Madras HC rejects Rajiv Gandhi killer Nalini’s plea for early release
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday rejected Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict S Nalini Sriharan’s petition seeking a premature release. She is presently serving a life sentence in the Vellore Central Prison. A division bench of Justices K K Sasidharan and Justice R Subramanian passed the order while noting that the court cannot interfere in […]
Master of roster: Only CJI can decide on allocating cases, AG tells SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday reserved order on ex-Law minister Shanti Bhushan’s Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the existing roster practice of allocation of cases by the Chief Justice of India. Attorney General KK Venugopal while favouring the Chief Justice of India as the “master of roster” countered the plea stating that matters related […]
National Award winner Usha Jadhav was directly asked to sleep with a producer for a role
Mumbai:-National Award-winning actress Usha Jadhav, best known for her films ‘Traffic Signal’, ‘Dhag’, ‘The Mumbai Trilogy’ and ‘Veerappan’, recounted an instance as she was directly instructed to “sleep” with a person who could provide her a chance to act in a film. In a recent documentary, Usha described one conversation, where she was told she […]
Will review India-China ties from strategic perspective: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will review Sino-Indian relationship from a strategic and long-term perspective when they meet at Wuhan on April 27-28. “President Xi and I will exchange views on a range of issues of bilateral and global importance,” Modi said in a statement here. “We will discuss our respective visions and priorities for national development, […]
13 kids killed in UP accident, CM visits spot
Thirteen children were killed and six critically injured when a train rammed into a school van at an unmanned crossing on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the accident site in Kushinagar. He also enquired about the treatment being given to the injured at a hospital. Adityanath later told the media that prima facie the accident appeared to be the […]
Data of 1.34 lakh Aadhaar card holders ‘leaked’ from Andhra govt site
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), the body that governs Aadhaar, has been claiming that Aadhaar data cannot be breached or misused. However, contrary to the UIDAI’s claims, sensitive data containing details such as religion and caste of 1.34 lakh Aadhaar card holders was reportedly leaked from the Andhra Pradesh State Housing […]
Use MGNREGA funds for water conservation: Modi
MANDLA (M.P.)The Prime Minister urged panchayats to curb water shortages in villages during April, May and June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday suggested funds provided under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme be used on water conservation work for three summer months to curb water shortages in villages and boost farm […]
‘Modi’s troll army’ brings down India’s rank in World Press Freedom Index
New Delhi, : India dropped down to 138th rank, two points below the previous year, in the 2018 World Press Freedom Index released by global watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday. The report blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “troll army” for sharing and amplifying hate speeches targeting journalists on social networks. “In India (down […]
UP: Minor girl raped by juvenile while his sister watches, parents thrash her
New Delhi: In a horrific and shameful act, a woman forced her 13-year-old niece to get drunk after which she allowed her boyfriend to rape the child in a forested area in outer Delhi’s Shahbad Dairy on Sunday night. The 30-year-old woman has been arrested while her boyfriend, the alleged rapist, Mukesh Kumar is on the […]
In a first, India to get two ‘airport-like’ railway stations in MP, Gujarat by 2019
New Delhi: The country will get its first two “airport-like” railway stations — Habibganj and Gandhinagar — in nine months from now as part of the railway’s Rs 1-lakh crore station redevelopment programme, a senior official said on Monday. While Madhya Pradesh’s Habibganj station will be ready by December, Gujarat’s Gandhinagar station will be completed […]
