bccl Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who’s on death row in Pakistan for alleged espionage, is now under trial on charges of “terrorism and sabotage”, Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported today. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) With Eyes On Pakistan, India Successfully Test Fires Nuclear Capable Agni-1 Missile bccl India’s short-range nuclear-capable …

BJP government in Uttarakhand led by Trivendra Singh Rawat has spent a whopping Rs 68.59 lakh in just nine months on tea and snacks, revealed an RTI query. The Right To Information request was sent by Hemant Singh Gaunia to the Bharatiya Janata Party government here on December 19, 2017. youtube/Representational Image He sought to know the expenditure incurred on …

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has issued a statement warning to public against going for plastic or laminated Aadhaar smart cards saying their unauthorised printing could render the QR code dysfunctional or even expose personal data without an individual’s informed consent.  UIDAI asserted that the Aadhaar letter, its cutaway portion, downloaded versions of Aadhaar on ordinary paper or …

In a shocking case of revenge, a girl was killed and her sister was injured when an 18-year-old man opened fire at them after she declined to marry him. Superintendent of police Chandra Prakash said Lovely Mishra alias Ilu, 18, who lived with her uncle in Ramnath Colony, was being pressured by Amit, a resident of her village Khera Jalalpur, to …

Acting on a tip-off that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s books were on the syllabus of a privately-run government-recognized school in Dhaki village of Bijnor, Bijnor’s basic shiksha adhikari sent a team and found the allegations to be “correct”. A notice has now been served to the school’s owner.  Naik is facing multi-agency probe ever since Bangladesh said that Naik’s …

Pakadua Vivah – the practice of kidnapping ‘marriageable’ youths and often forcing them to marry totally unknown girls is an ancient custom, still prevalent in Bihar, especially in the interior areas. To what extent this practice have been followed has largely remained obscure, mainly due to the lack of data. But according to Bihar police data, more than 3,400 youth …

Teenage years can be particularly tricky. Teens have a tendency to take everything to the heart, and live in the fear of parents’ wrath or peers’ approval. They can often take drastic steps. Something like this happened to a 14-year-old girl who ended her life after authorities at the private school didn’t allow her to attend classes after she failed …

To boost conservation, Maharashtra has begun offering boat rides through Thane creek mangroves for nature enthusiasts who want to watch flamingos and other wetland birds. The one-hour ride along 10 km of thick mangrove cover starts from Airoli in Navi Mumbai, goes up to Vashi and back. bccl/representational image Mangrove cell officials say this is the first such sanctuary in …

After the Doklam standoff, in order to ensure faster movement of troops in Tawang, the government has planned to build a tunnel at an elevation of 13,700 feet. The tunnel will go through the Sela Pass, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced today while presenting the Union Budget. Jaitley said the government was developing connectivity infrastructure in border areas to secure …

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) which probed Tej Bahadur Yadav, a BSF soldier posted in the border who was sacked for posting a video criticising the quality of food has failed to find any contacts between him and people from outside the country. Yadav, who was last year dismissed from service has moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging …