India

Lucknow, Mar 7: In the run-up to Gorakhpur and Phulpur by-elections, the BJP seems to be playing its Hindutva card again with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath saying on the floor of the house that he is a Hindu and hence, has no reason to celebrate Eid. Tensions ran high in the state Assembly as Adityanath responded to Leader of Opposition Ram Govind Chaudhary’s remark that he was a CM

Is it mandatory for an Indian soldier to add “Shri’’ bore wring the name of incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi? A BSF Jawan faced penalty and humiliation for this “crime”. BSF Jawan Sanjeev Kumar had not used ‘honourable’ or Shri’ while referring to PM Narendra Modi. For this, he was penalised with 7 days of his salary by the BSF. The Jawan belongs to 15th Battalion Headquarters of BSF at

New Delhi, Mar 7: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the CBSE not to make Aadhaar number mandatory for enrollment of students appearing in NEET 2018 and other all-India exams. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief justice Dipak Misra directed the CBSE to upload the information on their website. Earlier, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had told the apex court

Surat, Mar 7: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Pravin Togadia escaped unhurt on Wednesday when a truck hit his vehicle from behind near Kamrej in Surat district, police said. “A truck hit the vehicle carrying Togadia and another person, about a kilometre away from the Kamrej town, when he was on his way to Surat to attend a function. Togadia escaped unhurt and we have

New York, Mar 7: Mukesh Ambani's net worth has soared to $40.1 billion, making him the richest Indian for the 11th year in a row, while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos toppled Bill Gates as the world's wealthiest person, says Forbes. According to Forbes' 2018 'World's Billionaires' list, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani's wealth surged a whopping 72.84% to $40.1 billion (Rs 2,60,622 crore) -

Bhubaneswar, Mar 7: An automatic sanitary napkin vending machine has been installed at the Bhubaneswar railway station by the East Coast Railway Women's Welfare Organisation (ECoRWWO), an official said. From the machine named - Happy Nari - which was installed on Monday inside the 2nd class ladies waiting for the hall on Platform No one, anybody can get a napkin by inserting a Rs 5 coin only

New Delhi, Mar 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned incidents of vandalism of statues in certain parts of the country and warned of stern action against those found guilty. The prime minister also spoke to Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the matter and expressed his strong disapproval of such incidents, according to an official statement. The prime minister has strongly

Kolkata, Mar 7: A statue of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee was on Wednesday vandalised by unidentified men in south Kolkata, police said. The statue was found partially damaged and its face blackened. A poster was also found from the spot with the word "radicals" written on it, they said. The incident comes after two statues of Cmmunist icon Vladimir Lenin was pulled down in Tripura and

The deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes run by the government may be further extended beyond 31 March, the Centre indicated in the Supreme Court on 6 March. The Centre said that since some more time would be needed to conclude the prolonged hearing in the Aadhaar case, the government may extend the deadline from 31 March. A five-judge

During the first week of January 2017, a group of Indian scholars gathered in a white bungalow on a leafy boulevard in central New Delhi. The focus of their discussion: how to rewrite the history of the nation. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi had quietly appointed the committee of scholars about six months earlier. Details of its existence are reported here for the first time