To commemorate the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the United Arab Emirates’ Burj Khalifa will pay tribute to the iconic leader by a special show. The Indian Consulate in Dubai in a tweet said it would telecast live through its social media pages a special programme on “Relevance of Gandhi’s message in the 21st century” at 7 pm on Friday. The images of Gandhi would be displayed on Burj Khalifa with his messages around 8.15 pm on Friday, the Gulf News earlier reported. “We are thankful to Emaar for their support,” the Indian Consulate told the Gulf News. On…
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Doctors at Delhi’s AIIMS have claimed that the late Bollywood actor was not murdered but committed suicide. The AIIMS forensic panel under Dr. Sudhir Gupta was formed at the request of the CBI in August to assist in giving medico-legal opinion in connection with the death of the late actor. According to AIIMS sources, the forensic team in its report has hinted the death of Sushant as suicide, thus rejecting the claims of ‘poisoning’ and ‘strangling’ made by the actor’s family and their lawyer. A team of doctors from AIIMS told the CBI that the AIIMS panel has concurred with…
More than one lakh people have died of COVID-19 in India, the world’s second worst-hit country by the coronavirus pandemic after US – as it recorded 1,069 deaths and total caseload crossed 64.7 lakh with 79,476 new cases, data released by the Health Ministry this morning showed. India now has 9,44,996 active COVID-19 cases and more than 54 lakh recoveries with 75,628 more people having fought off the disease in the last 24 hours, Health Ministry data shows. At least 77 per cent of the active coronavirus cases have been reported from 10 states and union territories, contributing 15 per…
After massive protests by the members of Hindu Yuva Vahini in Shahjahanpur district’s UP village, Samajwadi Party leader Tanveer Khan had been booked for sexual assault and forcibly converting the a Dalit woman to Islam. The district chief of Samajwadi Party in Shahjahanpur district in UP, Tanveer Khan, has been booked along with three others for a case of robbery and sexual assault on a Dalit Woman in Shahjahanpur Kotwali. The charges were pressed against the politician after massive protests took place at the SSP office and the police station by the members of Hindu Yuva Vahini. According to the…
Despite five round of talks between India and China, there has been no breakthrough in disengagement talks. Meanwhile, United States has said that it considers Arunachal Pradesh as part of the Indian territory. “We have our position on some parts of the border which is explicitly clear. For nearly six decades, the United States has recognised Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory,” senior state department official during a briefing. He added that the matter is a very “sensitive” one and needs a “diplomatic” settlement. He, however, further said that Washington “opposed” any “unilateral” attempts made to change the established Line of…
https://twitter.com/myogiadityanath/status/1311969631804878848?s=20 Promising to bring lawlessness in order, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted that exemplary punishments will be given to those who would disrespect women. He wrote, “The UP government is committed to protect every mother and sister of the state.” “This is our promise,” the CM added. On Thursday, BSP chief Mayawati demanded the resignation of the CM. “I urge the Central government to send him to his place – Gorakhnath Math. If he doesn’t like the temple, he should be given the task of Ram Temple construction,” Mayawati said. The Opposition has been demanding President’s Rule in the state.…
A Maithili film, Mithila Makhan, which won National award four years back was awaiting its realease. A host of Bollywood stars, from Hrithik Roshan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Manoj Bajpayee to Vidya Balan, Sonu Sood and Jackie Shroff have come forward to promote this rare film for its release. Mithila Makhaan, a film in Maithili — one of the Eighth Schedule languages — has been released today by its makers – siblings Neetu Chandra and Nitin Chandra – to a great response on their own online platform called www.bejod.in, after none of the OTT platforms agreed to telecast it earlier. This…
Hathras SP Vikrant Vir was suspended for negligence and lax supervision. The Uttar Pradesh government on October 2 suspended the Hathras district police chief and four other policemen for negligence over the Hathras gang rape incident. The action was taken on the basis of the first report submitted by the Special Investigation Team formed to go into the matter, U.P. Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said. Family members and relatives of the Harithas gang rape victim mourn her death. Hathras gang rape | Victim’s family alleges intimidation by officials Hathras SP Vikrant Vir was suspended for negligence and lax…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said his government is committed to women’s safety and those who even think of harming their self-respect will face total destruction. The warning comes days after a Dalit woman was gangraped in Hathras by four men. She died at Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital on Tuesday morning. “Total destruction of those who even think of harming the self-respect of women in UP is inevitable,” Adityanath said in a tweet in Hindi. Such people will get exemplary punishment that would be remembered by future generations, he said. “They will get such a punishment that it…
The US and the Vatican butted heads over China on Thursday as the Holy See chafed at US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s public call to take a harsher stance against Chinese restrictions on religious freedom. The State Department sought to play down the differences, but tensions were palpable during Pompeo’s two-day visit to Rome. The disagreement on China comes as the Vatican is heading into delicate negotiations with Beijing to extend its controversial 2018 accord over bishop nominations. Pompeo spent about 45 minutes Thursday meeting in the Apostolic Palace with his Vatican counterpart, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Vatican…