The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s central Margdarshak Mandal meeting at Uttar Pradesh’ Prayagraj was dominated by the planning for the construction of Ram Temple, discussions over the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and religious conversion. But interestingly, it’s the CAA which took up the most time rather than construction of the Ram Temple, an issue close to the heart of the VHP. A resolution was brought to ‘thank’ the Centre for bringing in the legislation in the first place. Calling it a “fit legislation”, the VHP resolution proposed to help in implementing the legislation. It was brought by Hariharanand Maharaj. It immediately…
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The police detained former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP legislators here on Monday night as they were trying to launch a march to protest against the state government’s decision to develop two more state capitals by shifting some key capital functions from Amaravati. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President and other party legislators tried to undertake a ‘padyatra’ in Amaravati region after 17 TDP MLAs were suspended from the Assembly during heated debate over the Bills to develop three state capitals. After the suspension, TDP MLAs staged a sit-in in the Assembly premises, raising slogans…
In a first, a team of over 50 women bikers, named “Dare Devils”, from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) would be showcasing their skills on the Rajpath on the occasion of 71st Republic Day celebrations. “Pistol position, rifle position, beam roll, ladder climbing, pyramid and all-round defence” are among nine motorcycle-borne stunts to be performed by the women bikers. The women bikers, led by Inspector Sima Nag of Rapid Action Force (RAF) unit, will showcase their skills in the start of the parade with the CRPF marching contingent, which was adjudged the best marching contingent in 2019 and is…
Amid chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed to throw a challenge for J.P. Nadda, the new party president, saying “Amit Bhai Ka karyakal hamesha hamesha yaad rahega (the tenure of Amit Shah will be remembered forever.” Setting the tone for Nadda’s tenure, Modi said, it’s ‘sangharsh’ (fight) and ‘sangathan’ (organisation) that make BJP what it is today. “We’re not here for a short while, we’re here to serve Mother India for a long time,” he said. But the comparison with Shah was unavoidable. “The BJP has expanded in a short time, fulfilling people’s aspirations and transforming…
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard was challenged to a push-up contest. Though she was seen wearing blazer and heels, she won the push-up contest. The incident happened when Gabbard was taking questions from town hall attendees in New Hampshire on Thursday when a man in the crowd asked the Hawaii congresswoman and Iraq War veteran about former Vice President Joe Biden. “Former Vice President Biden has randomly challenged people in the audience to a push-up contest even if they’re in walkers. Do you think you could take him?” a male attendee asked the candidate, according to video of the moment posted on Twitter. Gabbard…
The Railway ministry is now doing its bit to promote the use of Sanskrit in Uttarakhand. Railway officials have decided to replace Urdu language with Sanskrit on all signboards at platforms. The signboards which have names of railway stations written in Hindi, English and Urdu will now be written in Hindi, English and Sanskrit. The decision, according to sources, has been taken as per provisions of the Railway Manual, which says that names of the railway stations should be written in Hindi, English and in the second language of the state. In 2010, the Uttarakhand government had become the first…
Just ahead of Delhi election and as the “ekadashi” sets in, the “world’s largest political party” – BJP will have a new President on Monday by 2.30 p.m., bringing an end of Amit Shah era. Party Working President Jagat Prakash Nadda is all set to win unopposed. The choice of the announcement date on an “ekadashi”, was done keeping in the auspiciousness aspect in mind. The fact that the BJP has stated that the announcement will come by afternoon suggests there won’t be any one apart from JP Nadda, who is backed by Modi-Shah duo, will throw his hat into.…
Indian ODI vice-captain Rohit Sharma was Man of the Match after their third ODI against Australia at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday. Rohit scored 119 off 128 balls as India beat Australia by seven wickets to win the series 2-1. “It was an important game, the decider, and we wanted to come out and enjoy ourselves,” said Rohit in the post-match presentation ceremony. Australia were restricted to 286/9 and India chased the target down with 15 balls to spare. KL Rahul had opened the batting with Rohit with Shikhar Dhawan being injured early in the Australian innings. Rahul…
Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan could be doubtful for India’s upcoming tour of New Zealand after he injured his shoulder early into their third ODI against Australia on Sunday. Dhawan had been taken off the field in the fifth over of the match and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) later said in a statement that he had been taken for an x-ray. Dhawan hurt his left shoulder in the series-deciding tie after he dived to save an Aaron Finch shot in the cover region in the fifth over. Commentators later said during the match, Dhawan could be…
The test fire of 3,500-kilometre range ballistic missile known as K-4 from a nuclear capable submarine was successful, sources in Defence Research and Development Organsiation (DRDO) said on Sunday. The missile developed by DRDO would be equipped on indigenous Indian Navy Ship Arihant, which is nuclear-powered submarine. These missiles, once inducted, will be the mainstay of the Arihant class of indigenous ballistic missile nuclear submarines (SSBN) and will give India the stand off capability to launch nuclear weapons submerged in Indian waters. It is Indian Navy Ship Arihant, the first and only operational SSBN, is armed with K-15 Sagarika missiles…