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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 7 inaugurated the B.R. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi and said it would be an important place for research on social and economic issues. The Prime Minister also unveiled two statues of the Dalit icon at the centre in Janpath. Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of State Ramdas Athawale and Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Vijay Goel were also present at the event. “The centre will prove to be an inspiration for the promotion of the thoughts and teachings of Dr Ambedkar. The centre will be an important place for research on social and economic issues,” the Prime Minister said. Mr. Modi said that the government had developed five places related to Babasaheb Ambedkar into pilgrimage spots. He added that the five pilgrimage spots  in Delhi, Mumbai, Nagpur, Mhow and London were like a homage from the present generation.  “I think that this centre is for th...

A 22-year-old hockey player allegedly shot himself outside the house of a female friend in Sarojini Nagar on Tuesday. The family of the deceased has alleged that their son was murdered, but the police said it appears to be a suicide. Rizwan Khan, a second-year BA student at Jamia Millia Islamia, was found dead in his car, which was parked outside his friend’s house in GI-Block of Sarojini Nagar. The family of the deceased claimed that Rizwan was a national-level player and had represented Delhi twice. The police, however, said no certificates were shown by the family members to support this claim. The police said that a call was received at 10.20 a.m. about a body inside a car. “We found a country-made pistol in the right hand of the deceased. A bullet injury was found on the right temple. No suicide note was found on the spot,” said Romil Baaniya, DCP (South) He added that a team of CFSL and FSL experts, including ballistic and biology division, have inspec...

In a strange incident of negligence, over 1500 farmers who were travelling to Maharashtra from Delhi in a special train were left stuck at Madhya Pradesh’s Banmor station after the train travelled 160 kilometres in the wrong direction. In a strange incident of negligence, over 1500 farmers who were travelling to Maharashtra from Delhi in a special train were left stuck at Madhya Pradesh’s Banmor station after the train travelled 160 kilometres in the wrong direction. According to a report, these farmers had gone to attend Kisan Yatra in Delhi. While they were returning to New Delhi, the train took them 160 kilometres in the wrong direction, finally stopping at Madhya Pradesh’s Banmor station. Notably, even the Railways authorities are clueless about what needed to be done. The reason behind it that is being reported is that the train was given a faulty signal after which it took the wrong route and continued to travel in that direction. Finally, the train stopped in Madhy...

Delhi Smog:Indian Railways has 69 trains delayed, 22 rescheduled and 8 cancelled due to heavy smog in Delhi NCR and other parts of North India. The cancelled trains include -- New Delhi-Varanasi Mahanama Express, Delhi-Azamgarh Kaifiyat Express, Anand Vihar-Mau Express, Sriganganagar-Delhi Intercity, Delhi-Fazlika Intercity, Delhi-Alipurdwar Mahananda Express and Raxual-Delhi Sadbhawana Express. Delhi saw a moderately smoggy Monday morning with the minimum temperature at 12.4 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season's average. Indian national capital has been experiencing dense smog for about a week, forcing authorities to enforce emergency measures such as banning construction activities and brick kilns in the National Capital Region. The Delhi government had announced "odd-even" rationing of cars for five days from today, but deferred its implementation after the National Green Tribunal ordered the withdrawal of exemptions given to women and t...