As the countdown begins for the ‘bhumi pujan’ of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the BJP has found a new poster boy of “Hindutva” in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. With the BJP’s original Hindutva mascot Kalyan Singh slipping into political retirement, Yogi Adityanath has emerged as much younger and stronger Hindu icon. Ever since he assumed the office of Chief Minister in March 2017, Yogi has made it a point to constantly reaffirm his commitment to the Hindu ideology. By declining to address the Muslim community at the Eidgah on Eid-a tradition followed by all Chief Ministers- refusing to lift…
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Accepting that it could not trace Rhea Chakraborty in the Sushant Singh Rajput alleged suicide case so far, the Bihar Police on said that their motive is not to punish any innocent. “If Rhea has not done anything wrong than she should stop playing hide-and-seek with the police and come forward to clarify the things,” the Bihar Police argued. Director General of Bihar Police Gupteshwar Pandey, on Saturday, interacted with media in a systematic manner and offered an explanation of many things related to the case. In the same sequence, Pandey told a TV channel that if Rhea does not…
Coronavirus cases in India touched 17 lakh-mark as the country recorded over 54,700 cases cases in a span of 24 hours. Meanwhile, Delhi now stands at the 12th position among the various states and union territories in the country in terms of active cases of Covid-19, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said. Maharashtra’s Covid-19 tally spiked by 9,601 new cases to 4,31,719 on Saturday while the death of 322 patients, including 45 in Mumbai, took the toll in the state to 15,316, the health department said. Meanwhile in US, Dr Anthony Fauci said he remains confident that a coronavirus vaccine will…
JNU scholar Umar Khalid was questioned by the Delhi Police in connection with its investigation into the Delhi Riots case, Raj Shekhar Jha of Times of India has reported. His mobile phone has been seized. The FIR registered against Umar Khalid in April had said that the Delhi Riots were a pre-planned conspiracy that was hatched by the JNU Scholar and his associates. As part of the conspiracy, Umar Khalid gave provocative speeches at two different locations and appealed to people to take to streets during the visit of US President Donald Trump so that the propaganda that minorities are…
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia wrote to Amit Shah Saturday to ask him to overrule Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal’s decision to reject two measures proposed by the Arvind Kejriwal government as part of the third phase of easing the COVID-19 lockdown. In his letter Mr Sisodia said the Delhi government was preparing to re-send these decisions – the re-opening of hotels and weekly markets (the latter on a week’s trial) – to the Lieutenant Governor’s office on Tuesday and asked Mr Shah to ensure that they were passed this time. “Coronavirus cases are steadily decreasing in Delhi and the…
Britain is considering minting a coin to commemorate Mahatma Gandhi, amid growing interest in recognizing the contributions of people from the Black, Asian and other minority ethnic communities. British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak asked the Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) in a letter to pursue recognition of individuals from those communities, the UK Treasury said in an emailed statement late on Saturday. “RMAC is currently considering a coin to commemorate Gandhi”, the Treasury said. Mahatma Gandhi, who was born in 1869, advocated for non-violence throughout his life and played a key role in India’s struggle for independence. His birthday, October…
The high-level Group of Ministers (GOM) on COVID-19 has agreed to the health ministry’s proposal to allow the export of indigenously made ventilators. The decision was taken as India continues to maintain a progressively declining low rate of fatality among COVID-19 patients, that currently stands at 2.15 per cent, “which means fewer numbers of active cases are on ventilators”, the Union health ministry said in a statement. As on July 31, only 0.22 per cent of the active cases were on ventilators across the country, it stated. The health ministry said that the decision has been communicated to the Director…
https://twitter.com/iamsrk/status/1289482745966546944?s=20 Shah Rukh Khan, who every year, greets his fans from his house Mannat on the occasion of Eid, couldn’t do that this year due to the coronavirus pandemic but he did make up for it by sharing a stunning silhouette of his 7-year-old son AbRam. On Saturday, SRK shared a picture of AbRam along with a festive greeting that read: “Eid Mubarak to everyone. May this day and actually everyday bring peace happiness and health to all your loved ones. Everyone give yourself a self-hug.” Last year, SRK and AbRam were accompanied by a special guest on Eid -…
The Punjab hooch tragedy – during which 86 people lost their lives – is that the consequence of the Congress-led government’s patronage to its leaders, ministers and MLAs for allegedly completing illegal liquor trade, Shiromani Akali Dal’s Sukhbir Singh Badal alleged on Saturday, demanding Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s resignation. The statement came because the death count sharply increased within the day as 48 more people died after drinking toxic liquor. Twenty-five people are arrested thus far while Captain Singh warned of strict action against anyone found involved within the case. Seven excise and 6 police officials are suspended.
Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister today penned down a note, requesting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seem into the investigation into the actor’s death and make sure that everything is “handled during a sanitized way and no evidences are tampered with” within the high-profile case. “Dear Sir, Somehow my heart says that you simply stand with and for the reality . We are from a really simple family. My brother had no Godfather when he was in Bollywood nor can we have anyone immediately . My request to you is to right away check out this case and confirm that everything…