The Rajya Sabha was disrupted Wednesday as opposition members raised the issue of historic files being destroyed by the Home Ministry. The government, however, denied the charge.
Raising the issue during zero hour, the time fixed for raising issues of national importance, P. Rajeev of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said 1.5 Lakh historic files were destroyed in a hurry by the government.
Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti felicitated Amit Shah after he was announced as the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president here on Wednesday.
Earlier today, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s close aide and general secretary Amit Shah will take over as the party’s new president from previous incumbent and now Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Two persons were injured after two powerful bombs planted by suspected militants exploded in Imphal.
The bombs might have been planted to target security personnel, said police sources. However, the explosion did not cause any harm to them.
The two injured men were identified as Kiran Laishram (45) a mason, whose condition was critical, and S.M. Kennath.
After West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan and Goa Governor B.V. Wanchoo, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday questioned Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan in connection with Agusta Westland VVIP Chopper scam.
Narasimhan was the Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief when the deal was signed. He is said to be a part of the meeting where the technical specifications for the helicopters were tweaked so as to enable AgustaWestland to qualify for the bidding.
Flight delays can make passengers grumpy but not when the pilot orders pizzas for them as a treat.
That is exactly what a Frontier Airlines pilot did, when the airline’s plane bound for the Mile High City, Colorado, from Washington was diverted after thunderstorms and lightning pummeled the Denver area.
Gerhard Bradner, the captain of the Airbus A320, ordered 50 pizzas — enough for the whole plane — when severe thunderstorms on Monday forced the plane to divert to southern Wyoming. He paid out of his own pocket for the pizzas.
The Delhi High Court Wednesday reserved its order on a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the licences granted to several real estate developers in Haryana, including one allegedly associated with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra.
A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice R.S. Endlaw, after brief arguments in the case, said “We will consider this issue.”
The Supreme court on Wednesday issued a notice to Bollywood actor Salman Khan on Rajasthan government’s plea challenging a high court decision which had stayed his conviction in a blackbuck hunting case.
A bench headed by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya asked Khan, who was sentenced to undergo five-year jail term by a trial court, to file his response within four weeks.
The state government approached the apex court against the order of Rajasthan high court which had, on November 12 last year, stayed his 2006 conviction in the case and paved way for him to apply for a British visa.
Congress today created uproar in Rajya Sabha over the alleged leakage of Rail Budget and forced two adjournments during Question Hour on the issue.
Raising the matter during Zero Hour, Congress members wanted to raise the issue but were disallowed by Deputy Chairman P J Kurien, who said the party’s privilege notice was still under consideration of Chairman Hamid Ansari and hence, he would not be able to allow any discussion on it.
Congress members including Madhusudan Mistry, Satyavrat Chaturvedi and V Hanumantha Rao wanted to mention the issue of alleged leakage of Rail budget.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today prayed for a drought-free state and good monsoon this year while performing the traditional puja of ‘Ashadhi Ekadashi’ here.
“I sought peace and prosperity in the state. Similarly, I prayed for a good monsoon so that the state remains drought free,” Chavan said after performing the puja of Lord Vitthal and Rukmini.
Chavan’s wife Satvasheela also participated in the ritual which began early this morning.
The Chief Minister said he got an opportunity to perform the rituals, as per the tradition which dates back to several years.
The first look of ‘Haider’, a Bollywood adaptation of Shakespeare’s famous play, Hamlet, directed by Vishal Bhardwaj was launched by its actors, Shahid Kapoor, K.K. Menon, Tabu and Sharddha Kapoor, and UTV CEO, Siddharth Roy Kapoor, in Mumbai.
Speaking on the occasion, lead actor Shahid Kapoor expressed his happiness to be able to shoot the entire film in Kashmir.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s close aide and general secretary Amit Shah will take over as the party’s new president from previous incumbent and now Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Announcing the party’s decision, Rajnath Singh said, “The BJP Parliamentary Board approves the appointment of Amit Shah as the BJP National President.”
He (Amit Shah) has all the capabilities and management skills required for the strengthening of organization,” Rajnath added.
A man allegedly killed his wife and buried her body in an agricultural field in a village here before ploughing the ground to avoid suspicion.
The body of the woman, Pramila Devi, was found today with police suspecting it to be a case of dowry.
“She was married around a year ago to Lal Babu Ram of Dakshin Tola village. We suspect she was killed for dowry,” Saraiya Station House Officer (SHO) Upendra Kumar said.
Ram allegedly killed Pramila and then took her body to his field and buried her, police said, adding he also ploughed the ground so that people do not suspect anything amiss.
Indian economy is likely to grow in the range of 5.4 to 5.9 per cent in 2014-15 overcoming the sub-5 per cent GDP growth of past two years, even as poor monsoon and disturbed external environment remain a cause for concern, says the Economic Survey.
“The growth slowdown in the last two years was broad based, affecting in particular the industry sector. Inflation too declined during this period, but continued to be above the comfort zone, owing primarily to the elevated level of food inflation”, said the Survey for 2013-14 tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament today.
Commenting on the alleged scuffle between Bharaitya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Members of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday appealed to all political parties to maintain peace and decorum in Parliament.
“I want to appeal to all political parties to maintain peace and decorum to see that there is meaningful and constructive discussions on various issues,” he said.
Osmania University, Hyderabad invites application for entrance test for admission to Master of Arts (M.A) in languages in oriental colleges commencing in the session 2014-15. The languages offered are Telugu Hindi Urdu Arabic.
Registrar Osmania University told that interested students can submit the filled application form along with DD of Rs 100/- drawn in favor of Registrar, OU payable at any nationalized bank in twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Last date for the submission of application form is July 19.
A minor was raped in Jharkhand allegedly on the panchayat’s diktat after her brother was accused of molesting and trying to rape a woman, police said Wednesday.
The incident took place at Gulgulia Dhora village in Bokaro district, some 160 km from Ranchi.
Police said the girl was raped by a person whose wife was allegedly molested by the girl’s brother, following which the panchayat directed the man to rape her.
The girl’s brother allegedly molested the woman Sunday night and the issue was taken to the village panchayat Monday.
The crowning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest confidant Amit Shah as the new BJP President capped a phenomenal and rapid rise for the party’s key election strategist who crafted an unprecedented victory in Uttar Pradesh.
In the process, the controversial yet politically suave Shah, 50, scripted history by becoming the youngest president of the party in which veterans have called the shots since its inception.
Samsung Electronics has forecast a 25 per cent drop in profit for the second quarter due to a slowdown in the smartphone market and a strong Korean currency.
It expects to make an operating profit of 7.2 trillion Won (USD7.1 billion) in the April-to-June period, down from 9.5 trillion Won a year ago, reports the BBC.
A stronger Korean currency (rising 11 per cent against the dollar) has also hurt Samsung’s earnings during the period.
Its operating profit has now fallen for three straight quarters.
A new study had claimed that maintaining a healthy lifestyle could help in increasing people’s lifespan.
With the rise in the number of heart diseases, cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory disorders, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) is working towards developing a national prevention strategy with a view to improving the population’s health competence and encouraging healthier behaviour.
The main risk factors for these diseases were linked to personal behaviour such as tobacco smoking, an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful alcohol consumption.
A 23-year-old teacher, who had alleged that she was raped by a youth in Balwakheri village in the district, has turned hostile in court.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sunder Lal recorded her statement Tuesday under Section 164 CRPC (recording of statements and confessions) here.
The victim turned hostile and said that she was not raped by the accused here.
Police had earlier said that the teacher was allegedly raped by a youth at Balwakheri village on Saturday last and the act was videographed by two of his associates and all of them blackmailed her.
General Electric has come up with a technological boon as their new microwave can count the calories in the food.
Microwave will utilize the three pieces of information, which are fat content, water content, and weight. From this microwave will provide with the calorie content in the food item, reported The Verge.
The glitch with the appliance is that it only works with blended food and the food needs to be uniform to get the actual reading, which makes it ideal for liquids. The researchers are still working on application on solid food.
A teenager was charged almost 180,000 pounds for a large margherita pizza by Domino’s.
The 19-year-old from Newport, Nathaniel Bolwell, had ordered a large margherita pizza worth 17.99 pounds, but he later realized that the American restaurant chain had overdrawn 179,000 pounds from his bank account, the Mirror reported.
The shocked teenager, who was paid back two days later, said that even the “poshest meal in the poshest restaurant” with all his friends and family wouldn’t have cost as much.
Several measures announced in the Rail budget such as enhanced port connectivity and setting up of private freight terminals will enhance auto industry’s utilisation of railways for vehicle transportation and reduce cost of operations, industry body SIAM Tuesday said.
Welcoming the announcements made by Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda in Parliament, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said various suggestions from the auto industry have been accepted in the Rail Budget.
Australia and Japan, becoming allies in a special relationship, will join up with the United States in a strong military alliance.
According to reports, the alliance is aimed at reducing China’s influence in the area.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to start a partnership in Canberra that would maintain the rule of law, peace and prosperity.
Prime Minister Abe said that Japan would work to build international order that would maintain the rule of law.
Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad has demanded that the government release fee reimbursement and scholarships to the students for the year 2013-14. Over 2 lakh students are getting affected by that and are deprived of admission into engineering and medicine.
Addressing a press conference here ABVP state secretary Niranjan Kadiam Raju member central working committee, Ranjeet and Rajendra Prasad told that Rs. 1500 crore are pending under fee-reimbursement and scholarships. More than 2 lakh students were denied certificates due to non-payment of fee.
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