BJP motormouth MLA Giriraj Singh equated expanding population to “second stage cancer” and called for strict legislation to control it. The MLA said that if the burgeoning population isn’t controlled it will go into the fourth stage and become incurable. Singh, a hardline leader of the BJP, was speaking at a seminar on population control. …

North Delhi Municipal Commissioner Varsha Joshi responded to a young girl on micro-blogging site Twitter highlighting how prevalent is sexism in workplaces.  While responding to a complaint of a user who sent out a picture of a street she claimed was difficult for any female to pass, Joshi wrote:  “While this could indeed be a matter for the police, its …

Army officer Ponung Doming has become the first woman from the state of Arunachal Pradesh to be made a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army. Chief Minister Pema Khandu took to Twitter to congratulate Doming. “A proud moment for all of us … Major #PonungDoming creates history. She is first woman Army officer from #Arunachal to be elevated to the …

Human-animal conflict is on the rise as commercialisation and urbanisation is expanding. Animals enter residential areas adjoining forests and this often results in loss of livestock and crops. In order to check human-animal conflict, the Uttarakhand government has decided to carry out bio-fencing by growing various species of plants in those areas. A report by The Indian Express says that officials …

Recently, 28 employees have been arrested in the nutritional meal scam in Rae Bareli and Kannauj by the Uttar Pradesh government. There were protests after midday meals meant for children were found in an animal fodder godown in the Rae Bareli’s Salon area. According to a report by India Today, close to 155 bags of children’s meals were found at …

In a brave act, a Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel saved the life of a baby from a moving train at KR Puram railway station in Bengaluru on September 12. The constanble, however, sustained some injuries while trying to save the baby. Mohammad Kutty, 48, a head constable, was patrolling at the station. At 8:22pm, Yeshwantpur-Howrah train, which has only …

After heavy cross-border shelling, Pakistani soldiers waved white flag as they came to a grassy knoll to retrieve the bodies of their colleagues, who were shot dead by Indian soldiers in retaliation to ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC). “The white flag signifies a non-hostile intention and a message to the Indian side to refrain from retaliation while …

A journalist has been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh for clicking photographs of children mopping the floor in their school. On September 9, the Azamgarh district magistrate ordered a probe into the arrest. The news comes a few days after a jounalist was arrested for exposing food being served to school children in UP. The journalist was arrested on false …

A stall in Gujarat’s Vadnagar where Prime Minister Narendra Modi used to sell tea during her younger days, will be converted into a tourist spot. Gujarat’s tourism minister has decided to revamp the place. State Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel recently visited PM Modi’s hometown, Vadnagar, and identified places there which can be developed in order to promote tourism in …

Microblogging platform Twitter has sent a notice to Pakistan president Arif Alvi over his tweet on the Kashmir situation after Modi government abrogated Article 370 in Kashmir on August 5. Slamming the move by the microblogging site, Pakistan Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari said, “Twitter has really gone too far in becoming mouthpiece of the rogue Modi govt! They …