Diyas are lit, paths are decked with garlands and roads are decorated with rangolis. Ayodhya is ready for Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan. The grand celebrations for the groundbreaking ceremony will be kicked off at 8 am. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will perform bhoomi pujan at the auspicious time between 12:30 and 12:40 pm. While Ayodhya will host PM Modi along with several dignitaries and 135 saints from across the nation, the rest of the country will mark the day with Diwali-like festivities. The Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh workers have announced that they will light up their…
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After Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Pradhan has been admitted to the Medanta Hospital in Haryana’s Gurugram (earlier Gurgaon) where he is being treated for the infection. More details are awaited as this is a developing story.
The blast reportedly took place at a house in Jalalnagar village in Birbhum district. Crude bombs had been stored in the house, police said. Locals claimed that the house where the blast took place belongs to a TMC worker, identified as Sheikh Shaukat. They added that the TMC worker does not stay in the house. Speaking to India Today, TMC’s Shaukat said, “I have not been staying in this house for a long time now. I have no knowledge or idea as to who kept these crude bombs and when.” No one has been injured in the incident. Police said…
Video conferencing company Zoom is suspending direct sales in mainland China. Zoom will function its video conferencing technology through its partners — Bizconf Communications, Suirui Zhumu Video Conference, and Systec Umeet. The change will come into effect from August 23, 2020, CNBC noted. Although Zoom did not cite a reason for halting direct sales in mainland China, the move comes after the company faces scrutiny over ties with the country. “Dear Customers, thank you for choosing our services. We wish to inform you that we will be selling services in Mainland China only through our partners. If you have a…
Late Sushant Singh Rajput and his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty went on a Europe trip in the beginning of October 2019. The couple returned to India by the end of the same month, around Diwali. Sushant was found dead in his Bandra apartment in Mumbai on June 14, 2020. The actor’s death probe has taken many twists ever since his father registered a complaint against Rhea Chakraborty in the Patna police station. The one event that has emerged in most of the interviews in the case is this October 2019 Europe trip that Sushant and Rhea went together on. WHAT WE…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar recommended a CBI investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput on Tuesday, shortly after the actor’s father pressed for it in a phone call. “Since the family has given its consent, we are recommending a CBI probe on the FIR which was lodged in Bihar,” Nitish Kumar told NDTV. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had earlier ruled out a CBI investigation alongside the Mumbai police probe into the actor’s death on June 14. Here are the top updates on Sushant Singh Rajput case: The actor’s father KK Singh was the latest to voice the…
Coronavirus cases in India have now crossed the 18.55-lakh mark while death toll has neared the 39,000-mark. After Home Minister Amit Shah, Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa, now Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and CPIM leader Mohammed Salim have also tested positive for coronavirus. As coronavirus cases rise, Bengal has again changed the dates of complete lockdown in August and is facing the public ire over the repeated changes. Across the world, coronavirus cases have gone past 1.8 crore and over 6.91 lakh people have died so far. A WHO team that was visiting China to investigate the origins of Covid-19, has…
For Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, unfortunately, this year is not the same. His sister Sushma Swaraj can no more tie Rakhi on his wrist and pray for his long life and protection from the evil forces. https://twitter.com/VPSecretariat/status/1290196133935972355?s=20 The Vice President took to Twitter on Monday and shared a picture from yesteryear in which late Sushma Swaraj can be seen tying Rakhi on his wrist, after having donned the lateral part of her Saree on her head. “Sister Sushma Ji, today on Rakshabandhan I missed you big time,” he wrote while sharing the picture. “No one can ever…
Even as the situation in Delhi limps back to normalcy, the shattering anti-Hindu massacre engineered by fanatic Muslim mobs has left deep scars on the psyche of Hindu victims. Delhi riots has laid bare the horrors of the atrocity meted out on Hindus from December 2019, which finally culminated into the gruesome riots in Delhi in February this year. The Hindu families, in the riot-hit areas, are now being forced to abandon homes and sell properties due to the constant fear of reprisal from one particular community. OpIndia ground report reveals how almost 150-200 Hindu families concentrated in three lanes…
priest in Karnataka, who claimed to have fixed the muhurat (auspicious time) for Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan in UP’s Ayodhya, has allegedly received death threats. NR Vijayeendra Sharma, Kulpati of Vidya Vihar Vidyalaya in Belgavi, is said to be receiving phone calls from various parts of the county asking him to withdraw the date or face consequences. NR Vijayeendra Sharma said that the callers would ask him why he gave the date for muhurat and why did he get involved in the ceremony? “They (organisers) requested and I have obliged. As a Guru, I have done my duty. They (the…