Taking a strong note of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry’s decision to set up a social media hub for monitoring online data, the Supreme Court on Friday said the government wanting to tap citizens’ WhatsApp messages is “like creating a surveillance state”, according to PTI. The top court has sought […]
On Camera, Fake Instructor Pushed Student To Death During Disaster Drill
COIMBATORE: HIGHLIGHTS College student in Coimbatore dies during disaster preparedness drill Student crashed to the ground after trainer pushed her off the ledge Trainer was arrested and charged with causing death due to negligence A man posing as a disaster drill instructor forced a 19-year-old student to jump from the second […]
Ayushman Bharat: Use of Aadhaar only ‘desirable, not must’
The use of Aadhaar Card is desirable but not a must to avail benefits under the Ayushman Bharat —National Health Protection Mission, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday. “Any report otherwise is factually incorrect,” the ministry said. In a release, it said that the notification of the Ayushman […]
Child trafficking racket busted in Jharkhand: Surprise raid rescues 87 boys from Bokaro railway station, 21 others from Ranchi station
Dhanbad (Jharkhand): In two coordinated raids in Jharkhand, 87 boys were rescued from Bokaro railway station and 21 children from Ranchi station, officials said. This comes less than ten days after 26 girls were recovered from a Mumbai-bound train. A senior police official said that in Bokaro, the boys were made […]
Arvind Kejriwal issues stern warning to school authorities accused of confining kindergarten students over non-payment of fees
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued a stern warning to school authorities who allegedly confined 16 kindergarten children in basement over non-payment of fees and said a probe would be ordered into the matter. He visited the school along with his deputy Manish Sisodia and environment minister […]
Police open fire at thieves in Chennai-Kachiguda express near Anantapur
The Government Railway Police (GRP) on board the Hyderabad-bound Chennai Egmore -Kachiguda Express had to open one round of fire at Vanganur railway station near Gooty in Anantapur district in the small hours of Thursday in order to quell a mob of robbers, who struck at coach No. 11, and decamped […]
I-T department raids Kalawati Hospital hospital owned by Yogendra Yadav’s sister in Rewari, recovers Rs 22 lakh in cash
New Delhi/Chandigarh: The I-T Department on Wednesday raided multiple premises of a hospital group in Haryana’s Rewari, related to family of Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav, recovering about Rs 22 lakh cash, after it was detected that the owners allegedly made cash payments to a Nirav Modi firm for purchasing jewellery, […]
‘Tantrik’ Performs Rituals In Chhattisgarh Assembly To Ensure BJP’s Win In Election
Nowadays, the real or fake news is so very hard to distinguish. Apparently, on Saturday, a ‘tantrik’ entered Chhattisgarh Assembly, performed pooja for the year-end polls to ensure that the incumbent BJP government gets a fourth consecutive term. His presence in the premises was reported by Congress Legislator Brihaspati Singh, to which […]