Focus: Telangana's Chief Minister KCR Gifts Himself 5 Crore Mercedes-Benz Bus At Taxpayers' Expense!

By Newscop
Group Managing Editor

BURNING TOPIC: He do everything with a difference and catch the eye-balls to raise the concern, people call him a visionary, politician and a man with a difference, we are talking about the Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, also known as KCR, likes to boast about how only Gujarat and Telangana are revenue surplus states. 

That is perhaps why KCR has no qualms about splurging on his office. His latest acquisition is a bullet-proof and mine-proof Mercedes-Benz bus.It will be used during his tour to the districts but has burnt a hole of Rs 5 crore in the exchequer.

Alert: Is Islamic State Helping This Terror Accused 'Yasin Bhatkal'? Why He Phoned His Wife From Hyderabad Jail?

TOP STORY: In a major breach in a high security prison at Hyderabad,  it has been found that  Yasin Bhatkal has access to a phone and has been making calls to his wife Zahida. One of the calls made by the former Indian Mujahideen chief was intercepted by security agencies.

Bhatkal is reported to have told his wife that he will be out of prison soon and with help from Damascus. The mention of Damascus, a Syrian city under Islamic State siege, hints at the involvement of the dreaded terror group. However, the authenticity of Bhatkal's claims are questionable at the moment and security agencies don't see too anxious about them either.

Singapore Is Celebrating 50 Years - A Fun-Filled Family Holiday Will Make You Happiest Person In This World!

The spectacular, innovative and pro-business city, the city of Singapore will be celebrating fifty years of freedom this year. From simply being a potpourri of several cultures to being world’s one of the most expensive cities to live in, Singapore has developed with a zooming speed within a span of five decades.

A result of this is - breathtaking sophisticated infrastructure, over 300 luxury brand stores from Louis Vuitton to Gucci, its status as the food capital of the world, and travel spots that make it one the most buzzing and hottest tourist attractions.

Review: TV Serial 'Reporters' On Sony TV Making Waves

By Nishi Khan in Mumbai

Indian television has always struggled with content, especially when it comes to daily shows. This has been the principle reason it was imperative to wait for Sony's 'Reporters' to cross the 50 episode mark to review it. The content has been engrossing and the pace, delightful right from the beginning but the real challenge was to sustain both of these over a period of time.

The show proved it was indeed possible as it completed half century last week on a high note. Not only has the pace been maintained but the content has been consistently evolving. The script and screenplay seem tightly knitted together with no scope for any squeezing- in of a redundant scene whatsoever.

Expert Doctors With Disability: Surgical Jobs Still Denied

By Atif Alam
Group Feature Editor

HUMAN INTEREST: Though students with locomotor disability can study surgical disciplines, they're not considered for vacancies.

If the health ministry and the Medical Council of India (MCI) had had their way , Dr Suresh H Advani, the haemato-oncologist who performed the first successful bone marrow transplant in India, would never have become a doctor. Advani's legs were afflicted by polio and he uses a wheelchair. By the health ministry's classification, he would be certified as being more than 70% disabled and hence not fit to study medicine.

For decades, policy makers, mostly `nondisabled', have decided what persons with disabilities are capable of. That is why, a double amputee or even a mid-thigh amputee, who would be classified as having 85% or more of locomotor disability, would not be allowed to study medicine. 

Focus: Real Businesses Grow On Surge In Fake Certificates

Background verification agencies have their hands full with false addresses, phony employment letters and inflated salary slips.

An Air India pilot suspended recently for producing a bo gus Class 12 certificate, Goa minister Sudin Dhavalikar's graduate degree being questioned, and former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar's arrest in an alleged fake degree case... these aren't isolated cases.

According to a new report by HireRight, a US-based provider of employment background checks, 23% of more than 2 lakh inspections done in India from January 2014 to April 2015 yielded discrepancies.

“There are thousands of fake universities and bogus institutes in India.This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to forgery,“ says Kamesh Kiran, who heads IBC India, a verification company in Bengaluru which handles 7,000 checks a month for IT, pharma and construction companies. They spot a 30% discrepancy in educational qualifications.

The 'Grave' Problem: No Land For 'Dead' In Crowded Cities

By Syed Mohammed in Hyderabad

INDIA CONCERN: Pointing to the irony of fate, noted poet Khumar Barabankvi wrote: 'Do gaz zameen mil hii gayi mujh gareeb ko, Marne ke baad main bhi zamindar ho gaya'. The loose translation turns out as, “Two square yards of land at last this pauper has found It is after my death that I too have become a landlord."

The couplet is a dark commentary of how the landless become landlords, but, only when they are buried in the dank grave. But while this may have been true many years ago, the grave reality is quite different now. It appears that very soon, the two square yards of land which Barabankvi, and also Bahadur Shah Zafar spoke of, will not be available unless things change fast. There is undoubtedly shrinkage of grave space in the city. 

Nobody Knows His 'Real Name' Because His Dad Is A 'Terrorist' Finally, Tells His Story Makes You Speechless!

SPECIAL REPORT: Zak Ebrahim, a man who chose to change his name and was forced to hide his family history ever since they parted ways with his father, who was a terrorist, this is his story. The story of how a terrorist’s son escaped a violent heritage.

Zak’s father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Centre Bombing. The first time Zak’s father and his friends took him to the shooting range in Long Island, he was 7. After his terrorist father explained to him his target and put the rifle over his shoulder, Zak took the first shot of his life and that day the last bullet that he shot burnt the entire target into flames. To that, his uncle said to the other men — “Ibn Abu” (Like father like son) and laughed loudly.