The news came as a storm after Arnab Goswami’s newly launched news channel, Republic TV revealed some audio tapes that indicate Shashi Tharoor had all the information about her Ex-wife, Sunanda Pushkar’s murder. Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room on 17th January 2014 under mysterious circumstances. She was residing in the Room No. 345 of the reputed …

Yogi Adityanath completed his first week as UP CM yesterday. Ever since he took office on March 19, the 44-year old chief minister has got cracking. He has taken a number of steps to ensure that the state becomes the Uttam Pradeshthat the BJP manifesto had promised. Many political analysts have labeled him as divisive. His past remarks have not …

The SupremeCourt has ordered all High Courts to ensurethat some of the courts under its jurisdiction must have 24-hour CCTV surveillance of all proceedings. The move is being seen as a step forward to ensuring that the court premises are free of disturbances as well as documenting the judicial process. The decision comes after several district court premises have witnessed …

On-and-off allies are locked in a bitter contest in the polls for theBMC or theBrihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the civic bodies of the other major cities. The latest news of the counting of polls indicates that the Shiv Sena is leading in the BMC while the BJP has made deep inroads. The latest reports also indicate that Sanjay Nirupam, the …

The recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission has been implemented for PSU bank employees and the employees of the Bureau of Indian Standards or BIS. The move will see a hike in the Dearness Allowance or the DA of the bank employees. On the other hand, over 10 lakh railway employees are holding a protest across the nation today. The protest …

The PM is busy campaigning for the BJP as it struggles to keep up with the SP-Congress combine in the UP Elections 2017. The PM today invoked the success of the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO, which successfully launched 104 miniature artificial satellites in orbit a day ago. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi also sought to find fault with …

Halfa decade ago when Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP formed a government after winning the State Assembly polls in 2012, the party turned out to be in a progressive mode with lots of upheld promises on the verge of fulfillment. Now with Punjab Polls 2017 coming ahead on 4th of February, the single phase voting will be taken forward in various areas …

In the midst of hue and cry regarding the Party symbol between Father-Son duo of State ruling party, it has aimed to put up strategized campaign thus confirming that Congress and SP will contest the UP Elections 2017 hand-in-hand. Keeping in front the first posters of campaigning, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav’s better-half Dimple Yadav, as well as Congress Supremo Sonia …

Early in the morning today, three army personnel were martyred in an encounter with terrorists who had infiltrated and entered Indian territory in the Hajin area of Bandipora district in Jammu and Kashmir. Reportssuggest that one terrorist, presumed to be from the Lashkar-e-Taiba or the LeT, was also killed. Indian Army officers have also recovered arms and ammunitions from the …

The assembly elections for Goa are drawing close to its date; the State is geared up to vote the deserving candidate in upcoming Goa Elections 2017 to be held on 4th February. Ruling party BJP won the elections in 2012 thus making Shri Laxmikant Yeshwant Parsekar it’s 12th Chief Minister of Goa. Bharatiya Janta Party and Congress turning out to …

The Union Cabinet has recently proposed to give arrears to thousands of Defense pensioners who were having high hopes from the government after the fresh recommendations made for 7th Pay Commission. The center, yesterday, released series of notifications where Defense personnelwho have long served the nation and who arenow enjoying their retirement smiled with joy as the good news poured …

The assembly elections in Uttarakhand which is to be held on February 15th, 2017, where almost 10, 150,000 people will vote in 70 constituencies in favour of few contesting parties. Currently ruled by Congress with Mr. Harish Rawat as its Chief Minister, Bharatiya Janta Party emerges as another massive opposition who is pretty keen to put its front foot forward …

In a scathing blow to the ‘Make in India’ scheme, the Indian Navy has spurned the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft or the LCA program, Tejas. The Navy has stated that the fighter aircraft as ‘too heavy’ and has chosen not to acquire them for its regular use. The dependence on externally acquired or imported fighter aircraft will have to be …

The 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations are set to be implemented by the Central Government after the Cabinet cleared the recommendations more than six months ago. While the recommendationswill benefit an estimated 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners which include14 lakh serving employees and 18 lakh pensioners in defence forces, the recommendations are far from agreed upon. There …

Amidst collaborating with Congress Party, Samajwadi Party is going ahead with all the strategic moves to attract the voters from all over the State. Present CM Akhilesh Yadav has started with an on call vote process where people can make a call to the Chief Minster and cast his vote. Specifically initiated for tier II and III cities and village-towns, …

The ongoing saga of the UP Elections 2017 today gained a new dimension as Shivpal Yadav, the uncle and bitter enemy of the CM Akhilesh Yadav has announced today that he will float a new party after the polls end and the results are announced on March 11. Shivpal Yadav is the brother of the founder of the Samajwadi Party, …

Happy Republic Day 2017: Tomorrow is Republic Day. On this occasion, every Indian remembers the struggles and the sacrifices made by our valiant freedom fighters who laid down their lives so that in 1950, India would finally have its own constitution. It is this sovereign, secular and federal republic that is India which is vibrant, democratic and desirable. Now commonly …

In the midst of symbol row between Father-Son duo ahead of the UP Elections 2017 to be held in March-April, the ruling party’s National General Secretary Ashok Pradhan quit from his post in Samajwadi Party (SP) so as to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Strictly to be noted is that Mr Pradhan quit BJP to join SP on April 2014, …

The Supreme Court has today asked the Central Government to file a report detailing the current status of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The riots are a blot on the face of modern India, the top court has observed earlier, and were a series of pogromsbetween the 31 October and 3 November after the assassination of then PM Indira Gandhi …

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested prominent TMC leader and MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam. With his arrest, two TMC MPs are now in CBI custody, with MP and former film star Tapas Pal being arrested last Friday. The MP had been asked to contact the bureau for questioning about his alleged …

In a major move aimed at granting autonomy to Indian Institutes of Management, the country’s premier management institutes, the Union Cabinet has cleared the IIM 2017 bill. The bill will grant“complete autonomy” to the elite B-schools and, significantly, will also allow them to issue degrees instead of diplomas which are the norm now. The IIMs will also be declared as …

Election dates for the crucial Hindi-heartland state of Uttar Pradesh have been announced even as the feud between the ruling party, the SP, continues in New Delhi. Five states, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand & Goa, go to polls this year and the dates in the months of February and March. Over 16 crore people will vote in this year’s …

The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi is all set to be the Most Followed Leader of State today at approximately 10.30 PM as outgoing US President Barack Obama vacates the White House while President-Elect Donald Trump takes the oath to become the 45th President of the United States. Known popularly as the POTUS, whoever occupies this post is the …

The National Federation of Indian Railwaymen, or NFIR in short, has written to the Prime Minister seeking his intervention in the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission’s recommendations. The federation has earlier called off their plannedIndefinite Strike they had called in June last year after several senior union ministers assured them that the recommendations would soon be implemented. That promise …

In the recent event of budget proposals, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways have asked for at least Rs. 90,000 crores from the Finance Minister in the current budget of 2017-18. The respective demand was followed by the lack of revenue for road and highway developments taking place across the nation and as per previous year’s road budget, it happened …