In order to create an effective law to deal with forced religious conversions, the Madhya Pradesh Government has incorporated certain strict clauses in the proposed law against forced religious conversion. According to news, some of the additional clauses introduced to the legislation would include institutions such as madrassas, churches and colleges. Pursuant to the new provisions, if an organisation is found to participate in or help love jihad (grooming jihad) or forced religious conversion, the government can withdraw the aid. Provisions have been added to protect situations where religious organisations are found to be indulging in cases of Grooming Jihad…
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Actress Ramya Krishnan is pleased that her show, Queen, has received an award at the Asian Academy Artistic Awards, and she says she’s excited to start shooting the second season of the show. “I am elated that Queen has won the Best Original Programme by a Streamer/OTT at Singapore’s Asian Academy Creative Awards, and more so because we won on the very same day that we started filming for Season 1 of the series,” Ramya said. “It’ s great to be recognised alongside some of the biggest shows across all Asian countries. A big shout-out to the entire team and…
Government and private schools across Haryana will be reopened on 14 December, the School Education Directorate said in a circular on Thursday. Physical lessons for students of classes 10 and 12 will take place every day for 3 hours (10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.), in compliance with the Covid-19 norms, the state government has told them. “It has been determined that students in Classes 10 and 12 will be permitted to attend their government or private schools for three hours a day from 14 December—between 10 a.m. and 1 a.m.. Classes for senior schoolchildren, including grades 9 and 11, will commence from…
Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged the representatives of the farmers’ unions to resume the dialogue and find an amicable solution to the issues relevant to the current farm legislation. The two Cabinet ministers addressed a press conference here a day after the Farmers’ Unions overwhelmingly refused the Centre’s bid to amend the legislation recently implemented to bring in changes in agriculture and related sectors. As farmers’ unions have begun to intensify their protests by calling for the blockade of the expressways across the national capital, the government has requested them to come to…
With a daily increase of 31,521 in total cases, India’s tally of coronavirus cases has risen from 9,735,850 on Wednesday to 9,767,371 – an increase of 0.3%. Death toll has reached 141,772, with 412 fatalities in a day. The seventh-most-affected country by active cases, third by fatality, and second by total cases, India has added 232,407 cases in the past 7 days. India now accounts for 1.89% of all active cases globally (one in every 53 active cases), and 8.97% of all deaths (one in every 11 deaths). Backwards from here, the last 1 million cases for India have come…
The NCB arrested a Bollywood makeup artist and hairstylist, along with an autorickshaw driver, for possessing 11 grammes of cocaine and obtaining 56,000 in cash, said to be the proceeds of drug sales. The national central bank’s Mumbai Zonal Unit, in a tweet, said that the agency had rounded up the two persons from the town of Oshiwara on Wednesday. “Initial investigation revealed that one of the arrested persons, Suraj Godambe, is a hair stylist by profession,” according to a statement issued today by NCB Zonal Head Sameer Wankhede. Godambe, a popular makeup artist and hair stylist, has worked with…
Home Secretary Amit Shah today directed an inquiry into the attack on BJP Leader JP Nadda’s convoy in West Bengal and asked the Governor for a comprehensive report on law and order in the state. The home ministry called for two reports from the Bengal administration in a matter of 12 hours, as the BJP reported that the state had fallen into utter lawlessness and anarchy. The BJP chief convoy was targeted, reportedly by members of the ruling Trinamool Congress in Bengal, some 60 km from the state capital of Kolkata. Mr. Nadda was on his way to a meeting…
https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1336849897987796992?s=20 A version of the upcoming giant SpaceX spacecraft Starship, which the corporation expects would become its starting point for the Mars missions crashed in a fiery explosion during a test launch on the Texas coast on Wednesday. But the company line was upbeat as a livestream of the launch displayed the on-screen message “AWESOME TEST. CONGRATS STARSHIP TEAM!” “Mars, here we come!!” SpaceX founder Tesla’s Elon Musk tweeted just minutes after the flight, explaining that a too-fast landing speed was to blame for the crash. He recounted the successful parts of the rocket’s short late afternoon trip: the take-off,…
https://twitter.com/KailashOnline/status/1336936333671948292?s=20 Ahead of West Bengal polls in 2021, Bhartiya Janata Party President JP Nadda’s convoy who was on visit to Kolkata to begin poll campaigning had been attacked by TMC workers. The incident occurred when the convoy was on its way to the Diamond Harbour section of Kolkata’s South 24 Parganas district. BJP National Secretary General Kailash Vijayvargiya’s car was also absolutely ransacked in the melee, sources in the saffron party told PTI. Media personnel cars, too, have not been exempted, sources said. “On our way to Diamond Harbour, TMC supporters blocked the road and pelted Naddaji’s vehicle and other…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the new Parliament building, which will be fitted with both advanced audio visual connectivity and data network systems—making it a sign of Atmanirbhar Bharat. He also performed ‘Bhoomi Poojan’ for the construction of the four-storied new Parliament building, one of the most magnificent buildings in the country, would be built in an area of 64,500 square metre at an estimated cost of Rs 971 crore. The building is to be completed in 2022. It is proposed to hold the Winter Session of Parliament in the new Parliament Building when the…