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Dishant Sharma
25 Jul 2017,Tuesday
Mumbai Open to be India's 1st WTA event in 5 years
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/wta-mumbai-open-tennis-india/1/1010424.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
India will host its first WTA tournament in five years when the city of Mumbai stages the ?80 lakh ($125,000) Mumbai Open in November. Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association had recently bagged the hosting rights of Chennai Open which is India's only ATP World Tour event, and re-branded it as "Maharashtra Open", to ...
India will host its first WTA tournament in five years when the city of Mumbai stages a USD 125,000 event in November, giving home players an opportunity to compete with the world's top-50.Yet again, it is Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) which has come forward to bring the much- needed tournament to t...
Ankur Vyas
03 Jan 2017,Tuesday
Ousted SP leader claims Mulayam's signatures were forged
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kairanmay-nanda-2-different-mulayam-singh-yadav-signature-2-orders/1/848230.html
Ousted SP Vice President Kiranmoy Nanda, who was sacked for attending the National Executive meet, has alleged that party chief Mulayam Singh's signatures were forged on the two January 1 orders. While one signature had his full name, the second signature was incomplete, Nanda claimed. The two orders declared the conve...
Samajwadi Party vice-president Kiranmay Nanda, who was sacked for attending National Executive meet, has alleged that Mulayam Singh Yadav's signature may have been forged on two different orders which were issued on January 1. First letter declared Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's SP convention unconstitut...
Vani Vivek
08 Jul 2017,Saturday
Gurugram firm hit by ransomware, hackers demand ?24L Bitcoin
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/haryana-company-complaints-of-ransomware-attack/1/997074.html
Servers of a Gurugram-based clothing company have reportedly been hit by a ransomware attack, with the hackers demanding about ?24 lakh in Bitcoin. In a police complaint, the company said that it received an email in which the hackers threatened to wipe out all its financial data and bank transactions if it did not mee...
Gurgaon, Jul 7 (PTI) Gurgaon Police today registered an FIR against unknown person in connection with the hacking of a server of a private company here which has been asked for a 15 US bit-coins ransom, equivalent to Rs 25.6 lakh, by hackers. Mattoo Jay Kumar, general manager of Mohan Clothing Pvt Ltd, a garments compa...
Aarushi Maheshwari
25 Jul 2017,Tuesday
Flyers make toddlers drag luggage to avoid bag fee: Airline
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/24/travellers-are-taking-advantage-of-bag-rules-to-avoid-fees-says-ryanair?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Passengers are making their toddlers drag suitcases onboard to avoid paying the fee for checked-in baggage, Ryanair Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said. Irish airline Ryanair charges extra for checked-in baggage, and travellers reportedly avoid this fee by carrying extra cabin luggage. Sorahan said, "I've seen tw...
Cash-strapped holidaymakers are making their toddlers drag suitcases onboard planes to escape baggage fees, according to Ryanair bosses.Fewer passengers than ever are checking bags into the aircraft hold. Instead, travellers are avoiding charges by bringing more and more luggage into the cabin.Ryanair?s chief financial...
Daisy Mowke
30 Jun 2017,Friday
Can't pull off the outfits that Rihanna can: Gigi Hadid
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rihanna-makes-me-excited-to-get-dressed-every-day-gigi-hadid/1/990776.html
Model Gigi Hadid has said she cannot pull off the clothes that singer Rihanna can. "[B]ut she makes me excited about getting dressed... which is inspiring," she added. Gigi further said the best fashion tip she has received is if she doesn't know what to wear to a party, she should just wear jeans, a T-shirt and heels....
London, Jun 30 (PTI) Supermodel Gigi Hadid says R&B diva Rihanna inspires her to get dressed every day. The 22-year-old model says Rihannas street style is inspiring, but admits she cannot pull off the outfits the singer wears, reported Elle magazine.
Chhavi Tyagi
12 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Gurugram museum to showcase an antique Kolkata tram
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kolkata-tram-gurgaon-west-bengal/1/999997.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
The Heritage Transport Museum in Gurugram will showcase one of the 12 antique Kolkata trams that were put on sale by the West Bengal State Transport Corporation. The first tram has been sold to a Chandigarh bidder, who reportedly wants to refurbish it into a restaurant. The wooden tram, no longer in working order, woul...
West Bengal State Transport Corporation is selling off its antique trams. According to the last count WBSTC possessed some 269 tram cars. Of these at least 50 are antique, wooden models and most are no longer in working order. Out of these the corporation has short listed some 12 trams for sale. The first tram has been...
Tarun Khanna
02 Jan 2017,Monday
TN CM seeks PM?s help over arrest of fishermen by Sri Lanka
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tamil-fishermen-panneerselvam-narendra-modi/1/847586.html
Tamil Nadu CM O Panneerselvam, in a letter to PM Narendra Modi, has sought the latter's intervention to secure the release of Indian fishermen captured by Sri Lanka. He also apprised the PM of the 114 boats captured by Sri Lanka. Notably, this is the fourth letter written by Panneerselvam to the PM ever since he took o...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has written another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention to secure release of fishermen captured by Sri Lanka.
Chhavi Tyagi
15 Apr 2017,Saturday
I'm ready for anti-BJP alliance for 2019 polls: Akhilesh
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/yogi-adityanath-akhilesh-yadav-mayawati-anti-bjp-alliance/1/929754.html
Former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said, "I am ready for alliance against BJP's propaganda. I will duly perform my role in the alliance." His remark comes a day after BSP chief Mayawati proposed the idea of the anti-BJP alliance for the 2019 general elections on the occasion of 126th birth anniversary o...
A day after BSP supremo Mayawati proposed an anti-BJP alliance, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav today said that he was "ready for alliance against propaganda".Talking to reporters in Lucknow, former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav said, "I am ready for alliance against propaganda. I will duly perform my role in the allia...
Aarushi Maheshwari
16 Mar 2017,Thursday
Shreya Ghoshal to get wax figure at Madame Tussauds Delhi
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shreya-ghoshal-wax-figure-madame-tussauds-delhi-amitabh-bachchan-shah-rukh-khan-lifest/1/905203.html
Singer Shreya Ghoshal is set to get a wax figure at the Madame Tussauds in New Delhi. Ghoshal said, "it is an honour to be featured among such talented stars, artists, historians and renowned celebrities." The wax museum, which will open later this year, will also feature wax figures of Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachcha...
Shreya Ghoshal sure is treading new heights. With Madame Tussauds all set to come to Delhi, one of the unexpected names of celeb statues that has surfaced is that of singer Shreya Ghoshal.The statue will be created in a distinctive singing pose, and will be open to the public when the museum opens at Regal Palace, in t...
Parichit Mainra
02 Jan 2017,Monday
ISIS wants to carry out chemical attacks on UK: Minister
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/01/isis-chemical-weapons-attack-uk-ben-wallace?CMP=twt_gu
UK's Minister of State for Security Ben Wallace has warned that Islamic State militants want to carry out mass casualty chemical attacks in Britain. ISIS has "no moral barrier" in using chemical weapons which would be "everybody's worst fear", he said. Wallace further warned that British ISIS militants may return home ...
Islamic State wants to carry out a mass casualty attack in Britain and has ?no moral barrier? to using chemical weapons, a minister has said.The security minister Ben Wallace said there were reports of Isis using chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq, where it controls large areas, and that Moroccan authorities had appreh...
Chhavi Tyagi
15 Jul 2017,Saturday
Another suspicious packet of powder found inside UP Assembly
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/another-suspicious-packet-of-powder-found-inside-up-assembly/story-fxM9D2BctRu3FlG1bhNP1M.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
After an explosive substance was found inside the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday, another suspicious packet of powder was recovered inside the Assembly premises on Friday evening. The sealed packet discovered by security personnel during a check contained some powder weighing about 50 grams and has been handed ove...
Security agencies have found a packet of suspicious powder inside the Uttar Pradesh assembly two days after discovering plastic explosives inside the premises, an incident that sent shockwaves through the political establishment. Sources said, on Friday evening, security personnel found a sealed packet containing some ...
Arshiya Chopra
27 Jul 2017,Thursday
PMO paid IAF ?89L for PM's 128 "non-official" trips: RTI
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/as-pm-modi-flew-to-election-rallies-in-iaf-aircraft-at-rates-fixed-in-1999/story-1G8yWDiI6ZkeyediVqxfmO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
According to an RTI reply, Prime Minister's Office has paid around ?89 lakh to Indian Air Force for flying Narendra Modi on 128 "non-official" domestic trips since he took office. The rates for these flights were last revised 1999, which makes them cheaper to travel in than the commercial flights. The trips were majorl...
The Prime Minister?s Office has paid around Rs 89 lakh to the Indian Air Force for flying Narendra Modi on 128 ?non-official? domestic trips since he took office, an expense that was lower than what it would have been had the PM used through commercial providers.The trips were largely for electioneering, and India?s e...
Tarun Khanna
26 Feb 2017,Sunday
Won't join politics, will lead spiritual life: Nitish's son
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihar-cm-nitish-kumar-son-nishant-kumar-jdu/1/891562.html
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar has asserted he will not join politics and will lead a spiritual life. "I have no interest, nor any knowledge of how to do politics," he added. "My father is working hard and has taken Bihar on the road to development. If people want, he can also become the PM," he further said...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's only son Nishant Kumar has declined to enter politics. Nishant, who maintains a very low profile and is hardly seen in public life, says he wants to lead a spiritual life."I have no interest, nor any knowledge of how to do politics. So I have decided not to join politics but instead ...
Tarun Khanna
22 Apr 2017,Saturday
Sulkhan Singh takes charge as new DGP of Uttar Pradesh
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uttar-pradesh-new-dgp-sulkhan-singh-ias-ips-reshuffle/1/935148.html
Sulkhan Singh, the 1980-batch Indian Police Service officer, on Saturday, took charge as the new Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh. Singh has replaced outgoing Uttar Pradesh Police chief Javeed Ahmed. "I assure people our police will treat all equally. Vacant posts will be filled soon," Singh said. Even crimi...
In its first major bureaucratic reshuffle after coming into power in Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi Adityanath government today transferred twelve IPS and seven IAS officers. UP's DGP Javeed Ahmad has also been shunted out.1980-batch IPS officer Sulkan Singh who was DG (Training) will be the new DGP of Uttar Pradesh.Besides, ...
Daisy Mowke
17 Jul 2017,Monday
CBFC head Pahlaj slams IIFA for not nominating Aamir, Akshay
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/pahlaj-nihalani-lashes-out-at-iifa-no-aamir-khan-no-akshay-kumar-it-s-such-a-sham/story-r0KX8RMJY7UZRAysFieM1I.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani has slammed the IIFA Awards for not nominating Aamir Khan for 'Dangal' and Akshay Kumar for 'Airlift' or 'Rustom'. "They haven't...nominated [them] just because they wouldn't attend their weekend holiday plans masquerading as an awards function," he added. Nihalani further said the award func...
Producer and CBFC chairperson Pahlaj Nihalani is not a fan of the International Indian Films Academy (IIFA) awards. In fact he says he has boycotted what he considers an ?international farce? that lost its relevance when? actor Amitabh Bachchan opted out of it in 2011.?He lashes out at this year?s nominations. ?Look a...
Prashanti Moktan
18 Jul 2017,Tuesday
Pakistan's High Court lifts ban on airing Indian TV serials
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pakistans-high-court-lifts-ban-on-indian-tv-shows-lifetv/1/1004993.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Lahore High Court on Tuesday lifted a ban on the airing of Indian television serials in Pakistan. The court stated that "the world has become a global village" while questioning for how long such "unreasonable restrictions" could be imposed. The court noted that instead of a blanket ban, Indian content with "objectiona...
A ban on airing Indian shows in Pakistan has been lifted by a Pakistani court. The said ban had been imposed by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), following the Uri attacks last year. The blanket ban had been put in place last October.However, a Lahore high court recently objected to the ban saying...
Mansha Mahajan
23 Feb 2017,Thursday
Reliance gains ?38,700 crore in a day after Jio announcement
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jio-tariff-plans-lift-ril-shares-by-11percent-mcap-up-rs-38761-cr/1/889066.html
Reliance Industries stock jumped by 11% to a nearly nine-year high on Wednesday, adding ?38,761 crore to its market valuation, after its telecom arm Jio said it will begin charging for data services from April. In his speech, Mukesh Ambani said that Jio added 100 million subscribers in 170 days since launch. Further, h...
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Tarun Khanna
22 Mar 2017,Wednesday
UP Police orders to constitute anti-Romeo squad in Lucknow
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/anti-romeo-squad-lucknow-police-to-come-hard-on-eve-teasers/1/909319.html
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday issued orders to constitute anti-Romeo squad in 11 districts of the Lucknow zone to prevent eve-teasing. As per reports, some men were arrested in Lucknow and boys standing outside girls' schools and colleges were hauled up in Meerut and questioned. "Action under Goonda Act will be t...
Lucknow, Mar 21 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh police today issued orders to constitute "anti-Romeo squad" in 11 districts of the Lucknow zone to prevent eve-teasing, as BJP had promised during the Assembly polls in its sankalp patra. "In a bid to check incidents of eve-teasing and passing of comments on them (women and girls...
Niharika Prabhakar
30 Jul 2017,Sunday
12 lakh businesses apply for GST registration
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/over-12-l-businesses-apply-for-new-gst-registration/1/1014138.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Over 12 lakh businesses have applied for fresh registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said. According to reports, 10 lakh applications have been approved, while 2 lakh are pending approval. Notably, businesses have time till July 30 to register under the GST.
New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Over 12 lakh businesses have applied for fresh registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has said. Of these, while 10 lakh applications for registration have been approved, 2 lakh are still pending approval. "The figure of new registrations appro...
Pragya Swastik
14 Dec 2016,Wednesday
None of mobile payment apps in India fully secure: Qualcomm
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/none-of-mobile-payment-apps-in-india-fully-secure-qualcomm/1/833835.html
None of the mobile payment apps or digital wallets in the country are fully secure, mobile technologies leader Qualcomm has claimed. These apps actually run completely in Android mode and do not have hardware level security, which in turn can be used to compromise users' password or fingerprint, said Qualcomm.
While government is pushing for digital payments through mobile phones, chipset maker Qualcomm said that wallets and mobile banking applications in India are not using hardware level security which can make online transactions more secure. "You will be surprised because most of the banking or wallet apps around the wor...
Aarushi Maheshwari
16 Jun 2017,Friday
Gold seized from trolleys, toys, ovens at Delhi Airport
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gold-smuggling-delhi-igi-airport-indira-gandhi-international-airport/1/980017.html
Customs officials at Delhi Airport apprehended alleged smugglers attempting to conceal 5 kg of gold worth approximately ?1.4 crore in microwave ovens, trolleys, toys, wafers and confectionery boxes this week. However, officials added that gold smuggling has decreased since demonetisation. Customs officials seized 240 k...
With security becoming stricter by the day at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), international criminals are adopting innovative ways to smuggle gold into the country. Custom officials recently busted separate gangs of smugglers who were illegally transporting gold concealed in microwave ovens, toys, w...
Tarun Khanna
25 Mar 2017,Saturday
Bihar Dy CM Tejashwi dares Adityanath to ban liquor in UP
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihar-deputy-cm-tejaswi-yadav-dares-yogi-adityanath-to-ban-liquor-in-up/1/912562.html
Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav has said that if UP CM Adityanath is a 'Yogi' and an honest advocate of religion, he should totally ban liquor in Uttar Pradesh like it is in Bihar. "Yogiji, don't divert people's attention and constitute [an] anti-daru squad (anti-liquor squad)," he said. Alcohol is more harmful than Gut...
Bihar's deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav on Saturday dared new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to ban liquor and set up an "anti-daru squad" on the lines of the much hyped anti-romeo squad."Liquor is dangerous, it pollutes health and society. Yogiji, don't divert people's attention and constitute anti-d...
Akshita Jain
11 Dec 2016,Sunday
Arvind Kejriwal's Twitter followers cross 10 million
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kejriwals-twitter-followers-cross-10-million/1/831838.html
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's Twitter followers reportedly crossed 10 million on Sunday. He is second to PM Narendra Modi, who has around 25.4 million followers on Twitter. Kejriwal's social media following has increased in the recent past due to his active usage of features like Facebook Live, said an AAP volunteer.
New Delhi, Dec 10 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwals following on Twitter today crossed 10 million, further cementing his position as the second most followed Indian politician. Kejriwal is second to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has an overwhelming lead with around 25.4 million followers. Kejriwal had clim...
Chhavi Tyagi
13 Jan 2017,Friday
Modi not anti-Muslim; We must relook at triple talaq: Jung
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/najeeb-jung-says-pm-modi-not-anti-muslim-calls-for-relook-at-triple-talaq/story-7k3r3wM1aNozs79dJIWZVJ.html
Former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no bias against Muslims and is concerned about the lack of leadership among the community. Jung further said that Muslims should themselves discontinue the triple talaq practice, which is backward and not in the interest of w...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has no bias against Muslims and is, in fact, concerned about the lack of leadership among the community, former lieutenant governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung has said.Jung, who took everyone by surprise when he quit on December 23, told India Today channel in an interview on Wednesday that Modi ...
Tarun Khanna
02 Apr 2017,Sunday
Every person living in India is a Hindu: BJP MP from Bihar
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/all-are-hindus-begusarai-bjp-mp-bhola-singh-adityanath-yogi/1/918350.html
BJP MP from Bihar's Begusarai, Bhola Singh, on Saturday said that every person living in India is a Hindu irrespective of the faith or religion he or she follows. Further, while calling Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath a "warrior", he said that the new UP CM has given voice to the country's rich heritage and culture.
BJP MP from Begusarai, Bhola Singh has stirred a controversy with his comments when he said that every person living in the country is a Hindu, whatever faith or religion they may be following. Singh made this comment in Darbhanga on Saturday."People may be following different faith and religion, but they all are Hindu...
Sonu Kumari
24 Jul 2017,Monday
Delhi colleges may issue learners' licences to students soon
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/soon-get-your-driving-licence-in-college/story-nUV2GHVHuqbVVewXOKeGuO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Delhi government is reportedly planning to allow colleges to issue leaners' driving licences to students by September. It was proposed because the demand for these licences was allegedly highest among the 18-24 age group applicants. Students have to be above 18 years of age for eligibility and score at least six out of...
Students in Delhi will get a chance to take a test and apply for a driving licence at their colleges, according to Delhi?s transport minister who spoke of a new system that is likely to be launched by September.According to a proposed plan, the government will empower educational institutions to issue learners? licence...
Arshiya Chopra
19 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Death penalty belongs to medieval ages: Gopalkrishna Gandhi
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gopalkrishna-gandhi-death-penalty-yakub-menon-shiv-sena/1/1005416.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate and Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Tuesday expressed his stand against death penalty and capital punishments calling them as medieval practices. Gandhi said, "Death penalty is wrong and this is my principle." Notably, Shiv Sena criticised him for a letter he wr...
Days before the vice presidential election, the Opposition's candidate, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, once again came out against the death penalty and capital punishment, saying that they belong in the medieval ages.Addressing reporters after filing nomination papers for the post of the vice president of India, Gandhi said, "I...
Abhishek Bansal
28 Apr 2017,Friday
IAS officers to adopt martyred security personnel's families
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ias-officers-to-adopt-martyrs-families/1/940899.html
An association representing the members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) has said the officers will adopt families of security personnel who lost their lives in Maoist combats, anti-terror operations or law and order duties. The bureaucrats will approach such families within their area of posting and act as f...
In a unique initiative, IAS officers will adopt families of security personnel, who lost their lives in Maoist combat, anti-terror operations or maintaining law and order.The bureaucrats will approach such families within their area of posting and offer themselves as facilitators to help them (families) get their dues ...
Anmol Sharma
19 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Sachin recollects how Lillee made him give up fast bowling
http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/when-sachin-tendulkar-pretended-to-be-dennis-lillee-on-the-cricket-field/story-CwTunfPhXOpwhz1AJWjydO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Sachin Tendulkar, while wishing former Australian pacer Dennis Lillee on his 68th birthday, revealed that it was Lillee who advised him to forget about becoming a fast bowler. Sachin said that when he visited the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai in 1987 to hone his fast bowling skills, Lillee noticed his batting skills a...
Former Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee turned 68 on Tuesday and while there were a number of wishes from former cricketers and fans across social media, the most iconic one came from a legend of the game who admitted that he ?pretended to be a Dennis Lillee in the nets?.What made it iconic is that the legend is no...
Prashanti Moktan
23 Apr 2017,Sunday
TV actor Parth Samthaan booked for molestation
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/parth-samthaan-tv-actor-molestation-mumbai/1/936260.html
Television actor Parth Samthaan was on Sunday booked for molestation at a Mumbai police station based on a complaint filed by a model. The 20-year-old model had alleged that Parth misbehaved with her in a drunken state. She further alleged that he shared her contact number, after which she started receiving calls from ...
TV actor Parth Samthaan was on Sunday booked under Section 8 and 12 of POSCO Act in Bangur Nagar on molestation complaint filed by a model last month. The model had accused Samthaan of molestation and registered a complaint at the Bangar Nagar Police Station.The victim said she was 16 when she was molested by the actor...
Chhavi Tyagi
17 Jan 2017,Tuesday
Sikh child denied school enrolment in Australia over turban
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sikh-student-denied-school-enrolment-in-aus-for-wearing-turban/1/859459.html
A five-year-old Sikh boy has reportedly been denied school enrolment in Australia for wearing a turban as it does not align with its uniform policy. Notably, in a 2008 ruling, a Brisbane private school was forced to back down on a strict uniform policy that would have forced a Sikh boy to cut his hair and remove his tu...
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Sumedha Sehra
14 Jul 2017,Friday
Army gets powers to buy weapons for 'short intense wars'
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-army-china-pakistan-sikkim-doklam/1/1000695.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
The government has extended financial powers to the Army Vice-Chief to make emergency purchases to keep the force ready for 'short intense wars'. The Army has identified 46 kinds of ammunition apart from spares for 10 weapons platforms, which can be purchased through the emergency route. Further, there is no limit on e...
As the stand-off between Indian and Chinese soldiers continue at the Doklam plateau in Sikkim and the borders with Pakistan remains hot, India has quietly authorised the Indian Army to make emergency purchases of ammunition, stores, spares for several weapon platform worth thousands of crore so that the army is ready f...
Daisy Mowke
12 Jul 2017,Wednesday
I am ashamed to be a part of Hollywood: Charlize Theron
http://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/i-am-ashamed-to-be-a-part-of-hollywood-it-is-caveman-like-charlize-theron/story-EJnjT6adVWOTLcnLsoUEYL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Charlize Theron, while slamming Hollywood for not giving women an opportunity to work with higher budgets, said she is ashamed to be a part of it. "[The industry] has never allowed a woman to work with a budget higher [than Wonder Woman]. That's so caveman-like," she added. Theron further said she hopes the scenario ch...
Charlize Theron has slammed Hollywood for not giving women an opportunity to work with higher budgets.The 41-year-old actor said she is ashamed of the film industry, reported Variety.Charlize Theron arrives at the Dior Cruise Show at the Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve. (Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)...
Deepali Aggarwal
14 Jul 2017,Friday
All-female Afghan team gets US visa after Trump intervention
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/13/all-girl-afghan-robotics-team-allowed-to-travel-to-us-after-visa-ruling-overturned?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
After being denied visa twice, an all-female robotics team from Afghanistan has been granted a special one-time temporary US visa over humanitarian reasons after President Donald Trump intervened. This allows the team to participate in an international robotics competition. The US embassy in Kabul did not disclose why ...
Six Afghan teenage girls are to compete in person in a global robotics competition in Washington on Sunday after the US reversed a decision not to grant them visas.The initial rejection of the team?s visa sparked international outcry and the girls became national celebrities in Afghanistan, where many are perplexed abo...
Tanya Dhingra
12 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Patriarchy is hard on men as well as women: Ratna Pathak
http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/patriarchy-is-hard-on-men-as-well-as-women-ratna-pathak-shah/story-KmasdG5O6FbrZ6ty1VCUnK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Actress Ratna Pathak Shah has said patriarchy is hard on men as well as on women which is why there's a need to get rid of it and find new ways of looking at society. She added, "Instances...force a woman to ask for permission. It's not easy to do what you want...when you are financially dependant on the other person."
Veteran actor Ratna Pathak Shah, who will soon be seen in the film Lipstick Under My Burkha, has said the patriarchal structure anywhere in the world is hard not just on women but on men too. A still from Lipstick Under My Burkha. (YouTube ) ?How many men have a choice? How many men are doing a job that ...
Aarushi Maheshwari
22 Jul 2017,Saturday
Salvador Dalí's moustache intact three decades after death
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/jul/20/salvador-dali-remains-exhumed-paternity-case?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Experts who exhumed late artist Salvador Dalí's body have revealed his moustache remains intact, nearly three decades after his death. Narcís Bardalet said, "His moustache is still intact, (like clock hands at) 10 past 10, just as he liked it." His body was exhumed to settle a paternity case, wherein a woman claimed he...
Experts who exhumed the body of Salvador Dalí to collect samples for use in a paternity claim have revealed that the enigmatic artist?s trademark moustache still graces his face almost three decades after he died.Narcís Bardalet, the embalmer who tended Dalí?s body after his death in 1989 and helped with the exhumation...
Sumedha Sehra
25 Jun 2017,Sunday
Such acts only boost our morale: CRPF after attack
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pantha-chowk-attack-srinagar-crpf-attack-inspector-general/1/986750.html
The CRPF's Additional Director General of Police S N Srivastava reacted to the terrorist attack which claimed the lives of two jawans. "Such cowardly act doesn't affect the morale of security forces in fact it will boost it. We will investigate the matter and will find out the accused behind this. Then we will respond ...
After the gruesome terror attack today that claimed the lives of two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, Additional Director General of Police (ADG) of CRPF S N Srivastava said that such 'cowardly act' does not affect the morale of security forces."Such cowardly act doesn't affect the morale of security forc...
Sonu Kumari
18 Jul 2017,Tuesday
Delhi govt to install CCTV cameras at bus stops
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/cctv-cameras-at-delhi-bus-stops-to-keep-an-eye-on-dtc-drivers-who-don-t-stop-for-passengers/story-uMUfAFEXo30fIHjGcV74YI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
To monitor drivers who don't stop buses at designated stops, the Delhi government has decided to install CCTV cameras at various bus stops. Transport officials said that skipping bus stops is a common practice among drivers of the government-run buses. It not only creates congestion on roads, but also poses difficulty ...
After receiving complaints from commuters that drivers do not stop buses at designated stops, the Delhi government has decided to install CCTV cameras at bus stops.Not halting the bus at the designated spot but close to the bus stop not only leads to chaos and congestion on roads, but it also poses a challenge to the ...
Chhavi Tyagi
17 Apr 2017,Monday
RJD leader Shahabuddin acquitted in 1989 triple murder case
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mohammad-shahabuddin-acquitted-jamshedpur-court/1/931048.html
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammad Shahabuddin has been acquitted by a Jamshedpur court in a triple murder case that took place on February 2, 1989. Notably, three out of the eight accused died during the trial. Shahabuddin, who is linked to 45 criminal cases, is currently lodged in Delhi's high-security Tih...
Mohammad Shahabuddin, former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Siwan, has been acquitted in 25-year-old triple murder case by a Jamdhedpur court. The case pertains to the murders of Anand Rao, Janardan Choubey and Pradeep Mishra on February 2, 1989, near Tata Steel Power house in Jugasalai police station area. The for...
Chhavi Tyagi
12 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Gorkhaland protesters announce fast unto death from July 15
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gorkhaland-protests-west-bengal-chief-minister-mamata-banerjee/1/999876.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
The Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee, an alliance of political parties and organisations protesting for a separate state for the Nepali-speaking population, on Tuesday said it will launch a fast-unto-death from July 15. While the BJP has denied supporting the demand for a separate state, it will take part in ...
Even as West Bengal is reeling under the recent spate of riots in Baduria and 24 North Paraganas, groups spearheading the Gorkhaland movement has criticised the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Incidentally, both the chief minister and those working for the Gorkhaland cause have both targeted the NDA-led cen...
Chhavi Tyagi
06 Jul 2017,Thursday
Modi pays homage to Indian World War I heroes in Israel
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pm-narendra-modi-israel-haifa-world-war-i-benjamin-netayahu/1/995337.html
PM Narendra Modi visited the Haifa Indian Cemetery in Israel today and paid his homage to Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the World War I in 1918. "I am deeply honoured to stand here today to salute the valiant Indian soldiers," Modi said. The war heroes died while protecting Haifa from the forces of ...
On the last day of his three-day trip to Israel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the Haifa Indian Cemetery.Prime Minister Modi paid homage to Indian soldiers who laid down their lives during the World War in 1918 while protecting Haifa from the powerful forces of the Ottoman Empire.He also unveiled a plaque ...
Saloni Tandon
12 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Paralympian dies after metal throwing cage falls on him
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/12/paralympian-abdullah-hayayei-dies-london-2017-training-world-para-athletics-championships?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
UAE's Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei died on Tuesday after a metal throwing cage fell on him while he was training for the upcoming World Para-athletics Championships in London. Hayayei was reportedly struck by a pole which was a part of the discus cage. The police are investigating the incident, during which two of the ...
Para athlete Abdullah Hayayei has died after being ?struck by a metal pole? during a training incident on Tuesday in London before the upcoming World Para Athletics Championships. The 36-year-old, who represented the United Arab Emirates in the F34 class javelin and shot put at Rio 2016, was training at Newham Leisure ...
Saloni Tandon
14 Jul 2017,Friday
Zaheer, Dravid not foisted on head coach: Sachin in letter
http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/didn-t-force-rahul-dravid-zaheer-khan-on-ravi-shastri-cricket-advisory-committee/story-uwyrU2bFZX5CsYgtqI0zWP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman have written to Committee of Administrators head Vinod Rai, asking him to clarify that Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were made consultants after discussion with Ravi Shastri. "There have been suggestions the CAC exceeded its ambit...It has pained us to see the light in whi...
After the appointment of Zaheer Khan and Rahul Dravid as consultants with the Indian team created a storm in the media, the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) members have taken up the matter with Committee of Administrators (CoA) and BCCI, asking them to clarify the impression created against their intentions to appoint...
Tarun Khanna
05 Mar 2017,Sunday
Pakistanis spam Indian Army WhatsApp number meant for jawans
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-army-whatsapp-jawan-grievance-general-rawat-pakistan-spam/1/896971.html
The Indian Army WhatsApp number launched to address the grievances of jawans has been spammed by Pakistanis to abuse India. "We have been receiving messages in large number from Pakistan and that is why, we have barred all Pakistani numbers from sending messages to it," the Army reportedly stated. The number was launch...
Army's WhatsApp number launched to address the grievances of jawans has been filled up with spam messages from Pakistanis who are using it to abuse India.The number, +91 9643300008, was launched on January 28 by the Army Headquarters to address the grievances of the jawans who were going on social media with their vide...
Daisy Mowke
01 Aug 2017,Tuesday
Hansal denies reports of Kangana turning editor for Simran
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kangana-ranaut-simran-edit-table-hansal-mehta/1/1016187.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has denied reports of Kangana Ranaut taking over editing of the trailer of his upcoming directorial 'Simran' after being unhappy over the first cut. "All this speculation is false, malicious and fabricated," he added. Co-producer Bhushan Kumar said, "At the end, the film is a director's vision an...
Director Hansal Mehta has trashed all speculation around the Kangana Ranaut-starrer Simran, saying that they are "false, malicious and totally fabricated".Mehta dismissed the reports that Kangana had taken over editing of the trailer after being unhappy over the first cut. "All this speculation is false, malicious and ...
Shubhodeep Datta
27 Dec 2016,Tuesday
Six children move NGT over pollution in Delhi
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/let-us-breathe-six-kids-move-green-court-against-delhi-s-air-pollution/story-6jrlG3AkmSYzzkx49f7neP.html
Six children have moved the National Green Tribunal over the pollution levels in Delhi. One of the children said they decided to file the petition for ?some sort of relief from the constant breathlessness?. In 2015 too, parents had filed a petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of their toddlers calling for a ban on f...
Harsh Dahiya, 14, a resident of Swarn Park in Mundka, looks like an average Class IX student. There?s a difference though. This student of NC Jindal Public School is a petitioner in a court case demanding clean air in his toxic corner of Delhi.He and five other children have moved the National Green Tribunal, which has...
Rini Sinha
13 Feb 2017,Monday
Shah Rukh to have a cameo role in 'Baahubali 2': Reports
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/baahubali-2-shah-rukh-khan-prabhas-rajamouli/1/881501.html
As per reports, Shah Rukh Khan will have a cameo role in the upcoming film 'Baahubali: The Conclusion'. Reportedly, the director of the film franchise SS Rajamouli is currently in talks with Shah Rukh for the role. The epic historical fiction film, which is the continuation of 'Baahubali: The Beginning', will feature P...
Be it the scale or visual experience, filmmaker SS Rajamouli's period drama Baahubali: The Beginning is one of the finest Indian films of all time.While the sequel is currently in post-production stage, an interesting news about Baahubali 2 has cropped up. According to AajTak.com, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has...
Tarun Khanna
08 Feb 2017,Wednesday
EC questions Sasikala's elevation as AIADMK Gen Secy
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sasikala-natarajan-tamil-nadu-cm-o-panneerselvam-aiadmk-dmk-governor/1/877494.html
Amid ongoing political turmoil in Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission on Wednesday said no rules were followed by AIADMK to select its temporary General Secretary Sasikala Natarajan. The poll panel has asked for a copy of resolution about her elevation as General Secretary. Earlier, sacked AIADMK leader Sasikala Pushpa...
Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK is locked in an ugly war within as acting Chief Minister O Panneerselvam has vowed to stay put in office while party General Secretary VK Sasikala Natarajan accused him of trying to split the party with the opposition DMK's backing.A night after Panneerselvam revolted against Sasikala, who ha...
Tarun Khanna
01 May 2017,Monday
Congress leaders should be beaten up with shoes: BJP MP
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/congress-leaders-should-be-beaten-up-with-shoes-bjp-mp/1/942444.html
BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini on Sunday said that Congress leaders should be beaten up with shoes for not developing Haryana. "Congress has formed government in Haryana on multiple occasions. It has turned people into beggars. And now, when BJP is in power in the state, Congress leaders are alleging that people are being wron...
Jind, Apr 30 (PTI) In a shocking remark, BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini today said Congress leaders should be "beaten up with shoes" for "not bringing development" in Haryana.
Anmol Sharma
28 Jul 2017,Friday
16-year-old golfer Diksha Dagar wins silver at Deaflympics
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amateur-golfer-diksha-wins-silver-at-deaflympics/1/1011693.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Indian golfer Diksha Dagar won a silver medal in the women's individual golf event at the Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey. The 16-year-old amateur golfer from Haryana lost to 25-year-old Kaylin Yost of USA in the final round. Diksha is the only Indian golfer (Under-18) to be ranked in the top 500 worldwide.
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Deepali Aggarwal
23 May 2017,Tuesday
UK explosion suicide bomber died at scene: Police
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2017/may/22/manchester-arena-ariana-grande-concert-explosion-england?page=with:block-5923d099e4b0ca009308f1b5#block-5923d099e4b0ca009308f1b5
The suicide bomber who carried out the explosion on Monday night at Ariana Grande's concert in UK's Manchester Arena died at the scene in the explosion, police have said. The bomber who is believed to have been acting alone detonated an improvised explosive device, police added. The death toll from the attack has risen...
7.49am BST 07:49 The archbishop of Canterbury has tweeted his condolences to those affected:Heroic Manchester, dark evil cannot overcome it. We pray for those in sorrow on the hard journey of loss & pain, & for those who protect usThe Plaid Cymru leader, Leanne Wood, has joined other parties in halting election...
Shubhodeep Datta
11 Mar 2017,Saturday
Navjot Singh Sidhu wins from Amritsar (East) by 42,000 votes
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/punjab-assembly-election-results-navjot-singh-sidhu-amritsar-east/1/902242.html
Cricketer-turned-politician and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu won from the Amritsar (East) constituency by over 42,000 votes. While reacting to his party's victory, Sidhu said this is the revival of Congress, and this was just the beginning. "Congress will spread from here," Sidhu said. Notably, Sidhu had switched...
Former Bharatiya Janata Party MP and cricketer-turned politician, Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday won the Amritsar (East) Assembly election in Punjab.He defeated his nearest rival, Rajesh Honey of the BJP, with a margin of 42,661 votes. Aam Aadmi Party's Sarabjot Singh came in third, polling 14604 votes.A three-time MP ...
Mansha Mahajan
23 Jul 2017,Sunday
Case against Mastercard on overcharging 4.5cr people blocked
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/jul/21/uk-court-blocks-14bn-class-action-case-against-mastercard?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
A £14 billion (?1.17 lakh crore) class-action lawsuit against Mastercard, for allegedly overcharging over 4.5 crore people in Britain over a 16-year period, was blocked by a court. The tribunal found no individual could receive compensation equal to the loss actually suffered. Had it been allowed, the case would have b...
A £14bn class-action lawsuit against MasterCard for allegedly overcharging more than 45 million people in Britain over a 16-year period was blocked by a British court on Friday. The competition appeal tribunal (CAT), a newly empowered court that oversees Britain?s fledgling class action regime, ruled that it would not ...
Aarushi Maheshwari
15 Jun 2017,Thursday
Man who lost 150 elections files nomination for Prez poll
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/presidential-election-elections-candidates-election-commission-election-king-manmohan-singh-pranab-mukherjee/1/979068.html
A man from Tamil Nadu who features in the Limca Book of Records for being the "most unsuccessful candidate" after losing over 150 elections has filed his nomination for the Presidential elections. "Election King" K Padmarajan has contested against Pranab Mukherjee and Manmohan Singh. Padmarajan has previously said he w...
Six candidates filed their papers for the presidential election on the first day of nominations, officials said on Wednesday.Earlier in the day, the Election Commission issued notification for the presidential poll, setting the ball in motion for the July 17 election to the country's highest constitutional post. Those ...
Chhavi Tyagi
29 Apr 2017,Saturday
Sisodia claims Twitter hack after anti-Anna tweets appear
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-aap-deputy-cm-manish-sisodias-twitter-hacked-anti-anna-hazare-message-retweeted/1/941335.html
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed that his Twitter account was hacked after anti-Hazare messages were retweeted from his account. "Someone retweeting anti-Anna Hazare messages from account. Trying to delete them, not even getting deleted," he said. "Pls don't believe them. I have greatest r...
Delhi deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia today said his Twitter account was hacked after anti-Hazare messages were retweeted from his account.He said somebody else was retweeting from his Twitter handle.One such anti-Hazare message retweeted from his account read: "No doubt he (Anna H...
Chhavi Tyagi
20 May 2017,Saturday
Kulbhushan bigger terrorist than Kasab: Pervez Musharraf
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pervez-musharraf-kulbhushan-jadhav-bigger-terrorist-than-ajmal-kasab/1/958567.html
Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said that India's Kulbhushan Jadhav is a bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab, who was executed by India for 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Claiming that Kasab was just a 'pawn', Musharraf added, "I don't even know how many people's deaths Jadhav is responsible for." He furthe...
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Friday said that Kulbhushan Jadhav is a bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab, one of the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, in which more than 150 people were killed. Jadhav, a former Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court in Apr...
Dishant Sharma
30 Jul 2017,Sunday
Indian boxers claim five gold medals at Czech Grand Prix
http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/shiva-thapa-manoj-kumar-strike-gold-at-czech-republic-boxing-tournament/story-H2WySLJMe5tjCBDi3FMamO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
The Indian boxing contingent at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem in the Czech Republic claimed five gold medals, two silver and one bronze medal at the event. Among the gold medal winners were World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa and former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar. The World Boxing C...
Indian boxers packed quite a heavy punch at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinching five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the event in the Czech Republic.World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg), former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (69kg), Amit Phangal (52kg), Gaurav Bidhur...
Saloni Tandon
06 Jun 2017,Tuesday
Delhi govt asks power suppliers to send SMSes before outage
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/arvind-kejriwal-delhi-heatwave-power-cuts-discoms/1/972270.html
Delhi government has told power distribution companies to inform people of unscheduled power cuts via SMS, besides increasing the number of call centre attendants for complaints. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia added that information about scheduled power cuts should be given on distributers' websites. The government is also ...
With the mercury hitting the roof and the power demand soaring in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met the chief secretary and directed him to ask discoms to inform Delhiites about unscheduled power cuts through SMS.Arvind Kejriwal also wants the discoms to increase the staff at call centres handling public compla...
Aarushi Maheshwari
25 Apr 2017,Tuesday
Aamir Khan attends first award show in 15 years
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aamir-khan-dinanath-mangeshkar-award-dangal-lift-ban/1/937476.html
Aamir Khan attended his first award show in 15 years on Monday, after receiving a special invite for the Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards from Lata Mangeshkar. He was presented Vishesh Puraskar for 'Dangal' by RSS Chief Mohan Madhukar Bhagwat. Aamir said, "I want to thank Lata Didi, the Dinanath trust, and their entir...
Actor Aamir Khan, who is known to give award functions a miss for the past 15 years (he last attended the Oscars where his production Lagaan was nominated in the Foreign Film category), made an exception on Monday evening when he was honoured at the 75th Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award. In the presence of the legenda...
Dishant Sharma
18 Jul 2017,Tuesday
Bharat Arun appointed Team India's bowling coach
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bharat-arun-team-india-bowling-coach-ravi-shastri-head-coach/1/1004791.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
The BCCI on Tuesday named former Indian cricketer Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach. Arun, who was Indian coach Ravi Shastri's teammate from their Under-19 days, had previously served in the same capacity during Shastri's tenure as team director from 2014 to 2016. Notably, Sanjay Bangar and R Sridh...
Bharat Arun has made a comeback into the Indian dressing room as he has been appointed bowling coach by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday.The unnamed BCCI committee comprising acting president CK Khanna, acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and CoA member Diana Edulji met at the board headquarte...
Abhishek Bansal
30 May 2017,Tuesday
64% students fail in Class 12 Bihar board exams
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihar-board-declares-class-12-result-pass-percentage-comes-down-tremendously/1/966277.html
Nearly 64% of the 12 lakh Class 12 students of the Bihar board have failed in this year's examinations after its results were declared on Tuesday. In the Science stream, 69% students failed while 25% students failed in the Commerce stream. The officials said the pass percentage has come down as several steps were taken...
Call it the impact of the infamous topper scam which last year exposed how students appearing in the Bihar Board became fake toppers by paying huge amount of money, 64 per cent of the Class 12 students of the Bihar Board have failed in this year's examinations, the results of which was declared today."This year the pas...
Chhavi Tyagi
04 Mar 2017,Saturday
Two Muslim women divorced over WhatsApp by US-based husbands
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/triple-talaq-hyderabad-whatsapp/1/896799.html
As per reports, two women living in Hyderabad were divorced by their respective US-based husbands over instant messaging mobile application WhatsApp. The women have lodged a police complaint in Hyderabad against their husbands, who are brothers. "Sharia law lets you divorce me, but who is going to look after our childr...
Two divorces in a Hyderabad family have ignited the debate over triple talaq. Two women living in Hyderabad were divorced over WhatsApp by their respective husbands.The husbands are brothers, who decided to divorce their wives one after another over the mobile chatting app.Heena Fatima was divorced by her husband Syed ...
Chhavi Tyagi
13 Jul 2017,Thursday
Bomb threat call at Mumbai's Churchgate station turns hoax
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-bomb-threat-call-churchgate-station/1/1001125.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
An unverified call, received by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Thursday, warning about a bomb in Mumbai's Churchgate station turned out to be a hoax. Notably, it is the sixth anniversary of the triple blasts at Zaveri Bazar, Opera House and Dadar which left 26 people dead. The police are working to trace the per...
An unverified call warning about bomb planted in Mumbai's Churchgate station today prompted an immediate search operation by the local police. It later turned out to be a hoax, officials said.The Railway Protection Force (RPF) control room received an anonymous call around 11 am. The information was conveyed to Anti-Te...
Chhavi Tyagi
12 May 2017,Friday
Clinics charging ?1 come up at 14 railway stations in Mumbai
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/one-rupee-clinics-mumbai-railway-stations-magicdil-health-for-all-central-railway/1/952195.html
The Central Railway in collaboration with a private organisation has established 24X7 'One Rupee Clinics' at 14 different stations in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that will charge ?1 to provide medical services. The clinics have been set up after the Bombay High Court ordered the Railways to do so citing lack of prompt medical...
To help its commuters in case of medical emergency, Central Railway along with 'Magicdil' have established 24X7 'One Rupee Clinics' at 14 different stations. These clinics will be providing timely medical assistance to rail accident victims as well as commoners at a token charge of Re 1.After PIL filed in Bombay HC in ...
Rini Sinha
17 Jul 2017,Monday
Jodie becomes first woman to play lead role in Doctor Who
http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/jodie-whittaker-to-be-the-first-woman-in-54-years-to-play-the-time-lord-in-doctor-who/story-6IthnVK95XBjQe4K1TvQkJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Actress Jodie Whittaker will portray the Doctor in the thirteenth season of the BBC television series Doctor Who. This will be the first time the role will be played by a woman in 54 years of the show's history. Whittaker said it was "completely overwhelming" to play the role and she wanted fans to not be "scared" by h...
Finally, the big moment for Doctor Who fans has arrived. The identity of the 13th Time Lord has been revealed, and it?s a big surprise.For the first time in 54 years, the role is going to be played by a woman. Meet the Thirteenth Doctor #DoctorWho #Doctor13 pic.twitter.com/wycdcneZ7o? BBC One (@BBCOne) July 16, 201734-...
Sanira Mediratta
06 Jan 2017,Friday
AR Rahman has a street named after him in Canada
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Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman has a street named after him in the city of Markham in Ontario, Canada. The street was named 'Allah-Rakha Rahman st' in November 2013. The composer, who is often referred to as the 'Mozart of Madras', celebrated his 50th birthday on January 6, 2017.
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Chhavi Tyagi
26 Jul 2017,Wednesday
Privacy doesn't have status of fundamental right: Govt to SC
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/privacy-fundamental-right-centre-supreme-court/1/1011188.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Attorney General KK Venugopal on behalf of the Centre said in the Supreme Court, "Privacy is part of Right to Life, but does not enjoy the status of a fundamental right." He added, "Since right to privacy consists of diverse aspects and it is a sub-specie of liberty, every aspect of the sub-species will not qualify as ...
Arguing in the right to privacy case before the nine-judge Constitution bench in Supreme Court today, Attorney General K K Venugopal said that privacy does not enjoy the status of a fundamental right. "Privacy is part of Right to Life under Article 21, but does not enjoy the status of a fundamental right," said AG Venu...
Radhika Chugh
30 Jul 2017,Sunday
Fatwa against Muslim minister for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fatwa-issued-against-muslim-minister-in-bihar-for-chanting-jai-shri-ram/story-1OQuYhtPhLMtTlZE411VJI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
A fatwa directing termination of his marriage was issued against JD(U) minister Khurshid Ahmad for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' outside the Bihar Assembly after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote. The minister initially stood by his actions and said, "Islam teaches respect for all religions." He later apologised...
A Muslim cleric on Sunday issued a ?fatwa? against newly appointed Bihar minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmad for chanting Jai Shri Ram, saying his marriage would be terminated for his ?mistake?.An MLA from Sikta in West Champaran, Ahmad shouted the slogan, normally associated with BJP sup...
Shubhodeep Datta
25 Apr 2017,Tuesday
Delhi's iconic 'Hall of Nations' building demolished
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/delhi-pragati-maidan-s-hall-of-nations-demolished-triggers-outrage/story-MBN29qKNgeXJ1PbCFb4pgO.html
Five buildings at Pragati Maidan, including the iconic 45-year-old 'Hall of Nations', were demolished on Sunday night after their architect Raj Rewal lost a case in Delhi High Court. The buildings were commissioned in 1972 and the architect claimed that they were the world's first pillar-less concrete frame structures....
About half a dozen bulldozers worked overnight on Sunday at Pragati Maidan to pull down five iconic buildings ? Hall of Nations and Industry. Next to come under the hammer is Nehru Pavilion. Indian trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) razed the structures two days after their architect Raj Rewal lost the case in Delhi h...
Niharika Prabhakar
14 Jul 2017,Friday
Delhi traffic cops dupe truck drivers in name of GST
http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/5-delhi-traffic-cops-suspended-for-duping-truck-drivers-in-the-name-of-gst/story-OineGCuEAB3nynSiC1RwjI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
Five Delhi traffic policemen have been suspended for allegedly duping truck drivers at Delhi?s border points in the name of the recently implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST). The policemen were reportedly extorting money by asking the truck drivers to prove whether GST has been paid on the goods they were carrying,...
Five traffic policemen have been suspended for duping truck drivers entering Delhi in the name of recently implemented Goods and Services Tax (GST). Narendra Singh Bundela, joint commissioner of police (traffic), said on Thursday that the five cops were caught taking bribes from the truckers over the past three days. H...
Tarun Khanna
19 May 2017,Friday
Harsh Vardhan given charge of Environment Ministry
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/harsh-vardhan-gets-additional-charge-of-environment/1/956782.html
Minister of Earth Sciences and Science and Technology, Harsh Vardhan, has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) after the demise of Union Minister Anil Madhav Dave. Dave (60), who was given the charge of MoEF on 5 July 2016, passed away at his official residence o...
Dr Harsh Vardhan has been given the additional charge of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) after the death of Minister of State Anil Madhav Dave who held the portfolio under an independent charge. Dave was found dead at his official residence in New Delhi. His death came to light after his s...
Abhishek Bansal
24 Apr 2017,Monday
Clashes erupt in J&K as educational institutions reopen
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jammu-and-kashmir-college-re-opens-students-started-pelting-stones/1/936649.html
Students in the Kashmir Valley clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting as colleges and universities reopened on Monday, officials said. Stone pelting by the students of a local college caused a blockade of one of the busiest roads in Srinagar, they added. The educational institutions had remained clo...
As colleges and universities opened on Monday after a week in the Kashmir valley, students again clashed with security forces and resorted to stone pelting, officials said.Students of the SP College assembled on the Maulana Azad Road and started pelting stones on security forces causing blockade of one of the busiest r...
Mishika Bangia
31 Jul 2017,Monday
Govt to take action against corrupt officials from Aug 15
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-government-corruption-vigilance-department-home-ministry/1/1014881.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
The Modi government is planning to launch a crackdown on corrupt officials reportedly from August 15. Letters have been dispatched to various departments and paramilitary forces to finalise the list of corrupt officials by August 5. The list will be sent to Central Bureau of Investigation and Central Vigilance Commissi...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has time and again claimed that corruption has come down since he took charge and that providing graft-free rule is on top of his priority. Now, to further polish its taint-free image, the government is preparing a crackdown on corrupt officials.According to a government notification availa...
Vani Vivek
06 Apr 2017,Thursday
Boeing, JetBlue back Indian-origin man's aircraft startup
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indian-origins-startup-attracts-investments-from-boeing/1/921703.html
Hybrid electric aircraft startup Zunum Aero, founded by Indian-origin entrepreneur Ashish Kumar, has received investments from aerospace companies Boeing and JetBlue. The startup intends to make regional aircrafts with space for 10 to 50 passengers for flights up to 1,600 km. "Our goal is to be part of a disruptive for...
New York, Apr 6 (PTI) A hybrid electric aircraft startup founded by an Indian-origin entrepreneur has received investments from aerospace giants -- Boeing and JetBlue owing to its goal to develop alternative propulsion aircraft. Zunum Aero, founded by Ashish Kumar three years ago in Kirkland, Washington is working to d...
Aarushi Maheshwari
27 Jan 2017,Friday
Two students drown while taking selfies in Hyderabad
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hyderabad-students-drown-selfie/1/867443.html
Two college students drowned in a water body while taking selfies in Hyderabad on Thursday, the police said. The police added that the two students, who were around 16 years of age, had been warned against entering the water but they ignored this advice. Apart from selfies, they were also taking pictures with a camera....
A fun trip of college students turned into a tragedy when two of them drowned in a water body while taking a selfie.The incident was reported under Rachkonda commissionerate on Thursday, where both the teenagers drowned in a water body near a crusher unit at Ghatkesar area of Hyderabad.Details so far: 1. According to t...
Sumedha Sehra
21 Jul 2017,Friday
MLA's assets grow 2,406% in 5 yrs, calls it misunderstanding
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mizoram-mla-s-assets-grow-2-406-in-5-years-he-calls-it-a-misunderstanding/story-mGYUwUYIZOWfzYNHxz2sJP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle
A Mizoram Congress MLA showed an increase of 2,406% in his assets after being the MLA for five years. In 2008, Lalrobiaka had shown his movable and immovable assets at ?5.81 lakh, while in 2013, he showed his assets at ?1.4 crore. The legislator called it a 'misunderstanding', saying he didn't include details of his ?1...
Lalrobiaka, a Congress candidate for the 2008 assembly poll in Mizoram, in his affidavit filed before the Election Commission, put the value of his total movable and immovable assets at a little over Rs 5.81 lakh.In 2013, the 53-year-old Congress legislator from Dampa showed his total assets at Rs 1.40 crore ? an astou...
Sumedha Sehra
26 Jun 2017,Monday
Demands for disability certificates rise as admission nears
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/disability-act-school-admission-delhi/1/987408.html
Doctors at various hospitals have claimed that a large number of parents are demanding disability certificates for their children to get admission in schools. They added that in several cases, there is no disability. According to one doctor, parents even say that their child doesn't want to study Science, and request f...
With school and college admissions being the flavour of season, doctors of city's top government hospitals are battling a rush of people with requests for issuance of disability certificates.Demands for disability certificates by parents and students come shortly after the Union government revised the disability act an...
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