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UP BJP leader Sanjay Khokhar was gunned down while he was out on a morning walk in Former district president of Uttar Pradesh BJP and a local party leader Sanjay Khokhar was shot dead at his own farm fields in Baghpat when he went out on a morning walk on Tuesday. Three unidentified men opened fire at BJP leader Sanjay Khokhar when he was out on a morning walk. Police personnel have rushed to the spot where the blood-soaked body of Sanjay Khokhar was recovered from the fields. The incident took place in Chaprauli area of Baghpat in UP. A…

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“Most cultures imagine the world to be a few hundred human generations old. Hardly anyone guessed that the cosmos might be far older but the ancient Hindus did,” Carl stated. He then talked about the harvest festival of Pongal which is celebrated in South India and especially in Tamil Nadu. Carl emphasised that the Hindu festival had ties with an ‘elegant and much deeper cosmological tradition’ and that it rejoiced the cycles in nature. The American astronomer further stated, “The Hindu religion is one of the world’s great Faiths dedicated to the idea that the cosmos itself undergoes an immense…

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A Maulana, Mohammed Arshad Rehmani, has been arrested in Raipur, Chhattisgarh for the alleged rape of a minor. The accused, who is a 25-year-old, has been visiting the home of the 9-year-old girl for the past fifteen days to teach her younger sister Arabic. Recently, he began teaching the victim also. The alleged rape occurred on Sunday and the accused has been arrested since then. The Maulana, a teacher at a Madarsa, assaulted the girl sexually on Sunday at her house in Raipur and subsequently, escaped from there. Afterwards, the child told her parents about the ordeal following which they…

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CDg-MM6gs5S/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Cricketer Mohammad Shami’s estranged wife Hasin Jahan has filed a complaint with the cyber cell in Kolkata’s police headquarters at Lal Bazar, after she allegedly started receiving death and rape threats from radical Islamists for sharing congratulatory messages on Ram temple Bhoomi Pujan in Ayodhya on her social media account. Jahan wrote in her complaint: “This is very much unfortunate that I have been continuously harassed and abused by certain mean-minded people after I wished our Hindu brothers and sisters for the … Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on 5th August 2020. Some people are continuously threatening me for taking…

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While the time has come for Comet Neowise to say goodbye to our solar system, sky gazers should not be disappointed as Perseid meteor shower is making its way. It will be this year’s brightest meteor showers and will also grace the Indian night skies. However, many parts of India may not have a clear view of the meteor shower as it clashing with a half-moon and because of the monsoon clouds. Perseid meteor shower is caused by debris left behind the Comet Swift-Tuttle. The meteor count can go down from 60 per hour to 16-20 meteors per hour. Despite…

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Lebanon’s prime minister Hassan Diab announced his government’s resignation Monday amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion that has reignited angry street protests. The collapse of his government had looked inevitable after a string of resignations and a cabinet meeting during which several cabinet members made it clear they would also quit. Diab’s announcement came even as security forces in central Beirut clashed again with protesters demanding an end to an entrenched political system widely seen as inept, corrupt and dominated by sectarian interests and family dynasties. “I announce the resignation of the government,” he said at the…

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CDs70Ljh0fw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link TV actress Ankita Lokhande shared a happy picture with two new members of her family. On Monday, the actress posted a picture on her Instagram profile, in which she can be seen flashing the brightest of grin as she poses with the twins. Ankita didn’t reveal who the parents were but she tagged her boyfriend Vicky Jain, Abhishek Srivastva, Varsha Jain, Reshu Jain in the post. An excited Ankita Lokhande, wrote in her caption: “Our family rejoices – a new life’s begun. Our circle is richer with the birth of these twins. Welcome Abeer and Abeera.” The comments section…

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A leading group of India-origin people in the US will hoist India’s National Flag at the Times Square this week, the first time the Indian tricolour will be unfurled at the iconic New York City destination. The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA) of the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut said in a statement that it “will be creating history” on August 15, 2020 by “hosting the first ever flag hoisting ceremony at Times Square” to commemorate India’s Independence Day. “It will be the first time ever that India’s tricolour will be unfurled at the iconic venue…

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https://twitter.com/CitiznMukherjee/status/1292726865984024577?s=20 Former President Pranab Mukherjee has successfully undergone surgery to remove a clot in his brain, sources said late Monday night. Mr Mukherjee, 84, who had tested positive for COVID-19 prior to his surgery, is on ventilator support at the Army Hospital Research and Referral in Delhi. In a tweet this morning Mr Mukherjee, who was President between 2012 and 2017, urged all those who had come in contact with him over the past week to self-isolate and get tested for COVID-19. “On a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, I have tested positive for COVID19 today. I…

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Laal Singh Chaddha”, starring superstar Aamir Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan in lead roles, will now release on Christmas 2021, the manufacturers announced on Monday. The movie, which is a politician remake of Tom Hanks’ 1994 feature “Forrest Gump”, was previously scheduled to hit the theatres on December 25 this year. The production on the film is yet to be finished. According to Ajit Andhare, Chief Operating Officer, Viacom18 Studios, the team is currently focused on completing the movie. “We will still keep the Chirstmas date, not 2020, but in 2021. #LaalSinghChaddha. New Release Date. @aamir_khan @Viacom18Studios. All specialise in…

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