Thackeray will visit Ayodhya on March 7, where he will offer prayers to Lord Ram to mark the completion of 100 days of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by him. In a tweet, Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that Thackeray will offer prayers to Lord Ram in the afternoon and participate in the ‘maha aarti’ on the banks of river Sarayu in the evening. Raut urged the Shiv sainiks to participate in the “historic event” in large numbers. This will be Thackeray’s first visit to Ayodhya after becoming the state chief minister. He was sworn in as the…
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Tamil superstar Rajinikanth has sought exemption from personal appearance before a commission probing the violence at Tuticorin during the anti-Sterlite protests, in which 13 people were killed in police firing in 2018, saying it may inconvenience the public. However, the 69-year-old actor has expressed his willingness to respond through a written statement to queries by the Commission. The Tamil Nadu government had appointed a Commission of Inquiry headed by retired judge of Madras High Court, Aruna Jagadeesan, to investigate the violence in which 13 people were killed in police firing during the protest against the Sterlite copper smelting plant, on…
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said terrorists and corrupt people have “no right to privacy” and such persons should not be allowed to abuse the system. Speaking at the International Judicial Conference 2020 ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’ at the Supreme Court, the minister said populism should not infringe upon the settled principles of law. Prasad said governance must be left to the elected representatives and delivering judgements should be left to the judges.
Mika Singh’s manager allegedly committed suicide in Andheri in Mumbai after consuming sleeping pills, police said on Friday. Saumya Khan lived in the ground-plus one studio of the singer in Andheri’s Four Bungalows area and her body was handed over to her kin for last rites in Punjab, said Senior Inspector Raghvendra Thakur of Versova police station. “The incident happened on February 2. We have not found any foul play in the case and have registered an accidental death report,” he added.
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered gold deposits to the tune of around 3,000 tonnes in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, almost five times India’s current reserve of the yellow metal, officials said on Friday. The gold deposits were found in Son Pahadi and Hardi areas here, district mining officer K K Rai said. Work on finding gold reserves in Sonbhadra was started almost two decades back in 1992-93 by the Geological Survey of India, he said, adding that auctioning of these blocks through e-tendering would start soon. The deposits in Son Pahadi is estimated to be around…
AIMIM leader’s purported controversial remarks and pro-Pakistan slogans by a woman during anti-CAA events and alleged that the Congress, AIMIM, TRS, TMC and the Left were leading a divisive agenda against India. BJP’s Telangana chief spokesperson K KrishnaSagarRao demanded that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi make its stand clear on pro-Pakistan slogans being raised at an AIMIM meeting. “A woman shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and (AIMIM leader) Waris Pathan’s statements clearly establishes the real agenda behind anti-CAA protests led by these parties. Under the guise of opposing CAA, these opportunists, communal parties are leading a divisive agenda against India,” Rao told…
US President Donald Trump has made yet another tall claim about the size of the crowd that will welcome him in Ahmedabad, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told him that there will 10 million people to greet him on his arrival for his maiden visit to India. President Trump and First Lady Melania are scheduled to travel to Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi on February 24 and 25. Speaking to reporters at the Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday, Trump said that Modi told him that “we’ll have 7 million people between the airport and the event.” “So…
US President Donald Trump’s India visit is likely to turn into a family affair with his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner accompanying him during his visit to India on 24 and 25 February Trump’s wife Melania Trump is also part of the delegation, which includes Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross The US has confirmed that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior advisor, will be part of the US president’s delegation, official sources said. New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner will be part of the high-level delegation accompanying him…
Trump will also encourage a reduction in tensions and bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan while in India. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to raise U.S.’s concerns around the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he visits India next week, as per senior administration officials who had a briefing call with reporters on Friday. Mr. Trump will also encourage a reduction in tensions and bilateral dialogue between India and Pakistan while in India. The comments are significant at a time when there is growing concern in Washington over India’s…
Two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants have been killed in an encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. The encounter took place at night in the Sangam area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir, a police official said. The slain ultras belonged to LeT, the official said, adding that they were being identified. Weapons were recovered from the site of the encounter, he added.