The Borivali holiday court has granted bail to all 29 people who were arrested by the Mumbai Police while protesting against the felling of over 2,500 trees in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony for the proposed car shed for Mumbai Metro. They are to be released after submitting bail bond of Rs 7,000. bccl In the meanwhile, …
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After making a U-turn on banning single-use plastics, the government has announced that single-use plastics will not be allowed on the premises of historical monuments or within 100 metres of them. “Single-use plastics will not be allowed inside monuments and within 100 metres of them,” tourism minister Prahlad Patel said at the launch of tourism fair ‘Paryatan Parv’. “Efforts are …
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A couple in Mumbai is winning a lot of praises on social media after their act of kindness and care for others went viral. The incident was narrated by a Facebook user called Deepali Bhatia. According to her, on the early morning of Wednesday, while hunting for good food she landed on a small stall right outside Kandivali station. According …
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Amid the ongoing trade tension between the two biggest economies of the world, China has for the first time displayed a new hypersonic ballistic nuclear missile, which is said to be capable of breaching all existing anti-missile shields deployed by the United States. The DF-17 was put on display for the first time, during the military parade to mark the …
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Former BJP MP and veteran actor Paresh Rawal, known as much for his comedy as rants on social media, has tendered an apology to Dr Kafeel Khan, who has been recently cleared of all the charges in Gurakhpur hospital tragedy. His apology comes a week after suspended pediatrician of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College was absolved of prominent charges related to …
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In a tragic incident, an Indian-American Sikh police officer died after being shot multiple times from behind in a “ruthless, cold-blooded way” during a traffic stop in the US state of Texas, a senior official said. Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal, Harris County Sheriff’s deputy, was shot while conducting a traffic stop, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. Dhaliwal, who was in his early …
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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. He said it is important …
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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 …
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Does US President Donald Trump deserve a Nobel Prize? At least one person in the world thinks so, and his name is Donald Trump. And Trump is so convinced about his demand that he thinks that only reason that he did not get it so far because the process is not fair. “I think I’m going to get a Nobel …
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Forest fires are happening since time immemorial. Initially, there were natural reasons. Then came human beings and started burning the oxygen source of the planet. The number of forest fires and the magnitude of them have been increasing over the years across the world. Several reasons including deforestation, global warming among others are being blamed for this situation that has …
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