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Kerela woman claims singer Anuradha Paudwal is her biological mother, demands Rs 50 crore as compensation

The year 2020 has started on a bizarre note for Anuradha Paudwal, with a 45-year-old woman from Kerela’s Thiruvananthapuram claiming that the singer is her mother. Karmala Modex, said that her she came to know about Anuradha Paudwal being her biological mother when her ‘foster’ father Ponnachan let out this big secret in his death bed.

India global leader in watching pornographic content on smartphones

New Delhi: As smartphone penetration increases by leaps and bounds in India, porn consumption has reached its zenith too. A new report has revealed that in India, 89 per cent people watched porn via mobile devices in 2019 — up three per cent from 2017 when the figure already touched 86 per cent.

Modi to arrive in B’luru for two-day state visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive on a two-day visit to Karnataka on Thursday. He will be in Karnataka till Friday afternoon, following which he will depart to Delhi.

Modi will land in Bengaluru on thursday morning, following which he will visit the Siddaganga Mutt in Tumakuru. He will participate in a public gathering scheduled at Junior College Grounds in the city, where Krishi Karman Awards presentation ceremony and distribution of fishing equipment to the beneficiaries is scheduled. At the event, the prime minister will electronically transfer Rs 12,000 crore under the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, to 6 crore farmers.

CBSE Board Exam 2020: 75% attendance must to appear for Class 10, 12 board exams.

CBSE Board Exam 2020: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has directed all of its affiliated schools to calculate attendance of students going to appear for class 10 and class 12 board exams this year as on January 1, 2020. CBSE in its latest notice said, “Students whose attendance will be calculated less than 75 per cent will not be allowed to appear for the exams, as per the rule”. If a candidate has a genuine reason behind the shortage of attendance, students will have to submit the supporting documents, such as, medical reports etc, with the authorities by January 7. As per the circular, no case will be considered post the deadline.

‘Asur’ is my best till date: Nusrat Jahan

In a 2018 chat with The Telegraph, Nusrat Jahan had said, “I will do everything that makes the people around me feel proud.” Her ambition was to do the best for herself and the people around her. Nusrat became an MP in 2019. And now, at the beginning of 2020, she is looking forward to the release of her film Asur (directed by Pavel). A chat with Nusrat.

Corporation proposes to turn agriculture land in Calcutta pockets into homestead.

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) has proposed en masse conversion of vast tracts of land classified as sali (farmland) to bastu (homestead) on the city’s southeastern fringes and Behala, paving the way for faster real estate development and triggering concerns about the impact on some of the city’s last remaining open spaces.

Debit Card Holders Attention! SBI, PNB, HDFC, ICICI Banks to block ATM cards from 1st January 2020

Debit Card users alert! Are you debit card users of SBI, PNB, HDFC, ICICI, or other banks? Then this is important new for you! All public and private banks will block debit cards (ATM cards) which doesn’t have EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) after 1st January 2020. Customers using non-EMV chip debit card may have to face a problem during money withdrawal from the ATM as your debit card may be blocked after 31st December 2019.

PM, Other Leaders’ Tribute To Pejavara Mutt Chief Vishwesha Teertha Swami

Swami Vishwesha Teertha was a “powerhouse of service and spirituality” who will remain in the hearts and minds of lakhs of people for whom he was always a guiding light, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he remembered the chief of Pejavara Mutt who died this morning after battling an illness. Swami Vishwesha Teertha was the 33rd head of the Pejawar mutt which is one among the “Ashta” Mutts of Udupi in Karnataka.

India on alert as Pak army boosts ties with terrorists

Recent public contacts by top Pakistani army and security officials with jihadi organisations and leaders have triggered fears the security establishment in Rawalpindi could be rolling back a move to distance itself from such entities, people familiar with the development said on Saturday.

Amit Shah’s landline ‘spoofed’ to run scam, two arrested

Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly ‘spoofing’ the residential and office landline numbers of Home Minister Amit Shah from an app and demanding Rs 3 crore for ‘party funds’ after allegedly making calls to Haryana power minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, estranged brother of former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala.

Question & Answer : Citizenship amendment law explained

The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) became law after receiving the President’s assent on Thursday, following a bruising debate in Parliament . Assam has been in the throes of violence since Wednesday, when Rajya Sabha took up the Bill after it was passed in Lok Sabha , with its capital under indefinite curfew, and Army and paramilitary columns rolling across multiple towns.

This may have four subway stations including Rajiv Chowk Night of December 31

This is a very important information for those living in Delhi who come to Connaught Place to celebrate the new year. If these people come here through the metro, then this time they will have to use some other means. It may be that the four metro stations in Rajiv Chowk and its surroundings will be closed after nine o’clock. Other metro stations include Barakhamba, Janpath and Patel Chowk Metro stations. DCP of New Delhi district Ish Singhal has written to DMRC asking that all the gates of Rajiv Chowk metro station be closed after nine o’clock on the night of 31 December and DMRC is ready to close the remaining three metro stations as well