New Delhi With the swearing-in of Justice Indira Banerjee, the Supreme Court will for the first time in its history have three sitting women judges. Justice Banerjee is the eighth woman judge in the Supreme Court since Independence. She became a high court judge on February 5, 2002 and was made a chief justice of […]
New Delhi The nationwide transport strike announced by the All India Motor Transport Organisation is likely to cripple normal life in several states on Tuesday. The strike has been called to demand the withdrawal of the proposed Motor Vehicle (MV) Amendment Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha and is now awaiting the Rajya […]
New Delhi The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is yet to take a decision on removing a portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah from the office of its students’ union, an issue that had triggered a controversy in May, Parliament was informed today. The information was shared by Satya Pal Singh, Minister of State for HRD, in […]
Jodhpur Superstar Salman Khan, who was released on bail in the 20-year-old blackbuck poaching case with a condition that he would need the court’s permission for his travels outside the country, had requested that he be exempted from the order. His request, however, has been rejected by the Jodhpur court today. Salman Khan had walked […]
New Delhi With every passing day, more and more videos of Indians participating in the viral Kiki challenge are coming into the limelight. The deadly stunt has forced law enforcement agencies in many states to issue warnings. The trend where people jump out of moving cars and break into dance has angered the cops and they have […]
New Delhi Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday with a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebooks by default. UIDAI, which is yet to issue an official statement on this, has replaced the earlier helpline number — 1800-300-1947 — with the new number — […]
New Delhi Union Minister Piyush Goyal has announced on Thursday that the Indian Railways has almost ”doubled’ the number of “vacancies” from 26,000 to 60,000. “Government has more than doubled the vacancies for assistant loco pilot and technician posts from 26,502 to 60,000, ensuring more jobs in Railways,” Piyush Goyal said in a tweet. Union Minister […]
Panaji Goa Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai is in favor of holding beauty contests in paddy fields if that serves the purpose of attracting the youth to farming. The minister was responding to the Demands for Grants for Agriculture department in the Legislative Assembly today. He said all attempts should be made to make agriculture an […]
New Delhi Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for maths. The Fields medals are awarded every four years to the most promising mathematicians under the age of 40. New Delhi-born Akshay Venkatesh, 36, who is currently teaching at Stanford University, […]
New Delhi Passengers can now click pictures of filth and dirt at railway stations and send it across to authorities on mobile messaging platform WhatsApp, as part of the Western Railway’s cleanliness drive. Authorities are hopeful that this will ensure clean railway stations and toilets, a senior WR official said. A dedicated staff has been […]