A New York federal prosecutor who refused to resign when he and 45 other prosecutors were asked to by the Trump administration says he has been sacked. “I did not resign. Moments ago I was fired,” said Preet Bharara on Twitter. Mr Bharara was first asked to remain in his post by President Donald Trump, […]
New Delhi, Mar 9 (PTI) In yet another case in a month, an automated teller machine in south Delhi’s Amar colony area dispensed a fake Rs 2,000 currency note with “Children Bank of India” printed on it, police said today. The fake bank note of Rs 2,000 denomination was dispensed from a private bank ATM […]
India’s National Commission for Minorities has virtually no members, last of 7 retired on March 9, 2017 The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) — an organisation established to safeguard the constitutional and legal rights of minorities and which was once headed by Hamid Ansari, now India’s Vice-President — currently has no chairperson and virtually no members. […]
Has Maneka Gandhi really lost it? She’s wanting to impose curfew in College Hostels. She’s taking crazily about things like ‘hormonal outbursts’. She’s insulting Bihar and Biharis! No one in their right mind is going to say “Yes Minister’ to such baloney! (We hope!) New Delhi: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi advocated hostel curfews for school […]
Did you know that donkey meat has been legalized and certified for human consumption in Kenya? But the locals don’t eat donkey meat, its exported to China! The Chinese love Donkey Meat. The Meat Control (amendment) Act 2012 documented donkey alongside horse as a food animal in Kenya. While butcheries have not been licensed to […]
They paid a 17 year old boy to kidnap a girl for human sacrifice! Police in the south Indian state of Karnataka have arrested three people in connection with the “human sacrifice” of a 10-year-old girl . Police told BBC Hindi that the child was killed on the instructions of a “sorcerer” to “cure” a […]
New Delhi: Is India finally waking up the hazardous e-waste disposal? Some areas in UP are notorious for unscientific and haphazard handling of electronic waste. The National Green Tribunal has woken up to a plea made by a concerned citizen. The National Green Tribunal has directed inspection of Ganga flood plains to probe dumping and […]
New Delhi: Urdu is a beautiful language, says former CJ of India TS Thakur, and should be learned at an early age. Former Chief Justice of India T S Thakur once agreed to fast-track the hearing of a case, after he overheard the lawyer in question alluding to one of Ghalib’s couplets during the court […]
On February 17, the Delhi High Court asked Delhi state government to inform it about the reasons behind the death of 11 patients at a home for mentally retarded in a span of two months and the steps they have taken in the matter so far. The query came as a response to a social […]
Being ‘politically correct’ ain’t good business, these days. The iconic Playboy Magazine, that quintessential aid to fantasy for millions of pimply male adolescents of every age, dropped its nudes. This resulted in hundreds of its regulars dropping Playboy!Playboy magazine has announced it is bringing back nudity, reversing a decision made last year. The move was announced by […]
CHENNAI: Hundreds of students and fishermen were working Friday (Feb 3) to clean up an oil spill on India’s southern coast that campaigners say threatens the turtles that nest there every year. The Indian Coast Guard said around 35km of coastline off the southern city of Chennai had been affected by the spill which occurred […]
New Delhi: A toddler, along with her mother and grandmother, has approached the National Green Tribunal alleging noise and air pollution due to the activities of a reputed private school here operating in a residential area, causing health problem to the residents.(Feb 3) The residents of Ashok Vihar Phase-IV sought shifting of DAV Public School […]