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New Delhi: The Punjab vigilance bureau on Sunday arrested former industries and commerce minister Sunder Sham Arora from Zirakpur in Mohali district for offering Rs 50 lakh to vigilance official to settle his disproportionate assets case. “The Vigilance Bureau has arrested former minister Sundar Sham Arora for offering bribe of Rs 50 lakhs to an Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Bureau,” Vigilance Bureau Punjab said in a statement. “FIR has been registered under Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act against the former minister on the statement of Manmohan Kumar, AIG, VB, Flying Squad, Punjab. Rs 50 lakh bribe money has been recovered from the accused,” the statement added. Vigilance Bureau arrests Punjab’s ex-min Sundar Sham Arora for offering Rs50 lakhs bribe to Manmohan Kumar,AIG in connection to a vigilance enquiry against him.FIR registered under Prevention of Corruption Act,Rs50 lakhs bribe money recovered from accused: Vigilance Bureau Punjab pic.twitter.com/kilYn

In a weird turn of events, an elephant participating in a procession accidentally got electrocuted while carrying people on its back in Gujarat’s Mehsana. The accident took place during a grand procession of Mahant Kaniram Bapu of the Vadwala temple in Mehsana’s Kasva village. The elephant, who was decorated for the procession, was walking on the roads carrying Mahant Kaniram Bapu along with Mahant Raja Bhuwa on its back. However, things went south when a person mounted on the animal opened an umbrella which got in contact with a live power wire hanging above their head, further causing the animal to get a current shock. Getting anxious over the sudden electric shock, the animal became uncontrollable and started running, causing the people on its back to fall down. Apart from that, the elephant’s caretaker or mahout can be also seen losing his balance while the elephant kept running madly ahead on the road. The people who had gathered to witness the procession also seemed shocked by

Of all the issues preoccupying the clever minds of Buckingham Palace officials and royal courtiers in London right now, the large and ugly diamond in the Queen Consort’s crown is surely not paramount. But then, if ever a good excuse is needed to divert attention from knottier issues — such as public acceptance of the royal spouse in question — the Kohinoor and its ‘importance’ for India is always handy, given its convoluted history and recall value, pun intended. As if on cue, a BJP spokesman has said wearing the Kohinoor would resurrect “painful memories of India’s colonial past” which has apparent led to renewed concerns in London about whether the crown last worn by King Charles’ grandmother Queen Elizabeth (the previous Queen Consort) would adorn his “darling wife” Camilla at her coronation next May. Is India’s possible ire really a major apprehension or a diversion from more serious issues nearer home? The Kohinoor was worn as a brooch by Queen Victoria after it was ‘presented’

Of all the issues preoccupying the clever minds of Buckingham Palace officials and royal courtiers in London right now, the large and ugly diamond in the Queen Consort’s crown is surely not paramount. But then, if ever a good excuse is needed to divert attention from knottier issues — such as public acceptance of the royal spouse in question — the Kohinoor and its ‘importance’ for India is always handy, given its convoluted history and recall value, pun intended. As if on cue, a BJP spokesman has said wearing the Kohinoor would resurrect “painful memories of India’s colonial past” which has apparent led to renewed concerns in London about whether the crown last worn by King Charles’ grandmother Queen Elizabeth (the previous Queen Consort) would adorn his “darling wife” Camilla at her coronation next May. Is India’s possible ire really a major apprehension or a diversion from more serious issues nearer home? The Kohinoor was worn as a brooch by Queen Victoria after it was ‘presented’

Belda (West Bengal): BJP All India Vice President Dilip Ghosh is one of the main faces of the saffron party in West Bengal. For the past few years, he has been hurling insults at the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC). There has been a lot of criticism about the various things he has said at different times. Many people have labelled those statements as nonsense. But there was no hesitation in Dilip Ghosh. On the contrary, he also claimed to use ‘words for those who need them’. Dilip Ghosh is being criticized again for what he said to Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers on Friday. Dilip Ghosh had gone to Belda in the the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal on Friday. There he had gone out on a morning walk. It is alleged that at that time several Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers kept chanting ‘go back’ slogans against the BJP leader. Dilip Ghosh was followed by the TMC workers and supporters in Belda. At that time, Dilip Ghosh threatened the protesting Trinamool Congress workers.

Today is the time of innovations and startups and people have been going out of their way to make a career through different ideas. Despite being qualified for a proper corporate job, the youth in our country have gone ahead and pursued their own startup ideas. With that being said, after MBA Chaiwala and BCom Idli Wala, we have another similar startup coming up from another part of the country. An engineering student recently took up the task of starting her own business by making tea and is determined to make big with her startup idea. The girl, who is quite keen on starting her own business, has named her tea stall ‘BTech Chaiwali’ and has already grabbed the Internet’s attention. Hailing from a small village in Bihar, the BTech student has started her own tea startup in Faridabad and currently runs it from a small stall by the roadside. The student, Vartika Singh, presently studies BTech in Computer Science in Faridabad and at the same time also runs her small business. Check out

Westerners, particularly the once mighty and ruling British, used to say, with a complacent and patronising air, that if India realised its potential, someday, it would be unstoppable. Little did the West think that this day could arrive so quickly, just 75 years after an impoverished independence. That is why, even as significant parts of it professes to be allied to India as fellow democracies etc, it often fails to recalibrate its superior tone when speaking to, or about us. After all, it takes a lot of getting used to, when an erstwhile member of the chronically deficient, if talkative, third-world, claims its chair at the high table and starts looking at one in the eye. Hegemony has gone awry in a purportedly liberal Europe and America. Both are a little uncomfortable with the New India, with ingrained White racism that won’t stay down, and hope to subtly retard the rate of India’s progress wherever possible. A junior and dependent partner is acceptable because it conforms to

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear a petition seeking a blanket ban on firecrackers in the country. The bench was led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) UU Lalit, who declined to hear the plea, stating that the petitioner should have approached the court sooner because injuncting now would result in losses due to the upcoming Diwali season. According to Bar and Bench, the court said , “We will not entertain this. Diwali is round the corner and people must have invested in it already and now injuncting this will lead to losses etc. You should have come few months earlier.” BREAKING| #SupremeCourt refuses to entertain a petition seeking to put a blanket ban on #firecrackers . Says, considering the approaching Diwali season, people will incur major losses. Should have approached earlier, Court further added. — LawBeat (@LawBeatInd) October 14, 2022 In a petition filed by BJP’s Manoj Tiwari and argued by Advocate Shashank Shekhar Jha earlier this week, the Su

New Delhi : A video of the District Magistrate of Ambedkar Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh is going viral on social media. In the video, the District Magistrate is heard saying that the government is not running ‘Zomato’ to provide door-to-door service or relief materials to people in the flood-hit areas. “…If you need, you will be provided with chlorine tablets, and a doctor will come to see when one falls sick, this is the reason why flood posts (baadh chowki) are established. We are not running any Zomato service, the government is not running Zomato,” the DM said addressing the flood-affected people in Ambedkar Nagar and asked them to collect relief materials. Zomato is an Indian food delivery company that provides door-to-door food service. Addressing the people here, he asked them to fix their time so that the food could be prepared accordingly. “Firstly, you all prepare a time for feast at the flood post, then as many people would be present in the morning, the food for the

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mementos auction was a huge success. The auction was launched on his birthday, 17 September, and ended on Wednesday (13 October). The highest bid item, the badminton racket autographed by Thomas Cup Championship 2022 Gold medallist K Srikanth, was sold for a whopping Rs 51 lakh. The auction was originally scheduled to end on 2 October but was extended till 12 October, according to a report by CNBC TV18 . Let’s take a closer look at the key takeaways of the auction. This year’s highest-bid items The auction featured a range of items that were gifted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by both the common man and renowned sportspersons and politicians. The official website of PM Mementos says that the highest bid item of this year is a badminton racquet used and autographed by gold medallist K Srikanth, who represented India at Thomas Cup Championship 2022. The base price of the racquet was valued at Rs 5 lakh. It went through as many as 214 bidding offers

It is always the high spirits and positive attitude towards life that keeps a person going forward in every difficult situation. That being said, as India now indulges in the mood of festivals, there are still some people who don’t have the option to celebrate holidays with their families or get off from their work shifts. A few such people are from food delivery joints where employees are supposed to work even on holidays, especially during festivals. However, as disheartening as it may sound for such employees, the positive gesture of one such person has recently won hearts on the internet. In an Instagram post that recently went viral during Navratri, a Zomato delivery boy was seen enjoying the festival in his own unique manner while remaining on duty. The video which seems to have been shot inside a residential area, Arkade Earth in Mumbai, Maharashtra, as mentioned in it, was taken by a resident. As the video plays with Garba music playing in the background, the Zomato delivery

Exactly a decade ago, on 14 October, when the space shuttle Endeavour rolled into its ultimate resting spot at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, its 123 million-mile journey came to an end. The shuttle had to navigate around trees and street lamps throughout the 12-mile journey from the Los Angeles International Airport to the research centre, which took more than two days. In some situations, the Endeavour’s self-propelled mobile transporter, which could swivel the shuttle 360 degrees, helped the huge white spacecraft weave its way around the obstructions, but in others, dozens of trees were felled and traffic signs were taken down to make room for the shuttle. On the same day in 2007, Keeping Up with the Kardashians , an American reality television show which was based on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian-Jenner family, made its debut on the E! Cable network. The Kardashian sisters Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé, as well as their half-sisters Kendall and Ky

The state of Kerala is still reeling from the alleged human sacrifice of two women in Elanthoor, Pathanamthitta. The police, investigating the case, has revealed that the two women — Roselyn and Padmam — had been sacrificed and then their body parts were probably cooked and consumed in a black magic ritual to attain wealth. The three accused, a medic couple who ran an Ayurvedic massage therapy centre and the mastermind of the horrific crime Muhammad Shafi , have been remanded to judicial custody until 26 October. Laila, one of the accused, has reportedly confessed that she and her husband cooked and consumed the flesh of the victims . They were told by Shafi that this would help them “preserve their youth”. Also read: Explained: How an agent convinced Kerala medic couple to offer human sacrifice of two women The case has once again brought attention back to the need for legislation against superstitious beliefs and practices in the state of Kerala. The ruling Communist Party of In

New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday pronounced a split verdict in the Karnataka Hijab ban case. A bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia pronounced the judgement today. Major takeaways from verdict WHAT DID JUSTICE GUPTA SAY? Justice Hemant Gupta dismissed the petitions against the hijab ban. He said,” “There is a divergence of opinion. In my order, I have framed 11 questions. First is whether the appeal should be referred to the Constitution Bench.” Justice Gupta stressed the need to discuss the ambit and scope of the right to freedom of religion. WHAT DID JUSTICE DHULIA SAY? Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowed the appeals and set aside the Karnataka High Court order. “It’s a matter of choice, nothing more nothing less,” Justice Dhulia said while pronouncing the order. He stressed the importance of girls’ education, especially in rural areas. “Are we making her life any better? That was a question in my mind…I have quashed the Government Order of February 5 an

Karnataka Hijab ban verdict: The Supreme Court Thursday delivered a split verdict on pleas challenging Karnataka High Court’s 15 March verdict, dismissing a batch of petitions filed by Muslim girl students in Udupi, seeking right to wear hijab inside classrooms. The judge said that there was a “divergence in opinion” and now the matter will be put before the Chief Justice of India (CJI)  UU Lalit for constituting a larger bench. “In view of divergent opinion, let the matter be placed before the CJI for appropriate directions,” the bench directed. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia delivered the judgment today. Justice Gupta who headed the bench upheld the government decision, while Justice Dhulia struck it down. “There is divergence of opinion. I have held against the appellant. I dismiss the appeal,” Justice Gupta said. Justice Dhulia, however, allowed the appeal and quashed the high court’s order. Earlier after hearing the matter for 10 days, the bench had r

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a split verdict in the Karnataka hijab ban case, with Justice Hemant Gupta dismissing the petitions against the hijab ban, while Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia allowing them. Supreme Court judges Justice Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia give split verdict in Karnataka Hijab ban case pic.twitter.com/g2Z9HfdnSJ — ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2022 “It’s a matter of choice, nothing more, nothing less,” said Justice Dhulia while allowing the appeals and setting aside the Karnataka High Court order. “There is divergence of opinion,” Justice Gupta said at the outset while pronouncing the verdict. He further said that the matter is referred to the Chief Justice of India for appropriate direction. “The operative part of the order says that the matter has to be placed before the Chief Justice of India for the constitution of a larger bench or another bench,” said Advocate, Ezaz Maqbool, lawyer for the petitioners’side. Karnataka Hijab ban case | Th