Politics

Ex-MP booked for rape, says being defamed

September 27, 2016 News

NOIDA: Ashok Pradhan, a four-time BJP MP from Khurja and now a senior Samajwadi Party functionary, has been booked in a rape and attempt to murder case after a 24-year-old woman embroiled in a marital dispute filed a police complaint against him. The woman has also named her husband, parents-in-law, sister-in-law and one more person in the complaint. The FIR was filed by Noida police under sections 354 and 376 (rape), 307 (attempt to murder) and various other sections of the IPC after Delhi Police registered a Zero FIR and…

NCRB Data shows Kerala as`crime capital’ of India

September 27, 2016 News

The rate of cognizable crimes in Kerala is the highest in the country at 723.2 (cases per 1 lakh population), more than thrice the national average of 234, as per the 2015 data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).Madhya Pradesh, the second state on the list, trails by nearly 300 markings at 348. A break-up of the data, however, shows that petty crimes and cases filed over protest marches (dubbed rioting) had led to the spike.The NCRB data rank Kerala significantly low on the list in serious crimes…

ISRO hits new Milestone by Putting 8 satellites in single flight

September 27, 2016 News

India’s space agency on Monday put eight satellites into two separate orbits in a single flight, a first for the agency as it hit another milestone in its low-cost space mission. The Indian Space Research Organization’s rocket–which took off at just after 9 a.m. local time–first released a weather forecasting satellite of the agency. Soon after, it put seven satellites—three from Algeria, one each from Canada and the U.S., and two from Indian educational institutions—into another orbit. It was the 37th flight for ISRO’s rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle,…

Subramanian Swamy advises Jayalalitha to fly to Singapore for treatment

September 24, 2016 News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has always ensured a tight lid on questions about her health, even going to the extent of filing defamation cases against anybody who dares to write on the matter. The media, therefore, has mostly backed off from reporting on the issue. But not the irrepressible Subramanian Swamy. As the much-feared, much-loved 68-year-old Jayalalithaa remains in hospital for a second day, with her supporters thronging the Apollo Hospital on Greams Lane, Chennai, and fears and rumours abound of her actual condition, Swamy is openly discussing…

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa hospitalised

September 23, 2016 News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai on Thursday night after she complained of “fever and dehydration”. The 68-year-old All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief was taken to Apollo Hospitals where her condition is stated to be stable now, the hospital’s Chief Operating Officer Subbiah Viswanathan said, adding she is under observation. “The honourable chief minister of Tamil Nadu was admitted to Apollo Hospitals, Chennai with fever and dehydration,” he said in a release circulated to media by the state government. “The…

Police Release Sketch of Terror Suspect in Mumbai

September 23, 2016 News

Police has released the sketch of one of the suspected terrorists who was spotted by the school children in Uran.A high alert was sounded along the Mumbai coast and adjoining areas on Thursday after a group of men were spotted moving suspiciously near a naval base at Uran in Raigad district, leading to massive search operations by multiple agencies. As per the sketch, the suspected terrorists appears to be in his early 20s. With long hairs moving backwards and slim-cut face, the suspected terrorists is seen in a pathani suit…

Full Text: India’s Response to Pakistan in the UN.

September 22, 2016 News

Exercising India’s Right of Reply during the General Debate of the 71st session UN General Assembly on Wednesday, senior diplomat at India’s UN mission, Eenam Gambhir slammed Pakistan for raising Kashmir protest and eulogising terrorist Burhan Wani. Here is the full text of her statement Mr. President, I take the floor to exercise the right of reply in response to the long tirade of Pakistan about the situation in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The worst violation of human rights is terrorism. When practiced as an instrument of…

Indian Ministers to travel to 68 nations this year to enhance bilateral ties

September 11, 2016 News

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, in letters to the ministers, said her ministry has identified 68 nations to be visited.“Cabinet ministers and ministers of state with independent charge have been asked to travel to these countries. The Prime Minister wants India to develop a bond with these nations,” a Union minister said. The exercise has to be completed by December. Senior ministers of the Narendra Modi government will travel to 68 countries in what is seen a big outreach programme by the NDA government.These countries are the ones not visited…

Rahul Gandhi: Business Men’s Debts being paid off by Narendra Modi

September 11, 2016 News

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy paying off the “debts of businessmen who had funded his election campaign” and that he was least interested about the debts of farmers. Rahul started the fifth day of his “Kisan Mahayatra” from Tanda and went to Malipur where he was joined by senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad. He lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, accusing it of not being concerned about the pitiable condition of farmers. “If our government comes,…

Modi At G20:”Have zero tolerance for corruption, black money”

September 5, 2016 News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is attending a session on Effective and Efficient Global Economic and Financial Governance in Hangzhou, China.Here are highlights of his speech at the session- * G20’s efforts should be for zero tolerance for corruption and black money; zero administration, policy & treaty loopholes; zero barriers and commitment to action. * Modi calls for breaking down the web of complex international regulations and excessive banking secrecy. * Need energy to support development needs. Balanced mix of nuclear, renewable energy & fossil fuels are at the core of…