A Statewide bandh was called by Maratha Kranti Morcha after the suicide of a young man demanding reservation for the Maratha community. The death of the youngster has led to heightening tensions in the state. Even the local legislators were not allowed by the protestors to the visit the dead body. Dharna’s and pelting of stones were being reported across the state. Government fears that the situation could run out of hand if today’s bandh turns violent. The latest incident is certainly a challenge to the BJP led state government which is already facing criticism from its own ally Shiv Sena. The protestors from Maratha Kranti Morcha were also aiming their guns at the state government for its inability to grant reservations for their community.

Who can ever forget the Punjab National Scam worth thousands of crores? The scam has not only left the bank guilty but also has deprived the confidence of Indians over the banking system. Here is most disguising part of the scam. Our law enforcement agencies are clueless regarding the whereabouts of Nirav Modi as well has his partner in crime Mehul Choksi. According to the reports Nirav has been flying freely across the world. Recent news indicates that Nirav might have been in Dubai at present. Mehul Choksi too is said to have been happily residing in a African country- Antigua. Interestingly, Choksi is said to possess a local passport too, which would make it difficult to extract him to India.

Don’t worry! It isn’t a biopic of Bollywood. But a Marathi director has attempted to capture the childhood of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The short film called Chalo Jeete Hain (Come! let us live) portrays the incidents of a boy named Narendra which obviously is Mr. Modi in his childhood. According to the movie, Narendra gets inspired with a book of Swami Vivekananda and decides to dedicate his life to serve others. The movie was screened in the parliament auditorium yesterday. Among those present at the screening on Tuesday evening were President Ramnath Kovind and Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Rajyavardhan Rathore... If you wish to watch the movie yourselves, Star Network is going to telecast the movie on 29th of this month.

“Request my friends who are spending money on hoardings and paper advertisements to donate the same to Chief Minister's Relief Fund” – requested this gentleman as his birthday gift. This time I was not surprised after reading this humble appeal since this person had always surprised all of us with such different yet people friendly moves and tweets. With this single sentence, all of you might have already guessed whom are we speaking about!

Born in Karimnagar District of Telangana, Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as KTR is the Minister of Information Technology, Government of Telangana. KTR – an ambitious young professional secured two postgraduate degrees – M.Sc in Biotechnology from the University of Pune and an MBA in Marketing & e-Commerce from City University of New York (CUNY). An IT professional working in US, resigned his job to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and actively participated in the Telangana movement playing the lead role in ensuring that the issue was represented well at the national level. K.T.R. began his political career in 2009 when he contested the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections from the Sircilla Assembly constituency. He won by a close margin of 171 votes, defeating independent candidate

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In a short span of time, KTR emerged as one of the most popular leaders in South India and is fondly called the Young Tiger of Telangana by his followers. He was also awarded the Most Inspirational Icon of the Year 2015 by CNN-IBN.

KTR has outlined his vision to develop Hyderabad into a global city and make Telangana one of the most sought after investment destinations in the country. KTR has said he wants to turn Hyderabad into a fully WiFi-connected city and is focused on turning it into one of the best cities globally for entrepreneurship. Proof of this is T-Hub, the country’s largest start-up incubator, which has come up in Hyderabad. Entailing an investment of Rs 40 crore in the first phase, T-Hub can accommodate 300 start-ups and can seat 800 people together. 

KT Rama Rao laid the foundation stone for the IMAGE (Innovation in Multimedia, Animation, Gaming and Entertainment) Tower at Hyderabad Knowledge City, Raidurgam of Serilingampally mandal, on Sunday, November 5, 2017. The IMAGE Tower will be a centre of excellence with state-of-the-art facilities that will act as a catalyst for animation, visual effects, gaming and comics sectors in Telangana.

Another brainchild of KTR is the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) which has enabled around 40,000 out of the 75,000 engineering graduates turn readily employable for industry during 2015-16. According to KTR, TASK should be mandated to create a workforce of 100,000 by the year 2022 creating a sustainable ecosystem of job creation. With KTR as the first IT Minister of the state, the IT sector has recorded huge exports of Rs 68,258 crore through 1,300 IT units, including 500 global companies, which shows 16 per cent growth.

On the occasion of this progressive and disruptive young thinker’s birthday, we wish that his vision to make Hyderabad a global city and Telangana the most sought after investment destination in the country to come true!!!

When Imran Khan started his Tehrik-e-Insaaf party in Pakistan, no one has ever believed that his party would reach a prominent position. But fate has its own ways of turning things into your favour if you are persistent enough. Finally things are turning in the favour of Imran Khan. Both the leading parties in Pakistan are now weak enough paving Imran to ascend the throne. On one hand, Nawaz Sharif has been jailed for 10 years after conviction in a corruption case and on the other hand Pakistan People's Party is struggling to survive after the death of Benazir Bhutto. The political experts now feel that Imran Khan would certainly be the Prime Minister of the Nation in the ongoing elections.  If this happens, this would probably be the first time that a Cricket Captain becomes the leader of the nation.

Narendra Modi becomes the first prime minister of India to visit the East African country Rwanda. Rwanda had earned the reputation of one of the fastest growing countries in Africa. Modi held one to one talks with President Paul Kagame were termed successful. The two countries signed agreements on leather and allied areas and agricultural research. India has also extended 200 million dollars of credit - a 100 million for development of industrial parks and Kigali special economic zone (SEZ) in Rwanda and another one for USD 100 million for agriculture. "A historic visit starts with a special gesture. President @PaulKagame personally welcomed PM @narendramodi to Rwanda," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted.

The Supreme Court has refused to stay the order that has prohibited the sale of the controversial book on Baba Ramdev. The book named ` Godman To Tycoon’ is a journey of an ordinary boy to a business tycoon who could control the politics of the nation. However there seems to be many incidents that aren’t known to the world. The book contains some controversial issues of Baba Ramdev such as the murder of his close aid Swami Yogananda. The book was written by a religious journalist Priyanka Pathak Narain. However the volatile content in the book has provoked Ramdev to reach the court steps for a ban on the book. And the court has of course granted the request.

You might have been fed up with the roaring debates of our TV channels. Now, we might soon be hearing debates that are useful to the nation. The Chief Justice of India has given his consent to allow live proceedings of Supreme Court. A special TV channel might be incorporated to telecast these live proceedings. Initially, issues relating to the constitutional matters would be telecasted. This would allow citizens to obtain some knowledge of the happenings in the court. It would also allow litigants to watch the proceedings from their home without travelling far. They would even be able to gauge the performance of their lawyers. As the central government has also given its consent for the channel... we could very soon watch the live proceedings of arguments held in the court!

Prime Minister Modi is one of the rare leaders who are active on the social media platform. Amid his busy schedule Modi finds out some time to tweet or reply to suggestions. However a curious tweet has been directed to him yesterday. A person has suggested Modi - `Only one thing Modiji, u should smile more often.’ And guess what Modi has replied that he would follow the suggestion. Not just that... Modi has replied to many tweets which congratulated him on his latest speech in Parliament. He even offered his condolences to a person who tweeted that his grandfather has passed away. Well! Bet that you won’t see any leader of the nation to be active on twitter at such levels!

A Bengaluru based Public Affairs Centre (PAC) has declared Kerala as the best-governed state in the country. This centre has been established in 1994 by famous economist Samuel Paul. The ranking was said to be made on the basis of social and economic development that the governments are able to provide. It will also take into consideration the factors such as infrastructure, support to human development, social protection, women and children as well as law and order. In total, almost 130 factors would be considered before reaching a conclusion. While Kerala topped the list- Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Karnataka and Gujarat followed Kerala to claim the top five positions in the list. Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar are in the least positions. 

Speaking to the party workers in the working committee, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has warned that he won’t be hesitating to take action against those who weaken the party with petty issues. Though Rahul has not named anyone in the context, observers claim that the statement was directed towards Shashi Tharoor. Shashi in recent times has been targeting the Hindutva agenda of BJP. He criticised that BJP will create a `Hindu Pakistan’ if comes into power again. He further alleged that they will tear away the constitution and build a new one. These remarks have naturally received a backlash from the BJP. Sensing a disaster ahead Rahul has warned strict action against those who weaken the party's "bigger fights".

Did you know that 11 prime ministers have been defeated through a motion of no confidence in the United Kingdom while no Australian Prime Minister has ever been defeated in the House of Representatives by an explicit motion of no confidence? What about India then? Before we get into the statistics, let us understand the term “Motion of No Confidence”.

During the recent times, we have been hearing this term “Motion of No Confidence” a lot. But do all of us know what is “Motion of No Confidence” is according to law? Let us understand this term in detail.
 

A motion of no confidence also known as vote of no confidence, is a statement which states that a person in an authoritative position is no longer fit to hold that position because they are failing to carry out obligations or are making decisions that other members feel unfavourable. In India, no confidence motion is directly against the entire cabinet. Sometimes a motion of no confidence is proposed only to pressurise the government.
 

While there are many variations for executing a motion of no confidence in other countries – India has its own rules and regulations to pass or execute a motion of no confidence or a vote of no confidence. In India, a motion of no confidence can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha – the lower house of the Parliament. The motion of no confidence is admitted for discussion only when a minimum of 50 members of the house support the motion. If a majority of the members of the house vote in favour of the motion, the motion is passed and the Government is bound to vacate the office.
 

As of July 2018, a number of no confidence motions have been admitted for discussion in India. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi faced the most number of no-confidence motions – 15 times, followed by Lal Bahadur Shastri and Narasimha Rao who faced it three times. Morarji Desai faced the no confidence motion twice while Jawahar Lal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi faced it once each. Acharya Kripalani was the first one to move the motion of no confidence immediately after the India China War.

We hope that you have enjoyed reading this article and also understood the basics of the term “Motion of No Confidence”. Do not forget to comment below if you have any queries or feedback.

Our beloved prime minister loves flying to overseas. The fact that he has spent 12 percent of his tenure on foreign trips would support the fact. A reply to the question in Rajya Sabha has presented several interesting facts regarding his foreign tours. It’s revealed that he has visited 84 nations in this world! This is almost half of the number of countries in the world (195). These visits have cost just 1,482 crores to the nation. Mind you... these expenses didn’t include accommodation and other expenses. In contrast our previous Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has incurred just 642 crores in nine years of his tenure.

The citizens of India might be left with red face with these statistics but the Indian government has an explanation for it. Ministry of External Affairs General V. K. Singh clarified that "the objective of PM’s visits abroad has been to enhance mutual understanding and to strengthen our relations with these countries across a wide range of sectors including trade, investment, technology, development partnership and to enhance people-to-people ties".

The term of ragging might have been started to create rapport between the students. But it has often turned violent. It has became a tool for the seniors to harass. Cases of aggressive ragging has often led to ruined careers. But things have not changed in many colleges. Ragging is a norm that is being still followed. So, the Andhra Police has decided to deal with the menace in strict way. B. Prasada Rao, a DSP from Srikakulam District has warned o dire consequences for ragging. He said that the offending students would be booked under the Andhra Pradesh Prohibition of Ragging Act. People who are found guilty under this act would be facing imprisonment upto 10 years.

In what is said to be a rarest of the rare legal case, 20 people of Indian origin were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment ranging from four to twenty years. These people will be deported back to India after they complete the jail term. The said judgement was pronounced in a case pertaining to a call centre scam. Culprits in this scam impose themselves as the officials of Taxation or citizenship department. They choose victims who are vulnerable such as elderly ones or immigrants. Then they  threaten the victims that they would land in jail if they don’t remit certain amount of money to a bank account. The amount would be quickly withdrawn and diverted to India. The case has been a blot over the image of Indian Call Centres who are already struggling to survive under the regime of Trump.

Sankalp Evam Vikas Samiti is a shelter home in Bihar. However that was just a disguise to run flesh trade. A recent social audit conducted by Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has raised few suspicions about the home prompting the officials to conduct medical exam upon the girls residing in the house. The reports revealed some shocking facts. 16 out of 21 girls were said to have been raped. They were allegations that outsiders too visit the house indicating that the organisors were indulging in flesh trade. An FIR was lodged in this case after which Thakur, the owner of the shelter home along with seven other female staff working in the shelter were arrested.

It’s all over the newspapers this morning. Rahul Gandhi hugs Prime Minister Modi during the parliament meeting that was held to discuss no confidence motion. Modi was quite surprised by the sudden gesture of Rahul and took some time to react. It seemed to be a fair behaviour till Rahul did an unexpected thing. He looked at his part members and winked viciously indicating a ploy. Soon, the wink and the hug got viral in the social media. Some began to compare the wink with Priya Varrier. However this whole episode has not gone well with the BJP. Modi too mocked Rahul during his speech in the session - "In the morning, the voting was not over, the debate was also not over and one member comes running to me saying- Utho Utho Utho...What is his hurry to come to power? Let me tell this member it is the people who elected us. That is how we have come here." Well, it seems that the hug was backfired.

When you think of technology... Singapore is one of those nations that come to you mind. But mind you... cime can take place anywhere. In one such incident, hackers were successfull in breaching the government websites of Singapore. They have specifically targeted the health records of its citizens. Almost 1.5 million health records were stolen in the process. Interestingly the hackers kept looking for the health record of its prime minister Lee Hsien Loong. Singapore is a digital driven country and most of its data is collected in the public systems... which are otherwise felt to be safe. However, hacking of government websites is not new for the nation. In 2017, hackers broke into a defence ministry database and stole much valuable information.

She was lured with the offer of a good job. And she entered the trap innocently. That was the mistake she made. A 22 year old woman from Haryana has complained that she was captivated in a guest house in Kaimbwala village for four days. she alleged to have been raped by at least 40 men during such time. She somehow luckily escaped on the fourth day and reached the police for a complaint. The incident was so shocking that three police personnel of the area were suspended and a Special Investigation Team was deployed to solve the case. So far, only three of the accused were arrested. This is the latest incident which strengthens the reports that India is getting more and more unsafe for women.