A woman BJP leader here was allegedly gunned down by her husband, who suspected her of having an affair, police said on Sunday. The accused is on the run. The incident occurred in a society in Sector 93 here on Saturday night. According to Sector 10 police station SHO Sanjay Kumar, Sunil Godhara suspected his wife Munesh of having an affair with a person in Kadarpur village and shot her twice in her chest while she was on a video call with her sister. She died on the spot. “Munesh married Sunil in 2001 and she joined the BJP’s women…
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The Hunar Haat, a marketplace to empower master artisans and craftspersons, has generated employment for nearly 3,00,000 people, said Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Union Minister for Minority Affairs, in Indore on Sunday. Speaking at the inauguration of a Hunar Haat, Naqvi said, “Their success can be gauged from the fact that about 3,00,000 jobs for master artisans, craftspersons and culinary experts have been created in just 3 years.” It had proved to be a “mega mission” of economic empowerment of master artisans and craftspersons, he added. According to a Ministry statement, in the next 5 years around 100 Hunar Haats will…
Union Minister Rattan Lal Kataria inaugurated a skill development centre at the Kashmiri Pandit Migrant Colony in the Jagti area, here on Sunday. Opened under the Athroot initiative, a project by Sewa Bharti Jammu, a non-government organisation, for uplift of women Kashmiri migrants residing in different migrant camps in and around Jammu. The initiative is aimed to impart training and create self-help groups to empower women and girls to earn a livelihood and shape a better future. The women are provided vocational training in various skills, like embroidery, stitching, spice grinding, pickle making, soap making, classical music and computer courses.…
The dossier citing grounds for slapping the Public Safety Act (PSA) on former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti says she is known as hard-headed scheming person and for actions, like glorifying militants in her speeches and creating fears among the majority population, based on cheap politics. The dossier, accessed by IANS, says the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) symbol was taken from the election symbol of the Muslim United Front. “The green colour of the party’s flag reflects the radical origin,” it reads. It states Mehbooba Mufti’s mindset can be figured out from her tweets. “That the abrogation of Article 370 has…
In order to focus on India becoming net exporter of defence hardware in the future, Indian public and private sector companies on Friday signed more than 200 partnerships or launched defence products with foreign military hardware manufacturers on the third day of the ongoing Defence Expo (DefExpo) 2020 in Lucknow. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh termed it as a step towards achieving $5 billion defence export target. These pacts involved signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), Transfer of Technology (ToTs) and product launches at a ceremony tilted ‘Bandhan’, making it the most successful such event to be held in India. Aimed…
BJP MLA Vikram Saini has offered to re-settle 25 Pakistani Hindu refugee families in Kawal village in Muzaffarnagar district to counter the anti-CAA propaganda. The Kawal village was the focal point of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots. The BJP MLA has said he would facilitate the settlement of 25 Pakistani Hindu refugees in Kawal village in Muzaffarnagar and has already given financial aid to five of them. Five of the refugees, who had come to India after allegedly facing religious persecution in Pakistan, met the Khatauli BJP MLA Vikram Saini here on Saturday. Saini told reporters that he gave five of…
In a major judgement, the Supreme Court has said that there is “no fundamental right which inheres in an individual to claim reservation in promotions”, and also no court can order a state government to provide for reservation to SC/STs. A bench comprising Justices L. Nageswara Rao and Hemant Gupta said, “In view of the law laid down by this Court, there is no doubt that the State Government is not bound to make reservations. There is no fundamental right which inheres in an individual to claim reservation in promotions. No mandamus can be issued by the Court directing the…
Prime minister Narendra Modi along with other leaders across the nation on Sunday paid tribute to Sant Ravidas on his birth anniversary. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi wrote “Humble tribute to the great saint Guru Ravidas Ji on his birth anniversary. To bring a positive change in society, he emphasised the spirit of harmony and brotherhood, which is equally relevant today. His education based on justice, equality and service will continue to inspire people in every era.” Remembering the values taught by Ravidas ji, Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot tweeted “My humble tributes on the birth anniversary of Sant Ravidas…
The death toll due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in China has increased to 811, authorities said on Sunday, while the number of confirmed cases has crossed 37,000. Chinese health authorities said it received reports of 2,656 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 89 deaths on Saturday from 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Xinhua reported. Among the deaths, 81 were in Hubei Province, two in Henan as well as one in Hebei, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Shandong, Hunan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region respectively, according to China’s National Health Commission. Another 3,916 new suspected cases…
The UP Power Corporation has now decided to use loudspeakers installed in mosques to make announcements for the state government’s new scheme which allows farmers to pay their tube well bill in easy instalments. The scheme called ‘UP Kisan Asaan Kisht Yojana’ is aimed at enabling tube well owners to pay their bills in easy instalments without interest. The power corporation wants maximum number of farmers to register for the scheme. According to Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam Limited (PVVNL) officials, announcements will be made in all 14 districts under its jurisdiction. The 14 districts of west UP that fall under…