Yogi Adityanath cited an Allahabad High Court order on religious conversion for marriage to raise the issue of “love jihad”, and invoke “Ram naam satya” – a Hindu funeral chant – to issue a thinly-veiled threat to “those who… play with our sisters’ respect”. Yogi Adityanath, whose administration has been criticised for a spate of horrific crimes against women – including two separate instances of alleged rape against Dalit women in September – also repeated his plans for a “Mission Shakti” to “make sure all sisters and daughters are protected”. “Allahabad High Court has said religious conversion isn’t necessary for…
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With Jihadists attacking France three times in the most brutal way by beheading a teacher earlier and women in Church in the last one week, French President tried to reach out to Muslims through his interview on television. During the interview, President Emmanuel Macron said that he could understand if Muslims were shocked by cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, as French authorities on Saturday sought to ascertain if a young Tunisian suspected of killing three people in a knife rampage inside a Nice church had outside help. France is on edge after the republication in early September of cartoons of…
Barely three days after a knife-weilding man beheaded a woman inside a church, France witnessed another attack outside a church. An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun on Saturday wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting in the French city of Lyon before fleeing, said a police source. The priest, who has Greek nationality, was closing his church when the attack happened and is now in a serious condition, said the source, who asked not to be named. The interior ministry tweeted that “an incident is underway” in the southeastern city of Lyon. “Security and emergency personnel are at the…
Indian short-video platform Mitron TV on Saturday announced the launch of an app discovery platform to promote homegrown apps. The platform– ‘Atmanirbhar Apps’ — hosts a wide array of apps from categories like e-governance, utility, agriculture, gaming, entertainment, lifestyle, e-learning, among others, it said. “The vision is to strengthen homegrown technology on a grand scale by making it easier for users to identify Indian apps for their various needs…Mitron TV wants to urge people to become ‘Vocal for Local’ and to bring the spotlight on the Indian apps from various geographies,” a statement said. Currently, the platform hosts more than…
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested an individual in reference to a concealment case linked to an alleged Rs 750 crore loan fraud committed by misusing credit facilities, the central probe agency said on Saturday. It said Sai Chandrasekhar was arrested under the Prevention of cash Laundering Act on Friday following which an area court here sent him to seven days ED custody. The money laundering case against Chandrasekhar pertains to a search initiated by the agency against Virkaran Awasty, Vinod Sirohi and KPMG India Pvt Ltd, it said during a statement. The PMLA case was filed against them after studying…
World silver-medallist Amit Panghal (52kg) and Sanjeet (91kg) struck gold in their first competition after a coronavirus-forced break, claiming the highest honours at the Alexis Vastine International Boxing Tournament in Nantes, France. Amit, also an Asian Games champion, defeated American Rene Abraham 3-0 with a dominating performance. Sanjeet, a former India Open gold-medallist, too put up a clinical show to urge past Frenchman Soheb Bouafia in his summit clash and secure a gold. However, Asian silver-medallist Kavinder Singh Bisht (57kg) settled for a silver after taking place to local favourite Samuel Kistohurry during a split 2-1 verdict. India had earlier…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a seaplane service between the Statue of Unity near Kevadiya in Gujarat’s Narmada district and Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. Modi inaugurated the service by boarding the twin- engine plane from pond-3 on the brink of Sardar Sarovar Dam near here. Before boarding the plane, Modi spent a while at the water aerodrome and took details about the service. The 19-seater plane carrying Modi would land on the waters of Sabarmati Riverfront in around 40 minutes after covering a distance of around 200 kms, officials said.
Scottish actor, Sir Sean Connery, mostly addressed as James Bond dies at 90. The actor was the first to portray the role on the big screen and appeared in seven films as 007, which included every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again, between 1962 and 1983. He remained a fan favourite and was considered the best actor to have played 007 in the long-running franchise. The popular star went on to cement his career with films such as Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid tribute to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary. The then Prime Minister was assassinated by her bodyguards in Delhi in 1984. https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1322363059667668997?s=20 “Tributes to our former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on her death anniversary,” PM Modi tweeted. The Prime Minister had paid tribute to Indira Gandhi in his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann ki Baat’ last Sunday as well. “On the 31st of October we lost former Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi. I most respectfully pay my tributes to her,” he said.
India and therefore the US have held wide ranging discussions on issues on the UN Security Council agenda and agreed to figure closely given their shared values of democracy, pluralism and rule-based international order, officials here said. Earlier this year, India, along side Mexico and Ireland, was elected a non-permanent member for a two-year term starting January 1, 2021. The consultations between India and therefore the US are reflective of the efforts on the a part of the 2 countries to coordinate on a number of worldwide issues that might come up before the powerful organ of the United Nations…