The Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) distanced itself from the Bharat Bandh called by farmers’ unions on 8 December. The BKS claimed in its statement that “Bhartiya Kisan Sangh has decided to remain aloof of the Bandh call and appeal to its members all over the country to be attentive and alert the fellow citizens so that any untoward incident may be avoided. We hope that the nation and the farming fraternity will sincerely cooperate to with Bhartiya Kisan Sangh” Th BKS, an RSS associate, said It is evident that some anti-social elements, external forces and some political parties are manoeuvring…
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeXhFuB85a/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Television actress Divya Bhatnagar, notable for her characters in the show Yeh Rishtaa Kya Kehlata Hai and Tera Yaar Hoon Main, died of coronavirus. Actors Devoleena Bhattacharjee and Shilpa Shirodkar have taken to the social media to express their condolences to their dear friend. Divya’s situation was deteriorated last week as her oxygen levels were seen to have declined dramatically as she struggled against Covid-19. Though, she was put on a ventilator, her mother expressed that she was struggling for her life. In reality, some of her co-stars and Tera Yaar Hoon Main’s production company had also stepped in…
Uttar Pradesh saw another case where two brothers, including the groom, were apprehended in Moradabad under the UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020. Vidya Charan Shukla, Superintendent of Police, Moradabad Rural, said that the case had been reported on the basis of a complaint by the mother of the daughter. According to the police, a Bijnor woman lodged a report that her daughter had been married after she had changed her faith. A case against two brothers was reported on this allegation. Both persons were arrested and the investigation was underway. In the meantime the woman said,…
Thirty-four district development councils (DDCs) of the electoral districts, including 17 from the J&K divisions, will vote in the 4th step of the current electoral process. In addition to this, 50 vacant Sarpanch seats and 216 vacant Panch seats in these DDC electoral districts will also be filled at this stage. A total of 138 candidates are running for the 17 DDCs of the Kashmir Division, while 111 candidates are competing for the 17 DDCs. In the fourth process, 123 Sarpanch vacancies were notified, of which 45 were filled without opposition. There will be a race in 50 electoral districts…
A militant from the Islamic Student Movement of India who has been on the run for the past 19 years has been arrested, the Delhi Police said in a statement. The 58-year-old perpetrator, Abdullah Danish, was one of the most fugitive members” of the SIMI terrorist group and was wanted for sedition in Delhi. “Abdullah Danish was one of the senior-most members of SIMI who indoctrinated many young Muslims in the last 25 years,” the police said in the statement. “He was chief editor of the Hindi version of SIMI magazine ‘Islamic Movement’ for four years,” the police said. Abdullah…
British Queen Elizabeth II will get Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine within weeks after UK regulators have given emergency clearance and the world’s first roll-out starts next week, news said late Saturday. The queen, 94, and her 99-year-old partner, Prince Philip, are in line to get the jab early because of their age and will not get special treatment. Sources say that Britain’s most senior royals would announce that they had been offered the inoculation “to encourage more people to take up the vital jab” in the wake of concerns that so-called anti-vaxxers could dent excitement for it. On Wednesday, the UK…
A Pakistani Christian girl has been killed after her parents rejected a marriage proposal sent by a Muslim man in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. Officers at the Coral Police Station in Rawalpindi reported to have detained an accused named Faizan, while searches were carried out to apprehend the prime suspect, Shehzad. According to the police, Shehzad’s mother is also said to have submitted her son’s proposal for the victim, Sonia, but her parents declined to marry her with a Muslim man, Faizan. According to the police, on the day of the shooting, the girl was in the company of Faizan when Shehzad…
Scientists have decoded the root of emotions in the human brain after studying the thoughts, gestures and physiological reactions of computer gamers when playing a Pacman-like arcade game. The video game was specially developed to arouse different emotions depending on the progress of the game. The results, published in the journal PLOS Biology, confirm that emotions are the brain’s synchronised response to events. The findings showed that different emotional components recruit several neural networks in parallel distributed throughout the brain, and that their transient synchronisation generates an emotional state. “The somatosensory and motor pathways are two of the areas involved…
The Instagram account of Union Minister Smriti Irani never fails to bring a smile to all our hearts. The BJP minister is known for her social media on-point game, and sometimes shares on her profile funny memes or relatable posts. She also gives her fans a sneak preview into her everyday life, and today is one such day. Smriti Irani took to Instagram today to share an adorable picture of her mother Shibani Bagchi standing in her garden. She gave it a hilarious caption too. According to the minister’s caption, while her “strongest mommy” was busy growing bottle gourd in…
A case has been registered against Samajwadi Party spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh’s Mau district for allegedly making derogatory comments against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said on Saturday. Two days ago, the spokesperson, Rajiv Rai, had raised an issue mark on the action being taken against criminals by the district administration and therefore the police. He allegedly made some objectionable remarks against Adityanath, Assistant Superintendent of Police Tribhuvan Tripathi said. An FIR has been lodged against Rai at the Sarai Lakhansi police headquarters following a complaint by the Karni Sena. Necessary action is being taken during this connection, the ASP…