Zee Media channels and newspapers have decided to boycott India and Pakistan cricket matches. Dr. Subhash Chandra made this announcement on Twitter and said that: Zee News, Zee Hindustan, WION, DNA and all other news channels from Zee Media will not be covering any news about India-Pak match. He further said: None of the portals, […]
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Narendra Modi: Vedas permitted milking of nature but not exploitation
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made the following remarks during the interactive session at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: On Climate, Narendra Modi quoted Vedas: Recalling his initial address, the Prime Minister said that in a very simple way, he spoke of the vision for New India, and about the Vedas written 5000 years […]
Pilots of Crashed IAF Su-30 Aircraft Fatally Injured
Sqn Ldr D Pankaj and Flt Lt S Achudev, the pilots of the Su-30 aircraft sustained fatal injuries when the aircraft crashed approximately 60 Km from Tezpur Airbase on 23 May 17. Analysis of the Flight Data Recorder of the aircraft and certain other articles recovered from the crash site revealed that the pilots could […]
New National Commission for Backward Classes
The new National Commission for Backward Classes will be constituted under Article 338B and will commence functioning as a constitutional authority, in the same manner as the National Commission for Scheduled Castes under article 338 and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes under Article 338A. This was stated by Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice […]
Sonu Nigam quits Twitter after fellow singer Abhijeet’s account gets banned
Sonu Nigam is angry with the ‘biased’ way Twitter banned fellow singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s account following his heated conversation with some left-wing leaders. Sonu Nigam was earlier in a controversy after he spoke against loudspeaker usage during Azan. The singer in a statement on Twitter bid goodbye to his 7 million followers and said the following: […]
Breaking: Indian Air Force SU-30 MKI Aircraft Missing
A two seater Su-30 MKI aircraft of Indian Air Force, which got airborne from Tezpur Airbase today morning on a routine training mission as part of a two-aircraft formation, lost Radar and Radio contact with controlling station at around 1110h. The Indian government has informed that the last reported position was 60 Km North-West of […]
Gharwapsi: 22 Muslims return to Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh
More than 3 dozen Muslims embraced Hinduism in Uttar Pradesh’s Faizabad. The group is from the Ambedkar Nagar district and included women and children as well, reported the ANI. The group decided to come back to the Hindu fold after finding out that their ancestors were Hindus. ANI reports that they found out that about 20 […]
Kerala: Woman Muslim leader sacked for praising BJP
Vanitha League president Kamarunnisa Anwar has been sacked, despite accepting her apology yesterday, by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). She was sacked after she had praised BJP and also gave some money to the development fund. She had made these remarks when the BJP party workers came to her Tirur house and sought some donation. […]
Unruly and disruptive passengers beware!
The Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju and MoS Jayant Singh briefed media today with regard to handling of unruly passengers. They informed that the Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR) on “Handling of unruly/disruptive passengers” is being revised to enhance the safety and security of passengers, crew as well as airlines. During the press conference […]
UK Visa woes: India raises issues with the UK
The First Home Affairs Dialogue between India and UK was held today. The Indian side was led by Union Home Secretary, Rajiv Mehrishi and the UK delegation was led by Patsy Wilkinson, Second Permanent Secretary, Home Office, Government of UK and UK Visa for Indian professionals was raised prominently. The meeting was held as a […]