World Yoga Day 2017: PM Modi led thousands of yoga enthusiasts at Lucknow’s Ambedkar Sabha Sthal. For about 20 minutes this morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi performed yoga asanas in the rain at Lucknow’s Ambedkar Sabha Sthal, leading thousands of people in celebrating Yoga Day. In Ahmedabad, where yoga teacher Ramdev and BJP chief Amit … Read more
Kovind, a non-controversial figure, has been the BJP’s Dalit face in UP for over a decade, having been the president of the party’s Dalit Morcha from 1998-2002. Yet the party did not consider projecting him as either a chief ministerial candidate or for the party president’s post due to the upper castes’ domination. It was … Read more
It again was a horrendous day, Among the thousands of people who took the Yellow and Violet lines of Metro on the morning of May 30 was a 19-year-old woman who was travelling with a dead eight-month-old baby in her arms she had been subjected to unimaginable barbarism. She was raped by three men – the … Read more
Yeah, so finally the red beacon got banned with an irritating siren as a replacement for the sign of VIP arrival motorcades across the country. On its part, the Narendra Modi government has ordered a cull of red beacons, a symbol of elitism. The country welcomed the measure as a leveler when it was announced in April. But a … Read more
The proposed Higher Education Empowerment Regulation Agency (HEERA) is aimed at eliminating overlaps in jurisdiction and remove irrelevant regulatory provisions. The University Grants Commission (UGC) and All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) are soon going to be a thing of the past with the government planning to replace them with a single higher education … Read more
A clash broke out today between agitating farmers and police in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur district after which five farmers were killed in police firing. Farmers have been protesting for a week demanding loan waiver and fair price for their produce in the district. The situation got violent when the farmers resorted to stone pelting at … Read more
By the newest survey report of anti-corruption global civil society organisation Transparency International (TI), it has been now clear that finally PM Modi’s efforts are showing real results. “In some of these countries, like India, the bribery rate was very high, but citizens were fairly positive about government efforts to fight corruption and a clear majority … Read more
A martyr seeks to die. Soldiers want to live, their commitment to the cause they’re fighting for and their determination to prevail is even greater. A soldier pays tribute to his colleague during his funeral, Kulgam, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, May 10, 2017(Waseem Andrabi/HT ) I have a problem with calling soldiers killed in action … Read more
“The peacock is a lifelong celibate. It does not have sex with peahen. The peahen gives birth after it gets impregnated with the tears of the peacock. A peacock or a peahen is then born.” Chances are that you’ve been chuckling over the remark and sharing the post on your social media feeds. You’re also … Read more
One of the biggest ever issue in India of Babri Case, today is the hearing in Lucknow before the special CBI Court. The veteran leaders of BJP L.K.Advani, Uma Bharti, Murli Manohar Joshi and others will appear before it for framing of the charges. The Supreme Court had on April 19 ordered prosecution of Advani … Read more