Congress rebel and former Arunachal Pradesh CM Kalikho Pul, was found dead at his Itanagar residence on Tuesday. He allegedly committed suicide.It is believed he hanged himself from a ceiling fan. Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressed shock “at the untimely and tragic demise” of Kalikho Pul, the man who broke away from the Congress and […]
Manipur’s Satyagrahi, activist Irom Sharmila Chanu finally ends her hunger strike against a controversial law after 16 years, today (August 9). She has been on a fast since November, 2000 as a mark of protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (1958) which gives soldiers the power to arrest without warrants and even shoot […]
At the 31st Olympic Games in Rio de Janeirio, Northeast Indian gymnast attained a spot in the Indian history of the Olympics by securing eighth place in the final tryouts . She will compete with seven other gymnasts in the individual vault final in artistic gymnastics. Dipa, from Tripura, became the first Indian gymnast to enter the […]
T.K.V Desikachar who just turned 78, son and the student of Indian yoga master T.Krishnamacharya , popularly known as the ‘father of modern yoga’ passed away in Chennai on Monday. He had been battling a decline in his mental health for the past several years. He completed college and got a bachelor’s degree in civil […]
The Rio Olympics officially started with loud celebration of Brazilian culture, combined with Rio’s famous ‘Samba Dance’ together with powerful message of global warming plaguing the world. This was the first Olympics to introduce a Refugee Team which will participate under the UNO flag. Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer declared open the Games, the first […]
The problems of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia have been resolved, according to Saudi Arabia All workers affected would be fed, have papers arranged and flown back to India, if required, at the expense of the Saudi government,said Saud Bin Mohammed Al Sati Saudi Ambassador to India. At a press conference in Delhi, MEA spokesperson Vikas […]
The BJP on Friday choose its Gujarat unit chief Vijay Rupani as the State’s next Chief Minister. Health Minister Nitin Patel will be his deputy chief minister. Outgoing chief minister Anandiben Patel, who offered to resign four days ago, proposed Rupani’s name in the meet attended by all 121 state BJP legislators. Senior leader Nitin […]
There are several government schools in Patna, Bihar’s capital but, several state run schools are in a sorry state. The schools may serve the ‘letter’ of the Right to Education Act, but fail in its spirit. The children need the basic facilities for their growth and development. For example, the Boys Middle School in Karbigahiya is […]
In India most of the bridges are of the British era. Many of them are very old but still in use. We never know when those bridges are going to collapse. But still we use them for our daily travelling. The same took place in Maharashtra. A bridge on the Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed late last night, […]
On Wednesday Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Maoist Party chairperson, also known as Prachanda, was elected as the new Prime Minister of Nepal after K.P. Oli resigned rather than facing defeat in a vote of no-confidence. Speaker Onsari Gharti who declared the results said a total of 573 members out of total 598 (including the speaker) cast […]
Popular by the name of ‘ Jal Purush’, Rajendra Singh in Rajasthan is doing an excellent work on water conservation. He started working in year 1980 to overcome the problem of ghastly drought in Rajasthan. At first he was alone, many people tried to create problems but he kept moving forward towards his goal with strong […]
Independence Day is of great significance for the people of India. On this day India got freedom from British rule. However it was not easy for India to get freedom but our various freedom fighters made this dream into a reality. This year people are going to celebrate a grand Independence Day all over India. Prime […]
