Modi meets 26/11 survivor Moshe Holtzberg
Modi meets Moshe Holtzberg, the boy who lost his parents in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Modi tells the 11 year old: "You can visit India anytime. Will give you and your family long-term visa."
China accuses India of ‘misleading public’
China on July 5, 2017 accused India of “misleading the public” by saying that Chinese troops are building a road close to the “Chicken’s Neck” in the Sikkim sector which could endanger India’s access to the northeastern States. (“Chicken’s Neck” refers to the Siliguri Corridor, a narrow strip of land, which has several vital installations around it and links the Northeast with the rest of India).
Supreme Court to hear plea against trust vote by O. Panneerselvam faction on July 11
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on July 11 a petition filed by Tamil Nadu MLA 'Mafoi' K. Pandiarajan seeking quashing of the February 18 confidence vote, which saw the then Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam lose his chief ministerial chair to V.K. Sasikala’s choice, Edappadi K. Palaniswamy.
Shashi Tharoor appears before court in defamation case against Arnab Goswami
Clad in his trade-mark light blue cotton kurta, Mr. Tharoor spend over 15 minutes in the witness box articulating the grief he had endured when the channel had “unfairly” linked him to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a hotel suite in New Delhi in 2014.
Beer is a health drink, says Andhra Excise Minister
The remark of Andhra Pradesh Excise Minister Kothapalli Samuel Jawahar that beer is a “health drink” has snowballed into a controversy with the principal Opposition party — YSR Congress — raising a hue and cry over it. The Minister, in an interview to a vernacular TV channel, had said the State government was planning to promote beer as a health drink. When the anchor questioned in which way was beer a health drink, the Minister invited the latter to a meeting where he could list the “scientific reasons.”
Situation in West Bengal’s riot-hit Baduria town ‘tense but under control’
While the situation in Baduria in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas remained tense but under control, the political slug-fest over the Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi 'summoning' Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her subsequent reaction continued for the second consecutive day on Wednesday.
Mumbai has no farm land, but farmers; CM confused
The government could not offer an explanation since the city has no farm land. Mr. Fadnavis said he is fascinated to know that farmers do exist in Mumbai. “Even I have the question as to whether there are farmers in Mumbai. But the said list is of proposed beneficiaries. We will be giving out the final loan waiver package only after a detailed inquiry,” he said.
Viral selfie: actor Madhavan says he is ‘little embarassed’
“Now I ‘m a little embarrassed and under pressure, because I don’t look like that all the time and I am trying to see if I can be accepted again as a normal-looking guy. That was an unprecedented amount of attention from the world. I am embarrassed and thankful at the same time,” Madhavan said.
Cash-strapped Dalit couple enter wedlock before Ambedkar statue in M.P.
The couple, Kallu Jatav and Vijayanti Rajoria, took the ‘saat phere’— seven rounds — around the statue of the Dalit icon at a park in the town to solemnise their marriage on July 3. They also wanted to send a message against the excessive cost that traditional marriages involve.
