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Despit being banned in Uttar Pradesh , the game of death Blue Whale claimed the life of a standard VI student at Hamirpur district of Bundelkhand region. As per reports, ill-fated student Parth Singh (13) was found hanging from the ceiling in Mission compound area of Maudaha area of Hamirpur while his father’s mobile on which he was playing ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ was still running when his family noticed his body around 5 pm on Sunday. Vikram Singh’s only son Parth said in his last post that very soon he would cross the last level of the game. “My win is certain though I would not be alive to see it but still I want to win at any cost,” he further posted. Numbed with gried, the parents said that Parth was supposed to attend a friend’s birthday on Sunday evening but he did not go there and continued playing the game despite scolding from them. Hamirpur police was howevr cautious on the incident saying that they were investigating and hence could not comment whether the de...

Ministers to sit at party office daily - In a bid to bridge gap between party and Government, the State Government under Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has decided to depute its ministers to addresses grievances at the Bharatiya Janata Party office. In this regard every day party workers, who had to struggle hard to get access into Minister office – in the Vidhan Sabha or Chief Minister office at the Secretariat, Government as declared the names of the ministers for six days of the week. They would sit in the party office for four hours i.e. 10 am to 2 pm on daily basis. The party high command has tried to balance between the hard core BJP ministers and newly joined BJP leaders. For this two BJP old guards — Prakash Pant and Dhan Singh Rawat and four Congress turned BJP leaders — Satpal Maharaj, Subodh Uniyal, Yashpal Arya and Harak Singh Rawat have been assigned to sit in the party office. Sources said that with this order party high command wants to get its workers ...

Real estate: A challenge for effective governance - Parliament should debate and frame a new law for national housing and urban planning to replace the controversial development agencies mushrooming all over the country with their snake like fangs. During the British period, Indian travellers suffered at the cost of highway thugs for many centuries until the then British Governor General, William Henry Bentinck, ended it in 1835 with the ruthlessness it deserved. He was ably assisted by William Henry Sleeman, whom he appointed in-charge of thuggee and dacoity department. Bentinck’s success of eradication of thugs is one of the resounding achievements of British Raj in India . The thugs used to disguise themselves as businessmen, musicians, artists and fellow travellers. They used to loot unsuspecting travellers and kill them in cold blood. The menace was a reflection on the governance of that time and Bentinck became a legendary figure among modern Indian historian. This sta...

US President  Donald Trump  has declared that he sees a "critical" role for India in his country's South Asia strategy for fighting terrorism and building up a safe Afghanistan.     With India "we are committed to pursuing our shared objectives for peace and security in South Asia and the broader Indo-Pacific region," he said on Monday outlining his new strategy for  Afghanistan   and the region.     Speaking to 2,000 US military personnel at Fort Myer, near Washington, he also warned that Islamabad's continued backing for terrorists could lead to a clash with India.     Accusing  Pakistan  of giving "safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror," he said that the "threat is worse because Pakistan and India are two nuclear-armed states whose tense relations threaten to spiral into conflict. And that could happen."     Trump's approach to India outlined in the speech was in stark contr...

The teenagers will be told about the harmful consequences of the Blue Whale Challenge. Vindhyachal Academy, Bhopal , in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh Yuva Sansad, a youth NGO, is organising an awareness campaign on Saturday about the latest craze on internet, ‘Blue Whale Challenge.’ There has been a sharp upsurge in the sad incidents of Blue Whale Challenge, which are being reported across the world and the State where apparently ‘young gamers’ are being brainwashed and spurred into killing themselves. With given 50 creepy tasks, the gamer is asked to commit suicide on the last task. Aishwarya Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, Madhya Pradesh Yuva Sansad, said, “We got request from a school to address the students on this issue after a teacher overheard a conversation of students influenced with blue whale dare and that is how we thought of conducting this seminar. Through this seminar, we will tell them about how blue whale dare is an online crime and how they can save them...

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 14 different projects in district Palwal, costing about Rs 98.09 crore. The Chief Minister inaugurated four projects to the tune of about Rs 40.76 crore including GNM Training School and Nurses Hostel in Civil Hospital Palwal established at a cost of Rs nine crore, SC-ST Wing at Government Industrial Training Institute at Rs 3.50 crore, Government College for Women at Hathin at about Rs 12.72 crore, and Government Polytechnic at Mandkola built at a cost of about Rs 15.54 crore. He also laid the foundation stones of ten projects to be completed at a cost of about Rs 57.32 crore. These included augmentation of water supply scheme, Hathin at a cost of about Rs 11.66 crore, augmentation of water supply scheme, Paingaltu at a cost of Rs 8.24 crore, construction of intermediate boosting station at village Khilluka for improvement of water supply to 12 villages at Rs 4.94 crore, 66kV sub-st...

Under mounting domestic pressure, President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a legislation that imposes tough sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea and limits his ability to lift the curbs unilaterally. "I favour tough measures to punish and deter bad behaviour by the rogue regimes in Tehran and Pyongyang. I also support making clear that America will not tolerate interference in our democratic process, and that we will side with our allies and friends against Russian subversion and destabilisation," Trump said in a statement after he signed the 'Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act'. The bill sanctions Russia — citing its cyber hacking as well as aggression in Ukraine and Syria — while also slapping new sanctions on North Korea and Iran. The legislation limits the ability of the president to lift the sanctions unilaterally. The signing of the bill put to rest questions about whether Trump would support the le...