After 13 former students of a particular religious school have been found to have joined terror groups in Kashmir Valley, the school has come under scrutiny. Investigating agencies have found that the religious schools’ alumni have been found to have joined the terrorist groups. The former students of the school who joined terror ranks include Sajjad Bhat who was an accused in the 14 February 2019’s suicide attack on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama which had dastardly led to the demise of 40 personnel. It also gains significance as the said school had also attracted outstation students from States of…
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India’s coronavirus tally on Monday crosses 71-lakh mark with a spike of 66,732 new cases and 816 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The total case tally stands at 71,20,539 including 8,61,853 active cases, 61,49,536 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 1,09,150 deaths. On Sunday, India’s coronavirus tally crossed the 70-lakh mark with a spike of 74,383 new cases and 918 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. On Saturday, India reported a spike of 73,272 new Covid-19 cases and 926 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry. India’s COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark…
A woman in UP’s Deoria was beaten up by the supporters of a Congress leader as a fight broke-out over the issue of ticket distribution to a rape accused ahead of the upcoming by-elections in the state. An argument broke out between Congress leader Tara Yadav and party’s National Secretary Sachin Naik on Saturday during a party meeting in Deoria ahead of the by-elections in the state. At the event, Tara Yadav created a furore over party’s decision to field another Congress leader Mukund Mani Bhaskar from Deoria Sadar in the by-election. Yadav, who herself was aspiring to be party’s…
Manish Shukla, a close aide of BJP MP Arjun Singh was shot dead in Bengal a week ago. A delegation led by its national vice-president Mukul Roy met West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday and demanded a CBI investigation into the “politically targeted killing” of saffron party leader Manish Shukla in North 24 Parganas district a week ago. The delegation alleged the state CID, which is investigating the case, is misdirecting the probe to falsely implicate political opponents in the BJP, Dhankhar said in a Twitter post. Shukla, who was a close aide of Barrackpore’s BJP MP Arjun Singh,…
Popular southern actress-turned politician Khushbu Sundar is likely to join the BJP. She has been with the Congress close to six years since 2014. While she had recently denied such reports, she chose a “no comment” response on Sunday as she took off to Delhi. To a specific question if she’s still in the Congress, Ms Sundar said, “I don’t wish to say anything”. With the Congress out of power since 2014, her political career graph was appearing somewhat stunted of late. BJP is likely to rope her in for the 2021 assembly elections to break new ground in Tamil…
Rafael Nadal demolished Novak Djokovic 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 to win his 13th French Open and equal Roger Federer’s all-time record of 20 Grand Slam titles on Sunday. For world number one Djokovic, the defeat ended his hopes of an 18th Slam and of becoming the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to win all four majors twice. Nadal, 34, claimed his 100th match win at Roland Garros against just two defeats since his 2005 debut. The Spaniard, the oldest champion in Paris since Andres Gimeno in 1972, claimed the title without dropping a set. He finished the one-sided affair…
Panasonic LUMIX S5 was launched in the month of September for the global market. The LUMIX S5 has now arrived in India with a price tag of Rs 1,64,900. The latest addition to the S series cameras, Panasonic LUMIX S5 is unique for its compact form factor. The lightweight LUMIX S5 camera body, without compromising on video and still capabilities, targets digital content creators. Panasonic LUMIX S5 has been released in India and packs a handful of impressive specs and features. The LUMIX S5 uses an L-mount system and packs a 24.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor. The latest Panasonic camera comes…
Ahead of its Big Billion Days Sale, Flipkart has opened pre-bookings for some of the deals it will offer in the festive sale. The e-retailer says that some of its upcoming deals can be booked in advance between October 11 and October 14. To pre-book a deal, consumers will have to pay Re 1 token amount. After the deal opens on October 15 for Flipkart Plus members or on October 16 for regular users, the consumers who pre-booked a deal will have 24 hours to make the remaining payment. Interestingly, the bank offer SBI card holders will get a 10…
Soon after a video from UP’s Deoria surfaced in which local Congress leaders were seen thrashing a woman, Union MoS Anurag Thakur asked why is there no outrage over it by the ‘award-wapsi, death of democracy, pseudo-feminist gang’. Taking to Twitter, he questioned the women’s safety issue that is raised by Congress while the party remains silent on the same issue in their ruled states and their party. Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also slammed the Congress party and asked NCW to take up the matter so that the main culprits are given the strongest punishment. https://twitter.com/ianuragthakur/status/1315152110325919744 Anurag Thakur and…
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan, who is still coping up with the grief over his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s death, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday for making arrangements for the 74-year-old Dalit leader’s last rites. “Respected Prime Minister @narendramodi my heartfelt gratitude for your cooperation in my father’s last rites. Sir, you made all arrangements for my father’s last RITES without being asked to do so,” Chirag Paswan said in a tweet in Hindi. Chirag Paswan further said he is going through a difficult time and added that PM Modi’s support has boosted his courage. “As…