India seems to be on a roll when it comes to the development of the railway infrastructure. We have a bullet train under way between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, a train that will connect India to Nepal, another project that will lead us straight to Andamans and now we have India’s first engineless train, Train 18 …

In a welcome news for flyers, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has agreed on a proposal where passengers won’t have to get their laptops and small bottles of liquid to be screened separately. The proposal will be rolled out in Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad airports soon on an experimental basis. BCCL “On an experimental basis, BCAS has allowed …

Malaysian police have arrested 21 people over riots that broke out amid a dispute over the relocation of a Hindu temple outside Kuala Lumpur. The clashes began on Monday morning when a group of intruders attacked Indian devotees praying at the Sri Maha Mariamman temple in central Selangor state’s Subang Jaya township and torched vehicles. Another group of men retaliated …

The pollution levels in Delhi and the National Capital Region has once again plummeted to ‘Very Unhealthy levels’. On Sunday morning, across many parts in the national capital, the AQI was above 300 for PM2.5 presence. ANI The air had briefly improved on Saturday due to increased wind speed, favourable for dispersion of pollutants, and settled in the ‘poor’ category. …

At least 22 passengers were killed after a bus plunged into a canal in Mandya district of Karnataka. The incident happened at VC canal of the Cauvery river in Kanaganamaradi village of the Pandavapura taluk. Most of the deceased are school students. According to the locals, the bus plunged in the canal around 12.25pm. The locals who saw the bus …

Claiming that sharing details of alleged corruption complaints received against Union ministers, “may be a subjective as well as a cumbersome exercise”, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has refused to provide details of graft charges against ministers, which was sought under RTI. Replying to an RTI query, it said, the PMO receives many complaints against various Union ministers and high-level functionaries from …

In a decision that would bring joy and relief to the Sikh community in India and Pakistan, the Indian government has decided to develop the Kartarpur corridor, which will help the pilgrims from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district to the International Border. The corridor will give Sikh pilgrims from India easy access to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been in news for a while after he met PM Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi. But now is facing massive criticism on his very own twitter for holding a placard which read “Smash Brahminical Patriarchy”. Dorsey was reportedly taking part in a roundtable with some women journalists, activists and writers and there he posed …

Chilling details of sexual exploitation and human trafficking have come to light after a 12-year-old girl elaborated how these young girls were sold to ‘powerful guests’ for entertainment. After the Muzaffarpur shelter case brought to light how women were drugged and raped in locked rooms, cut themselves to avoid sexual exploitation, concerns around these so called ‘shelter homes’ have increased …

The rainfall in Delhi NCR only did a little to improve the air quality of the area and it still floats between very bad and severe zone and on the top of that today there are roughly 5,000 marriages, which is likely to cause traffic jam across Delhi NCR.   According to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), …