Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain's surprise visit to various hospitals

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party has formed its government with new hopes and new expectations. While CM Arvind Kejriwal has passed the first litmus test by delivering his promise of free water to all the households in Delhi, the Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Kumar Jain is on his way to leave an influential impact.

                             

Jain is inspecting the hospital in the city without giving prior information. His surprise inspection began soon after taking the oath and has visited seven hospitals within two days. He visited the Hindu Rao Hospital on Sunday and the conditions of the hospital made him furious. He said on Sunday that he will be holding a meeting on Monday to review the current state of the hospital and the measures to improve it will be discussed.Read more

Natural calamity, economic slowdown make 2013 an average year for hospitality industry

New Delhi: For a country aspiring to be one of the sought-after global tourist destinations, the Indian hospitality industry witnessed an 'average' year in 2013 as slowdown in Europe and other nations hurt tourist arrivals, while taxation issues continued to plague the sector.

                                   

The natural calamity that struck Uttarakhand badly hurt tourism in pilgrimage locations in the state.

 However, considering the overall long term potential of the country, several companies went ahead with their expansion plans, be it from global hospitality chains such as Starwood, InterContinental and Kempinski, or domestic players like Apeejay Surrendra Park Hotels and Lalit Suri Hospitality, the announcements kept coming.Read more

Arvind Kejriwal, AAP’s 27 MLAs to reach Ramlila ground by metro

New Delhi: In his bid to end the VIP culture in the power corridors, Aam Aadmi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal has announced that he would take a metro ride to reach Ram Lila Maidan for his swearing-in ceremony on December 28.

                                            

Kejriwal further said that 27 other elected members of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will also ride the metro for the event, to which he has invited "everyone" in Delhi.Read more

AAP’s Kumar Vishwas takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders on Wednesday said that Kumar Vishwas, one of the party leaders, could would be visiting  Amethi. Sources reveal that Vishwas, one of the known faces of newbie AAP, would be visiting the party constituency of the Congress Vice President on December 27.
                                  
Vishwas, who was enlisted as the most probable candidate to take on the Gandhi scion during the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections has decided to go to Amethi to feel the political situation in the constituency.Read more

India test-fires nuclear-capable Agni-III missile

Balasore (Odisha): India on Monday successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Agni-III ballistic missile with a strike range of more than 3,000 km as part of a user trial by the Army from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast."The test-fire conducted by Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the Army was totally successful. Data analyses showed the trial met all parameters," DRDO Spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta said.The indigeneously developed surface-to-surface missile was flight-tested from a mobile launcher at launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range at about 1655 hrs, defence sources said.

                                                 

The entire launch operation of the missile, having a strike range of more than 3,000 km, was carried out by SFC with logistic support by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).Read more

 

Kashmir TALIBANISED: Segregation of male and female students returns to Valley

Srinagar: In a move which may find no takers among liberals, Jammu and Kashmir state government has asked Srinagar’s coaching centres to adhere to draconian guidelines which had been deviced with intention to curb sexual harassment in and around these tuition centers.

Separation of male and female students each of who will be taught in different classrooms at different timings from now on, and banning of mobile phones in coaching centres are among some of these guidelines.

                                                 

However, several of these guidelines also appear laudable enough aimed at students’ welfare, like providing of heaters. Besides, coaching centres have also been asked to inform parents if students bunk or miss their classes.Read more

These are the 10 useless features installed in Indian cars

The car manufacturing companies come up with latest technologies in their cars to attract customers. Sometimes, we come across such features in a car which are normally not used in day to day life. But, do you know why are these features installed in a car or what is its use? Today we are going to tell you about those accessories of a car which are used to a minimum or not at all.

                              

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SCHOOLGIRL calls policemen for help, but they rape

Chandigarh: Five Chandigarh policemen have been booked and two of them held for raping, molesting and threatening a minor school going girl for the last two-and-half months. They even threatened her with dire consequences, police said on Thursday.
                                           

According to police, the 17-year-old girl has lodged a complaint against five constables.

Sources said that some three months back, the victim had called police following a dispute with a relative.

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AAP eyes 2014: Registers its presence in 22 states

New Delhi: The party is rigorously preparing for the upcoming 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The party has expanded its network in more than 22 states of the country in matter of few years. In a large number of states the party has already established large offices and it is eyeing over 12 crore new voters for the 2014 elections.

                                            

So far the party has been successful in creating over 12.5 lakh voters. However, the party is yet to register itself in states it has set up the network.Read more

Quake of mild intensity rocks parts of HP

Shimla: An earthquake of slight intensity on Tuesday night rocked parts of Himachal Pradesh.

The tremors, which were felt at 8.16 pm, lasted few seconds, the India Meteorological Department officials said.

The epicentre of the quake, which measured 3.3 on the Richter scale, was in Kinnaur district of the state.

                             

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Kerala HC confirms death sentence on rape-cum-murder case accused

Kochi: Kerala High Court on Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to Govindachamy by a Fast Track Court for brutally raping and causing the death of a 23-year-old woman after pushing her out of a moving train on February 1, 2008.A division bench, comprising justices T Ramachandran Nair and B Kemal Pasha upheld the death sentence awarded by the FTC at Thrissur in November that year, saying "there is absolutely nothing to interfere in this case." The bench also criticised the 'lukewarm' response of Indian Railways and the attitude of fellow passengers of the victim, who was returning home to Shornur from her workplace at Ernakulam, when the incident took place.

                                 

Pointing out there is no safety in ladies' compartments. The bench said that even after the incident, the compartment was at the rear end of the train.The judges suggested the ladies compartment be placed in the middle section and two women guards be posted.The bench held that the attitude of the fellow passengers was 'disgustful'. Had they offered a helping hand, this untoward incident could have been avoided.It said there is need to create awareness among the  public to rise to the occasion.Inaction of fellow passengers was more painful than the brutal action of the accused, the judges observed.

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Pitched battle for 2014

Kolkata: Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has been offered a ticket to contest the general elections next year by the BJP but is undecided on whether to accept the offer.

It is learnt that the offer has come from the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, who has promised to make the Bengal sports icon the sports minister in the Cabinet if the party comes to power.

                                  

"Yes, I've an offer. But I'm still undecided on what to do. I've been busy for last few days... I'll let you know soon," Ganguly was quoted as saying in a leading Bengali daily.

The speculation has been doing rounds after he met Varun Gandhi through a common friend in the capital in mid November.Read more

 

 

RAPES DOUBLED since December 16 gang rape; Delhi

New Delhi: Even as the fast-track court in Delhi has delivered its verdict in the December 16 incident last year giving death sentence to all the four accused, and new and tougher laws enacted; there seems to be no dearth of crime against women.
                                      

The Delhi crime file presents a scary picture for women of the national capital.Almost a year after December 16 incident when a 23-year old paramedical student was gangraped and brutally assaulted to death, the number of crimes against women as recorded by police has more than doubled in the national capital which has often been dubbed as the rape capital of India.Read more

India’s first supersonic jet, MIG-2, to be phased out by IAF on Wednesday

New Delhi: India’s first supersonic jet, the iconic MIG-21 FL  that dealt severe blows to Pakistan Air Force in the 1971 war, will be phased out from the IAF on Wednesday.Though the MIG-21s played a limited role in 1965, they had claimed four Pakistani F-104s, two F-6s, one F-86 Sabre and a Lockheed C-130 Hercules in the 1971 war.

                          

The MIG-21s enabled an accurate attack on the house of the Governor at Dhaka that forced him to negotiate for an eventual surrender.Used extensively in the Kargil war, it was used due to its unmatched qualities of high agility, fast acceleration and quick turn-around.Read more

From a driver to anti-corruption crusader, know rare facts about Anna Hazare

Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra): Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare would start another indefinite fast from Tuesday at his village here to press for Jan Lokpal Bill. "There is no other option before the people and me. That is why I am starting a fast from tomorrow," he had told reporters in his hometown Ralegan Siddhi on Monday.Here are some rare facts about Anna Hazare.

                                           

His actual name is Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare.

His birth date is 15 January 1940.Read more

When Sonia Gandhi came face to face with Menka Gandhi

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi came face-to-face with Menka Gandhi on polling day, but both of them chose to ignore each other and went along different directions.On the day of polling in Delhi, Sonia Gandhi was accompanied by Sheila Dikshit as she appeared to cast her vote at the Nirman Bhawan polling booth. Sonia Gandhi was taken out of the waiting line and escorted to the polling booth along with Dikshit.

                                      

While Sonia Gandhi was casting her vote inside the polling booth, Menka Gandhi too came at the same polling booth to cast her vote. Read more

 

 

Mizoram, the neglected child of India

Aizwal, Mizoram: A state with one of the highest participation in the democratic process of the country, Mizoram has often had to bear the brunt of country's apathetic negligence. The remote northeastern state registered a phenomenal voter turnout of 81 percent. The residents of the state are considered as one of the most upbeat participants in the Indian democracy.

                                     

Despite a good performance, the state like other times has been vehemently ignored and sidelined. Exit polls results chose to ignore this 'small' and 'inconsequential' state and kept their focus firmly on the big-wigs.Read more

Armed guards on private ships worries India, Navy fears security risk

New Delhi: Almost a week after India  observed the fifth anniversary of 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008, chief of the Indian Navy, DK Joshi expressed serious concerns over unregulated armed guards deployed on private merchant ships crossing Indian waters. Naval chief’s concerns arise out of intelligence inputs indicating some of the ships having serving and former “combatants” from the “armed forces” of “certain countries” deployed on private ships posing as security guards. 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Naval chief fears that with these ships coming too close to Indian coasts due to change in High Risk Area (HRA) notification, such unauthenticated armed guards can pose serious threat to Indian security.  India also fears that some of these private guards can both be spies as well as agents looking for infiltration to carry out terror attacks in India. Read more

India test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi- II missile in Odisha

Balasore (Odisha): India on Tuesday successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km from a test range at Chandipur in Odisha as part of a user trial by defence forces.The surface-to-surface missile was test-fired at around 10:05 AM from a mobile launcher in salvo mode from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range, about 15 km from here, defence sources said.
                                        
Describing the launch of the sophisticated missile as a complete success, ITR Director M V K V Prasad said all the mission parameters were met during the trial. Read more

Swapna breaks the stereotype by being the first transgender to take the Civil Services Examination

Chennai: 23-year-old Swapna, a BCA student from Madurai became the first transgender to take the civil services examination on December 1. Breaking the typecast, Swapna took the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) at Nirmala Girls Higher Secondary School on Sunday under the sex category of woman.















Swapna in her interview said that her appearance in the examination is the outcome a protracted fight that she had to wage to appear in the TNPSC exam under the sex of her choice. She feels empowered after being granted a provisional hall ticket on November 28 to give the exams. The decision to grant her a ticket came after the intervention of the Madras High Court. Read more

   

                 

cricketer Piyush Chawla in Moradabad

Lucknow/Moradabad: Indian leg spinner Piyush Chawla tied the knot with his childhood friend Anubhuti in a grand ceremony at Hotel Drive Inn in Moradabad on Friday. 

                         

Dressed in Sherwani, the ever smiling cricketer, who dazzled everybody with a 114-run unconquered knock against Tamil Nadu last week exhibitted positivity on dance floor as well. Chawla was seen shaking a leg with his teammates and friends, said sources. Read more

 

10 most corrupt cities of India

The corruption is deeply rooted in the country and it is affecting the financial development. Recently a website against corruption namely ipaidbribe.com issued a report. The report states India’s top most corrupt cities. Bengaluru, also known as the IT city of the country, is the most corrupt city of India.
                       

The anti-corruption website is being operated by an NGO called ‘Janagrah’ in Bengaluru. According to the website, more than 22000 people have confessed that they are involved in taking and giving bribe. The report is based on the survey done among the common people of the country.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/ 

 

 

 

Narendra Modi in TIME’s ‘Person of the Year’ poll

New Delhi: International magazine TIME has included BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi is among the shortlisted candidates for its 'Person of the Year' title this year. Interestingly, Modi is second only to teen sensation Miley Cyrus in the list in the ongoing public voting. Four-month-old Prince George is among the 41 other luminaries in the list.
                                   
According to the poll results, Miley Cyrus and Narendra went much ahead of whistle-blower Edward Snowden (currently in refuge in Russia) who had was leading the poll last week. Leading the poll, Miley Cyrus has 24.8% votes followed by Narendra Modi with 14.4% votes. Snowden has come down to 8.2% votes. (Who should be TIME'S Person of the Year.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/  

Chidambaram takes on Modi, says rupee value fell under NDA rule

New Delhi: Taking on Narendra Modi for claiming that the value of the rupee did not fall during NDA rule, finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said this was yet another item in the "collection" of history lessons from the Gujarat chief minister.
                                  

Referring to Modi's reported remarks that then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not let the value of the rupee fall, he said the exchange of the rupee was 39.49 to a dollar in March 1998 when the NDA government was first formed."It declined further to Rs. 42.84 in May 1999 when NDA again formed government after elections. It further declined to Rs. 45.33 on May 21, 2004 when NDA demitted office," Chidambaram said.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/ 

Woman protesting against CM Narendra Modi groped, molested by cops

Ahmedabad: In yet another incident of molestation, a woman activist of Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) was allegedly misbehaved by unidentified policemen at Mani nagar area on Saturday.
                                    

While on Monday, the party workers of Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) lodged an FIR with Maninagar police station alleging misbehaviour of police with the woman activist.

 

Despite the fact, women constables were present at the spot, male constables came forward and allegedly misbehaved with women, said woman activists while talking to Divya Bhaskar.

 

The incident took place on Saturday, when the victim along with other members of the party was holding a protest against Narendra Modi government for poor infrastructure in the vicinity. The Maninagar police had detained seven GPP women members on November 23.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/

 

Supreme Court dismisses plea for repoll if majority exercises NOTA option

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to direct the Election Commission to hold fresh polls in case the majority of the electorate exercises 'None Of The Above Option' (NOTA) option recently introduced on its direction to allow voters to reject all the candidates.
                                                                          













A bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said it is for the legislature to amend the law as it is too early to pass such a direction. It observed that NOTA has been introduced recently and it has to be seen how the people respond to it.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/ 

Governors are like ageing prostitutes’, says Former Director General of Police KPS Gill

New Delhi:  To spark off a new controversy, Former Director General of Police, KPS Gill said that governors are like ageing prostitutes. In a TV interview in Assam, Gill said that “In 1993, Rajesh Pilot requested me to become the governor of Manipur but I declined. Governors are like ageing prostitutes who wait without any work. I was never interested in that job”. 
                                   
                                

Gill was posted in Assam during the agitation between 1979 and 1985.

 

Assam CM, Tarun Gogoi had earlier claimed that the police chief was responsible for ‘secret killings’ of Assam under Prafulla Kumar Mahanta government. Between 1996 and 2001, extra-judicial murders were carried out at families of top ULFA members. Gill refuted all such allegations as being untrue.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/ 

Mother 'loses' her young son during Muzaffarnagar riots, CM Akhilesh's police asks her to bring his 'dead body' to register FIR

Bagpat (Uttar Pradesh)/New Delhi: Over two months after the communal riots that broke out in Muzaffarnagar and its surrounding districts, 75-year-old Nawab Begum alias Ballo is running from pillar to post to register a first information report (FIR) against four who allegedly killed her 25-year-old son Khalil on September 10 when he was returning home from Loni.

 

 

 

  

 This is despite a Supreme Court order which made it mandatory for the police to register an FIR immediately after a cognizable offence is reported to them.

 Cognizable offences are those in which the police can suo motu register an FIR and don’t require a complaint to initiate action. These offences include crimes such as murder, rape, robbery and dacoity.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/                                      

Supreme Court ultimatum spells trouble, asks Campa Cola complex residents to vacate premises by May 31

Mumbai: Supreme Court on Tuesday spelt trouble for the residents of Worli’s Campa Cola flats as it ordered demolition of the illegal structures by May 31 in the wake of no permanent solution to the problem at present. The apex court asked the residents of Campa Cola compound in posh south Mumbai to vacate the premises by May 31, 2014.

                       

BMC is free to take action against residents who don't give an undertaking within six weeks, said SC order.Read more at-http://daily.bhaskar.com/