Hundreds of people carrying the national flag gathered outside the Red Fort on Tuesday to participate in the ‘Tiranga Yatra’. The yatra will pass through eight places where Mahatma Gandhi visited during the freedom struggle. Union Minister Jitendra Singh, MP Prakash Javadekar and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Goel flagged off the visit. Goel said the eight places through which the yatra will pass include Katra Khushal Rai, Marwari Public Library, Gandhi Maidan, Sangam Theater and Gurdwara Sheeshganj Sahib, where Mahatma Gandhi had visited and held meetings there during the freedom movement. Tight security arrangements have been made in Chandni…
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Terming India’s collectivity as the strength of the country, Nitish Kumar left the BJP and took oath yesterday, saying the country would be weakened if people were divided on the basis of caste and religion. On August 9, 1925, in the program organized on the 96th anniversary of ‘Train Action’ in Kakori area of Lucknow, the Chief Minister said, “India’s strength is its collectivity. When the population of 135 crores speaks together, then India is seen representing and guiding the world not only as the largest democracy but also as the mother of democracy. He said, “When we are divided on…
Three women were killed and four were injured in a stampede at Khatu Shyam Temple this morning. Police said that a large number of devotees gathered outside the temple on Ekadashi today. When the doors of the temple opened, suddenly there was a stampede among the people to go inside. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the stampede at Khatu Shyamji temple complex in Sikar, Rajasthan. He wished the injured a speedy recovery. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has expressed grief over the incident. He wished the injured a speedy recovery. Devotees tried to enter the temple together. During…
A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court in Maharashtra has sent Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to judicial custody for 14 days. He was produced in the court today by the ED in connection with the Patra Chawl case in Goregaon, Mumbai. He was in the custody of the Directorate since his arrest on July 31. The Enforcement Directorate did not seek extension of his custody, so the court sent him to judicial custody. Patra Chawl is a residential building located in the Goregaon West area of Mumbai. There are a total of 682 houses in this building. A redevelopment agreement was signed…
An ‘illegal’ construction built by Shrikant Tyagi, accused of abusing a woman, outside his residence in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida, was demolished. Tyagi is still absconding. At around 9 am on Monday, the Noida Authority’s enforcement squad demolished the illegal construction outside the ground floor apartment of Shrikant Tyagi by reaching the Omaxe Grand Society located in Sector 93B of the city. He told that the complaint was made to the Noida Authority, after which this action has been taken. A case has been registered against Tyagi, who claims to be a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for indecently assaulting a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of various parties in the Rajya Sabha on Monday lauded M Venkaiah Naidu’s tenure as Chairman, saying he tried to take all parties along and did everything possible to maintain the dignity of the Upper House. Did it Naidu was given a farewell on Monday on the completion of his tenure as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Giving them a farewell, the Prime Minister said that he is such a Vice President of the country, who in all his roles always worked for the youth and always encouraged and encouraged young MPs in the…
Bajrang Punia, Deepak Punia and Sakshi Malik won gold medals for India on the 8th day of Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. In men’s freestyle wrestling, Bajrang Punia won the gold medal by defeating Lachlan McNeil of Canada 9-2 in the 65kg category, while Deepak Punia defeated Muhammad Inam of Pakistan 3-0 in the 86kg category to claim the gold medal. Mohit Grewal won the bronze medal in the 125 kg freestyle wrestling by defeating Aaron Johnson of Jamaica. In the women’s freestyle category, Sakshi Malik won the gold medal by defeating Godinez Gonzalez of Canada in the 62kg category. Anshu Malik had to…
The US Senate has confirmed the appointment of Indian-American lawyer Rupali H Desai to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. With this, she has become the first judge of South Asian origin to be appointed as a judge in this powerful court. 67 lawmakers from both the US parties – the Democratic Party and the Republican Party – voted in favor of Desai on Thursday, while 29 members voted against him. Ninth Circuit is headquartered in San Francisco, California. It is the largest of the 13 appellate courts in the country. Desai is a partner at Copsmith Brokelmann, where she…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, several Union ministers and MPs from various parties voted on Saturday to choose the next Vice President of India. After that the counting of votes will be done. Prime Minister Modi was among the first MPs to cast their vote. Sharing a picture of voting, he tweeted, “Voted in the 2022 Vice Presidential election.” Home Minister Amit Shah, sharing his picture after voting, tweeted, “Voted in the election for the post of Vice President of the country in Parliament today.” Former Prime Minister Manmohan…
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday said the country’s economy continues to be a ‘symbol’ of stability in the world, despite two unforeseen events and several setbacks with serious far-reaching implications. “Despite wide-ranging volatility and uncertainty, the Indian economy today is a ‘symbol’ of macroeconomic and financial stability in the world,” Das said at a press conference after the announcement of the monetary policy review. In recent times, the coronavirus pandemic and the Russo-Ukraine war have affected the global economy in a big way. At the same time, the committee has also decided to focus on the withdrawal of the accommodative policy…