The district administration of Ayodhya has refused to allow the staging of Ram Leela in the district amid the COVID-19 spread. The district administration, however, has begun preparations to organise a grand celebration of virtual Deepotsav on the occasion of Diwali in the city. The permission to stage Ram Leela in the city was sought by the ”Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan”, the government department that organises the performance, but it was denied by the government, said Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan manager Ram Teerath. Teerath said the Department had sought the permission to hold Ram Leela in the open within the Ayodhya museum…
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The no-confidence motion moved by the opposition Congress against the BJP government in Karnataka led by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa was defeated by a voice vote on Saturday night. After a fierce debate for about six hours, the no-confidence motion moved by leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah was defeated by a voice vote. “The motion is in favour of Nos.The motion is defeated by the voice vote,” Speaker Kageri said as he wound up the current session of the Karnataka Assembly. While initiating the debate on the no-confidence motion, Congress veteran Siddaramaiah launched a scathing attack on the BJP…
Former union minister Daggubati Purandeswari from Andhra Pradesh and D. K. Aruna from Telangana have made it new BJP team during the reshuffle. Two women leaders from the Telugu states who had crossed over to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Congress. Purandeswari, who had quit Congress over bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to join the BJP in 2014, has been appointed as the general secretary while D. K. Aruna, who had crossed over on the eve of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, has been named as the national vice-president of the party. Purandeswari, who served as the minister in Congress-led United Progressive…
https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1310052947087093760?s=20 Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Jaswant Singh died on Sunday morning at the age of 82. PM Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh condoled the death of former Union Minister Jaswant Singh. “Jaswant Singh Ji served our nation diligently, first as a soldier and later during his long association with politics. During Atal Ji’s Government, he handled crucial portfolios and left a strong mark in the worlds of finance, defence and external affairs. Saddened by his demise,” PM Modi tweeted.
Maharashtra’s COVID-19 tally rose to 13,21,176 on Saturday with a single-day addition of 20,419 cases, the state health department said. With 430 more patients succumbing to the infection, the death count in the state went up to 35,191, it said. A total of 23,644 patients were discharged after treatment in the state in the day, taking the count of recoveries to 10,16,450, the department said. The state is now left with 2,69,119 active cases. Mumbai city reported 2,282 new cases, taking its overall count to 1,96,585, while fatalities rose to 8,750 with 44 more people succumbing to the infection in…
A tribute to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s contributions to Himachal Pradesh will be given in the form of installing a statue of him. The statue in his honour has been planned for installation at Shimla’s iconic spot, the Ridge. Known for creating statues of prominent personalities, including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Shivaji and Bhagat Singh, the Himachal Pradesh government decided to assign the work to Ram V. Sutar and Anil Sutar. Sutar senior is a Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee. “The design and other details (of Vajpayee’s statue) will be finalised soon by the Sutars…It’s going to…
Maharashtra CM expressed concerns of a “second wave” of COVID-19 transmission as more people are moving out for work and called for stricter compliance with norms. Expressing concerns over asymptomatic patients, CM allowed people to remain at home as stepping out without proper precautions would infect others. He said the focus should be on reducing the mortality rate. Thackeray directed officials to ensure that people follow health norms like wearing masks and that violators be fined. Maharashtra’s COVID-19 caseload stood at 13,00,757 as on September 25 while the cumulative death toll reached 34,761, as per the state health department. “In…
A meeting between the home minister Amit Shah and Ladakhi local leaders took place in Leh. After Amit Shah’s meeting with the leaders , the local leaders describe the meeting as a positive development. They say another meeting between the Ladakhi leaders and the government is likely to take place tomorrow and after the meeting, a joint communique is expected. In Leh , the atmosphere is positive about the meeting and there are expectations that the union government would respond positively towards demands of Ladakh region. Last week People’s Movement for Sixth Schedule for Ladakh led by former MP Thupstan…
After emerging as India’s first private company to have successfully test fired an upper stage rocket engine, Hyderabad-based space-tech startup Skyroot Aerospace has now unveiled the country’s first privately developed, fully indigenous cryogenic rocket engine that runs on cryogenic rocket propellants liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquid oxygen (LOX). The company tweeted this achievement on Friday. “The engine, a scaled up version of which will be used as an upper stage engine for its under development Vikram-2 launch vehicle, has been named Dhawan-I as a tribute to Indian rocket scientist Satish Dhawan on his 100th birth anniversary,” said Naga Bharath…
Pushing for a permanent seat for India at the United Nations Security Council, PM Modi questioned, “ India being the world’s largest democracy and home to 1.3 billion people, be kept out of the decision-making structures of the United Nations” Modi at the United Nations has been asserting that reform in the responses, processes and in the very character of the global body is the “need of the hour.” The prime minister’s strong push for UN reforms and the much-delayed expansion of the powerful Security Council came as India will begin its two-year term as an elected non-permanent member of…