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Delhi Metro employees to revive their protests from 10 July

Employees of the Delhi Metro have said that they will revive their protests if their demands are not met by 9 July. The Delhi...

DMRC installs automatic ticket vending machines on new lines

Move follows many complaints of ticket operators fleecing the commuters.   In a bid to increase the use of technology and reduce human intervention in services...

Congress, left keen to ally in Bengal for LS polls

The Bengal unit of the Congress has already sent a proposal to the central leadership detailing the strategy that could be adopted in case...

These bravehearts brought pride, glory to Delhi Police

The Sunday Guardian interacted with a few officers of the Delhi Police who spoke about the challenges of policing in India and shared their...

BJP demands CBI investigation into political killings in West Bengal

To mount pressure on the West Bengal government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state, along with all its associates, have been organising...

Football fans in Kolkata divided between Argentina and Brazil

The atmosphere here is almost as if a festival is on. Far away from Russia, Kolkata is gripped in FIFA World Cup  fever, with...

DGCA got 33,000 complaints against airlines in three years

The number of complaints against Jet Airways was around 7,500, while grievances against Air India stood at 9,000 during the period. Low-cost carriers have,...

Lack of law leads to poor Conviction in spot fixing

‘There is a need to have a designated law to prevent such crimes.’   Police officers and lawyers have claimed that the lack of any specific...

Metro to complete phase 3 by this year

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), which recently inaugurated the Magenta line and a section of its Pink line under phase III of its...

48-hour decree brought after 3,500 women deserted by NRI husbands in two years

Around 3,500 cases of distressed women being deserted by their NRI (Non-Resident Indian) husbands were received by various Indian missions abroad between 2015 and...

Delhi Police not happy with MHA fiat on ‘non-core’ duties

The suggestion made recently by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to remove the presence of uniformed police officers in Delhi from “non-core” areas...

Congress, CPM in Bengal not ready to join hands with TMC

Despite the call for a grand alliance at the national level of all regional parties along with the Indian National Congress, a “Mahagathbandhan” of...

Automobile body will observe ‘road safety year’ in 2020

Indian roads have witnessed some 1.5 lakh deaths due to road accidents in 2016, according to data of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)....

CPM stares at irrelevance in West Bengal

Many CPM leaders at the grassroots are joining BJP.   Diminishing organisational structure, exodus of cadre, lack of new generation leadership and ideas have led to...

Intimidation may force BJP panchayat winners to migrate to TMC

Several candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party who won in the recently concluded panchayat elections in West Bengal and were looking for support from...

74 cases of BSF hand in smuggling along border

A total of 74 cases of involvement of Border Security Force (BSF) officials with smugglers at the India-Bangladesh and India-Pakistan border together, have been...

‘Poll violence a result of dismal socio-economic scene in rural Bengal’

The recently concluded panchayat polls in West Bengal that saw unprecedented violence, is a result of the politics of patronage, socio-economic conditions in Bengal...

We want to make Sikkim corruption free: Bhaichung Bhutia

Bhaichung Bhutia, 41, is a former Indian football captain who had a brief stint with politics when he fought the 2014 Lok Sabha elections...

ICCR embarks on initiatives to promote India’s ‘soft power’

For the first time, ICCR will celebrate World Culture Day on Monday with a memorial lecture to be delivered by Minister for External Affairs...

ASI plans to give facelift to Taj Mahal, 90 other monuments

The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) is planning to give a facelift to at least 91 Centrally protected monuments by ensuring cleanliness all around...

CPM, BJP join hands to take on TMC in panchayat polls

The run-up to the panchayat elections in West Bengal, slated to be held on Monday, has silently brought two archrivals, BJP and CPM, together...

‘Top four private airlines owe Rs 200 cr to AAI’

AAI has been making repeated attempts to recover the dues from these airlines.   The top four private airline operators in India together owe more than...

Passengers hit hard as trains keep running late

Poor punctuality of trains in most regions of the country, with several mail and express trains running late by over 12 hours despite there...

Kaspersky launches platform to fight cyber attacks

NEW DELHI: Kaspersky lab, a leading cyber security platform, earlier this week launched the Threat Management and Defence platform which will enable companies to...

Over 112,000 cases of child sex abuse pending in courts

Over 112,000 cases under the POCSO (Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences) Act—112,628 to be precise—are pending final conclusion before various High Courts, even...

BJP in Bengal faces funds crunch

Several leaders as well as BJP workers working and campaigning on the ground are banking on local donations.   The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), that is...

Beware of data thefts from dating apps

The increasing use of mobile-based dating applications is putting millions of users at the risk of data leaks to third party software because of...

Delhi unit of BJP may see change of guard soon

The names of four leaders, all Delhi based, are doing the rounds to replace Manoj Tiwari, who is being viewed as an ‘outsider’.   The Delhi...

CISF won’t be removed from ‘non-core’ airport security areas

The suggestion made by the Ministry of Civil Aviation to remove the presence of the Central Industrial Security Force from the “non-core” areas of...

‘Violence marring Bengal’

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) faced no opposition in 26% of the total Panchayat seats in West Bengal. The BJP has blamed the alleged violence...

Indian launches diamond blockchain model

The diamond trading on blockchain will involve three crypto assets backed by IGI certified diamonds.   For the first time in the world, an innovative diamond...

Gadkari ministry on massive road construction drive in Delhi-NCR

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has launched massive road construction projects to ease traffic woes and facilitate better connectivity in the national...

Congress’ proximity to TMC angers Bengal unit

‘Congress’ central leaders going soft on TMC demoralises our cadres in the state’.   Asection of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress is miffed with the central...

Mudra plan helped over 12 crore people in 3 years

The Mudra Scheme grants loans to citizens who have a small business activity in manufacturing, processing, trading or service sector.   The Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana...

UPSIDC rolls out red carpet to invite investors to the state

‘UPSIDC has been instrumental in accelerating the pace of industrial development of Uttar Pradesh’.   Uttar Pradesh with its inherent strengths has been a leader in...

Trinamool faction fights aggravated Bengal riots

The communal riots in West Bengal’s coal belt towns of Asansol and Raniganj bordering Jharkhand over Ram Navami processions got aggravated because of ruling...

10 months on, Civil Aviation Ministry’s DigiYatra scheme still being discussed

The scheme aims to ensure a smooth and faster air travel experience for passengers at Indian airports.   The DigitalYatra (DigiYatra) scheme, proposed by the Ministry...

Student’s suicide bid raises questions on AIIMS department

The fifth year research scholar had written a letter to the director regarding the alleged harassment he and other colleagues had to go through.   The...

Journalists take on cops in Delhi Police’s WhatsApp group

A fallout between Delhi Police officials and journalists has been witnessed not only on the streets of Delhi, where several journalists from different organisations...

RSS grows rapidly in Bengal, doubles number of shakhas

It has been able to capitalise on the ‘appeasement politics’ of the Trinamool Congress.   The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has been rapidly growing in West...

Digital payments rise 500% since november 2016

Since the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes in November 2016, digital payments have seen a manifold jump across the country, rising...

Goa Alliance Restless in Parrikar’s Absence

Congress is said to be in touch with some BJP allies, hoping to engineer a split in the NDA and form government.   The absence of...

Not enough housing facilities for paramilitary forces

Acute shortage of houses for personnel of the paramilitary forces is causing them distress, as they are forced to stay away from their families...

Faction fights hurt Bengal BJP before panchayat polls

At a time when panchayat elections in West Bengal are near, the growing clash of personalities within the Bharatiya Janata Party’s senior leadership in...

India-made robots may soon serve tea, greet you in malls, banks

Taking a cue from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Make in India” campaign, some Indian information technology (IT) companies have started conceptualising and making humanoid...

BJP’s Tripura victory triggers panic in TMC brass

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in the Assembly polls in Tripura, a state dominated by Bengalis, has sounded the alarm bell among the brass...

There has been no paper leak: SSC chairman

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has found itself in trouble with thousands of students protesting against the CGL (Combined Graduate Level) Tier II Examination...

CISF increasing force strength to meet demand for personnel

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), responsible for securing several important establishments across the country, is augmenting its existing force to meet the growing...

‘AAI is operationalising unserved airports’

In an interview to The Sunday Guardian, Guruprasad Mohapatra, chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), talked about a host of issues. Excerpts: Q:...

‘The future of business aviation is extremely positive in India’

Q: To begin with, where do you see the Indian aviation sector going in the coming years, given that it has seen a phenomenal...

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