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Boat with 80 people catches fire at Papikonda

Almost every person in Telugu speaking states would be aware of Papikondalu travel. Huge number of people would arrive at Rajahmundry to take boat tours to the scenic Papi Hills. However at least 80 passengers had a brush of death when a boat in which they were travelling in caught fire. Fortunately the boat was closer to the banks and the gave the travellers a chance to jump down the boat to safety. The double-decker boat belonged to Royal Godavari tours. The cause of fire is said to be a short circuit.

Tripura CM in controversy again

  Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb seem to have taken the responsibility of feeding the journalists. He has been making several comments that have the potential to appear in the headlines such as... internet existed during Mahabharata era, Diana Hayden is unfit to win miss world crown, civil engineers should get into civil services blah blah blah... now here is latest statement. Speaking on the birth anniversary of Tagore- Deb said, "Rabindranath Tagore returned his Nobel Prize in protest against the British." Now we know that it’s not true. People of India could only pray to god that Biplab should think twice before he makes a statement.

Woman killed for giving chocolates

  It`s always disheartening to see how our gestures of goodwill could sometimes be misread. A woman has come to Tamilnadu along with two relatives from Malaysia. Reason! She wanted to visit her family deity in the village. When she saw two children playing around the temple, she offered them some chocolates. Some people mistook this gesture as a trap to kidnap the children. Soon an alarm was spread and she was beaten to death. Both her relatives and driver were seriously injured.

Women receives fake jewellery from ICICI

  ICICI has given yet another shocker to its customers. After the Videocon scam in which the bank CEO Chanda Kochhar`s husband was involved.. it’s time for another fraud. Mansi Singh, a resident of South Delhi has taken a loan of Rs 14 lakh against original jewellery of over Rs 40 lakh from ICICI. However when she repaid the loan to the bank, what she got back is interesting. Mansi has received some jewellery that were not deposited by her. What’s more! She instead received fake jewellery. When the bank officials kept mum over the incident, the victim was left with no other option except to report at the police.

Tajmahal is in danger- Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court which is reviewing the situation of Taj Mahal has made severe comments against its conservation. It has reprimanded the role of Archeological Survey of India which is unable to save the monument from deterioration. “You all appear to be helpless. Money should not be the consideration. We might order you to hire experts from within India or abroad. We need to save it,” the bench advised the government of Uttar Pradesh. It has also made clear that ``the Archaeological Survey of India will have to be thrown out of the picture if the Taj Mahal has to be saved’’.

One lakh crore profit to Flipkart

Imagine a company that was started with 4 lakhs has grabbed a deal of one lakh crore rupees. Astounding, but true! Indian retail giant Flipkart has received an amount of one lakh crore in return to 77% of it’s stake. The global capitalist Walmart has paid the said amount to set its foot in India. Though the stake is high, Walmart has paid such huge amount to compete with Amazon which is another player in Indian retail market. Flipkart which was started in 2011 on a humble mode is now the biggest online website in India.

Paid with wedding ring to kill husband

  It’s the height of deception. A newly married women from Vizianagaram district has set two B.Tech graduates to kill her husband. Reason! She wanted to get rid of him for the sake of her lover. The murderers has attacked Gowrishankar (victim) at a secluded spot, where Saraswati (culprit) asked him to stop on some pretext, police said. Later Saraswati went to the station and complained that some unidentified men has killed her husband in the process of robbing them. However when the police arrested three suspicious men at the checkpost, they turned out to be the offenders who has murdered Gowrishankar at the behest of Saraswati.

Fraud in the name of NASA

  People who has fraudulent motives can be very creative. Meet this father and son- Virender Mohan Brar (56) and Nitin Mohan Brar (30) who duped people with various facets. Magic mirrors, two headed snakes, snakes with medicinal properties... and what not. And when they ran out of their ideas, they chose a wildest way to cheat people. They claimed to the innocent people that they are working on a `rice-puller` that can generate electricity from thunderbolts which is going to be sold to NASA through DRDO. And yes! There are people who believed these claims and gave 1.43 crore rupees as investment. Of coure the culprits are now in police custody.

Mallya looses his assets in England

  The king of good times Mr. Mallya has suffered a severe setback yesterday. The UK court has granted permission for sale of his assets to recover the debts made by him. This would allow the consortium of 13 Indian banks to recover 1.5 billion dollars defaulted by the liquor baron. The judgement is seen as a moral boost for both the banking sector as well as the Indian government which were defamed by the escape of Mallya.

10,000 voter cards found in Bengaluru

  There seem to be too many twists and turns in the elections of Karnataka. Yesterday, the election commission has found almost ten thousand voter cards in a posh apartment in Bengaluru. The reason for their dumping could only be ascertained after due investigation. Many suspect them to be fake cards that could be used in forthcoming assembly elections. And as we can expect ... both Congress and BJP has started mud slinging regarding the incident.

Virat Kohli in controversy

  Indian Cricket captain Virat Kohli is lucky to gain a legendary status in the early stage of his career. But he has amassed enough controversies as well. Now here is the fresh one. Critics are raising their voice over his decision to skip a maiden test match with Afghanistan. Virat is missing the test to play for a county in England. Some people view this decision as an insult to the small country while some other supported him. However Virat has defended the validity of his decision. His reason! Playing for counties in England would hep him perform better in the coming series against England.

Shashi Tharoor apologise for spreading fake news

  It’s a world of social media and it’s always easy to fall for a fake news. But, how could a responsible person like Shashi Tharoor fall for it. Yet! That`s what has happened. He was taken by a fake news that former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan was appointed as governor of `Bank of England’. Tharoor was quick to grab the news and spread it on his twitter. Later he was pointed out the Raghuram was being considered for the post and was not actually appointed. Tharoor has then regretted that he was misled. Shouldn’t we be careful with what we say and what we spread!

100 Cr. Defamation suit on Modi and Shah

  Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has sent a legal notice to file a 100-crore defamation suit against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and the BS Yeddyurappa. It demands an pubic apology from them for the defamatory statements made against him. The notice refers to Modi’s statement that the congress government is “a 10% commission government”, it also includes the statements made by Modi such as “Seedha Rupaiya sarkar”. However, the BJP has of course brushed off the allegations.

New York Attorney General in Sexual abuse

  New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned on the allegations of physical abuse by four women. The statement of these women has got viral after they  were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine. The New Yorker reported that two of these women has “alleged that he repeatedly hit them, often after drinking, frequently in bed and never with their consent.” Unfortunately Schneiderman, has been a high-profile proponent of  #MeToo movement, which was motivated to expose the sexual exploitation in politics, media and business.

Chennai tourist killed in Stone Pelting

  In a bizarre incident, an innocent tourist from Chennai was killed in a stone pelting protest. Stone pelting is a very common way of protesting by the kasmirites. However this time, R. Tirumani from Chennai was stuck in the situation and was injured severly. All attempts to save him has gone futile and Tirumani was dead. Kashmir Chief Minister condemned the attack and expressed her sympathy for the family.

AP- 2430 girls assaulted in 2 years

  This could be an alarming situation both for the government as well as the civilians. An NGO has estimated that almost 2,430 girls between the ages of 3-17 has been sexually assaulted. However, these are the cases that were registered under the POSCO act. Many more cases might have gone unnoticed. Ironically, in most of these cases, the culprits were found to be known persons like neighbors, relatives, teachers and auto drivers. In most of the cases, the victims were forced to be compromised and cases got dismissed.

Mukesh Ambani`s daughter in love

  No one needs to doubt about the position of Mukesh Ambani in the business world. Mukesh Ambani often gives some credit to his daughter Isha Ambani for this latest ventures like Gio. News is that Isha Ambani is now in neck deep love with Anand Piramal- executive director of $10-billion Piramal Group and son of the group’s chairman Ajay Piramal. The couple is all set to get married by the end of this year. Around the same time, her twin brother Akash Ambani would be married to Shloka Mehta, daughter of a diamond merchant named Russell Mehta.

Can live together without marriage- Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court while hearing the case of a 20-year-old Kerala woman has given a bold statement. It has asserted that people who has crossed the age of minority could choose whomever they want to live with. The apex court had also clarified that they cannot interfere in such marriage of two consenting adults and cannot nullify the marriage in a habeas corpus (writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court) petition.

Called as Indian dogs – Adnan Sami

  The Pakistani singer who has chosen to live in India has made some shocking comments. Adnan Sami who was been in Kuwait for a live performance has claimed that the airport authorities has ill treated his staff. "We came to your city with love and our Indian brethren embraced us with it. You gave no support. Kuwaiti airport immigration mistreated my staff for no reason and called them 'Indian dogs'! When you were contacted, you did nothing! How dare the Kuwaitis behave like this with arrogance," Adnan tweeted to the Indian Embassy in Kuwait as well as to Union Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj. Sushma Swaraj has of course assured him of looking into the matter.