The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings could be performed provided the Odisha government ensured non-arrival of devotees to Puri, said Puri Gajapati Dibya Singha Deb, here on Saturday. The Ratha Yatra could be organised with minimum servitors and without devotees if the Odisha government granted permission for the 9-day sojourn of deities, said the Puri Gajapati after a meeting of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee during the day. As part of Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra, three chariots would be pulled on the Badadanda (grand road) in presence of servitors, officials and policemen. Snana Yatra, scheduled…
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With an avowed objective of further developmental politics and offer a political alternative to the electorate in Bihar, a new party, Rashtriya Jan Jan Party has been formed, Bhumihar-Brahmin Ekta Manch leader Ashutosh Kumar said on Saturday. Kumar told the media here in the presence of other office-bearers of the fledgling party that a rally was held on November 7 last year in Gandhi Maidan in Patna wherein a 5-point demands for the betterment of the forward castes was made and the government given a six-month ultimatum. He said that since no action had been taken on their demands, they…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has congratulated the people of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of completion of the first year of the second term of the Modi government. Shah tweeted: “I heartily congratulate the country’s popular Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the successful one year of Modi 2.0. It has been full of historic achievements.” Shah said the Modi government in its six years has corrected many historical wrongs and laid the foundation of a self-reliant India which is on the path of progress. This 6-year term is an example of parallel coordination, welfare for…
Security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir have found that Mohd Ismail Alvi, a member of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), had plotted the major attack Pulwama that was averted on Wednesday night. The investigators found that Ismail is allegedly a bomb maker and also a relative of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. On Wednesday, night a major attack was averted when the police in Kashmir’s Pulwama intercepted a vehicle moving about with 30 to 40 kg explosives in it. The local police got tipped off last night about a terrorist moving around with an explosives laden car ready to blast at some location. It…
Indian-origin researcher Dipanjan Pan leading a team of US scientists has developed an experimental diagnostic test for COVID-19 that can visually detect the presence of coronavirus in 10 minutes. Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine developed the test that uses a simple assay containing plasmonic gold nanoparticles to detect a colour change when the virus is present. The test does not require the use of any advanced laboratory techniques, such as those commonly used to amplify DNA, for analysis. “Based on our preliminary results, we believe this promising new test may detect RNA material from the virus…
The fifth phase of the nationwide lockdown could see additional relaxations in restrictions with the focus shifting to controlling Covid-19 outbreak in the containment zones. As the countdown to the end of Lockdown 4.0 begins, the Ministry of Home Affairs is working on future modalities. Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday held a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence to work out the final details. The final decision will be taken by the Union Health Ministry and Home Ministry within 48 hours. Home Minister Amit Shah’s meeting with the prime minister comes a day after he talked…
Economic growth fell to 3.1 per cent — a low not seen in more than 17 years — in the fourth quarter of 2019-20, with private investment and manufacturing hit hard even as there was the Covid-19 lockdown for only few days in March. This pulled down gross domestic product (GDP) growth to an 11-year low of 4.2 per cent in 2019-20. This was lower than the government projection of 5 per cent in both first and second advance estimates. Growth had stood at 6.1 per cent in the previous year. Growth in the January-March quarter slumped against the National…
Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who co-owns the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), on Friday, issued a press release extending help to those suffering from the cyclone Amphan. KKR along side Meer Foundation has began to assist the people that are affected thanks to the havoc wreaked by the deadly cyclone in West Bengal . Taking to Twitter, Khan listed down the initiatives taken by the franchise, that includes: – contribution committed to the West Bengal CM”s Relief Fund – KKR Sahayata Vahan to distribute essential ration and hygiene items across severely affected regions. – Provide help…
Former Miss World Manushi Chhillar has been roped in by UNICEF to spread awareness on menstrual hygiene. According to a handout issued by the model’s team, she is going to be promoting the necessity to teach girls about maintaining hygiene, constructing adequate sanitation facilities and providing quick Manushi, who runs her own initiative on menstrual hygiene Project Shakti’ that works across several states in India, said it’s important to boost awareness on the critical issue. Every lass has the proper to accurate information about her body. Without the proper information, girls often do not know the way to safely manage…
There has been no recent contact between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, government sources said on Friday. The clarification came after Trump said in Washington that he spoke to Modi over India’s ongoing border row with China in Eastern Ladakh. On Tuesday, Trump offered to mediate between India and China to resolve the border dispute. “The last conversation between Modi and Trump was on April 4 on the topic of hydroxychloroquine,” a source said. On Thursday, the Ministry of External Affairs made it clear that India is directly in-tuned with the Chinese side through established mechanisms…