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Modi inaugurates India’s longest river bridge in Assam

Modi inaugurates India’s longest river bridge in Assam

India May 26, 2017 at 7:19 pm 0 comments

Dibrugarh, May 26 Marking the third anniversary of the NDA government at the Centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the country’s longest river bridge — the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge over the Brahmaputra river in Assam — and dedicated it to the people of the nation. The 9.15 km longRead More

Solar juggernaut to keep rolling despite higher taxes

Solar juggernaut to keep rolling despite higher taxes

India May 26, 2017 at 7:17 pm 0 comments

New Delhi,The government’s surprise announcement that solar photovoltaic cells and modules will attract a levy of 18 per cent under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime that comes into force on July 1 caught the industry unawares, but experts said it was unlikely to have any lasting impact onRead More

12-year-old girl gang-raped, filmed in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki

India May 26, 2017 at 7:15 pm 0 comments

Barabanki (UP), May 26 A 12-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a village here, with the accused men also filming the act on their mobile phone, police said on Friday. The girl had gone to her agriculture field on Wednesday when three men of her village, identified asRead More

Won’t participate in EC’s EVM hackathon ‘drama’: AAP

India May 26, 2017 at 7:15 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, May 26 Terming the Election Commission’s EVM-hacking challenge from June 3 a “drama”, the AAP on Friday said it will not participate in the event. The party also questioned why the poll panel was “running away” from organising a no-holds-barred hackathon, as promised. “This is not a hackathon.Read More

Rahul Gandhi denied permission to visit Saharanpur

Rahul Gandhi denied permission to visit Saharanpur

India May 26, 2017 at 7:14 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, May 26 Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has been denied permission to visit Saharanpur, where a caste conflict had erupted in which many Dalits were allegedly targeted. The confirmation of this development has been given by Additional Director General of Police Law and Order Aditya Mishra to ANI.Read More

CPI-M to hold protests against Saharanpur violence in MP

India May 26, 2017 at 7:14 pm 0 comments

Bhopal, May 26 ,The CPI-M on Friday said it will hold sit-in demonstrations across Madhya Pradesh on May 29 to protest “atrocities” against the Dalit community in the Saharanpur violence in Uttar Pradesh. Badal Saroj, Madhya Pradesh state unit secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, said that ever sinceRead More

‘India’s daughter’ returns home from Pak; Sushma Swaraj welcomes her back

‘India’s daughter’ returns home from Pak; Sushma Swaraj welcomes her back

India May 25, 2017 at 4:10 pm 0 comments

New Delhi/Lahore, May 25 A young Indian woman, who said she was forced to marry a Pakistani man at gun point, on Thursday returned home via the Wagah Border with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj saying she felt “sorry for all that you have gone through”. Describing Uzma Ahmad asRead More

Babri case: CBI court summons Advani, Joshi on May 30

Babri case: CBI court summons Advani, Joshi on May 30

India May 25, 2017 at 4:10 pm 0 comments

Lucknow, May 25 A special CBI court in Lucknow, conducting the day-to-day hearing of the 1992 Babri demolition case, on Thursday asked BJP leaders LK Advani, Uma Bharti and Murli Manohar Joshi to appear personally before it on May 30. The court refused exemption from personal appearance to Advani andRead More

1984 riot victims: Delhi govt waives power bills of more than 2K families

1984 riot victims: Delhi govt waives power bills of more than 2K families

India May 25, 2017 at 4:10 pm 0 comments

New Delhi, May 25 The Delhi government has decided to waive pending electricity bills of over 2,000 families of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting of the government chaired by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told a pressRead More

Modi stresses on affordable treatment for all

India May 25, 2017 at 4:09 pm 0 comments

Mumbai, May 25 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday stressed on reducing dependence on other countries for getting medical equipment so as to make treatment affordable for people. “Seventy per cent of medical equipment used are imported from foreign nations. This situation has to change because it makes the treatmentRead More