China has amassed 60,000 troops on India’s northern border, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said as he hit out at Beijing for its “bad behaviour” and therefore the threats it poses to the Quad countries. The foreign ministers from the Indo-Pacific nations referred to as the Quad group – the US, Japan, India and Australia – met in Tokyo on Tuesday in what was their first in-person talks since the coronavirus pandemic began. The meeting happened within the backdrop of China’s aggressive military behaviour within the Indo-Pacific, South China Sea and along the road of Actual Control (LAC)…
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Around 50 members of Sikh community have taken out a protest rally within the city condemning the alleged assault of a Sikh man and pulling off his turban by police during a BJP march to the state secretariat at Howrah in West Bengal. The rallyists shouted slogans in Bengali on Friday night demanding an evidence from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about the October 8 incident involving the 43-year- old Sikh man Balwinder Singh from whom a loaded pistol was recovered by police during the BJP Yuva Morcha rally to the state secretariat on October 8. “CM Mamata Banerjee please explain…
A biopic that depicts the inspiring journey of a tea seller into the prime minister of the country was directed by Omung Kumar. Named as ‘PM Narendra Modi’ the movie had released a year ago in 2019. The movie is all set for a big screen re-release once cinemas re-open on October 15. Directed by Omung Kumar, the film, which released in 2019, traces the journey of Narendra Damodardas Modi from his beginnings to his years as Chief Minister of Gujarat onto winning the 2014 Lok Sabha elections to become the Prime Minister of India. “It gives me great pleasure…
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister, Shweta Singh Kirti shared a series of pictures of billboards set up in Sri Lanka, seeking justice for her brother, late actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Shweta took to Instagram and Twitter to share pictures of billboards across Sri Lanka that feature Sushant and demand justice for the late actor. The billboards are hashtagged SushantJusticeNow and SriLankaUnitedForSSR. “Thanks Sri Lanka,” she captioned the post, with the hashtag Justice4SushantSinghRajput. Earlier, Shweta had written on Instagram that Sushant’s family is fighting with patience for justice for the late actor, after his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty’s bail. Sharing a quote…
Indian Army has thwarted an attempt by Pakistani terrorists supported by the Pak Army to smuggle weapons through Keran Sector of northern Kashmir. Pakistan’s continued support to terrorism comes even as the global terror watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is scheduled to hold a meeting this month. The Indian Army deployed at the Keran Sector of North Kashmir on Friday thwarted an attempt by terrorists to smuggle weapons. Four AK-74 rifles, eight magazines, 240 AK Rifle ammunition have been recovered from the spot, said the Indian Army sources. Lt General BS Raju, GOC of Chinar Corps said, “Our alert…
All state-run madrasas are to be shut down with the Assam’s administration deciding on not to fund any religious institutes. As the state cannot afford to teach religious scriptures with public funds, said state Education and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma “Our government’s policy we had announced earlier in the state Assembly. There should be no religious education with government’s funding,” he told the media. “We have nothing to say about privately-run madrasas and Sanskrit tols,” he added. Sarma said that the state government would issue a formal notification in this regard in November. After the closing down of the…
Health Ministry reports that India records 70,496 fresh cases of coronavirus and 964 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases to 69 lakh. A total of 78,365 people also successfully fought off the viral disease over the last 24 hours, bringing down the overall active cases to almost 13 per cent of the total caseload. According to the government figures, total Covid cases in India now stand at 69,06,151, including 8,93,592 active cases, 59,06,069 recoveries and 1,06,490 total deaths. India’s recovery rate increased marginally to 85.5 per cent, death rate stood steady at…
India’s Covid curve continues to offer better news with the number of active cases dropping to below 9 lakh on Thursday, depicting a steady trajectory of declining actual caseload for almost three weeks now even though some states pose concerns with high positivity rates. With a larger number of recoveries as compared to new cases being reported daily, a sustained declining trend can be seen in active cases. While 70,496 new patients were added on Thursday, 78,365 were discharged. At 8.93 lakh active cases, the count is below 9 lakh for the first time after a month. The weekly average…
During the Bengal rally taken out by peaceful protestors of BJP, a Sikh man, Balbinder Singh was dishonoured when the police attacked him and pulled his turban off. A video of the West Bengal police wrestling a Sikh man to the ground during the BJP’s rally on Thursday has gone viral. The man in question, identified as Balbinder Singh was arrested with a pistol from GT Road in Howrah. However, the party has alleged accused the police of hurting religious sentiments by pulling off Singh’s turban. The police denied the charge, saying that the pagri fell off during the scuffle…
The new parents in the Bollywood are Actress Puja Banerjee and her husband, actor Kunal Verma. The couple welcomed their first child together on Friday – Kunal Verma has been re-sharing the congratulatory messages he’s received on his Instagram stories. The new father said: “Puja and I are proud and extremely happy to share that we are parents of a lovely baby boy today.” Kunal Verma also shared a health update about Puja Banerjee and their newborn baby and said: “I was with Puja in the operation theatre, while she delivered our baby. Both Puja and the baby are doing…