The Supreme Court on Friday restrained various state authorities from taking coercive action against Rohit Ranjan, anchor of a news channel. FIRs have been registered against Ranjan in some states for ‘showing in wrong context’ the video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Anchor Ranjan has filed the petition requesting to bundle all the FIRs together and be protected from coercive action. On this petition, the top court, through the office of the Attorney General, also issued notices to several parties including the Center. FIRs have been registered against Ranjan in some states for showing Gandhi’s video in wrong context. Ranjan apologized after the…
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said that decisions on issues related to Dawood Ibrahim, Mumbai riots etc were not taken due to NCP’s alliance in the Uddhav Thackeray-led government. He has also said that so many MLAs have not taken the decision to form a new government for some small reason. In an exclusive interview to news agency ANI, Shinde said whenever Hindutva issues came before the government, the government could not take a decision. Despite being the Chief Minister of Shiv Sena, the party was not getting any benefit. He said, “We discussed many times with Uddhav Thackeray that we…
The controversy that started after the poster of director Leena Manimekalai’s film showed Goddess Kali smoking a cigarette, which is not taking its name to stop at the moment. Mahua Moitra gave a statement on Tuesday. He said that for him Kali is a meat-eater and a liquor-acceptor. He claimed that whiskey is offered to deities at many places. One can think of our deities in any form. He further said that people should have the freedom to worship their God in their own way. I have no problem with this form of Kali. A case has been registered against director Leena Manimekalai…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that Delhi Shopping Festival will be organized in the city from January 28 to February 26 next year and it will be the biggest such festival in the country. He told that people from the country as well as abroad will participate in it and will enjoy shopping along with knowing about Delhi, its culture, food. Thousands of employment opportunities will be created through this event. Kejriwal said his government is in talks with several hotels and airlines to provide special ‘packages’ to people visiting Delhi during this period. This will be India’s biggest ‘Shopping…
On June 21, three men attacked Umesh Kolhe with a knife, later Umesh died in the hospital. Investigation revealed that this murder was carried out in connection with Nupur Sharma’s post. Umesh Kolhe had shared a post in support of Nupur Sharma on social media. Apart from Irfan, the accused arrested in the Umesh Kolhe murder case have been identified as 22-year-old Mudassir Ahmed, 25-year-old Shahrukh Pathan, 24-year-old Abdul Tawfiq, 22-year-old Shoaib Khan, 22-year-old Atib Rashid and 44-year-old Yusuf Khan. happened. Of these, Yusuf Khan was a friend of Umesh Kolhe for many years. There has been a big disclosure in the Mesh…
Six people were killed and more than 24 injured in a shootout during an Independence Day parade in the outskirts of Chicago yesterday in Illinois, USA. Police officials said the search was on for the attacker, aged between 18 and 20. The parade in Highland Park was halted upon hearing the gunshots. The local police commander said a gun was recovered from the spot. According to the police, the suspected assailant opened fire from the roof of a nearby house. The Sun Times correspondent said she saw some blood-soaked bodies covered in blankets. Several eyewitnesses told the newspaper that they had heard gunshots.
A big controversy has arisen over the poster of the film ‘Kaali’. The poster of the film was released by Indian filmmaker Leena Manimekalai on July 2. The poster of the film shows ‘Maa Kali’ smoking a cigarette. Not only this, in one hand he has a trident and in the other hand the flag of the LGBT community is shown. People are demanding arrest of Leena Manimekalai. Filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, while sharing the poster of her documentary film, told that her film has been launched at the Canadian Film Festival Rhythms of Canada. After the poster surfaced, people have completely denied it. The people…
The recently formed BJP-Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra has won the trust vote in the assembly. The ruling party got 164 votes, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance got 99 votes. Rebel Shiv Sena MLA Santosh Bangar, who had joined the Shinde faction yesterday, voted in favor of the government. Two Samajwadi Party MLAs and one AIMIM MLA did not take part in the voting. Senior Congress MLAs Ashok Chavan, Vijay Veddetiwar and 18 others, including Nationalist Congress Party legislators, did not reach the House till the last bell for division of votes.
The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two more persons allegedly involved in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. Along with this, the police have so far arrested five people in the case. Both Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldie Brar are wanted criminals of the gang. A senior police officer said that Bhiwani, a resident of Haryana, looks after the work of Lawrence Bishnoi gang in Rajasthan. He is also wanted in another case in Churu, Rajasthan. At the same time, Ankit is a resident of Sirsa village in Haryana. There are two cases registered against him in Rajasthan on charges of attempt to…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who faced trolling (ridiculousness on the internet) for his emotional statement ‘I will come back’ ahead of the 2019 assembly elections, said on Monday that he would stop such “trollers”. Forgive me and take my revenge. Ahead of the 2019 assembly elections in the state, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Fadnavis had said, “Me punha yein” (I will be back), with many ‘memes’ (sarcastic comments) doing the rounds on social media. Shinde was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on June 30 and Fadnavis as the Deputy Chief Minister. On Monday, Fadnavis…