Non-resident Indians (NRIs) are now able to cast their vote through electronic-ballots or through their nominees residing in India. The Union government has informed the Supreme Court that it had accepted Election Commission’s recommendation to allow NRIs to vote through e-ballot system or through proxy.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was on 12 January 2025 appointed as the 21st chief justice of Bangladesh. He will be the first Hindu Chief Justice in the judicial history Bangladesh
A document of 1796-1800 in Nana Phadanwis’ own handwriting has been found in England. In the document Nana mentions his assets worth over five crores and nineteen lakhs. This amount would worth several thousand crores today.
Al-Qaida has taken the responsibility of the attack on the satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo by saying that it had directed the attack “as revenge for the honour” of Prophet Muhammad. It has also warned of more attacks if the “abuse of Muslims continues”. Cherif Kouachi, one of the attackers, had claimed before his death […]
Just a couple of months after 15 women died owing to botched sterilization surgeries in Chhattisgarh, another shocking incident took place in Jharkhand. Two surgeons conducted sterilization operations on 43 women under torchlight.
As the efforts to form government are proving unsuccessful and Omar Abdullah quitting as caretaker chief minister, governor’s rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir.
In an encounter French police shot dead the two brothers responsible for the attack on Charlie Hebdo which had took life of 10 journalists. The two brothers were identified to be the part of a jihadi group.
Mahinda Rajapaksa – the former president of Sri Lanka failed to make hat-trick this time. People of Sri Lankan, this time, have chosen Maithripala Sirisena as their new president.
Senior bureaucrat Sindhushree Khullar was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Institution for Transforming India - ( NITI Aayog ) with effect from 1 January 2015. She will serve the position for one year.
The government of India has refused to declassify at least 87 top secret files containing information about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
