The BJP in Meghalaya has demanded that learning either Khasi or Garo be made compulsory for all students up to class 5 in the state. At a meeting of the party on the National Education Policy, a decision was taken to press for this, BJP state president Ernest Mawrie said. “The party demand that learning either Khasi or Garo be made compulsory for students of all schools,” Mr. Mawrie said. All schools in the state should be brought under the NEP, and it should be made mandatory to learn at least one local language,” he said. Mr. Mawrie said the…
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Six civilians were injured as Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Naugam and Tangdhar sectors of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday by resorting to unprovoked firing towards Indian positions, an army official said. “Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation (CFV) along the LoC in Naugam and Tangdhar sectors in Kupwara (district of north Kashmir) by firing mortars and other weapons,” the official said. He said six civilians were injured due to Pakistani shelling in Tangdhar sector while no casualties had been reported from Naugam sector so far. He said a “befitting response” was given…
Actor Rhea Chakraborty, accused of abetting Bollywood star Sushant Singh Rajput’s suicide, on Friday sought the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to postpone recording of her statement within the concealment case lodged by it till her plea within the Supreme Court is heard. Rhea Chakraborty’s advocate Satish Maneshinde said the actor wouldn’t appear before the ED, which has summoned her on Friday, till the Supreme Court hears her plea. The 28-year-old had filed a petition within the Supreme Court seeking for the case lodged by the Bihar police against her to be transferred to the Mumbai police. The plea are going to…
US President Donald Trump has signed executive orders banning TikTok and WeChat, terming the favored Chinese apps a threat to the country’s national security and economy. The ban comes into effect in 45 days, Trump said in two separate executive orders signed on Thursday. India was the primary country to ban TikTok and WeChat, citing national security concerns. India has banned as many as 106 Chinese apps, a move welcomed by both the Trump administration and US lawmakers. “The us must take aggressive action against the owners of TikTok to guard our national security,” Trump said in his executive order.…
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which governs the Lord Venkateswara shrine at Tirumala, on Thursday came under the attack from the BJP’s Andhra Pradesh unit for not telecasting the Ram temple’s ‘bhoomi pujan’ event live from Ayodhya. With literally every news television channel in the country telecasting the event live, state BJP President Somu Veerraju told IANS that it is unfortunate that such an event was literally blacked out on the Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel (SVBC). Somu Veerraju told “The event is linked to the nation and the sentiments of Hindus. TTD channel should have definitely telecast it. It’s unfortunate…
Former US President Barack Obama has endorsed Indian-origin Democratic senatorial candidate Sara Gideon in Maine state, which is seen as one of the most high profile Senate races in the November presidential polls. Ms Gideon, 48, is currently the Speaker of the Maine State Assembly, and is giving a tough fight to Republican incumbent Senator Susan Collins. The Maine Senate is seen as one of the most high-profile Senate races in the November polls. The Democrats are banking on Gideon to gain a majority in the US Senate. According to a recent poll, Ms Gideon, whose father is an Indian…
Novel coronavirus cases in India breached the 20-lakh mark on Thursday with various states such as Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu recording massive spikes in new confirmed cases of Covid-19. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Covid-19 bulletin, last updated at 8 am on August 6, India’s tally of confirmed cases stood at 19,64,536. This was inclusive of 5,95,501 active cases, 13,28,336 patients discharged after recovery and 40,699 deaths. The official number of total Covid-19 cases, however, remains at 19.64 lakhs as the Ministry of Health’s Covid dashboard is updated at 8 AM each morning. Maharashtra, the…
Kangana Ranaut has announced that she will chronicle Ram Mandir’s 600 year long history in the movie Aparajita Ayodhya which she will direct, Times of India has reported. The movie will also include yesterday’s (5 August) historic Bhoomi Pujan at the Ram Janmabhoomi site. The movie will be written by K V Vijayendra Prasad who was the script writer of Baahubali. “The Ram Mandir isn’t just a temple, but an emotion. For me, Ayodhya is very symbolic and this journey of the last 500-600 years that we have had as a civilization is very exciting for me. I want to…
The first prasad from the grand Bhoomi Pujan ceremony of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya, has been given to a Dalit family. The family is Mahabir’s, and they were given prasad along with a copy of Shri Ramcharitmanas and a Tulsi mala. It was only after that the distribution of the prasad for others began in Ayodhya. Mahabir is the same person whose accommodation under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana was visited by Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath where he even shared a meal during the Lok Sabha election campaign. The bhoomi pujan was performed on Wednesday (5 August) by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi. Apart from the…
https://twitter.com/DalitPositive/status/1291316564935847938?s=20 A day after All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) issued a threat against the construction of Ram Mandir, Dalit Positive Movement, an organisation fighting for the rights of the Dalits, have lodged a complaint against the former with the Ministry of Social justice and Empowerment and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). In the complaint, the organisation has sought an FIR against AIMPLB and all its leaders as per SC/ST act for “hurting the sentiments of the Hindu Dalits and Hindus at large by threatening to overturn Hon. Supreme Court’s Judgement and overtake Prabhu Shree Ram Janmabhoomi temple site…