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The statue fever has hit Karnataka, with the state government proposing to build a 350-feet tall statue of Mother Cauvery at the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) reservoir in Mandya district. The statue will stand on a 125ft base from where visitors can view the dam from the viewer’s gallery. The statue will be built alongside a Read More…
In a major setback to tradition seeking Hindus The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to stay its verdict allowing entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple but agreed to hear in open court on January 22 a batch of review petitions in the matter. The review petitions against the September 28 Read More…
A case of gangrape has been registered against 15 people including a former MLA, a BJP leader and another RSS pracharak in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. On November 5, a woman had attempted to immolate herself along with her two daughters in front of UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s residence. The police promptly stopped them from Read More…
Hundreds of frenzied devotees had tried to attack and prevent the 52-year old woman, Lalitha Ravi, from offering prayers at the temple. A 29-year old man was arrested on Wednesday in connection with the incident relating to the alleged assault of a woman pilgrim at the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, suspecting her to be Read More…
Protests for the removal of Mizoram chief electoral officer (CEO) SB Sheshank continued in Aizawl Wednesday, even as the Election Commission (EC) decided to send a senior official for talks with the apex body leading the stir while accepting the “broad contours” of its resolution on the CEO and Bru refugees submitted to a poll panel Read More…
A minor was allegedly gang-raped in the ICU of a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly town. The victim, who had been admitted to the hospital after being bitten by some poisonous insect, was on oxygen as she had difficulty in breathing, according to the police sources. The culprits, who were hospital staff, allegedly administered Read More…
A criminal defamation complaint has been filed against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor before a court in Delhi for his alleged “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier Former Congress Minister Shashi Tharoor had stoked a fresh controversy on Sunday while speaking at the Bangalore Literature Festival, claiming that an unnamed RSS leader had told Read More…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined early hearing on petitions seeking review of its September 28 verdict allowing women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and said they have been already listed for hearing. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices U U Lalit and K M Jospeh was Read More…
Despite the Union Government’s ambitious plan to clean the Ganga, the river continues to be as dirty as ever. Water of the river that flows through Patna, the capital of Bihar, ruled by JDS – BJP alliance has been declared unfit not just for drinking but also for a holy dip due to the indiscriminate Read More…
Kerala police Thursday detaining over 1000 people in a crackdown on those allegedly involved in the violent protests against entry of women of all ages into the hilltop sabarimala temple In the regard Kerala police had filed cases against 2000 persons and issued a lookout notices against 210 persons. “In a major swoop, we detained Read More…
The Supreme Court Wednesday said that no Bharat Stage IV vehicle shall be sold across the country with effect from April 1, 2020. The Bharat stage emission standards are standards instituted by the government to regulate output of air pollutants from motor vehicles. The Bharat Stage VI (or BS-VI) emission norm would come into force Read More…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday, 23 October, suspended DSP Devender Kumar, who was arrested a day earlier, in connection with an alleged bribery case. Kumar, accused of falsifying witness statement, has been sent to CBI custody for seven days remand by the Delhi HC. The Delhi High Court refused to stay investigation Read More…
Ayyappa, the presiding deity of Sabarimala temple considered “naishtika brahmachari” (eternally celibate), since its door opened for a five-day pooja on October 17. No pooja was performed on the first day of the opening of the temple. The doors to the shrine will close at 10 pm Monday. Nearly a dozen women have been turned Read More…
Kuriakose Kattuthara aged 62 was taken to the hospital but was declared brought dead. Kuriakose had earlier given his statement against the accused bishop to Kerala Police as an independent witness and according to sources privy to information, was getting calls to withdraw his statement. He had also told media persons recently that he was Read More…
Near Sabarimala temple on Sunday morning saffron dress wore men protested after two women reached Pamba seeking entry to the hill shrine. The women, whose age is not known yet, had to return after they were stopped by protestors just 200 metres away from the base camp at Pamba. The attempt by these women has Read More…
Amid ongoing protests, feminist activist Rehana Fathima, reporter Kavitha Jakkal and Woman devotee Mary Sweety tried to enter the Sabarimala temple today, three days after it was opened for women of all ages. As the temple entries are blocked by devotees against the Supreme Court verdict to allow women of menstruating age to enter the Read More…
Sandalwood actress Sruthi Hariharan has accused actor Arjun Sarja of sexual harassment during the shooting of the movie ‘Vismaya’, according to TV reports. This is the first instance in Sandalwood (Karnataka ) where an actress has named the “perpetrator”. Recently, another actress Sangeetha Bhat had levelled allegations against some “top directors” but she refrained Read More…
There was an outpouring of grief from across the country with the Dussehra mood turning sombre as India realised the scale of the tragedy. At least 60 people were killed and 72 injured on Friday evening (October 19) after a train ran into a crowd of Dussehra revellers who were watching the burning of Ravan’s Read More…
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) which manages administration of the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple is set to submit a status report in the Supreme Court on the situation in Sabarimala in the wake of the apex court’s judgement allowing women of all ages entry to the temple. TDB president A Padmakumar, however, did not confirm commitment Read More…
Kerala Minister EP Jayarajan on Wednesday blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for violence that broke out during the protest as women attempted to trek to the Sabarimala from the base camp. Addressing media, Jayarajan said, “RSS criminals hid in forests and attacked the Ayappa devotees. 10 media personnel, 5 devotees Read More…
In a dramatic development that could upset BJP Minister Akbar’s strategy more than a dozen women journalists fused as a force and have urged the court to hear their testimonies against MJ Akbar, claiming many of them suffered sexual harassment by the minister and others have been a witness to it. A group of current Read More…
The Travancore Dewasom Board president, who has earlier made misogynist comments as well, says women’s entry into the temple will also lead to security issues The chief of the board that runs Kerala’s Sabarimala temple has said that allowing women inside will lead to “immoral activities” and turn the place into a “spot for sex Read More…
The body of an aspiring model was found stuffed in a suitcase in Mumbai’s western suburb of Malad on Monday. The woman identified as Mansi Dixit, aged around 20 years, had moved from Kota, Rajasthan, to pursue her modelling dreams. Within hours, the police managed to arrest 19-year-old college student Muzammil Sayyed, a resident of Read More…
In a letter dated 13 October, the office of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) granted the use of Bison Polo Ground till 28 October and Parade Ground from 23 to 28 October. In response Ex-Army men were furious after Ministry of Defence granted permission to the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of Read More…
Sanath Jayasuriya was the player of the tournament when Sri Lanka won the World Cup in 1996 But now Ex-Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged by the International Cricket Council with two breaches of its anti-corruption code. The 49-year-old former all-rounder is accused of failing to co-operate with an investigation by the governing Read More…
Hillary Clinton has said her husband Bill’s affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky was not an abuse of power and he was right to not resign from the US presidency in the wake of the scandal. The two-decades old episode has come under renewed scrutiny in the #MeToo era, with critics questioning whether Read More…
According to the report, prepared by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, India is among the 45 countries that have “serious levels of hunger”. In 2017, India was ranked at the 100th position . India is ranked below many neighbouring countries, including China (25th spot), Nepal (72), Myanmar (68), Sri Lanka (67) and Bangladesh (86). Pakistan is Read More…
Union minister MJ Akbar has said the allegations of sexual harassment against him are “fabricated” and “spiced up”. He said he will take legal actions against the women journalists who have levelled these allegations against him. “The allegations of misconduct made against me are false and fabricated, spiced up by innuendo and malice. I could Read More…
India’s #MeToo chorus is being heard from every corner of the country. The campaign took India with a storm with women naming out men who sexually harassed them. So far 11 allegations have emerged against journalist-turned- politician and BJP Minister MJ Akbar. Akbar’s colleagues, including Smriti Irani and Maneka Gandhi, have acknowledged the online testimonies Read More…
RTI query has revealed it was reported that as many as 1,329 cases of net banking fraud, involving an amount of Rs 5,555.48 crore, came to light in country’s largest bank State Bank of India (SBI) in first six months of the current fiscal year, In response to a query of RTI activist Chandrashekhar Gaud, Read More…
Bank cashier was shot dead and three persons were injured after some unidentified people entered a bank in southwest Delhi’s Dwarka on Friday and fled with over Rs 2 lakh, police said. Police were informed about firing at a Corporation Bank branch in Khaira village at 3.45 pm, they said. Six masked people entered the Read More…
Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the next, Facebook Inc (FB.O) announced on Friday, as the social media company said its largest-ever data theft hit fewer than the 50 million profiles it initially reported. The company said it would message affected users Read More…
Cyclone Titli weakened into a deep depression and entered West Bengal on Friday even as the Odisha government stepped up rescue and relief operation in areas affected by deluge areas caused due to heavy rainfall, officials said. “Depression over Odisha moved east northeastwards with a speed of 23 km lay centred at 0230 hrs of Read More…
A Maharashtra BJP spokesperson Friday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “11th incarnation” of Lord Vishnu, prompting ridicule by the Opposition, with the Congress calling it an “insult” to the gods. “Hon PM @narendramodi ji is the 11th #Avatar (incarnation) of Lord Vishnu (sic),” state BJP spokesperson Avadhut Wagh said on Twitter. Hon PM Read More…
‘Will form four-member committee of retired judges to conduct public hearings of #MeToo cases,’ Union Minister Maneka Gandhi said. With the #MeToo movement intensifying in the country with every passing day, Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Friday said that four retired judges will hold public hearings of the sexual assault and harassment cases. “Will form Read More…
CM Naveen Patnaik stressed on quick repair of breaches in several river embankments and asked district collectors to provide cooked food to the people who were shifted to relief camps. Also the Odisha government on Friday deployed NDRF and ODRAF personnel to speed up rescue and relief operations mainly in three districts where over 60 Read More…
Amid ongoing demand for the resignation of Union Minister MJ Akbar after more than six women journalists accused him of sexually harassing, Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday said that the gentlemen concerned would be in a better positioned to speak on this issue. As the MeToo campaign gathered momentum in India, some women journalists Read More…
Rampal Singh Jatin , the self-styled godman who heads the Satlok Ashram in Haryana, was found guilty of murder in two separate cases today. Rampal was convicted on the charges of murder in a 2006 case relating the death of a woman supporter. Rampal was also convicted on the charges of murder in a 2014 Read More…
Trouble mounted for veteran actor Nana Patekar after the Mumbai police on Thursday registered an FIR against him following charges of harassment, indecency and obscenity levelled by model-actress Tanushree Dutta. The incident dates back a decade ago during the shooting of ‘Horn OK Pleasss’, at Filmistan Studios at Goregaon of Mumbai. The FIR was registered Read More…
Interstate political controversy has erupted over the attack on workers from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in Gujarat that was sparked off after a rape incident. Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday put the blame over the violence on the “crumbling” governance in BJP-ruled Gujarat while RJD raised heckles over calling the workers “migrants”. “There is Read More…
Till now nine people were reported dead Tuesday following a blast at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh, located some 32 kilometres from Raipur. The blast was sudden and people working there had no time to escape. The Bhilai plant, operated by SAIL, produces a range of products, including rails. District collector visited hospital Read More…
Rajasthan Additional Chief Secretary (Health), Veenu Gupta said, “So far, there are a total of 29 people who have tested positive for Zika virus.” As one of those affected in Jaipur hailed from Bihar and visited his Siwan home recently, the eastern state has issued advisories to all its 38 districts to keep a close Read More…
A Bangladeshi national who worked as a temple priest at the famous Mahalakshmi Temple at Dahanu, located off the Mumbai Ahmedabad NH 8, was convicted by the Dahanu court and sentenced to 2 years Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for staying in India without passport and any other documents . The Additional Sessions Judge JR Mulani also Read More…
A Kashmiri student was beaten up after a fight broke out between groups of Indian and Afghanistan students at a private university in Greater Noida Thursday, prompting the police to book over 350 students for rioting and related offences, officials said. The scuffle follows another incident which was reported on Monday after a video surfaced Read More…
As the Rupee hit a record low of Rs 73.77 against the US dollar, Congress President Rahul Gandhi Thursday said the Indian currency is not breaking, but is “broken”. The rupee collapsed to a fresh low of 73.77 against the US dollar Thursday, deepening concerns about the current account deficit and capital outflows. “Breaking: Rupee Read More…
The Supreme Court had opened the doors of Sabarimala to women of all ages in a 4-1 judgment on Friday, annulling the centuries-old tradition of the temple to deny the right of worship to women aged between 10 and 50 years. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Wednesday In a statement, the RSS also called upon Read More…
While she was taking a bath in the River Ganga during a religious ritual on Monday, 45-year-old woman was gangraped in Barh police station area in rural Patna district of Bihar , police said on Wednesday. Officials said two men, including the person who captured the crime on video and later shared it on social Read More…
The Indian rupee on Wednesday crashed below the 73 mark against the dollar for the first time ever on strong demand for the American currency from importers amid unabated capital outflows. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the domestic currency dropped 43 paise to 73.34 against the US dollar in the early trade. The Read More…
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal, BS Dhanoa, taken ruling bjp position and defended the Rafale purchase as “a game changer” at the annual Air Force press conference here. “We have lots of advantages in the Rafale deal…this and the S400 will enhance capabilities to counter our shortfalls,” the Air Chief pointed Read More…
Centre BJP government Delhi police action on Gandhi Jayanti to stop the peaceful protest march of farmers at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border was “barbaric” and the Centre’s assurance to look into their demands a “hoax”, the All India Kisan Sabha said Tuesday. Chaos prevailed at the border Tuesday as thousands of protesting farmers attempted Read More…