Actress Manisha Koirala’s twitter post supporting Nepal’s new map occupying Indian territory has not been well received by twitteratti. Koirala has come out in the support of the Nepal government on its stand in which it claimed three Indian territories — Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura, as its own. Koirala, a Nepalese-origin Bollywood actress, replied to a Twitter post of Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali where he announced Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura in the new political map of Nepal. The actress hoped for a peaceful and respectful dialogue between all three great nations, referring to India, Nepal and China in her Twitter…
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Former India opener Gautam Gambhir has chosen legendary Sachin Tendulkar over current skipper Virat Kohli as a better batsman in the ODI format, considering the changed rules of the game and the Mumbaikar’s longevity of career. Tendulkar, who retired in 2013, played 463 ODIs and amassed 18, 426 runs with 49 hundreds at an average of 44.83. Kohli, on the other hand, has played 248 ODIs and scored 11, 867 runs with 43 tons at an average of 59.33. “Sachin Tendulkar, because probably with one white ball and four fielders inside the circle, not five fielders outside, it will be…
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. He backed away from that threat but stuck with his unsupported claim that widespread voting by mail promotes a lot of illegality. The president targeted Michigan with an inaccurate tweet on its voting plans and also went after Nevada in the latest and the most confused episode in his campaign against mail-in voting. As states have shifted to remote voting, following health officials recommendations on safety, Trump has denigrated…
The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to transfer to CBI the criminal cases lodged against Republic TV Editor in-Chief Arnab Goswami for alleged defamatory news show telecast on April 21 in connection with the Palghar mob-lynching case. Observing that Journalistic freedom lies at the core of freedom of speech and expression, the top court quashed all other FIRs except the initial one, which was registered at Nagpur and subsequently transferred to Mumbai for joint investigation with the complaint of the journalist regarding the alleged assault on him. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah Goswami asked Goswami…
Eight prominent Ganesh Mandals in Pune announced on Thursday that the Ganesh festival this year will be celebrated in a “simple and traditional manner” to avoid crowding in view of the coronavirus threat. Office-bearers of five `Manache’ (revered) Ganpati’ — Kasba Ganpati, Tambadi Jogehwari, Guruji Talim, Tulshibaug and Kesari Wada — and the trustees of Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Ganpati, Bhau Rangari and Akhil Mandai Ganesh Mandals appealed all the mandals (groups) to keep the celebrations simple. The Ganesh festival in Pune, which has a tradition going back more than a hundred years, attracts huge crowds. The final-day immersion procession often…
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday expressed anguish at the loss of lives due to cyclone Amphan and appreciated the administrative machinery of West Bengal and Odisha for ensuring timely evacuation of people. The extremely severe cyclone ‘Amphan’ has left at least 12 people dead and ravaged Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal. “Deeply anguished by the loss of lives and devastation caused to crops and public & private properties by Amphan cyclone in West Bengal and Odisha,” the Vice President’s Secretariat tweeted quoting Naidu. Naidu appreciated state administrations for timely evacuation of lakhs of people to safer…
With the recent fraudulent methods of Congress coming to the forefront through the buses that have arranged for the migrants, UP government has exposed the party’s fake relief work for the stranded labourers. To add injury to insult, rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh has caused further embarrassment to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh with a series of tweets slamming the party on the controversy over buses. Singh, who has been working against the party line for almost six months now, has termed the bus issue as a ”crude joke”. “If buses were available, why were they not deployed in Punjab,…
72 people have died due to Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday, the day after the powerful cyclone destroyed thousands of homes, uprooting trees, electric poles and flooding low lying areas, leaving authorities struggling to mount relief efforts amid the corona crisis. “There are casualties. I announce a compensation of Rs 2.5 Lakh to the families of these who died in Cyclone Amphan,” the chief Minister also mentioned at Nabanna, the state’s secretariat. Ms Banerjee said, she had never seen such a disaster before and can ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come and see…
Six hours of cyclone Amphan claims 70 lives in Bengal Kolkata airport flooded and many structure were in knee-deep water Six hours of Cyclone Amphan’s wrecking winds left Kolkata airport flooded and lots of structures within damaged. Seventy-two people died in Bengal as winds at 120 km/hour and heavy rain left a trail of devastation. Visuals from the Kolkata airport showed a flooded tarmac, runways and hangars. In one area, the roof appeared to have caved in. An aircraft was seen in knee-deep water. Two hangars are damaged beyond repair, but they were unused, consistent with officials. All operations at the…
As cyclone Amphan intensified with a speed of up to 190 kmph on Wednesday, it devasted the Odisha and West Bengal coastal areas with heavy rains and destruction around the farmland, and leaving at least 10 people dead. While a man and a woman were reported killed when trees came crashing down on them in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a 13-year-old girl died in a similar incident in adjoining Howrah. At least two people, including an infant, lost their lives as Cyclone Amphan ravaged through coastal Odisha. Inspite of the government making elaborate arrangements to evacuate people…