All prepaid mobile connections and 2G mobile Internet service in parts were restored on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir, even as the authorities’ bid to provide limited access Internet has hit the ‘whitelist’ wall after poor Internet speed in four districts of Jammu makes sites inaccessible. “Voice and short messaging service (SMS) facility on all local prepaid SIM cards across J&K shall be restored on Saturday. 2G mobile data services on the post-paid mobiles for accessing whitelisted sites shall be allowed in all 10 districts of Jammu division, besides Kupwara and Bandipora districts of the Kashmir Valley,” Principal Secretary, Planning,…
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday advised school children to always tread the right path in life, addressing the Vedanta Bharati Vivekadeepini Mahasamarpane here. “I request the students to not fall on the face-meaning of the Vivekadeepini. They must understand its core values from their teachers and should try and implement it into their lives. I assure them it will ensure that they always tread the right path in life,” said Shah. Shah was addressing thousands of students at Palace Grounds in Bengaluru at the Vedanta Bharati convention, an institution for the study and research of Veda Vedanta, recognised…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with students especially with the specially abled children on January 20 during ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’. The students will get the opportunity to ask questions to the Prime Minister and share their thoughts with him. In a video message, Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ shared this information as he said that ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ programme will be organised at Talkatora Stadium here and special arrangements will be made for specially abled children. According to the minister, the specially abled children have shown keen interest in the programme as they will get the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday at a meeting here said that anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) voices are anti-Dalit. “Seventy per cent of these refugees are Dalits. I want to ask the protesters that are against CAA, what will you benefit from protesting against these Dalits? Anti-CAA is anti-Dalit as well,” said Shah at a Jan Jagran Abhiyan meeting at Nehru Stadium in Hubli, a town 415 km northwest of Bengaluru. Shah claimed 60-70 per cent of the religiously persecuted minorities in the Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh belonged to Dalits, including Matuas, Rajvanshis, Meghwals and others. CAA offers citizenship…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal may have made New Delhi and Education Minister Manish Sisodia, Patparganj the VIP constituencies, but the fight to watch out for in this Assembly elections will be Model Town. Former AAP Minister and Kejriwal critic Kapil Mishra will take on two-time sitting AAP legislator Akhilesh Pati Tripathi. Mishra, who co-founded the Youth for Justice — an action group that led protests across Delhi during the Jessica Lal murder trial and later became part of the AAP, has been nominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Water Resource Minister in the Kejriwal cabinet,…
While hearing a petition filed by the Federation of Sarita Vihar Residents Welfare Association on Friday, a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court, presided by Justice Navin Chawla, has directed the Delhi Police to look into the issue relating to the blockage of Kalindi Kunj Road due to the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) protests at the Shaheen Bagh area here. The plea claimed that there many students who are due to take their board exams and the blockage of the stretch will cause inconvenience to them. The petition filed through advocate Amresh Mathur stated that the Board exams…
In keeping with his penchant for abusive attacks on opponents, BJP West Bengal’s President Dilip Ghosh on Friday described as “creatures”, “devils” and “parasites” the intellectuals who hit the streets protesting against the new citizenship law. “Some creatures called intellectuals have come out on the streets of Kolkata. These parasitic intellectuals, who live and enjoy out of other’s pockets, where were they when our predecessors were tortured in Bangladesh? “These devils live on our food, and oppose us,” said Ghosh, referring to a protest march taken out by theatre personalities through the streets of Kolkata. Stooping further low, he commented…
https://twitter.com/Ar__Aman103/status/1218167876680478720 KL Rahul impressed one and all in the ongoing second One-Day International (ODI) against Australia with his all-round show in Rajkot on Friday. KL Rahul, who came in to bat at number five, scored 80 off 52 deliveries and completed a sharp stumping to get rid of Australia captain Aaron Finch in the 16th over off Ravindra Jadeja. Ravindra Jadeja tossed the ball up and KL Rahul caught Aaron Finch outside the crease and inflicted an impressive stumping to give India a crucial breakthrough. Soon after KL Rahul’s impressive glove work, fans started comparing him with injured wicketkeeper Rishabh…
Addressing a talk in the ongoing Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) on “Patriotism Vs Jingoism, historian Ramachandra Guha expressed how disastrous it could be for Kerala, if Rahul Gandhi was re-elected. A “fifth-generation dynast” Rahul Gandhi has no chance in Indian politics against a “hard-working and self-made” PM Narendra Modi. Congress has become a family firm now. It is sad that it was a great party during the freedom movement, expressed Mr Guha. This is why there has been ascendency of Hindutva and jingoism in India. “I have nothing against Rahul Gandhi personally. He is a decent fellow, very well-mannered. But…
School children from three Delhi schools and a centre in Rajasthan’s Udaipur will take part in the cultural programme during the Republic Day parade in the capital on January 26, the Defence Ministry said on Friday. The Defence Ministry and the Delhi government have selected 636 children (474 girls and 162 boys) from various schools across the capital for the occasion, the statement said. The Delhi students are from the DAV Centenary Public School, Model Town; Bengali Senior Secondary School, Sarojini Nagar, and the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Janakpuri, besides the West Zone Cultural Center in Udaipur, the statement said.…