A recent report on Monday showed that India’s richest 1 per cent of the population hold 42.5 per cent of national wealth while the bottom 50 per cent, the majority of the population, owns a mere 2.8 per cent. According to an Oxfam report, India’s top 10 per cent of the population holds 74.3 per […]
The Supreme Court Monday observed that the issue of the juvenility of Nirbhaya case convict, Pawan Gupta, has already been decided by courts, and queried his counsel, “How many times we will hear the same things, you have raised it already many times.” Pawan Gupta has moved the top court challenging the Delhi High Court […]
Making major investment announcements for small and medium businesses (SMB), Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Wednesday said that the 21st century will be the century of India. Speaking at the Amazon Smbhav event here, Bezos announced that Amazon would invest $1 billion in digitising SMBs in the country. He further said that the e-commerce major […]
In wake of the violence in the JNU campus on Sunday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inquired from the Delhi Police about the situation in the varsity. According to officials, Shah spoke to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik to find about the situation as the police were deployed in the campus to restore peace. Violence […]
Two days after the Nankana Sahib Gurudwara in Pakistan’s Punjab province was attacked by a Muslim mob, a member of the Sikh community, Parvinder Singh, was murdered in Peshawar by ‘unknown’ gunmen. Sources based in Peshawar told IANS that Parvinder Singh was the younger brother of a local journalist Harmeet Singh. A businessman in Malaysia, […]
The attack on the Nankana Sahib Gurdwara, the birthplace of Guru Nanak, in Pakistan has triggered protests among Sikhs in India. While several Sikh groups were to protest outside Pakistan High Commissioner in New Delhi on Saturday to condemn the attack, Akali Dal leader Sukhbir Singh Badal has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise […]
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday condemned the attack on Nankana Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan by a mob led by the kidnappers of a minor Sikh girl, and threats to rename the holy town. In a statement here, the SAD president said it was shocking that the local administration in Nankana […]
The mother of a 19-year-old girl, who committed suicide in September last year after allegedly being raped by the nephew of an AAP leader, has appealed to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, reminding him to keep the sanctity of the promises he made regarding women’s safety, and asked him to not promote leaders with criminal backgrounds. […]
After no change on New Year Day, petrol and diesel prices were hiked once again on Thursday, the Oil Marketing companies said. Petrol prices were up by 8-11 paise and diesel was hiked by 11-14 paise in all major cities across the country. In Delhi, petrol prices went up to Rs 75.25 a litre while […]
An analysis of collections of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by the states shows that the mop up is clearly linked with urbanisation and prosperity as Delhi and Haryana combined exceed all states except Maharashtra. According to a series of tweets by India Policy, all high performing states are highly urbanised, with exceptions like Kerala, […]