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PUNE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former Union minister Arun Shourie at a hospital in Pune on Sunday evening and spent nearly 15 minutes with the former BJP leader. According to senior doctors of the Ruby Hall Clinic, located in Bund Garden area of the city, the prime minister arrived at 6 pm. Modi said in a tweet: "In Pune, I met former Union Minister Arun Shourie Ji. Enquired about his health and had a wonderful interaction with him. We pray for his long and healthy life". A team of chief cardiologist Dr Parvez Grant, neurosurgeon Dr Sachin Gandhi took Modi to Shourie's room. "The PM spent 15 minutes with Shourie. He embraced Shourie during their interaction," the doctors said, adding that the prime minister spoke with the family members of Shourie outside his room. It was not a pre-decided visit, according to hospital sources. The PM spent some 45 minutes at the hospital before heading to the airport. Modi was in Pune to attend the conclusion of the three-day conference … [Read more...] about PM meets ex-Union minister Arun Shourie at Pune hospital

A day after terminating the tainted VVIP helicopter deal with AugustaWestland, the defence ministry has set in motion the process of encashing the bank guarantee of nearly Rs 1,700 crore furnished by the Anglo-Italian firm.Stating this, defence ministry sources asserted that India will not lose any money in the Rs 3,600 crore deal, in which payment of 30 per cent has already been made. The deal was for supply of 12 AW-101 helicopters, of which three had already been delivered before the contract was frozen after allegations of kickbacks surfaced in February last year. "The MoD is not going to lose any money. India will not lose any money," a ministry source said amid concerns over the fate of the money already paid.AugustaWestland is said to have deposited over 200 million euros (about Rs 1,700 crore) in international and Indian banks as bank guarantee for the deal. Official sources said the ministry would soon take a call on the fate of three choppers. This is the first time a defence … [Read more...] about Won’t lose any money by scrapping chopper deal: India

Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a must for national security on Tuesday, but made it clear that Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Buddhist refugees will be accorded Indian citizenship beforehand with the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. Shah, addressing a convention on NRC at the Netaji Indoor Stadium here, also made it clear that all infiltrators will be identified and forced to leave the country. Shah also accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) of misleading the people on the issue. The TMC has sought to project the NRC exercise in Assam as an "anti-Bengali" move after nearly 12 lakh Bengali speaking people, including a large number of Hindus, were left out of the final list of citizens published on August 31. "People of Bengal are being misled on the issue of NRC. I am here today to clear all doubts on the BJP's stand .... Mamata Di is saying that millions of Hindus will … [Read more...] about NRC must for security, no Hindu will have to leave country: Amit Shah

Yet another prosecution witness in the Sister Abhaya murder trial that is currently on in the CBI Special Court in Thiruvananthapuram has turned hostile on Friday. Achamma, the fourth witness to be declared hostile, was the mess supervisor of St Pious X Convent at the time of Sister Abhaya's death. The 65-year-old Achamma selectively disowned certain portions of her earlier statements. To the police on the day of Sr Abhaya's death, and many years later in front of the CBI, Achamma had said that the morning she came down to the kitchen from her room on the first floor she had seen a pair of slippers that “looked like a nun's” carelessly thrown about in the kitchen. One was found between the fridge and the wash basin, and the other was found inside the kitchen between a fallen headscarf of a nun and an axe. The headgear looked stuck under the backdoor of the kitchen in such a way that only the head portion could be seen inside. Defiantly forgetful On Friday, Achamma told the … [Read more...] about Witness, who first saw signs of Sr Abhaya’s struggle, swallows her words

The advent of cutting-edge technology liberates a great number of people from everyday hassles.Unmanned and automated kiosks at hamburger joints, for instance, free employees from having to take orders from customers. Instead, they could use that saved time on prepping vegetables in advance. Some see the technology as a blessing, but others find it to be a disaster. “Advanced technology may seem more convenient to those with physical disabilities, but in reality the technology doesn’t promise a better world all the time,” said Lee Byeong-don, the head at the Korea Disabled Consumers’ Union (KDCU). “There are a myriad of digital products that you can operate with a few touches but they are useless for the visually impaired.“The latest electric rice cooker from a local company boasts that it has 18 different functions and you can operate it with a single digital push button, but it is nothing for people like us,” Lee added.Electronic devices … [Read more...] about Inclusive design gives the blind independence: Folks with disabilities often find that tech forgets their needs