Maldives is engulfed in a political crisis, after the President Abdulla Yameen defied a Supreme Court ruling to reinstall opposition MPs and release political prisoners. He instead declared a state of emergency, sent in troops to the Supreme Court and ordered the arrest of a predecessor. The Armed forces are on standby for any contingency …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 ballistic missile Agni-1 has been …
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Caught playing truant, a Class XI student on Monday stabbed the headmaster at a government-aided school in Tirupattur, Vellore district, leaving him with abdominal injuries that required emergency surgery. The 16-year-old boy attacked R Babu, 53, with a sharp kitchen knife, which he appeared to have carried to school, in the stomach and head around noon before fleeing the spot. …
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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 …
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Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from terrorists. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations. But this is not some war-ravaged country. It is one of the safest in the world, Singapore. Reuters/Representational Image The wealthy island-state has a near-perfect record of …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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