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In the light of the Presidential elections, the National Democratic Alliance has announced its candidate. To everyone’s shock, NDA’s nominee is not veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi or Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. NDA has chosen Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader and the ninth governor of Jharkhand, as their contender. If victory remains hers, the […]
In the latest on politics from Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has instructed Shiv Sena members to go to Surat and convince party minister Eknath Shinde and other MLAs to come back to Mumbai. The delegation formed for this mission includes Thackeray’s close confidant, Milind Narvekar and Ravindra Phatak. Sources said that the party was […]
Even as protests and promises continue amid a controversy over the Agnipath defence recruitment policy, the Indian Army has issued a notification for the first round of recruitment. Registration for the recruitment begins July 2022, it announced. On Monday, the recruitment announcement was finally made. The same day that protestors called for a Bharat Bandh […]
At least 12 trains have been set on fire and over 300 others have been affected – 214 cancelled, 11 diverted and 90 did not make it to their destinations – since the protests erupted on Wednesday, according to the Railways. Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said, “I appeal to the youth to not indulge in […]
The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Scheme to provide gas cylinders has failed to fulfill its goal of helping poor women get rid of harmful smoke from mud-stoves. During the launch, the government publicized it with a slam-bang. However, the ever-increasing LPG cylinder prices have left the scheme merely on paper. The current price of an LPG […]
The weeks preceding the announcement of the “Agnipath Scheme saw buzz about a revolutionary new program to overhaul the current Indian Army, Navy and Air Force ranks. True to all the hype, when announced on Tuesday by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, in Delhi, the package has left a mixed response. Those who hail it have […]
It’s been 14 days since two Indian army soldiers have been missing in Arunachal Pradesh. Harendra Negi and Prakash Singh Rana, both of whom are from Uttarakhand, were identified as the two 7th Garhwal Rifles soldiers. The army has not issued any official statement regarding this incident, yet. According to Mamta Rana, Prakash Singh Rana’s wife, […]
India recorded 8,582 new Covid cases, Saturday, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,32,22,017. The active case count now stands at 44,513, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death count climbed to 5,24,761 with four fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The four new fatalities include three […]
The Congress will put up a huge show of strength on Monday, June 13, when Rahul Gandhi appears before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to “National Herald” newspaper. Congress leader Manickam Tagore said that party workers will hold demonstrations at around 25 offices of the Enforcement […]
Hyderabad-based leading fashion designer Pratyusha Garimella committed suicide at her residence in Banjara Hills, Saturday. On receiving information, the police rushed to the spot and shifted Prathyusha’s body to Osmania General Hospital. A bottle of carbon monoxide was recovered. It is suspected that she died after inhaling the toxic gas. Subsequently, a case has been […]
The Elections Commission declared the schedule for the Presidential polls at 3 PM on Friday. President Ram Nath Kovind‘s reign ends on July 24, and India will elect a new President soon. In tradition, the statement comes a day before polls to serve the 57 vacant seats across 15 states. As per Artice 54, electoral […]
In a cold-blooded act of murder and then hiding his crime for two days, a 16-year-old Lucknow boy killed his mother for not letting him play PUBG. According to reports coming in, the boy killed his mother on Sunday morning around 3 am, then hid her body in a room and threatened his nine-year-old sister […]
Delhi BJP members are unhappy with the party’s decision to suspend spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal. The two have faced doldrums in the BJP for derogatory comments against the Prophet and the Muslim community. Sharma made arguments during a television debate on the Gyanvapi Masjid controversy. While, the party excluded Jindal, the head […]
As announced by the Central Government last year, the Gujarat Government will implement the ban on single-use plastic from July 1. According to the Centre’s draft gazette notification that announced the ban, the items to be banned include earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decoration, plastic […]
The health department found two positive cases of Norovirus on Monday in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The two patients are lower primary school students. The health department has taken more samples from the school and sent them for the test. However, the initial probe says that the students got food poisoning from the meal-day meals distributed at […]
“How many levels did the ad go through and how many people thought it was ok?” Actor Priyanka Chopra’s questions leaves many with no answer. The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) took suo-moto cognizance of the misogynistic advertisement being played repeatedly in mass media, stated the notice from DCW chairman Swati Maliwal. The commercial of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India has achieved the target of 10% ethanol blending in oil five months before the set deadline. He further elaborated, saying that this achievement has not only led to reduction of 27 lakh tonnes of carbon emissions but also saved foreign exchange worth Rs41 thousand crore. Other clear […]
Fourth wave of Coronavirus is not yet on the horizon for India, assures Dr Samiran Panda, additional Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). However, he also said that with rising cases in some areas of some states, there is a need to be extra cautious and monitor the situation closely. Talking about the Centre’s […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hit back at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia for claiming that his family had committed a scam in regards to purchase of 5000 PPE kits during Covid-19 pandemic. Sarma has said that his wife had done nothing wrong and had only tried to help the state in […]
In the current times where keeping anything unlocked seems risky, there is a shop in a small town of Gujarat where the shopkeeper keeps it open 24×7 without any lock. The much talked about shop by Syed Bhai has all the goods like milk and groceries, doors, tiles, cutlery, and hardware. The most interesting thing […]
