Man Gives Wife 'Triple Talaq' For Praising Cops' Action In Sambhal

She was watching a video on Sambhal violence in Uttar Pradesh, where protests sparked by a survey into whether a centuries-old mosque was built on a Hindu temple had killed four people - when her husband asked her not to and then, as she claims, divorced her by uttering the word 'talaq' three times. She had praised the police action. "Koi wajah hi toh nahi thi. Bina wajah ke talaq diya hai (There was no reason at all. He divorced me without a reason)," said Nida, who uses a single name. The word 'talaq' means divorce in Arabic. The controversial...

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सामने घना जंगल और ऊपर नक्सलियों के ड्रोन... पोलिंग अफसर ने शेयर किया कैसे कराई थी वोटिंग

NDTV ने शुक्रवार को 'इंडियन ऑफ द ईयर' (NDTV Indian of The Year) अवॉर्ड में देश के रियल हीरो को सम्मानित किया. इस दौरान चुनाव अधिकारियों की एक टीम को 'NDTV इंडियन ऑफ द ईयर अवॉर्ड' से सम्मानित किया गया.  इस टीम में देशभर के वे सरकारी अधिकारी कर्मचारी हैं, जो चुनाव कराने के लिए दूरदराज के इलाकों में कठिन परिस्थितियों का सामना करते हैं. इवेंट में इन पोलिंग ऑफिसरों ने अपने अनुभव शेयर किए. इस दौरान छत्तीसगढ़ के कांकेर के पोलिंग ऑफिसर टिकेश कुमार साहू ने नक्सल प्रभावित इलाके में चुनाव कराने का एक्सपीरिएंस शेयर किया है. पोलिंग टीम पर नक्सलियों के...

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S Jaishankar On What "Separates India From Rest" In Dealing With Trump 2.0

US President-elect Donald Trump has had a positive political view of India and it is in a much more advantageous position than many other countries to build "deeper" relations with his administration and take forward the bilateral ties, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday. In an interactive session at industry chamber ASSOCHAM, Mr Jaishankar at the same time noted that like many other countries, India may also have some issues and it will deal with them. The External Affairs Minister said there are countries which are looking...

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IIT-Roorkee Student Found Dead In Hostel, Police Suspect Suicide

A 19-year-old student of IIT-Roorkee was found dead in the institute's hostel on Wednesday, police said, adding that they suspect it to be a case of suicide.  The body of the student, who hailed from Nagaur district in Rajasthan, was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room at Jawahar Bhawan, one of the men's hostels of the institute. The student was pursuing a BS-MS (Mathematics and Computing) Program at the institute, and was in his fifth semester. According to the police, a preliminary probe revealed that the student was reportedly...

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Centre To Give 95% Quota To Locals In Ladakh Gazetted Officers' Posts

In a big breakthrough, the Centre has in-principle agreed to reserve 95 per cent gazetted officers' posts for locals in the Union Territory of Ladakh. "It's big news for the people of Ladakh. People have been praying for some good news from this meeting and now their prayers have been answered. The MHA has agreed to reserve 95 per cent gazetted officers' jobs for locals," Ladakh MP Hanifa Jan told NDTV. According to him, the finer details about how it is going to be implemented will be discussed in the next meeting on January 15. "We were very...

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India To Explore Closer Collaboration With US Under Trump's Term: Jaishankar

Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar on Monday said that India would be exploring more "collaborative possibilities" with the US once the Donald Trump-led administration takes over. Addressing the CII Partnership Summit 2024 on the theme of 'India and the World,' S. Jaishankar said: "The advent of the second Trump Administration is also obviously a major consideration in business circles. Obviously, the only safe prediction is a degree of unpredictability. Different countries have had their own experiences from the first Administration and...

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Trinamool Leader Thrashes Man With Rod, Kills Him; Arrested: Bengal Cops

A Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal's Murshidabad district was on Sunday arrested on charges of killing a person who had demanded the return of the money that he had given him for ensuring the inclusion of his name in the list of beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme. The arrested Trinamool leader has been identified as Mithu Sheikh and the victim as Kali Sheikh. Both are residents of Mukundapur village under Mithipur village panchayat under Raghunathganj police station in Murshidabad. As per the complaint registered...

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