Rajya Sabha passes UAPA bill that gives govt power to declare individuals as terrorist
New Delhi: Parliament on Friday approved an amendment to the anti-terror law to give powers to the central government to designate an individual as terrorist and seize his properties, even as the Opposition warned that the law may be misused. While the Lok Sabha had passed the Unlawful Activities
Electricity free in Delhi for usage up to 200 units: Arvind Kejriwal
In what is seen as a pre-election sop, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Thursday that electricity usage up to 200 units will be free. “Every family deserves a life of dignity. Just like good education & healthcare, a basic quantum of electricity to run lights/fans at home is
IMA strike: Resident doctors in Delhi to withdraw all kind of services
Healthcare services at government hospitals, including All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Safdarjung and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in Delhi, are likely to be severely hit with resident doctors deciding to withdraw all kind of services, including that of emergency department
Bill to guarantee minimum wage to workers passed by Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Wages Code Bill that will enable introduction of minimum wage for workers besides addressing issues like delay in payment to employees. The Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which seeks to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected
Zomato’s epic reply to man who cancelled order over ‘non Hindu’ delivery boy
Food delivery service Zomato is winning over Twitter thanks to their epic reply to a customer who shared a bizarre reason for cancelling his order. In a post shared last evening, Twitter user Amit Shukla tagged Zomato in a tweet saying he had cancelled his order as “they allocated a non Hindu rider”
Andhra passes bills to form committees to regulate fees in schools, private institutions
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two bills to regulate school and higher educational institutions in the state. The bills aim to regulate fee structure in private institutions and monitor education standards. The Andhra Pradesh School Education and Higher Education Regula
Rajiv Gandhi case convict Perarivalan’s mother meets Amit Shah seeking his release
Arputhammal, the mother of AG Perarivalan alias Arivu who was convicted in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday seeking the release of her son. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief and Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalava
Tigress beaten to death by UP villagers, autopsy shows broken ribs, injuries on every body part
Pilibhit: An adult tigress that injured nine persons in Mataina village in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district was trapped and beaten to death by villagers on Thursday. A disturbing two-minute video of the incident shows the big cat being brutally assaulted by villagers armed with lathis and spears
17 Opposition parties write to Venkaiah Naidu over passage of Bills without any scrutiny
only 26% of Bills were subjected to parliamentary scrutiny. Seventeen Opposition parties wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on July 26, 2019 raising concerns over the “hurried” passage of bills in Parliament without any scrutiny, and said that this was a departure fr
1.5 kg ornaments, coins removed from woman’s abdomen in Bengal
Over 1.5 kg ornaments and coins were removed from the stomach of a mentally unstable woman at a government hospital in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a doctor said. Ninety coins in the denomination of ₹ 5 and ₹10 and ornaments such as chains, nose rings, earrings, bangles, anklets, wrist bands a
Day after Karnataka, 2 BJP lawmakers vote with a Congress government
Bhopal: Two BJP legislators voted in favour of a bill of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. It was a quirky reverse for the party, whose leader, hours ago, spoke of bringing down the government. Sharad Kol and Narayan Tripathi -- both former Congressmen -- voted for the Congr
Man complains of lizard in railway’s food. It was a trick for free meal
A curious case of “lizards” being found in railway food was finally cracked after it was found that a senior citizen was the serial offender who contaminated his own meal to get free ones from the national transporter. A senior divisional commercial manager noticed the uncanny similarity in the modu
Govt extends income tax filing deadline by a month to August 31
In a major relief to the taxpayers, the government has extended the deadline for filing income tax return (ITR) for the financial year 2018-19 by a month to August 31, 2019. "In this regard, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers conferred under Section 119 of the Income Tax
170 dead, over 1 crore affected in Assam, Bihar floods
Patna/Guwahati: Floods in Bihar and Assam have claimed 170 lives till Monday with 1.07 crore people still reeling under the effect of the deluge in the two states. With two more deaths in Muzaffarpur, the number of dead in the Bihar flood climbed to 104. In Assam, the number of deaths touched 66
17-year-old boy scales wall in search for ball, gets shot by businessman’s guard in Lucknow
The personal guard of Lucknow businessman opened fire on a 17-year-old boy who scaled the boundary wall of the businessman’s house to search for a ball in Gorakhnath area on Monday morning, police said. Arvind Kumar was shot in the head as guard Sumit Singh opened fire with his double-barrel rifl
Asaduddin Owaisi slams Pragya Thakur for 'toilet' remark, says BJP MP believes in caste, class discrimination
New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday gave a “caste” twist to BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s “toilet” remark and said that she believes in the caste and class discrimination happening in India. The BJP MP from Bhopal on Sunday sparked a controversy by saying that she was “not elected to
NIA searches residence of 14 TN men deported from UAE for alleged terror links
A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) got police custody of 16 persons arrested in connected to the 'Tamil Nadu Ansarulla Case', searches were conducted in the residences of 14 accused men. Teams were sent to their homes across Tamil Nadu to gather any incriminating evidence pointing t
Dogs rescue newborn from drain in Haryana's Kaithal; CCTV shows mother dumping child
Chandigarh: A disquieting incident has come to light from the Kaithal district of Haryana where efforts are underway in full swing to save the life of a newborn who was rescued from a drain by two dogs. Local police have confirmed that they have stumbled across CCTV footage showing the baby girl's m
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