In a grim reminder of the Palghar mob lynching incident, two sadhus (priests) were killed at Anupshahar area of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh on Monday night. Police have arrested a man in connection with the killings. The accused killed the two sadhus following an altercation over stealing their ‘chimta’ (tongs) a few days back, police said. The incident came to light after mutilated bodies of 55-year-old Sadhu Jagandas and 35-year-old Sadhu Sevadas, who lived in a temple at Pagona village in Anupshahar were discovered by villagers on Tuesday morning when they arrived at the temple to pay obeisance. Several villagers…
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Actor Vidya Balan on Sunday said she was elated that her efforts to raise 1,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits exceeded expectations, as over 2,500 kits were arranged to help healthcare workers in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The actor on Saturday pledged to donate 1,000 PPE kits and announced that she is also collaborating with celebrity shout-out platform Tring to raise money for additional 1,000 units. In a video uploaded on Instagram, Vidya said, “I’ve woken up to good news this morning. We reached 2,500+ PPE kits and raised over 16 lakh in just a few hours. A…
Oscar-winner Brad Pitt portrayed White House infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci in the latest ‘At Home’ version of Saturday Night Live and tried to set the record straight regarding President Donald Trump’s remarks on the coronavirus outbreak. The NBC late-night comedy sketch show was back with cast members collaborating from home amid the Covid-19 pandemic. After playing weatherman on John Krasinski’s new YouTube show Some Good News, Pitt turned into Fauci and tried to clarify some of President Donald Trump’s comments during the daily White House coronavirus task force briefings. “Yes, the president has taken some liberties with our…
Republic TV’s Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami, was interrogated by the Mumbai Police since 9 a.m. and the interrogation continued for over 12 hours, here on Monday. In a statement, the channel said that “he is cooperating with the investigators.” The network also expressed its “deep disappointment” that despite Goswami’s requests, two Congressmen — who allegedly attacked him and his wife Samyabrata Ray, an Editor with Republic TV — were released on a bail of Rs 15,000 by a Mumbai court. It termed the attack on Goswami as “a pre-planned Congress conspiracy” and alleged that “the police have flatly refused to register…
India for the first time emerged among the top three countries in the world in terms of military expenditure. Global military expenditure at 3.6 per cent saw its largest annual spike in a decade in 2019 with China and India being the second- and third-largest spenders after the US, a Stockholm-based think-tank said on Monday, the first time the two Asian giants were among the top three countries spending more on armaments. The total global military expenditure rose to USD 1,917 billion in 2019, representing an annual growth of 3.6 per cent compared to 2018, according to a new report…
Shocked over the brutal display of raw power by the men in khaki (uniform), Karnataka ordered an inquiry into the alleged thrashing and chaining of a CRPF elite commando by the local police for reportedly not wearing a mask amid the lockdown in the state’s northwest region last week, an official said on Monday. “State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai ordered an inquiry into the incident as sought by CRPF Additional Director General of Police, Sanjay Arora, and book the constables who arrested, bashed and chained its CoBRA unit cadet Sachin Savant at Sadalga in Chikkodi taluk in Belagavi district,” the…
The Kerala BJP on Monday criticised Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for not participating in the video conference called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the situation arising due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country. BJP state chief K Surendran said while the whole country was fighting the pandemic together, it was “inappropriate” on part of the Kerala chief minister to miss the meeting. “Kerala chief minister said he had attended the last meeting and hence he did not attend today’s meeting. However, most of the chief ministers, who attended the last meeting, had attended Monday’s meeting. While the…
Green Book 2020 reveals that shaken by the two significant actions of the Modi government last year — the air strike on terror camps in Balakot and the nullification of special status of Jammu & Kashmira — the Pakistan Army has recalibrated its proxy war tactics against India. Pakistan Army has decided to go big on psychological warfare, revive home-grown native terrorism in Kashmir against India and use Indian authors like Arundhati Roy’s criticism of India as propaganda material to Islamabad’s advantage. All this and more was revealed in the latest edition of the Green Book 2020 published by the…
The president of Jamia Millia Islamia Alumni Association has been arrested under the stringent UAPA in connection with the riots in northeast Delhi in February, officials said on Monday. Shifa-Ur-Rehman, also a member of Jamia Coordination Committee, was booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for alleged involvement in the riots and was subsequently arrested by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Sunday, they said. “We had technical evidence against him which suggests that he incited mobs during the riots. He was also seen in the CCTV footage which was collected from the riot-affected areas. We have…
The Supreme Court heard 593 matters via video-conferencing and delivered judgement in 215 of them in a month during the unprecedented nationwide lockdown. As COVID-19 infections spread in the country, the Supreme Court shut its doors to litigants and lawyers on March 23, two days before the lockdown came into force, but opened up to a virtual new way of functioning, albeit with a reduced strength. In normal times, the apex court dispose of nearly 3,500 cases on an average a month. Two-three benches have been taking up “urgent” matters in virtual courtrooms daily during the lockdown period as compared…