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The Uttar Pradesh BJP’s large contingent of Brahmin representatives are upset with the leadership on various counts and in a churn just a month before the state votes. Their angst and anger poured out on December 25, when the Brahmin leaders met central minister Dharmendra Pradhan who is overall in charge of the state elections. […]
Nearly 30 Twitter handles were used to execute “Sulli Deals.” Police investigating the case are putting together the pan-India network and its operators. Morphed pictures of Muslim women were uploaded for their purported “auction” from the various handles, confirmed Delhi police on Monday. Indore-resident 26-year-old Aumkareshwar Thakur, who did his BCA from IPS Academy in […]
The Delhi High Court has stated that prima facie marital rape should be punishable though it may not be the same as a relation outside of marriage. The court was on Monday hearing a clutch of petitions challenging the exception to Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code that exempts marital rape. A division bench […]
Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday dropped a truth bomb asserting in his inimitable style that “it is the people of Punjab who will decide their Chief Minister and not the party high command.” He was addressing a press conference at Chandigarh Press Club after launching the party’s digital campaign ‘Punjab Model’ that according to him would bring power back in the hands of […]
The hugely controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed by Parliament on December 11, 2019 and received the Presidential nod the following day. In a step towards getting the fine print ready, Monday saw the Union Home Ministry approach the parliamentary committees seeking more time for framing rules under the CAA. The objective of the […]
Even as major political parties brace for a no-holds-barred campaign for next month’s crucial Uttar Pradesh election, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has announced she will not contest the polls. Making this announcement on Tuesday, party general secretary SC Misra said since the BSP would be contesting in Punjab and Uttarakhand as well, Mayawati would focus on the party’s campaign. […]
Gulabo, India’s oldest sloth bear, passed away at the age of 40. She breathed her last at Van Vihar National Park and Zoo in Bhopal during the wee hours of Monday, January 10th 2022. According to an autopsy report, the cause of death is said to be the failure of internal organs due to old […]
The admissions committee for professional postgraduate medical education courses on Monday declared its provisional merit list, which has 3,131 students. The first round of admissions for the state quota will be held from January 20 to January 24. The results of the National Eligibility and Entrance Test for postgraduate courses (NEET-PG) had been declared in […]
From the time the pandemic began, scientists and researchers across the globe have been trying to find antibodies that can provide immunity against Corona virus. A recent study by Imperial College London has inferred that high levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can guard against COVID-19. Immunity against COVID-19 is a complex subject and […]
Photo Credits: Hanif Sindhi The Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Monday urged the states and Union Territories to keep an eye on the active Covid cases as the situation is still “dynamic and can change at any time”. The health secretary, in a letter to states and UTs, mentioned that while the country is […]
The Centre is all prepared to meet the infrastructural and vaccine requirements of Gujarat and five other states of the country that are leading in the number of coronavirus cases, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said in a virtual Covid-19 preparedness review meeting on Monday. Besides Gujarat, health ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra and the Union Territory […]
India is on the brink of Covid third wave. Since the new variant of Covid-19 ‘Omicron’ has entered the country, the cases have risen rapidly. With this, big names of politics have started coming under the Covid radar. The most recent victim of the virus is Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. On Monday, he declared that […]
In a bid towards an equitable society, the judiciary has deemed identification documents and thereon dry rations to women, men and transgenders involved in sex work. Hitherto, in the absence of ration or Aadhar cards, sex workers were left either at the ration dispenser’s will or left to fend for their provisions without the subsidised […]
Five states, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand, go to the polls beginning February. And while the winner will no doubt rule the roost (literally), a whole lot of potent answers about the Indian democracy lies with the losing side. Who lost, why, will the Opposition be a robust one and/or will the winner […]
Those twenty minutes on a Ferozepur flyover have revealed the underbelly of arguably the greatest street-fighter whoever made it to the office of the prime minister of India. As Amit Shah famously suggested to Satya Pal Malik, the man appears to have clearly misplaced his marbles. And that cannot augur well for our already over-heated polity. […]
As many as 400 employees from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have tested positive for Covid-19 in just four days. The tally includes 200 people from Lok Sabha Secretariat, 65 from Rajya Sabha and 133 associated with allied services, who came Covid positive between January 4 to 8. In the purview of this situation, the […]
Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings Ltd (RIIHL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Led has entered into a $98.15 million deal to acquired majority shares of luxury hotel Mandarin Oriental New York. Through it’s subsidy, Mukesh Ambani-backed Reliance Industries will acquire the entire issued share capital of Columbus Centre Corporation (Cayman), a company incorporated in […]
Politicians and elected representatives in India are generally adored and revered but there are exceptions. Instances of political leaders being at the receiving end of angry electorate, are fresh in public memory. Some of them have faced physical attacks and intimidation ranging from receiving a stone blow, shoe, ink, flashing of sword, rifle butt attack, […]
Elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand will begin from Feb 10. The Election Commission here on Saturday afternoon said “Our idea is to conduct elections in a way that helps both the voter and the candidates. This year the ratio of female votes has increased substantially in all five states. There are 8.55 […]
Today the nation feels threatened, our collective security and democracy compromised – or so the media would have you believe, with the prime minister’s cavalcade having to turn back due to protests and the allegations of ‘poor security management’ it has given rise to. But in reality, this incident reveals to us the many facets […]
