Indian Student Attacked In Poland, Sushma Swaraj Seeks Report
Indians Abroad | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Saturday April 1, 2017
An Indian student was allegedly beaten in Poland's Ponzan on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said she has sought details after reports emerged of the alleged attack.
As Arun Jaitley Presents GST Bills, Opposition Objects To A Midnight Listing
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 27, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented four bills for Parliament's approval today as the government races to meet a July 1 deadline to implement the mega reform Goods and Services Tax.
First, He Ignored Arvind Kejriwal's Calls. Then, MLA Ved Prakash Surfaced At BJP Office
Delhi News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 27, 2017
With a crucial election in Delhi now just weeks away, Arvind Kejriwal's party was jolted today with one of its legislators switching to the BJP, claiming that the government has defaulted on basic promises it offered ahead of its tectonic victory in 2015.
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 27, 2017
As meat sellers in state capital Lucknow and in many other districts of Uttar Pradesh announced an indefinite strike from today against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's order closing illegal slaughterhouses, a senior minister in the state Siddharth Nath Singh has advised officials to not be "overexcited" while imposing the ban. Mr Singh underscored...
Banned After Slippergate, Shiv Sena's Ravindra Gaikwad Threatens To Sue Airlines
India News | Reported by Anant Zanane, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 26, 2017
Shiv Sena lawmaker Ravindra Gaikwad, who had to take a train after he was blacklisted for his assault of an Air India employee, is back with a vengeance, literally. The lawmaker -- who had brazenly admitted to hitting an Air India employee 25 times with his slippers -- now wants revenge against airlines. On Thursday, Air India had put him on a no-...
But PM Narendra Modi Said End-March Was Deadline For Old Notes, Says Supreme Court
India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Tuesday March 21, 2017
The government will decide within two weeks whether those who failed to deposit banned 500- and 1,000-rupee notes can be granted an opportunity to turn in the high-denomination currency.
130-Day Manipur Blockade Ends Ahead Of Chief Minister Biren Singh's Big Test
India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 20, 2017
An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.
Yogi Adityanath To Take Oath As UP Chief Minister Today, Will Have Two Deputies
India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 19, 2017
Yogi Adityanath, a five-time parliamentarian seen as the BJP's hardline Hindutva face, will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the party announced on Saturday evening, exactly a week after it won a landslide mandate in the country's most populous state. Mr Adityanath will have two deputies in Keshav Prasad Maurya, the party's UP chief, and...
Goa Congress Legislator Vishwajit Rane, Missing From Trust Vote, Quits Party
India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
Congress legislator and senior Goa leader Vishwajit Rane has resigned from the party. A short while ago, Mr Rane added deep insult to the Congress' injury when he walked out of the state assembly before the BJP's Manohar Parrikar sought and won a vote of confidence.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Sails Through Goa Trust Vote: 10 Points
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today won a trust vote in the Goa assembly, with 22 legislators voting for him. The Chief Minister needed 21 votes to prove that he has a majority in the 40-member Goa assembly. Only 16 of the Congress' 17 legislators voted, with senior leader Viswajeet Rane absent from the House a...
Manohar Parrikar To Seek Trust Vote Soon, Congress Seems To Give Up: 10 Points
India News | Reported by Ishadrita Lahiri, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was the first to arrive this morning at the state assembly, where he will seek a vote of confidence to prove that he has majority support. Mr Parrikar is confident he has done everything to ensure that at least 21 of the state's 40 legislators will back him today - the BJP has won 13 seats and has built a coaliti...
Oath Taken, Navjot Singh Sidhu Touches Captain Amarinder Singh's feet: 10 Points
India News | Reported by Anand Kumar Patel, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
After 10 years, Punjab has a Congress government. Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, took oath as Chief Minister this morning. Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year. The positioning is seen to suggest that Mr Sidhu is unlikely to be Deputy Chief Minister, a...
N Biren Singh, Ex Footballer, Is BJP's First Chief Minister In Manipur: 10 Points
India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 15, 2017
Former footballer Nongthombam Biren Singh took oath today as Manipur Chief Minister along with eight members of his new cabinet, as the BJP takes charge of another state in the north-east. Like in Goa, the BJP has been generous with ministerial posts for the allies that has helped it reach a majority in the state. Y Joykumar Singh of the National P...
Briefcase Found Abandoned At Amritsar Airport, Bomb Squad Called In
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 15, 2017
After an abandoned briefcase was found at the Amritsar parking lot this morning, a bomb disposal squad is visiting the site. The area has been cordoned off. Amritsar is just 40 km from the border with Pakistan.
Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, UP Minister Accused Of Rape, Arrested In Lucknow
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 15, 2017
Gayatri Prajapati, the Uttar Pradesh minister accused of raping a woman and attempting to rape her minor daughter, was arrested on Wednesday morning in state capital Lucknow. He has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
Indian Student Attacked In Poland, Sushma Swaraj Seeks Report
Indians Abroad | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Saturday April 1, 2017
An Indian student was allegedly beaten in Poland's Ponzan on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said she has sought details after reports emerged of the alleged attack.
As Arun Jaitley Presents GST Bills, Opposition Objects To A Midnight Listing
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 27, 2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented four bills for Parliament's approval today as the government races to meet a July 1 deadline to implement the mega reform Goods and Services Tax.
First, He Ignored Arvind Kejriwal's Calls. Then, MLA Ved Prakash Surfaced At BJP Office
Delhi News | Reported by Sonal Mehrotra, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 27, 2017
With a crucial election in Delhi now just weeks away, Arvind Kejriwal's party was jolted today with one of its legislators switching to the BJP, claiming that the government has defaulted on basic promises it offered ahead of its tectonic victory in 2015.
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 27, 2017
As meat sellers in state capital Lucknow and in many other districts of Uttar Pradesh announced an indefinite strike from today against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's order closing illegal slaughterhouses, a senior minister in the state Siddharth Nath Singh has advised officials to not be "overexcited" while imposing the ban. Mr Singh underscored...
Banned After Slippergate, Shiv Sena's Ravindra Gaikwad Threatens To Sue Airlines
India News | Reported by Anant Zanane, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 26, 2017
Shiv Sena lawmaker Ravindra Gaikwad, who had to take a train after he was blacklisted for his assault of an Air India employee, is back with a vengeance, literally. The lawmaker -- who had brazenly admitted to hitting an Air India employee 25 times with his slippers -- now wants revenge against airlines. On Thursday, Air India had put him on a no-...
But PM Narendra Modi Said End-March Was Deadline For Old Notes, Says Supreme Court
India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Tuesday March 21, 2017
The government will decide within two weeks whether those who failed to deposit banned 500- and 1,000-rupee notes can be granted an opportunity to turn in the high-denomination currency.
130-Day Manipur Blockade Ends Ahead Of Chief Minister Biren Singh's Big Test
India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 20, 2017
An economic blockade in Manipur led by the United Naga Council, which had crippled the state's supply lines for over 130 days, has been lifted - a day ahead of Chief Minister Biren Singh's crucial floor test to prove his majority in the Manipur assembly today.
Yogi Adityanath To Take Oath As UP Chief Minister Today, Will Have Two Deputies
India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 19, 2017
Yogi Adityanath, a five-time parliamentarian seen as the BJP's hardline Hindutva face, will be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the party announced on Saturday evening, exactly a week after it won a landslide mandate in the country's most populous state. Mr Adityanath will have two deputies in Keshav Prasad Maurya, the party's UP chief, and...
Goa Congress Legislator Vishwajit Rane, Missing From Trust Vote, Quits Party
India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
Congress legislator and senior Goa leader Vishwajit Rane has resigned from the party. A short while ago, Mr Rane added deep insult to the Congress' injury when he walked out of the state assembly before the BJP's Manohar Parrikar sought and won a vote of confidence.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar Sails Through Goa Trust Vote: 10 Points
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today won a trust vote in the Goa assembly, with 22 legislators voting for him. The Chief Minister needed 21 votes to prove that he has a majority in the 40-member Goa assembly. Only 16 of the Congress' 17 legislators voted, with senior leader Viswajeet Rane absent from the House a...
Manohar Parrikar To Seek Trust Vote Soon, Congress Seems To Give Up: 10 Points
India News | Reported by Ishadrita Lahiri, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was the first to arrive this morning at the state assembly, where he will seek a vote of confidence to prove that he has majority support. Mr Parrikar is confident he has done everything to ensure that at least 21 of the state's 40 legislators will back him today - the BJP has won 13 seats and has built a coaliti...
Oath Taken, Navjot Singh Sidhu Touches Captain Amarinder Singh's feet: 10 Points
India News | Reported by Anand Kumar Patel, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 16, 2017
After 10 years, Punjab has a Congress government. Captain Amarinder Singh, 75, took oath as Chief Minister this morning. Third on the list of nine ministers who was sworn in was Navjot Singh Sidhu, the cricketer-turned-politician who quit the BJP last year. The positioning is seen to suggest that Mr Sidhu is unlikely to be Deputy Chief Minister, a...
N Biren Singh, Ex Footballer, Is BJP's First Chief Minister In Manipur: 10 Points
India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 15, 2017
Former footballer Nongthombam Biren Singh took oath today as Manipur Chief Minister along with eight members of his new cabinet, as the BJP takes charge of another state in the north-east. Like in Goa, the BJP has been generous with ministerial posts for the allies that has helped it reach a majority in the state. Y Joykumar Singh of the National P...
Briefcase Found Abandoned At Amritsar Airport, Bomb Squad Called In
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 15, 2017
After an abandoned briefcase was found at the Amritsar parking lot this morning, a bomb disposal squad is visiting the site. The area has been cordoned off. Amritsar is just 40 km from the border with Pakistan.
Gayatri Prasad Prajapati, UP Minister Accused Of Rape, Arrested In Lucknow
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 15, 2017
Gayatri Prajapati, the Uttar Pradesh minister accused of raping a woman and attempting to rape her minor daughter, was arrested on Wednesday morning in state capital Lucknow. He has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
In Manipur, Number 2 BJP Claims Majority, Says Will Pick Chief Minister Today
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Monday March 13, 2017
Five days of Holi celebrations in Manipur have been overshadowed by competitive politics after the state voted a hung assembly on Saturday. The incumbent Congress, which has ruled the state for 15 years under Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh, emerged as the single largest party winning 28 of the state's 60 seats.
Manipur Election Results 2017 Highlights: Congress Leads BJP In Inconclusive Results
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Saturday March 11, 2017
Manipur election results 2017 remain inconclusive with neither the Congress nor the BJP able to get a majority. The BJP, in its best performance in the insurgency-hit Northeastern state in decades, gave a tough fight to Okram Ibobi Singh's 15-year-rule to rank second. The Congress is likely to be the single largest party.
UP Election Results 2017: 'Maybe UP Voted For A Bullet Train,' Akhilesh Yadav Says - Highlights
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 12, 2017
Uttar Pradesh elections results 2017 is all set to declare BJP's landslide victory and PM Modi's super wave has ensured a majority government in the 403-seat state. BJP is likely to get over 300 seats. The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance has taken a bashing at the hands of the challenger. Mayawati's BSP, which was being considered the dark horse ...
As Shiv Sena Mayor Takes Over, BJP's Reminder With Chants Of 'Modi, Modi'
Mumbai News | Reported by Anant R Zanane, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 8, 2017
When Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and his family walked into a hall at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to celebrate the party getting the Mumbai mayor's post on Wednesday evening, the BJP's 82 corporators reminded him about their role in that election. With chants of "Modi, Modi" in praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Elections 2017: Voting Wraps Up In Five States, Counting On March 11: 10 Points
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 8, 2017
The seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh elections today saw a 60 per cent turnout. 83 per cent polling was recorded in Manipur, its second and last phase, till 5 PM. Today's voting wraps up elections in five states - the other three being Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa - the results of which will be announced on March 11. In focus today, Varanasi...
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation To Elect New Mayor Today
Mumbai News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 8, 2017
Local leader of the Congress Dharmesh Vyas, who filed a petition, said, "As a principal of a government-aided school, he had suppressed the information that he was drawing a salary from government grants which makes him ineligible even to become a corporator."
PM Hugs US President, But Doesn't Speak On Indians Killed: Rahul Gandhi
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 8, 2017
Congress today criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not speaking up after a string of hate crimes against people of Indian origin in the US, questioning his bonhomie with former US President Barack Obama.
Indian Man In New Zealand Live Streams Abuse On Facebook, Is Harassed Further
Indians Abroad | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Tuesday March 7, 2017
After a spree of apparent hate crimes in the US, an Indian man in New Zealand was racially abused, in a road rage incident which he managed to capture on a video.
'Hate Of One Man Doesn't Define Us': Kansas Governor On Indian Engineer's Killing
Indians Abroad | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 5, 2017
In an attempt to reassure the Indian community living in the US, the Governor of Kansas - where an Indian engineer was shot dead in an apparent hate crime last month - said that the hateful action of one person does not define them.
Father Karan Johar Introduces Twins Roohi and Yash To The World
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Sunday March 5, 2017
Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar today announced that he had become father to twins - a boy and a girl - through surrogacy. Introducing the children as Roohi and Yash, Mr Johar in a statement he tweeted said the children were the "two most wonderful additions to my life and lifelines".
UP, Manipur, Register Higher Voter Turnout Than 2012: 10 Updates
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Saturday March 4, 2017
Nearly 57 per cent voting took place till 5 pm in eastern Uttar Pradesh's 49 assembly seats that went to polls in the sixth phase today. The number was higher than last time but much lower than Manipur which voted for 38 of its 60 seats in the first of two phases today, registering an 84 per cent turnout. The north-eastern state is voting in the mi...
Those Supporting Gurmehar Kaur Pro-Pak, Should Be Thrown Out: Haryana Minister Anil Vij
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Thursday March 2, 2017
Adding insult to injury for Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student who led a campaign against in-campus violence and blamed students' group Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or ABVP for it, Haryana Minister and BJP leader Anil Vij on Tuesday said that all those in her support should be thrown out of India. "Those who are supporting Gurmehar K...
Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017: PM Modi Finds Ammo On UP Government Website To Attack Akhilesh Yadav
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Wednesday March 1, 2017
As he attacked Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred twice today to a UP government website that records, "Life in Uttar Pradesh is short and uncertain." The Prime Minister was addressing public rallies in eastern UP, where the last two rounds of assembly elections will be held in the next few days.
A Forgotten Village In Rahul Gandhi's Amethi Boycotts Election In Anger
India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Tuesday February 28, 2017
In Amethi, a VIP constituency courtesy Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi who represents it in Parliament, the entire village of Parsauli in Uttar Pradesh did not vote in the assembly elections on Monday. They were protesting against the main road to the village not being repaired for decades.
India News | Edited by Veer Arjun Singh | Tuesday February 28, 2017
Gurmehar Kaur, the Delhi University student who alleged rape threats over her social media campaign against the student group ABVP, pulled out of a march today against campus violence.
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