A complaint has been filed against Islamic cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi – the President of All India Imam Association– for making provocative statements against Hindus and for issuing threats to demolish the yet-to-be-built Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. On Thursday, BJP leader Tajinder Pal Bagga registered a complaint with the Delhi Police against the Islamic cleric Maulana Rashid for inciting communal hatred, ill-will and also for provoking mob violence and riots. The complainant has also filed a complaint against the Islamic cleric on charges of contempt of court. In the complaint, BJP leader Tajinder Pal Bagga accused Maulana Rashidi of undermining…
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GC Murmu, who gave up two days earlier as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir has been chosen as the country’s new investigator general. Mr Murmu had left his post in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday and Manoj Sinha was chosen as his substitution. The post of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was depended upon to fall void this week as tenant Rajiv Mehrishi turns 65. The Comptroller and Auditor General is a secured post and can’t be left unfilled. Rajiv Mehrishi is turning 65 on August 8. That is the explanation the organization is in a race to scan…
India today strongly rejected Pakistan’s criticism of the launch of construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, and asked the neighbouring country to refrain from “communal incitement.” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava also asked Pakistan to desist from interfering in India’s affairs. “We have seen the press statement by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on a matter internal to India. It should desist from interfering in India’s affairs and refrain from communal incitement,” Mr Srivastava said. “While this is not a surprising stance from a nation that practices cross-border terrorism and denies its own minorities their religious rights, such…
A day after the Sushant Singh Rajput death case was officially handed over to the CBI, Rhea Chakraborty’s phone records reveal that she had made 25 calls to the late actor between January 20 and January 24, 2020. Rhea, Sushant Singh Rajput’s former girlfriend, has been the prime accused in the late actor’s death case, ever since Rajput’s father KK Singh filed an FIR in Patna’s Rajiv Nagar Police Station. In the complaint, KK Singh accused Rhea and her family of abetment to suicide, pocketing Rs 15 crore from Rajput’s bank account, and harassment. Rhea Chakraborty’s phone call details, which…
Former hockey player V R Raghunath believes that the present Indian team boasts of a world-class defensive line-up and with quality drag-flickers within the ranks, the side can challenge the world’s best during next year’s Tokyo Olympics. Raghunath, who was a lethal flicker in his playing days, said having four penalty corner specialists within the current set-up augurs well for the eight-time champions within the run up to the Tokyo Olympics, postponed to next year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. “They are very experienced and therefore the current set of defenders have about 50-80 caps together. They know one another…
The Federal Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday opted for a standing quo and left interest rates unchanged, but maintained an accommodative stance, implying more rate cuts in future if the necessity arises to support the economy hit by the COVID-19 crisis The benchmark repurchase (repo) rate has been left unchanged at 4 per cent, Governor Shaktikanta Das said while announcing the choices taken by the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Consequently, the reverse repo rate also will still earn 3.35 per cent for banks for his or her parked deposits kept with the RBI He said the…
The BCCI on Thursday suspended the IPL title sponsorship deal with Chinese mobile phone company Vivo for the event’s upcoming edition amid soaring Sino-India diplomatic tensions. The BCCI sent out a one-line statement without giving any details to say that Vivo will not be associated with the IPL this year. “The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and vivo Mobile India Pvt Ltd have decided to suspend their partnership for Indian Premier League in 2020,” the press release stated. Vivo won the IPL title sponsorship rights for five years from 2018 to 2022 for a reported sum of…
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday advised nations, including those in India’s neighbourhood, to refrain from commenting on its internal matters and asserted that the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was taken in the larger interest to protect the unity, integrity and sovereignty of the country. He also said that India was a parliamentary democracy and the decision to abrogate Article 370 provisions, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was taken after a detailed discussion in Parliament and with the support of a majority of the members. He made these remarks while delivering the…
A BJP leader, who was a sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, was shot dead by terrorists this morning, officials said. Sajad Ahmad Khanday was shot dead near his home in Kulgam’s Qazigund are, about 60 km from Srinagar. He was the BJP’s district vice president for Kulgam. The BJP sarpanch was immediately rushed to a hospital in nearby Anantnag district after the attack where “he was declared brought dead”, officials were quoted as saying by news agency PTI. The attack comes less than 48 hours after another BJP sarpanch – Arif Ahmad – was shot at in the…
TV actor and model Samir Sharma was found dead last night at his Mumbai home, police said. The 44-year-old actor – seen in Balaji Telefilms’ popular TV shows “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” and “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki” – was found hanging in the kitchen of his Malad flat, police said, adding that they suspect he killed himself. His body was found by a security guard who alerted other members of the apartment complex. The actor was living on rent at the Malad home. A case of accidental death has been registered. “We have not found any evidence that…