Tag Archives: india

22-Year-Old Woman In UP Burnt Alive By In-Laws After Police Did Not File Triple Talaq Complaint

A 22-year-old woman was burnt alive by her husband and in-laws in Uttar Pradesh’s Shravasti dictrict on August 16, after she tried to lodge a complaint over an attempt to divorce her using now the banned ‘triple talaq’ practice.  However, the police turned her back and tried to get the couple to compromise not take …

Read More »

Case Filed Against Assam Woman For 2-Year-Old Deleted Facebook Post On Beef Eating

Assam Police has registered a suo moto case against a woman, a research scholar of the Gauhati University, for a two-year-old Facebook post on beef eating. She claimed that the post had been deleted a long time ago. Another person was arrested from Kokrajhar district by the Assam Police for posting objectionable pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union …

Read More »

India Will Finally Have Chief Of Defence Staff, COAS Bipin Rawat May Be First To Lead Forces

Maintaining that the rules of war are changing and India can’t think in a bubble, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced the creation of a post for Chief of Defence Staff to ensure that Indian forces move together and not fall behind.  Defence experts have long been calling for the creation of a post for Chief of Defence Staff …

Read More »

Navy Personnel Befriends Woman On Facebook, Gets Duped Of Rs 7.5 Lakh

Stories of online duping through fake social media profiles are well known and several incidents have been widely reported but a 32-year-old Indian Navy personnel was once again cheated of Rs 7.5 lakh by a woman he had befriended on Facebook.  According to a report in The Indian Express, a police complaint has been lodged by Ashwanikumar Trivedi, a seaman …

Read More »

UP Bans Namaz And Aarti On Roads, Will People Follow This To Ensure Smooth Traffic?

Uttar Pradesh Police has announced restrictions on religious activities on public roads that hinder traffic. Religious activities like aartis and offering namaz will not be allowed in Uttar Pradesh barring special occasions, the police said on Wednesday. Verbal orders have been issued already to organise peace meetings between communities to ensure that the order is implemented in a harmonious manner, …

Read More »

Situation In J&K Ahead Of Eid, Food For Plastic In Siliguri + More Top News

Amidst a heightened security lockdown and cramping of the telecom and internet facilities in the Kashmir Valley, the information emerging out of the region in forms of media reports, interviews and videos have left many wondering about the actual state of affairs in the northernmost state, which is set to be bifurcated into two separate Union Territories on October 31. …

Read More »

Murdered Accused Close To Fulfil His Childhood Dream Of Becoming A Doctor

Fourteen years of life behind the bars has not deterred this 39-year-old man from chasing his childhood dream of becoming a doctor. Subhash Patil was arrested by Bengaluru police in November 2002 for gunning down excise contractor Ashok Guttedar at his home in Mahalakshmi Layout on June 15. He is now doing housemanship and is on the verge of completing …

Read More »

India Can't Ignore Female Work Force Anymore, Niti Aayog Wants It To Be Almost Equal To Men

India may have marched a hundred miles along the path of development but a large section of our women population continue to be ignored in most streams of the national life. While crimes against them and the misogyny of our society at large seem never ending, there is also the abysmal participation of women in business and that is an …

Read More »

Post Article 370 Scrapping, Security Stepped Up At Airports, Flyers From Delhi Asked To Report 3 Hours Before Departure

In the wake of the recent development in Jammu and Kashmir following the amendment of Article 370, security has been stepped up across key airports in India. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued an alert to the Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Nagpur and Chandigarh airports about a possible terrorist attack. BCCL BCAS has asked airports to …

Read More »

Leaders Pay Tribute To Sushma Swaraj, J&K Remains Cut Off + More Top News

Sushma Swaraj wasn’t just one of the senior most cabinet ministers between 2014-19, the respect for her in the eyes of the people speak volumes about her stature. As the Minister of External Affairs, she was known for her humility and concern to help people, irrespective of their nationality. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) J&K …

Read More »