By KAJOL SINGH | INNLIVE
On June 2, a few days before the arrival of the all-important monsoons, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) made a grim prediction: India was staring at a drought year.
The 140-year-old public weather forecaster estimated that the country’s annual rainfall would be 12% lower than the average.
But the IMD’s forecast of deficient rains was dismissed by the country’s largest private sector forecaster, Skymet.
By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE
Everyone would agree that Narendra Modi is India’s most tech-savvy politician. His social media campaigning won him the elections and his selfie craze is steadily winning over the youth. With his selfies and the images he has of himself shown to the public, NaMo has created a very strong visual culture which is defining the public image of himself.
But NaMo’s idea isn’t new. Would it surprise you to know that another famous personality used images to rewrite history by creating a good public image of himself?
By SUCHITRA KRISHNAMOORTHY | INNLIVE
OPINION: Didn't you tell me India was a democracy? Can we have one rule applying to all or not at all please? For those complaining of the noise during Ganpati festival in their neighbourhood, I am all with you and agree it's ridiculous and must stop. The noise is deafening, disruptive, disgusting. Totally. I mean totally!
Imagine not being able to hear our culture minister Mahesh Sharma say that Indian women should stay at home after dark, or some such regressive bullshit over the noise of the dhol. Imagine not being able to wade your way through visarjan traffic to catch hold of him and express your shock to/about him in time on social media before retiring for the night.
By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE
The calculus of Islamist terrorism is undergoing a transformation, from a state controlled strategy, through al Qaeda’s Millenarianism, to culminate in the Islamic State’s (formerly, Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, ISIS) apocalyptic vision that actively seeks an end of world confrontation between ‘believers’ and ‘unbelievers’. Millenarian and apocalyptic Islamism accepts no limits to its violence, and has brought new levels of virulence and barbarity to contemporary conflicts.
By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE
There are more than 2.7 crore cases pending in district courts across the country and 60% of them are more than two years old.
Will you stand in a queue that is likely to take 466 years to clear up? That’s how much time it will take the Delhi High Court to clear up its backlog of pending cases. Unfortunately, the situation is not so much better in lower level courts across the country where millions of cases are awaiting trial.
By KAJOL SINGH | INNLIVE
Rahul Gandhi’s frequent temple visits, and his colleagues’ statements, are fuelling the perception that the Congress is taking a leaf out of the BJP's playbook.
Shortly after he returned from his mysterious sabbatical five months ago, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi proceeded on a trek to the Kedarnath shrine in Uttarakhand. Since then he has been periodically spotted doing darshan at Hindu temples.
By GAUTAM SHARMA | INNLIVE
Thirty-three years after it was first envisioned, India's incredibly reckless river-linking project is finally underway. India’s incredibly ambitious – and some say, incredibly reckless – Rs 11 lakh crore project to interlink its rivers is finally underway.
On September 16, the Godavari and Krishna rivers – the second and the fourth longest rivers in the country – were linked through a canal in Andhra Pradesh. The project was completed at a cost of Rs 1,300 crore.
By NISHI KHAN | INNLIVE
Are you a huge fan of Indian TV’s most controversial reality show, Bigg Boss? Well, the producers of the show are now offering you a chance to visit the famous (or is it infamous?) Bigg Boss house.
And how do you secure your entry to the Bigg Boss house? ColorsTV CEO Raj Nayak tweeted that if your list of Bigg Boss 9 probables matches the actual list, you get to visit the house. "#BiggBoss casting is ON. Tweet in a list of 9 celebs u want to see in #BB9 @ColorsTV. Most matched list will get a free visit to the house."
