Congress puts onus on EC, says doubts should be cleared on EVMs
[India], Mar. 16 (ANI): Diverging from the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) view on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering row, the Congress Party on Thursday said it is the poll panel’s responsibility to clear doubts raised by various political parties.”Some people like Mayawati, Kejriwal and others have raised their doubts over this. It is […]
Rane cries foul, says he was disillusioned by functioning of Congress leaders
[India], Mar. 16 (ANI): Vishvajeet Rane, who earlier in the day resigned from the Congress Party said he was disillusioned by the manner of the functioning of the party leaders, adding that he took the decision for the interest of the people.”With a heavy heart, today I have submitted my resignation as a member of […]
Hyderabad man gets cinemagoers arrested for not standing up during national anthem – Deccan Chronicle
Deccan ChronicleHyderabad man gets cinemagoers arrested for not standing up during national anthemDeccan ChronicleAccording to a report in the Huffington Post, a television journalist A. Sampath in Hyderabad helped in the arrest of two men, Syed Shafi Hussain and Mohammed Ilyas at INOX at Maheshwari Parmeshwari Mall in Kachiguda. A case was registered under …Two arrested […]
Hyderabad woman says Saudi employer tried to kill her, pushed her from third floor – The News Minute
The News MinuteHyderabad woman says Saudi employer tried to kill her, pushed her from third floorThe News MinuteYet another case of physical assault and torture of an Indian immigrant has emerged from Saudi Arabia, with a Hyderabad woman claiming that her employer tried to kill her. The 46-year-old, Haseena Begum, who was working as a […]
Hyderabad woman says Saudi employer tried to kill her, pushed her from third floor
Yet another case of physical assault and torture of an Indian immigrant has emerged from Saudi Arabia, with a Hyderabad woman claiming that her employer tried to kill her. The 46-year-old, Haseena Begum, who was working as a maid in Dammam, claimed that she fractured both her legs after she was pushed off the third floor […]
India ranks 148 in the number of women MPs, but will politicians back Parliament quota?
Releasing a world ranking of the number of women parliamentarians that that placed India 148, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of UN Women, has called for reservations for women. The rankings of all 193 UN member countries released here on Wednesday by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women showed that women made up 11.8 per […]
Tampering row: Hyderabad expert calls for code chip scrutiny of EVMs – Times of India
Tampering row: Hyderabad expert calls for code chip scrutiny of EVMsTimes of IndiaIt was in Hyderabad that the issue of EVM tampering was debated in 2010. Hari K Prasad of NetIndia Private Ltd took the lead in demonstrating that tampering was possible by `dishonest election insiders or criminals with only a brief physical access to […]
As JNTU Hyderabad tightens affiliation rules, 50 colleges reportedly opt out
Around 50 colleges have reportedly chosen not to seek affiliation to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad, for the 2017-18 academic year. This comes after the university decided to put strict rules in place, and deny affiliation to any colleges that did not meet its criteria. Writing for the Times of India, Nirupa Vatyam […]
Rohith Vemula’s death anniversary: PCI seeks reply from police, UoH on scribe’s arrest
The Press Council of India (PCI) took suo moto cognisance of the arrest of a journalist by the Cyberabad police from the University of Hyderabad (UoH), in January this year. Kunal Shankar, the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana correspondent for Frontline, was picked up on the occasion of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s death anniversary. The journalist […]
No ‘special status’, but Union Cabinet approves financial aid for Andhra
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved special assistance for Andhra Pradesh, which was announced last year in lieu of the promised special category status. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the special assistance in funding of externally-aided projects and irrigation component of Polavaram project. The central government will provide special assistance […]
