In a move aimed at enhancing the quality of urban life, the government on Thursday unveiled a list of 98 cities in the country for the Smart City Mission. The central government proposes to give financial support to the extent of Rs.48,000 crore to these cities over the next five years, Urban Development Minister M. […]
The Jammu and Kashmir police have registered a case after a video by Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani calling upon Kashmiri youth to join militancy went viral in the state on Wednesday. Burhan, 21, whose group photo with fellow militants was making the rounds on social media in July, has come up with a five-minute […]
Sanjeev Khanna, the former husband of Indrani Mukherjee who has been taken into custody on charges of killing Sheena Bora, was arrested by Mumbai Police here on Wednesday, an official said. Khanna was arrested from Alipore area after being grilled for a few hours by Mumbai Police. The arrest comes a day after Indrani, the […]
Aiming to conserve and improve the quality of litchis, the sweet and juicy summer fruit has acquired its first field gene bank in India – and possibly in the world – in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, renowned for its ‘shahi’ (kingly) variety. “After approval from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, we have set up India’s […]
Will the religious census released by the central government on Tuesday stir up India’s political cauldron? Reports from two states with a sizeable Muslim population suggest that it just could. In Uttar Pradesh, the answer seemingly is in the affirmative, fear many, as the already polarized polity of India’s most politically crucial state is set […]
Five people were killed, and over 100 injured as a statewide shutdown in Gujarat called by the Patidar Arakshan Andolan Samiti turned violent on Wednesday, officials said. Riots, arson, stone-pelting and widespread damage to public and private property forced the authorities to call the army and paramilitary forces. “Three people were killed in Ahmedabad and […]
A news clip aired by an Assamese news channel, which went viral on social media, has equated young girls wearing shorts to monkeys, giving rise to a heated debate in civil society in the northeastern state with some saying “nowadays we are more scared of the media than the police”. Assam boasts of traditionally empowering […]
Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae on Tuesday met Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Bamdev Gautam and told him that India or its citizens were not involved in protests or riots that have erupted across the Himalayan nation over the proposed six-province model of the proposed constitution for the country. Nepal’s southern plains […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the issue of “call drops” and asked officials about steps being taken to address the issue while Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked telecom companies to optimise networks to end this problem. The prime minister said as call drops directly affects the common man, “steps […]
Even as the government is exploring every option to bring the various factions of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) within the recently inked Naga Peace Accord, the outfit’s strongest group NSCN (Isak-Muivah) is recruiting fresh cadre from parts of eastern Nagaland. The recruitment drive was started immediately after the Naga accord was signed […]