During the Bengal poll campaign, PM Modi was at war of words with the ruling Mamata Banerjee. Addressing her as Didi, PM Modi attacked her for her objectionable remarks on the people of Bengal. PM Modi mocked CM Mamata Banerjee, asking why she is “so bitter” when “mishti doi is so sweet.” Mishti doi is a Bengali sweetened curd delicacy. “There is a certain sweetness in Bengal. It’s language, it’s people….don’t get me started about mishti doi and the sweets. Then how are you so bitter, Didi?” PM Modi asked while addressing an election rally in Bengal. He then went…
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In an encounter with Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, five security personnel were killed and several others were injured in the line of duty. “Five security personnel were killed in the line of duty. Maoists have also been killed, and they have suffered significant losses “According to Ashok Juneja, a senior state officer. When the encounter occurred, security personnel from the CRPF’s elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit, the District Reserve Guard (DRG), and the Special Task Force (STF) were on an anti-Maoist operation. “The clash occurred in the Tarrem area (along the Sukma-Bijapur border) while a joint…
According to the Union Health Ministry, eight states saw a sharp increase in daily new COVID-19 cases and accounted for 81.42 percent of the infections reported on Saturday. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh are the eight states. The number of active COVID-19 cases in India has also increased to 6,58,909, accounting for 5.32 percent of total infections. There has been a net increase of 44,213 active cases in a single day. Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Thane, Nashik, Bengaluru Urban, Aurangabad, Delhi, Ahmednagar, and Nanded account for half of the country’s total active caseload. Maharashtra…
https://twitter.com/KhanAmanatullah/status/1378199076357873664?s=20 Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of the AIMIM, slammed Dasna Devi Temple head priest Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, accusing him of insulting the Prophet. The Hyderabad MP said on Twitter that insulting the Prophet is unacceptable and asked, “Can these criminals posing as religious teachers get over their unnatural fixation with Islam?” Narsinghanand, according to Owaisi, was insulting Islam solely to incite violence against Muslims. “If Islam’s reality, for which Maulana says, ‘If you speak about Muhammad, we will behead you’, Hindus should get rid of this fear. We are Hindus. If we can about the characteristics of Lord Ram, and…
https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1377962769861943297?s=20 Former US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has expressed her concern on persecution of Hindu minorities in Bangladesh. She condemned the Pakistani Army’s genocide of Bengali Hindus and urged the international community to work against Islamist extremism. “As a member of Congress, I introduced a resolution calling for Hindus and religious minorities in Bangladesh to be protected. People who are still being targeted and persecuted today. The peak of this persecution occurred 50 years ago, when the Pakistani army systematically murdered, raped, and drove millions of Bengali Hindus from their homes because of their religion and ethnicity. The Pakistani military began…
The Ministry of External Affairs has confirmed that PM Modi who was invited by US Prez has accepted his invitation to attend the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, which will be held virtually. The meeting will take place on April 22nd and 23rd. The United States’ Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Change, John Kerry, will visit India from April 5-8 to discuss the upcoming Leaders’ Summit on Climate Change hosted by President Joe Biden, as well as key climate issues in the context of the COP26 meeting later this year, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. Arindam Bagchi,…
In the midst of a heated election campaign in West Bengal, actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty slammed the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government’s “poribortan (change)” slogan, claiming that there has been “no change in the state and the slogan was just a lie.” According to him, the BJP’s motto is to ensure that there is no violence in Bengal. Mithun Chakraborty told news agency while campaigning for BJP candidate Biman Ghosh in Hooghly’s Pursurah “Previously, there was no “poribortan.” It was a sham. There will be no riots or violence from now on. This is the BJP’s slogan.” The…
Talking to people of Bengal about Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress party, Home Minister Amit Shah said that Mamata Banerjee has clearly lost the poll battle in the state. He also added that the CAA will be on the agenda of the first meeting of the new BJP government that will take power in the state. The Home Minister held two roadshows in the state on Friday, one in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas, and the other in Arambagh, Hoogly. According to the top BJP leader, based on the feedback he has received, the party has already won 50 of the 60…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed DMK and Congress, saying that their leaders “keep insulting women”, while remarking that the NDA schemes are aimed toward empowering women. Addressing an election rally here seeking votes for NDA candidates including from ally AIADMK for the April 6 Assembly polls, he said late Chief Minister M G Ramachandran’s vision for inclusive development and prosperous society “inspires us.” Lashing out at the DMK and Congress, Modi said that they had no agenda to speak about and alleged that the 2 parties, facing polls as allies, won’t guarantee either safety or dignity for the people while…
A BJP candidate and his supporters were allegedly thrashed in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas during their election campaign on Friday morning, police said. BJP’s Diamond Harbour candidate Dipak Halder was campaigning within the Haridebpur area around 9.30 am when his supporters got engaged during a war of words with a couple of people, they said. Amid the verbal duel, Halder and his supporters were allegedly thrashed with sticks, police said. Halder, a TMC MLA who joined the BJP before the elections, was admitted to a hospital following the attack. “He complained of pain and other problems. he’s being attended…