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Ban on Kunal Kamra Reduced From Six to Three Months by DGCA
The 6-month ban on stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra by Indian air carriers for allegedly heckling journalist Arnab Goswami on a flight has been reduced to 3 months after DGCA looked into the matter on Thursday. The Delhi High Court on Thursday was informed by aviation regulator DGCA that it will look into stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra's representation against the airlines which banned him from flying.........Read more
Tamilrockers: Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy Leaked For Full HD Download Online by Torrent Site
South sensation Chiranjeevi’s latest film Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy as well as Bollywood hunks Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff’s movie, War, have been leaked online by piracy site Tamilrockers for full HD download on its release day itself. While the Surender Reddy-directorial hit the screens in India on Wednesday and the fans of Chiranjeevi Garu had even made #SyeRaaNarasimhaReddy the top trend on Twitter in the country, the Siddharth Anand-directorial too hit the cinemas on the ocassion of Gandhi Jayanti. Standing true to their notoriety, the torrent site has yet again attacked the commercial success of another film by leaking it online. The film was already one of the most anticipated South Indian films of the year and with its release on a public holiday, the huge first-day collection was expected. Even though Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy was released overseas a day before – on Tuesday and early reports from UAE, USA and UK suggest a thunderous opening, the numbers going down due to easy availability online is inevitable now.........Read more
2020 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon To Be Called Moab In India
The three and the five-door variants of the Jeep Wrangler was spotted testing in India a few times. However, Jeep will bring the 2020 Wrangler during the festive season this year. This new generation Jeep Wrangler Rubicon (top-end variant) will be called as the 'Moab' in the Indian market. Globally, the Wrangler Moab gets cosmetic updates which set it apart from the Jeep Rubicon, such as blacked-out alloy wheels and off-road-oriented tyres. however, the Moab gets a decal on the side of the bonnet. Moreover, this new off-roader will be base on the newly developed JL platform, which is much lighter than the current generation's JK platform. This will help the new Wrangler improve its approach and departure angles. The vehicle will get a ground clearance of 227mm and close to 30 inches of water fording ability. Internationally, the Wrangler is available in two engine options. The first one is the 3.6-litre, naturally aspirated petrol engine, which pumps out 283bhp of power and 347Nm of peak torque. It comes mated to a 6-speed manual transmission.........Read more
'Betrayed' by Pakistan, jihadists seek alliances in Kashmir, Afghanistan
The jihadist in the middle, unmasked but his face pixelated beyond recognition, identified himself as Faisal Ishfaq Bhat, a resident of Srinagar in the Kashmir Valley, and indicated that he was in Afghanistan. The nearly thirty minute-long address that used Quranic justification for jihad but sharply turned attention to a south Asian sentiment increasingly finding resonance in Kashmir: Pakistan’s betrayal of jihad for its own interests. ........Read more
Hardik Patel to launch indefinite hunger strike, section 144 imposed in Ahmedabad
As the Patidar agitation for reservation completes three years, Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel is set to launch an indefinite hunger strike at his residence to renew the quota stir.........Read more
Faster visas for minorities from three nations
The Home Ministry has liberalised the process for granting long-term visas (LTVs) to minorities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. It has reduced the time limit for the security clearance of applicants from 45 days to 21 days.........Read more
Indian Olympic Association plans to bid for 2030 Asian and 2032 Olympic Games
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) announced to submit an Expression Of Interest (EOI) for the Youth Olympic Games 2026, Asian Games 2030 and most notably, the Olympic Games 2032.........Read more
Anti-Sterlite protests: Villagers clash with police in Tuticorin, several injured
Several were injured after the Tamil Nadu police resorted to lathi-charge on Tuesday as protests against Sterlite’s industrial plant intensified in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin). ........Read more
Chaos at Delhi airport as hundreds of bags misplaced
A few flights at IGI Airport got delayed on Thursday due to the alleged slow handling of luggage as passengers put power banks and other prohibited items in their checked-in baggage. While flyers had to stand in long queues, hundreds of bags also got misplaced, adding to the chaos.........Read more
Customers hit with debit card decline charges
Even as the government tries to push debit card use, banks continue to hit customers with unreasonable charges for incidents such as transactions declined for want of minimum balance. SBI charges Rs 17 each time a debit card swipe is declined at either an automated teller machine (ATM) or a point of sale (PoS) terminal. HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank charge Rs 25 as transaction decline charges at PoS machines.........Read more
Andhra Pradesh parties intensify status war, protest in Vijayawada, block highways
Intensifying a war demanding a special status, political parties in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday held a statewide peaceful protest in the support of party MPs' agitation in the Parliament. Several state parties took to streets in Vijayawada demanding a special status and blocked the highways.........Read more
Honda X-Blade Launched In India; Priced At Rs 78,500
Honda X-Blade is a 162.71cc single cylinder, air-cooled engine producing 13.93 bhp at 8,500 rpm and peak torque of 13.9 Nm at 6,000 rpm. The engine is mated to a 5-speed gearbox. The X-Blade also gets link type gear shifter for precise and smooth shifts.........Read more
Nirav Modi gave PNB official gold coins, diamond jewellery as bribe: CBI
The CBI told the court that Yashwant Joshi, who worked as a manager in the forex department of the Mumbai branch that is at the center of the fraud, admitted to having received two gold coins weighing 60 grams and a pair of gold and diamond earrings from Modi.........Read more
North Korea poses a greater cyber-attack threat than Russia, security expert warns
North Korea poses a more considerable cyber-attack threat to the international community than Russia, according to cyber-security firm CrowdStrike. Most famously, a hacker collective is known as the "Lazarus Group", allegedly backed by Pyongyang, was blamed for the WannaCry ransomware attack last summer, which locked out IT systems across the world, hitting the NHS in the UK and such major international businesses as Russia's Sberbank and carmakers Honda and Renault.........Read more
Baahubali 2 makes it to Rotten Tomatoes best films list, gets 100 per cent score
‘Baahubali’ got mentioned second on Rotten Tomatoes' ‘Best Movies Off the Radar 2017’. The film also scored 100 percent on the Tomatometer, a measure of the reviews coming in for the film and 87 percent Audience Score, an analysis of how many people rated it more than 3.5.........Read more
Facebook is killing Messenger Day and consolidating it with Facebook as Stories
Facebook Stories is getting quite the revamp today. According to reports, not only will Stories between Messenger Day and Facebook be consolidated as of today, but Facebook is also getting rid of Direct, an ephemeral messaging feature.........Read more
Zika virus kills brain cancer stem cells; could potentially be used to treat deadly disease
The findings suggest that the lethal power of the virus - known for infecting and killing cells in the brains of fetuses, causing babies to be born with tiny, misshapen heads - could be directed at malignant cells in the brain. Doing so potentially could improve people's chances against a brain cancer - glioblastoma - that is most often fatal within a year of diagnosis.........Read more
According to a Forbes report: "With 73 percent, India was at the very top of the governmental confidence league while Canada also had higher than average confidence levels at 62 percent." The result can be interpreted as a huge vote of confidence in Modi and his government in India, despite the rising number of cases of cow vigilantism and right-wing violence in certain quarters. ........Read more
At Kottayam's new transgender clinic, sex reassignment surgeries are in high demand
The clinic has been set up with the support of the Kottayam District Legal Service Authority and the non-governmental organisation Samridhy, which works with people living with AIDS. The clinic operates on the first Tuesday of every month and has, so far, served more than 50 transgender people in the first two sessions held on June 6 and July 4.........Read more
Pakistan providing sustenance to terrorism: India at UNHRC
United Nations: India today hit out at Pakistan for what it called providing sustenance to the scourge of terrorism in Kashmir. Responding to Pakistan’s statement at the 35th session of at th…........Read more
Qatar signs $12 billion deal to buy F-15 jets from US
Qatar`s Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday the country signed a deal to buy F-15 fighter jets from the United States for $12 billion. The deal was completed despite the Gulf country being criticized recently by U.S. President Donald Trump for supporting terrorism. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and representatives from Qatar were set to meet Wednesday to seal the agreement, a source familiar with the deal told Reuters. Bloomberg News reported the deal was for 36 jets.........Read more
ED arrests Zoom Developers promoter in ₹966-crore bank loan default case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Zoom Developers' promoter-cum-director Vijay Choudhary in connection with a ₹966-crore bank loan default case. The ED says that Zoom Developers is involved in default of loans to the tune of ₹2,650 crore, taken from 25 banks. However, the present case pertains to ₹966-crore default.........Read more
NASA's Space Chainmail to Give Astronauts the Edge in Space Duels
The new armor is the brainchild of Polit Casillas, a systems engineer from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Inspired by traditional textiles, this armor relies on advances made in additive manufacturing (aka. 3-D printing) to create woven metal fabrics that can fold and change shape quickly. And someday soon, it could be used for just about everything!........Read more
Holy 'Ganga' the nowhere river
The trouble is, those merciful waves are absent for eight months of the year. The river that starts as the “stainless pure” in the Himalayas (imagined as the head of Shiva) becomes progressively stained as it flows through the Indo-Gangetic plains, till its faecal coliform count is a million times higher than would be safe for drinking.........Read more
Free WiFi planned in 709 Railway Stations by March 2020
The Indian Railways has planned to roll out free WiFi in 709 Railway Stations by March 2020, Rajen Gohain, Minister of State for Railways said in Parliament. This will cover all A1, A and B category stations. According to the minister, "the Wi-Fi facility is being provided at railway stations withou........Read more
Bangladesh to join India’s ‘South Asia Satellite’ initiative
Bangladesh has signed an agreement with India to formally join New Delhi’s ‘South Asia Satellite’ initiative, through which the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a communication satellite for serving the South Asia region. The agreement was inked by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood and Indian High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla.........Read more
We Indians Love Our Dal. But Do You Know the Fascinating History of Our Favourite Comfort Food?
History yields some very interesting facts about dal. Lentil dishes have been known to Indians since very early times. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Indian dal made its first appearance in the Indus Valley Civilization, where lentils – of all kinds – were a staple food.........Read more
Fake Rs 2,000 printed in Pakistan, reach via Bangladesh
The latest seizures were made on February 8 in Murshidabad from Azizur Rahman (26), who hails from Malda in West Bengal. Sources said Rahman, who was carrying 40 fake notes of Rs 2,000 denomination, told investigators that they had been printed in Pakistan, allegedly with the help of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), and had been smuggled across the border from Bangladesh.........Read more
'We remember what Rahane has done' - Kumble
India coach Anil Kumble has hinted that Karun Nair's triple-hundred in India's last Test might not earn him an automatic spot in the XI for the one-off Test against Bangladesh on Thursday. Kumble said while the performance was a huge boost to the overall make-up of the side, they have not forgotten what Ajinkya Rahane - whom Nair had replaced - has done for the team. As things stand, if India stick to their combination of five bowlers, only one of them will play.........Read more
Maha textbook says ugliness prompts demand for more dowry
"If a girl is ugly and handicapped, then it becomes very difficult for her to get married. To marry such girls, bridegroom and his family demand more dowry. Parents of such girls become helpless and pay dowry as per the demands of the bridegroom as family. It leads to rise in the practice of dowry system," the textbook says.........Read more
Boy bleeds to death as onlookers take video
An 18-year-old cyclist lay bleeding after he was run over by a bus here on Wednesday, and all eyewitnesses did was capture his plight on their phones. Soon, footage of the boy's dying moments appeared on social media.........Read more
England’s Ben Stokes to suffer huge financial loss if he plays in IPL
England all-rounder Ben Stokes and rest of English players wanting to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) could lose over 2,90,000 per day from their contracts if they take part in the 2017 edition. A bidding war is set to ensue over Stokes with some sources going as far as saying that Virat Kohli has told the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) management to bring out the cash register to sign the Englishman.........Read more
Influential people suppressed Sheena murder for 3 years: Rakesh Maria
In a startling disclosure a day before he retires from the police force, IPS officer Rakesh Maria today said "influential and wealthy people" suppressed the Sheena Bora murder for three years. Sheena's mother Indrani Mukerjea and former media baron Peter Mukerjea are among those arrested in the case.........Read more
Akhilesh Yadav flags off Lucknow Metro for trial run
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, along with Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today flagged off Lucknow Metro train for its trial run. Four coaches of the Metro are to cover around four kms between Transport Nagar and Single Nagar Metro stations. The Chief Minister also dedicated the Metro Train Depot to the …........Read more
Opinion: Rahul Gandhi Proves His Family Has Never Understood Hindi
Members of the Nehru-Gandhi family are known to undergo paroxysms of hate, often at the mere mention of Narendra Modi's name. On the eve of the 2012 Gujarat Assembly polls, the family's matriarch, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, drew widespread condemnation for describing the then Gujarat Chief Minister as "Maut ka Saudagar". Now, merchant of murder, if said in English, would still be an unfortunate choice of phrase, but nowhere as repulsive as the filmy expression "Maut ka Saudagar". Similarly, a "broker of blood" would sound confusing but not cause the kind of revulsion that the word "dalali" in Hindi evokes. ........Read more
Finally, the Indian government is getting rid of stressed state-run companies
On Sept. 28, the Narendra Modi government approved the strategic disinvestment in the loss-making firm based in Allahabad which makes pumps for industrial use. “The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) accorded ‘in principle’ approval for strategic disinvestment of Bharat Pumps and Compressors,”........Read more
Bankers are in an industry where money is the raw material and it is not easy how they use their official position to make money for themselves........Read more
Ashes to ashes: Matang women sift through funeral pyres to earn their livelihood; it's killing them
The women of the Matang community — a sub-section of Dalits — earn their livelihoods by sifting through the ashes of the dead. If the smoke inhalation doesn't kill them, hunger will.........Read more
Triple talaq has no place in secular India: Centre to tell SC next week
The government is set to oppose the controversial triple-talaq divorce route for Muslims during a hearing in the Supreme Court next week, ditching a neutral stand on the politically sensitive tradition that the government says has no place in a secular country like India.........Read more
Pentagon’s Plan to Spy on Russia, Iran is a 'Signal of a Decline in US Hegemony'
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report to Congress annually on cooperation between Iran and Russia and how and to what extent such cooperation affects US national security and strategic interests," according to the Congress website.........Read more
Soumya murder case: Kerala to file review petition
The Kerala government on Thursday said it would challenge the Supreme Court decision to set aside the death sentence awarded for homicide to Govindachamy.The apex court has upheld the life imprisonmen........Read more
Now, govt pensioners can track status via SMS, online
New Delhi: Over 11.61 lakh government pensioners can now track the status of their pension and grievance redressal through SMS as well as monitor receipts online — steps that aim to “lessen harassment” for senior citizens. Read More: Age plays spoilsport for male teachers in Haryana Related Post Sultan keeps smashing all previous records, collects Rs........Read more
IITs Ignore AIPC Verdict; Invite Banned Startups For Placements
Putting an end to speculation, the All-IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) banned 31 startups in August from conducting placement drives this year at IITs. This decision was taken at the AIPC-All Ind...........Read more
Kashmir Valley to be under curfew on Eid; choppers, drones to keep vigil
Curfew will be imposed in all 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley on Eid to prevent any outbreak of violence. The army, which has been asked to be on standby, will step in if there is a fresh outbreak of violence in the Valley, which has been witnessing widespread unrest for over two months leading to death of over 75 people so far, official sources said.........Read more
Renault Kwid shakes up the big boys of India’s small car market
Maruti Suzuki readying next-gen Alto, Hyundai a new small car, even as Renault launches the more powerful Kwid 1.0........Read more
Second wife of Muslim military personnel entitled to health benefits, family pension: AFT
The petitioner retired in the rank of Lt Col and thereafter he married again while maintaining the matrimonial relationship with his first wife.........Read more
Ranveer Singh Is Back In âPadmavatiâ, Thanks To Deepika Padukone
All differences between the actor and director Sanjay Leela Bhansali have been resolved. ........Read more
Ambedkar, Rohith Vemula and Whatsapp: Gau rakshaks have unwittingly spurred Dalit unity in Gujarat
Dalits in the western state have slowly been stepping up to demand for their rights.........Read more
HIV activists voice concern over crackdown on NGOs
Worried about the shrinking space for civil society organisations in India, HIV activists from around the world protested outside the Indian embassy in Durban, South Africa. Humanitarian aid organisa........Read more
Grading writers, artistes is new brainwave of Culture Ministry
IN A bizarre step that it says will prevent a clique from dominating the official cultural space, the Culture Ministry has decided to rate artistes and writers across the country on the basis of which they will be sent to various events.........Read more
Kashmir violence: Fresh clashes break out, two more dead
14 people were injured in clashes which broke out in the towns of Sopore, Delina and Pattan in neighbouring Baramulla district.........Read more
Edmund Puts Britain Ahead Over Serbia in Rain-Hit Davis Cup
Kyle Edmund eased past Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 but heavy rain meant the scheduled second singles rubber was cancelled until Saturday.........Read more
Not Being Able To Hear Does Not Mean A Child Cannot Learn To Speak, Here's Proof!
SAHAS, an NGO based in West Bengal, promotes early intervention among children born deaf in order to teach them how to talk from an early age.........Read more
Indians love meat of all kinds: That’s what an RGI survey says
According to a survey conducted by the Registrar General of India, Punjab is a vegetarian state and Telengana has the highest population of non-vegetarians in the country.........Read more
Andhra Pradesh govt, ZTESoft to set up incubation centre in Kakinada
The Andhra Pradesh-Shenzhen Joint Incubation Centre will be an 85:15 venture with the state govt investing Rs13.60 crore........Read more
Bangladesh hangs Jamaat-e-Islami chief for 1971 war crimes
Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged tonight, becoming the senior most Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.........Read more
Bihar says no to 'havan' and 'puja' between 9am-6pm to avoid fire accidents - Times of India
Stung by fire incidents in various parts of Bihar due to searing heat conditions, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ordered officials to issue an advisory to people not to light fire between 9 AM and 6 PM and observe 'havan' and puja before nine in the morning.........Read more