IAF conducts first-ever online exam for selection of airmen
Kolkata: In yet another first, the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted its first online selection test for airmen from May 3 to 6. Taking forward the Digital India initiative, the first-ever Scheduled Test for Airmen Recruitment (STAR) was conducted successfully through computer-based online tests in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC) Pune, […]
SC reserves verdict on validity of Aadhaar
A five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra reserved its judgement on the Aadhaar matter. Several appeals were filled challenging the constitutional validity of Aadhaar. Petitioners submitted to the Court that multiple data breaches from government portals have increased Aadhaar’s status as a “universal unique identifier.” […]
Rahul attacks PM Modi for not holding ‘press conference in four years’
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing any press conference in the last four years. The Congress chief, who met reporters on the last day of campaign for the Karnataka Assembly elections, said he enjoyed meeting the regional and national media at his press conference in Bengaluru […]
Army can’t be blamed for radicalisation of Kashmiri youth: Defence Minister
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the armed forces should not be blamed for Kashmiri youths joining militants, indicating that there will be no relaxation in the government’s tough policy on dealing with violent extremism. “I think we need to understand the issue which is very sensitive with a great deal of nuance. You cannot hold […]
Manmohan attacks Modi for ‘economic mismanagement’
Bengaluru: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh today launched a scathing attack on the Modi government for its “disastrous policies” and “economic mismanagement”, and said the country was facing crises that were avoidable. Singh attacked the government over a series of banking sector frauds, saying the money swindled almost quadrupled from Rs 28,416 crore in September […]
Indian tea seller caught using water from train toilet
Newdehli:-An Indian tea vendor caught on film taking water from a train toilet before selling his drinks to passengers has been fined as concerns grow in the country over food safety. The vendor on the Chennai-Hyderabad Express was caught after footage of him and two others coming out of a toilet with large cans used […]
Rahul seeks answers from Modi on tainted candidates
Rahul Gandhi today demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the BJP giving tickets to those allegedly involved in corruption, including its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa. With only a week left for the Karnataka elections, the Congress president put out a video titled “Karnataka’s Most Wanted” on his Twitter account to highlight […]
Death penalty cold-blooded killing: Nirbhaya rapists ask SC to spare life
New Delhi: Four of the men who gangraped and tortured a paramedic student from Delhi on a moving bus in December 16, 2012, leaving the nation in shock and rage, asked the Supreme Court to spare them the death sentence as it was “cold-blooded killing in the name of Justice.” As the court reserved its verdict, […]
Modi, Xi could meet 3 more times this year: Chinese envoy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping have the opportunity to meet at least three times this year to take forward their friendship forged during their unprecedented informal summit in Wuhan, China’s ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said. Luo said the two leaders reached broad consensus on the overarching, long-term and strategic issues […]
Nobel Prize in literature 2018 cancelled after sexual assault scandal
Copenhagen: The Nobel Prize in literature will be not awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within the ranks of the Swedish Academy that selects the winner. The academy said Friday the 2018 prize will be given in 2019. The decision was made at a weekly meeting in Stockholm a day earlier, on […]
