With the 100 per cent implementation of digital/online Haj process in India, the Indian Muslims’ dream of ‘Ease of Doing Haj’ has been fulfilled, said Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi here on Monday. In tune with the reforms taken by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi not only has the entire Haj pilgrimage process become digital and transparent but also more affordable, he said at a programme of ‘training the trainers’ for Haj 2020 at the Haj House. “Making the Haj process digital/online has removed middlemen that the pilgrimage has become more affordable in comparison to…
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The four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case will now be hanged on March 3 at 6 a.m., a local court announced here on Monday. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmendra Rana pronounced the order on a petition seeking issuance of fresh date for the execution of death warrants in the case pertaining to the gang-rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in the national capital in December 2012. Expressing satisfaction over the latest court order, Nirbhaya’s mother said, “I’m satisfied and happy. I hope the convicts will finally be hanged on March 3,” Asha Devi told mediapersons. The…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday targeted the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand over the brutal killing of seven tribal people in West Singhbhum district in January. “Seven tribal people were killed in the most brutal way in Jharkhand. I have never heard of such killings in my life. They were abducted and later beheaded. A team of BJP MPs had gone to the spot and the photographs which I saw were disturbing. No action has been taken so far. “BJP will not sit quietly if law and order continues to deteriorate. BJP will fight both inside the Assembly…
Bangladesh has announced that it may drop its previous plans to move 100,000 Rohingya refugees to a remote island located in the Bay of Bengal. “Our main target is to repatriate Rohingya to their original homeland, Myanmar’s Rakhine state,” Foreign Minister Abul Kalam Abdul Momen on Sunday told reporters in the capital Dhaka following a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Li Jiming, Yeni Safak newspaper reported. Lauding recent development projects on the islet of Bhasan Char and plans to turn it into a business hub and “new Bangladesh” Momen said Bangladeshi citizens left homeless due to river erosion…
on India on Monday issued a strong demarche to Turkey over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s comments expressing concern over the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir and comparing the struggle of the people with that of the fight by the Turkish during the World War I. In a strongly worded statement, the foreign ministry said Mr Erdogan’s remarks reflected neither an understanding of history nor of the conduct of diplomacy and that they will have strong implications on India’s ties with Turkey. Foreign ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India rejected the repeated attempts by Turkey to justify the cross-border terrorism…
The dry and polluted river Yamuna at the rear of the Taj Mahal is the biggest concern for the Uttar Pradesh administration engaged in organising a grand welcome to US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania and delegation members who will arrive at the Kheria airport on February 24. When Donald Trump visits the Taj Mahal, what would be the first likely question that he could ask — “Is the Taj yellowing due to pollution? Is this a river or a sewage drain?” The senior officials are preparing to answer these questions to present a positive profile of the state…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) with the presence of over 2,500 delegates from 111 countries in this Gujarat city. Modi opened it through video conference, the first time the head of government hosting the CMS conference has opened a CMS COP, marking the importance of migratory species in India. The conference kicks off ‘the super year’ for nature, which will include a UN Summit in September and culminate in the UN Biodiversity Conference at the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of various states greeted Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao on his 66th birthday on Monday. “Greetings to Telangana CM KCR Garu on his birthday. Praying for his long and healthy life,” tweeted Modi. KCR, as Rao is popularly known, also received birthday greetings from his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma. Reddy prayed that God continues to shower his blessings on KCR and wished him a long and healthy life so that he can continue serving the people. “May God bless you with his choicest…
Babulal Marandi, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand and president of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik), is set to join and merge his party with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), here on Monday. BJP chief J.P. Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah and many other senior BJP leaders are expected to attend the ceremony. “A large number of the JVM-P workers will attend the event at the Prabhat Tara ground,” Marandi said. The BJP is making all out efforts to make the merger and Marandi’s re-joining a grand event. The first BJP Chief Minister of Jharkhand was being wooed as part of…
“To cast aspersions on women based on gender is in fact an affront to the entire Army where men and women serve as equal soldiers,” said the court in a significant judgement on Monday. The top court ruled that women officers should get permanent commission (PC) in the Army and emphasized on the necessity to change the mindset to “put to end gender discrimination” in armed force. The apex court granted three months time to Centre to implement this order. A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that there is no ground to deny women officers PC even if…