Orphaned kids appeal to farmers ‘don’t commit suicide!’

Orphaned kids appeal to farmers ‘don’t commit suicide!’

 More than 50 orphaned children (after their farmer parents committed suicide due to the agrarian distress) have been touring the length and breadth of Maharashtra, appealing to people not to take the ‘drastic step’. The children are inmates of `Adhartirth Ashram’, set up by Trimbakrao Gaikwad at Tupadevi in Trimbakeshwar tehsil of Nashik district. The […]

CBI, NIA in banknote fix!

CBI, NIA in banknote fix!

New Delhi: Demonetisation has proved to be a major headache for the law enforcement agencies. The money that was seized as evidence will be worthless if not deposited in banks … but how then will they produce the evidence(the same bank notes) in court during trial? Probe agencies like CBI and NIA have found themselves […]

India has ‘Mass corruption’ and we can address it: Paytm Chief

India has ‘Mass corruption’ and we can address it: Paytm Chief

Davos:  India is a country with “corruption at mass level”, Paytm chief Vijay Shekhar Sharma said (Jan 19) Digitisation would lead to a process where the money trail would ensure that people would be asked to pay tax on the money they have earned. He said the Paytm business model could help address this corruption. […]

New CBI Chief Appointed

New CBI Chief Appointed

New Delhi:  Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma was  appointed Director of CBI, country’s premier probe agency (Jan 19). His name was cleared by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as members. Verma has […]

Supreme Court says Stray Dogs have a Right to Life

Supreme Court says Stray Dogs have a Right to Life

New Delhi: It may be a dog’s life, but he’s got a right to live it! Culling and extermination are two different things, so stop bitching about being bitten by carnivorous canines! “Stray dogs have a right to live,” was how the Supreme Court reacted sharply today when a submission was made that such canines […]

Has the Cash Ban cleaned up the Real Estate market?

Has the Cash Ban cleaned up the Real Estate market?

New Delhi: Has the note ban actually cleaned up dirty dealing in the Real estate market? Some believe so! Anyway, half the potential buyers for apartments and such have disappeared! A Gloomy time for real estate barons! But the feeling is that the sector has been forced to ‘clean up’. The Property market, long considered […]

Education isn’t a commodity, students aren’t consumers!

Education isn’t a commodity, students aren’t consumers!

New Delhi: You can’t sue a college for not giving you a ‘placement’. Education isn’t a commodity to be bought or sold or with ‘special offers’. Students are not consumers. A youth’s plea against an institute for allegedly not providing him with an internship or job as promised at the time of admission, has been […]

New CBI Director tomorrow?

New CBI Director tomorrow?

New Delhi, Jan 15 (PTI) A three-member committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet tomorrow to decide on the chief of the country’s premier probe agency CBI. The post of CBI director is lying vacant for over one month following Anil Sinha’s retirement on December 2. At present, Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana is […]

Maulvi’s ‘divorce certificate’ is not valid in India

Maulvi’s ‘divorce certificate’ is not valid in India

New Delhi: Muslim clerics have no authority to issue divorce certificates, a High Court in India has ruled, invalidating such decrees already issued by a top cleric in Tamil Nadu state in southern India (Jan 13). This is in line with, a 1997 Supreme Court judgment ruled that church court rulings on marriage will have […]

PM’s Cashless Theme for National Youth Day

PM’s Cashless Theme for National Youth Day

Rohtak: “Cashless Transactions” appeared to be PM Narendra Modi’s main theme as he addressed the National Youth Festival. The delegates also were made to take an ‘oath’ to go cashless! The Festival Theme this year is ‘Digital Yuva Bharat’. Over 5,000 youths from across the country gathered here as the National Youth Festival began t […]

Railways to go High Rise: PM

Railways to go High Rise: PM

Gandhinagar (Gujarat):  Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government is focused on development of railways. And he also indicated that railway stations may be remodelled into high-rise commercial buildings as well. “My government has given priority to railways… it should expand, it should be developed, get modernised and it should bring a qualitative change in […]

No more ‘cashless’ at Petrol Pumps in India?

No more ‘cashless’ at Petrol Pumps in India?

Petrol pump owners late on Jan 8 night deferred till January 13 their decision to not accept credit and debit card payments for fuel sales after banks put off the move to levy the transaction (MDR) charge. To promote cash-less transactions, the government had waived the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on fuel purchase post demonetisation […]

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