the city made the sales and consumption of meat as well as the butchering of animals for meat illegal and punishable by law. Palitana is one of the holiest pilgrimage places […]
At least four children have reportedly succumbed to suspected Chandipura virus infection in Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district, while two others are receiving treatment at the Himmatnagar civil hospital, an official statement said. In the wake of the outbreak, district authorities have initiated preventive measures, including dusting to eliminate sandflies in the affected areas to curb any […]
When Lalu Prasad Yadav with his wife Rabri Devi, daughter Misa Bharati, son Tejashwi Yadav and daughter-in-law Rajshree Yadav flew off in a chartered plane from Patna to Mumbai to attend the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on July 12, political circles were taken by surprise. “Does Lalu enjoy a family relationship with […]
Weeks after Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma irked Christian-majority states by accusing them of being a factor behind the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) losses in some north-eastern parliamentary constituencies, the party and its government at the Centre has sent its first emissary to the community in an ostensible move to ease tensions. According a […]
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has said that the legal profession as well as legal education should adopt Indian and regional languages which a common man understands. CJI said that law students should be well-versed with regional languages and laws related to regional issues so that people’s access to the legal system can be improved.Addressing […]
In another jolt to Kamalnath, the ruling BJP finally clinched the Amarwara Assembly by-election in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, defeating the Congress candidate by 3,027 votes. The BJP’s win has however come as another setback for Kamal Nath in his Chhindwara stronghold. The Amarwara Assembly seat (Scheduled Tribes-reserved) falls under the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency, […]
As the video of Tejas Thackeray, son of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, dancing at the wedding ceremony of Anant Ambani, son of the country’s richest industrialist Mukesh Ambani went viral, political slugfest has started between the BJP and Shiv Sena. The video has also been shared by several BJP leaders targetting the Shiv Sena […]
A Reddit post by a 19-year-old Indian student on how he had scammed his way into a top US university has landed him in trouble. In the post, the Faridabad youth Aryan Anand had spoken about his ‘very structured fraud’ in which he falsified documents and even faked his father’s death to secure admission at […]
Days after a research report by Citigroup India said India would struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7 per cent growth rate – a claim refuted by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) has furnished a data that says employment growth in the country jumped by […]
Echoing the concerns of Opposition parties about delimitation raised recently in Parliament, Prafulla Ketkar, editor of RSS-linked magazine Organiser writes in an editorial that, “Regional imbalance is another critical dimension that will impact the delimitation process of the Parliamentary Constituencies in the future. The States from the West and South are doing relatively better regarding […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended several officials following a stampede in Hathras that resulted in 121 deaths. The suspension includes a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), a tehsildar, a circle officer, a station officer, and two police outposts in charge. The SDM – who neither inspected the venue nor informed his seniors, according to a SIT […]
Influencer Revant Himatsingka, popularly known as Food Pharmer, received a special note from the pilots of his Air India flight. Kolkata-based Revant Himatsingka shared a picture of the note he received while travelling on an Air India flight. The note thanked the influencer for promoting healthier eating habits among Indians. Himatsingka has cultivated a following […]
Revealing new details of the BMW hit-and-run case, police told the court on Monday that accused, Mihir Shah, switched seats with his driver “after dragging the woman on the bonnet for nearly one-and-a-half kilometres”. Driver, Rajrishi Rajendrasingh Bidawat, then “reversed the vehicle and mowed (down the woman) for the second time before escaping,” the police […]
Senior Shiv Sena leader Rajesh Shah was arrested on Sunday in a hit-and-run case involving his son Mihir Shah in which a BMW killed a woman on a bike in Worli. The politician and his driver, Rajendra Singh Bijawat, were arrested for not cooperating with the police, among other charges, and will be produced in […]
In light of the recent paper leaks of various exams, the Centre has asked the states for help in ensuring the integrity of its entrance tests. Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla held a meeting with all state Chief Secretaries and DGPs last week to seek their assistance in overseeing the conduct of upcoming tests including the All […]
The Union government is considering extending the NPA classification period for MSME loans from 90 days to 180 days in the FY25 Budget. The Centre may extend the non-performing assets (NPA) classification period for loans given to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the current 90 days to 180 days window in the Union […]
After winning T20 World Cup 2024 in Barbados on Saturday, the Indian cricket team landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Thursday morning as thousands of fans gathered to give them a heroes’ welcome.BCCI arranged a special Air India flight for the contingent and also showed a great gesture by bringing members […]
A day after the arrest of the principal and vice-principal of Oasis School in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh in connection with the alleged paper leak of this year’s National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a Hazaribagh-based journalist Mohd Jamaludin for allegedly helping the two accused. Earlier, the CBI had arrested five members […]
Around 619 million people in India are estimated to have been affected by the extreme heat between June 16 and June 24, and more than 40,000 suffered heatstroke, according to rapid attribution analysis by scientists at Climate Central, an independent group of scientists and communicators. The analysis says over 60% of the world’s population faced […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has suffered a data breach, with a hacker claiming to have accessed sensitive information, including international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) numbers, SIM card details, home location register data and critical security keys, digital risk management firm Athentian Tech said in a report. The breach claimed by the threat actor, who […]
