Trendingnews: November 2018

Friday, November 30, 2018

Tiger Woods Avoids Penalty for Double-hit

Slow-motion, high definition television replays showed Woods' club making contact with the ball at least twice as he scooped it out of a bush on the final hole at Albany in the Bahamas.

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CBI Charges Bhupinder Hooda, Motilal Vora With Giving Land Illegally to National Herald Publisher

The AJL is reportedly controlled by senior Congress leaders, including members of the Gandhi family. The group runs the National Herald newspaper.

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Women Cops who Arrested Hindu Outfit Leader Sasikala During Sabarimala Trek Given Cash Rewards

Hindu Aikya Vedi state president K P Sasikala was on her way to Sabarimala on November 17 when she was arrested by police at around 1.30 am.

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Six Black Bucks Found Dead in Sayaji Baug Zoo in Vadodara

Postmortem of the black bucks conducted in the presence of veterinarians has ruled out dog bites as the cause of death.

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Moderate Intensity Earthquake Hits Kullu in Himachal Pradesh

The tremors were felt in and around Kullu district at 12.52 am Saturday and the epicentre was at a dept of 10 km

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Manipur Journalist Arrested Under Draconian National Security Act for Facebook Post Against PM Modi, BJP

The National Security Act allows detention of people merely under the presumption that they are “detrimental or pose a threat to national security”. Furthermore, it also denies them access to a lawyer or a hearing before a court of law.

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'This is the New Normal': Chidambaram Pokes Fun at BJP for Celebrating GDP Data

Former finance minister said that as expected, the GDP growth in the July-September quarter (Q2) of 2018-19 was a good one per cent lower than in the April-June quarter (Q1).

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Two Top Officials of Cooperative Bank in Maharashtra Held for Embezzlement

Shishir Dharkar, a former chairman of the bank, and expert director Prem Kumar Sharma were arrested Friday for embezzlement of funds under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), according to the ED.

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More Than 20,000 Indians Have Sought Political Asylum in US Since 2014

Every year several thousand Indians, mostly from Punjab try their luck to settle abroad and each one of them pays between Rs 25 lakh and Rs 30 lakh per person to travel agents.

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Encouraged by CM Yogi’s Remark, Dalits Want to Take Over Management of All Hanuman Temples

In a bid to please Dalits voters, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath had on November 28 said that Hanuman was a Dalit tribal.

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Mumbai Commuters Hit as Trains Run Late, Cancelled Today

According to the Western Railway, two trains have been cancelled, while five of them have been temporarily terminated due to derailment of tamping machine on Palghar and Kevla Road line.

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At G20 Summit, PM Modi’s 9-point Action Plan to Catch Fugitive Economic Offenders

"Cooperation in legal processes such as effective freezing of the proceeds of crime, early return of the offenders and efficient repatriation of the proceeds of crime should be enhanced and streamlined," the agenda read.

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Yogi Govt Has Banned All Weddings in Prayagraj Between January and March Next Year. Here’s Why

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to ban marriage ceremonies during the Kumbh 2019, and people are not pleased, to say the least.

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World AIDS Day: Epidemic, Stigma & Discrimination Not Over In India Yet?

The consequences of stigma and discrimination against AIDS patients are wide-ranging. Some people are shunned by their family and friends, or by their community. Many others face poor treatment in healthcare and educational settings. On World AIDS Day, let's pledge to fight the disease, not the survivors.

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H1B Visa Process Set to Change; Most Skilled and Highest Paid Foreign Workers to Get Preference

The proposed process would result in an estimated increase of up to 16 per cent (or 5,340 workers) in the number of selected H-1B beneficiaries with a master's degree or higher from a US institution of higher education.

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Four Held for Assaulting Cops, Damaging Phone-making Factory in Noida

Over a thousand workers of the Hipad Technology India, which assembles and tests Xiaomi phones, had restored to violence after around 200 of them were allegedly sacked without notice.

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Perceptible Improvement in India-China Relations, Say Modi and Xi on G20 Sidelines

The two leaders have met twice after their informal summit in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late April -- once at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit held in June in China's Qingdao and the second time at the BRICS summit in South Africa's Johannesburg in July.

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Angry Over Surprise Sackings, Thousands of Noida Firm Workers Destroy Office, Assault Cops

Over a thousand workers of the Hipad Technology India, which assembles and tests Xiaomi phones, restored to violence after around 200 of them were allegedly sacked without notice.

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Delhi Man Arrested 11 Years After Raping a Minor

In June 2007, a man filed a complaint in Kapashera police station alleging that his 14-year-old daughter had been kidnapped by Akhtar, said A K Singla, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime).

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Man Rapes 3-year-old Daughter, Arrested After Mother Returns Home to Find Blood-stained Sheets

The incident took place on October 28 night when his wife left his house after a quarrel. He was in an inebriated state, Assistant Commissioner of Police Shamsher Singh said.

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India, Russia, China Hold 2nd Trilateral Meeting After 12 Years

The Russia-India-China meeting came hours after Prime Minister Modi, his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump held their first trilateral meeting on the margins of the summit.

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Andhra Pradesh-Centre Rift Widens as CBI Sees Red Over Stalled Consent, Info Leak in Officer’s Arrest

The CBI said the state's anti-corruption bureau (ACB) surreptitiously used the information it had provided to arrest the employee.

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Flying Out of Delhi, India This December? Get Ready to Feel the Pinch of Price Hike

From today, an increase of Rs 67 for international flyers and Rs 32 for domestic is set to make flying costlier from Delhi.

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PM Modi Meets Trump, Abe for First Trilateral Meet on G-20 Sidelines; Discusses Security, Cooperation

The leaders emphasised the importance of cooperation among the three countries on all major issue of global and multilateral interests such as connectivity, sustainable development, counter-terrorism and maritime and cyber security.

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In This Uttarakhand Village, Menstruating Girls Are Not Allowed to Attend School

The remote village follows the age-old tradition of keeping girls and women out of the kitchen and temple during menstruation. On an average, they sit home for 80 days in a year, thus missing the school.

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Kerala Govt Guidelines on Media Interaction Kick Up a Row

According to a circular issued by Additional Chief Secretary Subrata Biswas, the chief minister and ministers would inform the Public Relations Department (PRD) in advance, if they are planning to interact with media at public venues.

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Pune Woman Claims Husband Infected Her With HIV Through Saline

The woman claimed that her husband, a homoeopathic doctor, and his parents were harassing her for dowry since the couple got married in 2015. When she fell sick in October 2017, her husband administered her saline at home.

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One-of-its-kind Drone Racing Competition Held at Bengaluru Tech Summit

The competition featured 30 pilots from India maneuvering their drones weighing about 300 grams.

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Quota Bill Granting 16% Reservation to Marathas Gets Maharashtra Governor's Nod: Source

The bill was unanimously passed by both the Houses of the legislature on Thursday, meeting a long-pending demand of the influential community, which constitutes 33 per cent of the state's population of around 13 crore.

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Ghaziabad Couple Consumes Poison After Families Cancel Wedding Over Dowry, Woman Dies

Pooja became unconscious after consuming sulphas tablets while the man, identified as Subodh, called up his parents.

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Sitharaman Visits Cyclone Hit Thanjavur District; Assures Centre's Support

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said she would explain the situation to the union finance minister and he would take steps to rehabilitate the farmers.

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Court Jails 20 in Bihar for Parading Dalit Woman Naked

The mob, suspecting that the residents of the red light area were involved in the killing, indulged in large-scale arson and beat up the Dalit woman before tearing off her clothes and parading her naked on the streets.

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On World AIDS Day, WHO Calls for Making Quality Testing Accessible to All

WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal Singh said people living with HIV across the world lacked access to testing and hence, did not know their HIV status.

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'We Are Sorry, This March Must Have Caused Inconvenience to You': Protesting Farmers Tell Delhi

Protesting farmers also demanded a special session of Parliament on agrarian crisis to pass two Bills: one pertaining to one-time full loan waiver, the other for a long-term institutional measures to ensure farmers are not pushed into debt again.

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Finance Ministry Calls GDP Growth 'Reasonable' But Top Govt Official Does Not Agree

Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said the September quarter GDP growth 'seems disappointing'.

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Open to Helping India in Tejas Aircraft Production: Lockheed

The state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd is producing around eight Tejas annually and the defence ministry wants it to increase the number to 18 planes per year.

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PM Modi Meets Chinese Prez Xi, Discusses Ways to Strengthen Bilateral Ties

PM Modi said that the meeting with President Xi Jinping will be important in proving a direction in terms of strengthening the relations, adding that "such initiatives are helpful in maintaining the momentum."

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Honda CBR650R to Launch in India in Early 2019, Says HMSI

We got into a conversation with Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing, Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India at the annual EICMA motor show which takes place in Milan wherein he talks to us about the future plans for India

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Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal Mount Attack on PM Modi at Mega Farmers' Rally as Cries of Justice Rend Air

In the massive rally, organised by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), the protesters shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre, alleging that it had failed to address their plight.

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Day After Retirement, Justice Kurian Joseph Says Centre Intervening in Appointment of High Court Judges

The former Supreme Court judge also said he had no regrets about the controversial January 12 press conference in which he, along with three other judges, flagged various issues with regard to functioning of the top court.

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No Amount of Campaigning by PM Modi and Shah Will be Able to Save Vasundhara Raje: Sachin Pilot

On being asked about Rahul Gandhi being a Shiv bhakt, Pilot said the Congress president did not seek votes in the name of religion and one is free to go to any religious place. He wondered why the BJP is upset over it.

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Scottish Brewery Withdraws Ganesha Branding Following Protest

Tempest Brewing Co. had been selling its India Pils beer with a colourful image of the Hindu God alongside a message calling on customers to "channel your inner Ganesha and overcome all obstacles with our hoppy pilsner".

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Subsidised LPG Price Cut by Rs 6.5 While Market Price LPG Cut by Rs 133

The price reduction comes soon after six consecutive monthly hikes in rates since June. Prior to this price cut, rates had gone up by Rs 14.13 per cylinder since then.

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Mob of 30 Attack Kerala Man for Supporting Women Wanting to go to Sabarimala

Sangeeth, who suffered head injuries, was saved by local people and was taken to Nilambur Government Hospital on Thursday morning.

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8.5 Magnitude Earthquake Likely in Himalayas: New Study

The researchers followed the local geology and structural map published by the Geological Survey of India, besides using Google Earth and imagery from Indian space agency ISRO's Cartosat-1 satellite.

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