Mediaperson Samina Shaikh stooped to prove her point by hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus by her twitter post that caused a rage today. She used the sensitive tragic incident where a pregnant elephant died after food laden with firecrackers burst in her mouth to shame Hindus by suggesting that those who worship Lord Ganesha also killed the elephant. In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha has the head of an elephant and elephants are also considered holy. https://twitter.com/sanu__1/status/1268517386929369088?s=20https://twitter.com/royalmachinist/status/1268505443858632705?s=20 https://twitter.com/royalmachinist/status/1268505443858632705?s=20 While this sheer heinous act of animal cruelty has attracted condemnation from all quarters. Working in Times of India, mediaperson Samina Shaikh, was…
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India and Australia signed a landmark agreement for reciprocal access to military bases for logistics support besides firming up six more pacts to further broaden ties after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison held an online summit. The Mutual Logistics Support Agreement (MLSA) will allow militaries of the two countries to use each other’s bases for repair and replenishment of supplies besides facilitating scaling up of overall defence cooperation. India has already signed similar agreements with the US, France and Singapore. The other pacts will provide for bilateral cooperation in areas of cyber and cyber-enabled critical…
According to Central intelligence agencies, it is Pak-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed that had planned three vehicle-borne bomb blasts in the Kashmir Valley. Out of three, one attack was attempted but foiled because of alert security forces. The agencies also said that the failed car bomb blast in Pulwama on May 28 was one attack out of the three planned by the terror group. Security forces were alerted that a group of JeM terrorists is likely to carry out “Vehicle-based IED attack on security force installations at Nowgam, Srinagar and Kulgam”. Agencies further alerted security establishments that a group of unidentified…
After the death of the elephant became the talk of the nation, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reacted seeing Twitterati and the nation demanding justice for the behemoth. He said that justice would prevail and the culprits will be arrested soon. In a tragic incident in Palakkad district, a pregnant elephant has lost its life. Many of you have reached out to us. We want to assure you that your concerns will not go in vain. Justice will prevail,” Vijayan said in a tweet. The Kerala chief minister assured the people demanding justice that the investigation is underway and the…
A knife-wielding attacker wounded 37 students and two adults at a primary school in southern China on Thursday, officials said, with local media identifying a security guard as the perpetrator. All the victims, including teaching staff, were sent to hospital but were not in a life-threatening condition, authorities in Cangwu County, Guangxi region, said. The incident at the Wangfu Central Primary School happened at 8:30 am when children would normally arrive for class. The attacker, reportedly aged around 50, was “under control”, the government said. “37 students suffered mild injuries and two adults suffered more severe injuries. All of them…
After painstaking investigations in the Indian business tycoon Vijay Mallya’s case by enforcement department and CBI, top sources confirm his extradition to India soon. The major turn of events took place as the tycoon lost his case in the top court in the UK. A top Enforcement Department source related to the development, “We will soon bring back Mallya to India anytime in the coming days.” However, he remained tight-lipped on the date of the extradition. He said, “As he has lost his appeal in the UK Supreme Court there, we have completed all the legal process for his extradition.”…
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has sought a report on the death of an elephant as it got injured after it was forced to eat explosive laden pineapple. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said, “Environment Ministry has taken a serious note of the death of an elephant in Kerala. Has sought complete report on the incident. Stern action will be taken against the culprit(s),” The incident is of Mallapuran when a pregnant elephant had entered into a village in search of food. But the villagers fed a pineapple stuffed with crackers to the 15-year-old elephant. As the crackers exploded, the elephant…
The United States on Tuesday ordered the suspension of all flights by Chinese airlines into and out of the country after Beijing failed to allow American carriers to resume services to China. “US carriers have asked to resume passenger service, beginning June 1st. The Chinese government’s failure to approve their requests is a violation of our Air Transport Agreement,” the US Transportation Department (DoT) said in a statement. The suspension order takes effect June 16, but could be implemented sooner if President Donald Trump orders it, the statement said. US air carriers sharply reduced or suspended service to China amid…
Actor Abhay Deol on Wednesday called out “woke” Indian celebrities who have expressed their stand against racism in America over the killing of George Floyd, while remaining silent about the “systemic problems” in their own country. There are widespread protests within the US over the death of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was pinned to the bottom in Minneapolis last week by a white policeman who kneeled on his neck as he gasped for breath. Many from the industry, including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Disha Patani, Karan Johar, Tiger Shroff, Priyanka Chopra, condemned the death using the hashtag Black Lives…
India’s Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, following which the defence ministry administered a huge contact-tracing exercise, official sources said. Kumar’s condition is stable and he’s currently under home-quarantine, they said. At least 35 officials performing at the ministry’s headquarters in South Block within the Raisina Hills are sent on home quarantine after reports of Kumar testing positive for the infection emerged on Wednesday morning. There was no official discuss Kumar’s health condition. The defence ministry spokesperson refused to discuss the difficulty. It is learnt that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh didn’t attend office as a part…