Thousands of protesters in Belarus swarmed the streets of the capital to demand the resignation of the country’s longtime president for the 13th straight Sunday and encountered police using stun grenades to break up the crowds and making warning shots in the air from what authorities said were “non-lethal weapons”. Up to 20,000 people took part in the rally, the Visana human rights centre estimated. Large crowds of people gathered in the eastern part of Minsk headed toward Kurapaty, a wooded area on the city’s outskirts where over 200,000 people were executed by Soviet secret police during Stalinist-era purges. Demonstrators…
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Joe Biden is spending the final days of the presidential campaign appealing to Black supporters to vote in-person during a pandemic that has disproportionally affected their communities, betting that a strong turnout will boost his chances in states that could decide the election. Biden was in Philadelphia on Sunday, the largest city in what is emerging as the most hotly contested battleground in the closing 48 hours of the campaign. He participated in a “souls to the polls” event that is part of a nationwide effort to organise Black churchgoers to vote. “Every single day we are seeing race-based disparities…
Four Naxals belonging to the banned People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) outfit have been arrested in Jharkhand’s Simdega district and arms and ammunition seized from their possession, police said on Monday. Acting on a tip-off, police personnel conducted a search operation in Kanarowan forest in Bano police station area on Sunday and arrested the four Naxals, Superintendent of Police Shams Tabrez said. On seeing the policemen, the Naxals attempted to flee but the personnel chased and nabbed them, the officer said. A country-made rifle and eight cartridges have been seized, he added.
BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda expressed confidence about NDA getting a two-thirds majority in Bihar assembly polls and said even if the BJP gets more seats, “Nitish Kumar will still be our leader”. “One can clearly see, BJP-JDU-HAM-VIP will form a government with a clear two-thirds majority so there is no question of fewer seats. Even if we get more seats, Nitish Kumarji will still be our leader,” Mr Nadda told ANI. Mr Nadda also hit out at Congress over past comments of its leaders including Rahul Gandhi’s “who benefitted the most from the (Pulwama) attack” remarks made earlier this…
Assam will reopen on Monday after more than seven months with strict COVID-19 guidelines, officials said on Saturday. Only students from Classes 6th to 12th will be allowed to attend and a Standard Operating Procedure or SOP has been issued that will need to be followed, according to the officials of the Education Department. To minimise the risk, schools will follow an odd-even system. Students in Classes 6, 8 and 12 will attend school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while the other three days are reserved for Classes 7, 9 and 11. “All the students would not come into the…
Campaigning for the second phase of Bihar Assembly election ended on Sunday evening, setting the stage for polling on Tuesday in 94 constituencies spread across 17 districts. The last day of campaigning witnessed hectic canvassing with PM Narendra Modi addressing back-to-back rallies, and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. The BJP’s charge was led by PM Modi who slammed the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan’s admission of complicity in it and berated the RJD-Congress combine, calling it an alliance of “double-double yuvraj”. Congress’s Rahul Gandhi cornered Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the issues of unemployment, migrant crisis, farm…
https://twitter.com/ranvijaylive/status/1322819440434581506?s=20 Congress party and its members seem to be falling from grace. A very shameful act by a Congress leader which was recorded on camera has been doing the rounds for dishonouring the modesty of a woman. A video of Jalaun Congress party president Anuj is going viral on social media in which he is seen being thrashed by two women whom he allegedly teased. In the video, the Congress district president can be seen begging and apologising to the two women who grabbed him by the collar and beat him up. Anuj was begging the women to let him…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate a Ropax Ferry Service between Ghogha in Bhavnagar of Saurashtra region and Hazira in Surat on November 8, said Union Minister of State for Shipping (independent charge), Chemical and Fertilisers, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Sunday. Mandaviya said the Ropax Ferry Service between Ghogha and Dahej in Bharuch district will be discontinued and a passenger-only service will be functional on the route once a day. He said the ropax ferry service will shorten the current distance of 370 km between Surat and Saurashtra to 60 km. The time of transport will also be decreased from…
The chief of the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen was killed in an encounter in Srinagar, the police said on Sunday. The police called the operation “a major success against militancy”. Saifullah had taken over as chief of the Hizbul Mujahideen after Reyaz Naikoo was killed in May. Another terrorist was arrested during the encounter with security forces on the outskirts of the city. Acting on specific information about the presence of terrorists in Rangreth, security forces sealed off the area and began a search operation, a police official said. While the forces were conducting searches in the area, the terrorists…
Samsung has redesigned its Galaxy Store to focus more on gaming. The new design is aimed to allow gamers discover, browse, and play more games. It also looks to offer a curated list of game recommendations and better gaming perks. Gamers can also download Fortnite through Galaxy Store. The popular battle royale title was pulled from Apple and Google app stores recently over a legal battle for revenue shares. Samsung claims that Galaxy Store is currently the only mobile app store in the United States where you can download Fortnite from. The revamped Galaxy Store has a minimalistic interface with…