On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the first of his many rallies in poll-bound Karnataka. Modi took several digs at Rahul Gandhi, calling him a "Naamdaar" and challenging him to speak for 15 minutes without any paper, and in any language. Modi said, “The Congress president is a Naamdaar, so how does he
On Tuesday, one passenger of a Vistara flight raised a complaint of having a cockroach in his food. However, concerned officials from the airline rejected such claim. This passenger brought this issue in public over Twitter alleging that he spotted a cockroach in his food. In its reply, the airline claimed that we are fumigating
A Kota schoolgirl was abducted by a man who used to be her Facebook friend. She was confined to a room and raped for four days by this man and his friend. The accused were identified as Pankaj Dhobi (22) and Dinesh Lodha (25), residents of the Rangbadi area under the city’s Mahavirnagar police station.
In a Jan Akrosh Rally organized by the Congress’ Delhi unit in the national capital on Sunday, a journalist was reportedly heckled and manhandled by the congressmen after having reported the empty chairs in the rally. In a video posted on Twitter by BJP spokesperson for the Delhi Unit, Praveen S. Kapoor, the journalist covering
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project to get each and every one of 18, 452 villages in India which were deprived of electric power ever since independence connected to the national power grid came to fruition on Sunday. Leisang village in Manipur became the last village in the country to be connected to the power
An explosion halted the developments of a hydropower project in Eastern Nepal which was being assisted by India. The project was to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi during his scheduled visit to the country this coming May. The compound wall of the 900 MW Arun III hydroelectric power-plant office was damaged in the blast
On Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided for giving guidance to their respective militaries for improving predictability and effectiveness regarding management of border affairs. Both leaders have shown a strong commitment to avoid future Doklams and reduce border tensions. The Indian statement on Saturday said, "Both leaders further directed their
According to the statement given by the Indian Railways on Friday, Mirabai Chanu has been promoted as an officer on special duty (sports) in the North East Frontier Railway. Padma Shri awardee Mirabai Chanu has recently won India’s first gold at the 21st Commonwealth Games. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had announced her promotion at a
A four-member committee on exam reform which was formed in January has submitted its report and recommendations to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). For discouraging rote learning and also for judging the analytical abilities of students, this committee has recommended an “open book examination” for engineering courses. Open book examination is actually
On Friday, Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two suspected Kashmir hackers from Punjab. PS Kushwah, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) shared with the Press, “Delhi Police has arrested Shahid Malla, 28, and Adil Hussain Teli, 20. Both have been working for an anti-national hacking group and they have hacked over 500 Indian
