It is not Mathura or Kashi that is on the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) agenda. It is now population control that the RSS will push for. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat who is presently on a four-day visit to Moradabad, has said at a meeting that a law for two children should be brought in to ensure proper development of the country. Addressing the meeting at the Moradabad Institute of Technology (MIT) on Friday, Bhagwat said that RSS will support any law that calls for two children only. “We feel this is the need of the hour though it is up…
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President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday rejected the mercy petition of 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder case convict Mukesh Singh, officials said. President’s decision came a day after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday night sent Mukesh’s mercy petition to him recommending its rejection, hours after the plea was received from Delhi Lt Governor Anil Baijal’s office for review. The MHA got the petition after the Delhi government on Thursday rejected Mukesh’s mercy plea and forwarded the file to Baijal’s office which also requested for the rejection of the plea. A Delhi court on Thursday had directed the…
Cricket fans on Thursday were left shocked when former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni failed to find a place in the BCCI’s list of central contracts with many feeling it was an indication for the stumper to take a call on his future. However, at a time when everyone was talking about Dhoni, the man himself didn’t pay any heed and was seen practicing with the Jharkhand Ranji players in Ranchi’s JSCA Sports Complex. Talking to IANS, Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) Vice President Ajay Shahdeo said: “Yes, Dhoni is back in Ranchi and he practiced at the nets with…
A newly inaugurated gurdwara in California was vandalized with white nationalist graffiti, which included the phrase “White Power” and depicted a swastika on a concrete slab at the front entrance, a media report said The Guru Maneyo Granth Gurdwara Sahib, located in Orangevale, about an hour from San Francisco, was inaugurated on January 12, the San-Ramon based Indica news portal said in a report on Wednesday. The vandalization took place between Sunday evening and Monday morning, the report added. The gurdwara is still under construction, so the front slab was empty, head priest Manjit Singh Khalsa told Indica news, adding…
US Chief Justice John Roberts has been sworn in on the Senate floor for the soon-to-begin impeachment trial, making Donald Trump only the third president in US history to face such a trial in the upper chamber. The trial is set to begin next week on Tuesday with Roberts presiding. Roberts then swore in 99 of the 100 senators who will serve as impeachment jurors with the oath to deliver “impartial justice”, Xinhua reported. Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from western state Oklahoma, was absent on Thursday reportedly for a family medical issue. “Will all senators now stand, and remain…
Wide-spread thunderstorm systems moving across Australia’s east coast are set to bring some much-needed relief to firefighting efforts on Friday, with even more rain predicted over the weekend. “We’ve got an inland trough… so we’re getting a lot of monsoon activity moisture driven further south around New South Wales (NSW) State and southeastern Australia,” Bureau of Meteorology Forecaster Abrar Shabren told Xinhua news agency. “The usual weather pattern that we have at this time of the year, that is what’s triggering these inland troughs which are developing moisture, forming convective clouds, and that’s why we’re seeing a lot of thunderstorm…
Nandita Haksars book ‘’The Flavours of Nationalism: Recipes of Love, Hate and Friendship’ will receive the Book of the Year award at the LF Epicurean Guild Awards (LFEGA) 2020. The ceremony will be held on February 7 at the ITC Grand Central, Mumbai. “Nandita Haksar’s book made the cut on account of being pertinent to our times and above all, asking that uncomfortable question: How can a country that won’t eat together, stay united,” said a representative of LFEGA. In this memoir, Haksar writes about how food shaped her awareness of politics, patriarchy, nationalism and socialism from her childhood during…
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday visited the Cellular Jail in Port Blair, including the solitary confinement cell occupied by Veer Savarkar and paid tributes at the martyrs’ column. He urged the Central as well as the State governments to organise visits for students to the Cellular Jail and other historical places associated with the freedom struggle. Naidu later described his visit to the solitary confinement cell of Veer Savarkar as a “humbling experience”. In his Facebook post, he said that Veer Savarkar’s life is a great inspiration for the youngsters. Stating that the Cellular Jail was a reminder…
Days after the registration process for the new semester in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was made functional again, Jawaharlal Nehru University Student’s Union (JNUSU) on Thursday requested the students, especially those who have not registered, to continue to boycott the process. “The JNUSU, keeping in mind the opinion of various centre level GBMs (general body meetings), is expediting an immediate legal challenge to the IHA manual seeking interim relief. Therefore, we request the student community, especially those who have not registered, to continue to boycott the registration process in the light of such a move. Our unity at this juncture…
There were a lot of surprises in the BCCI central contracts for the men and women cricketers as not only M.S. Dhoni was missing from the list but also ace woman cricketer Mithali Raj was demoted to Grade B from A. Mithali, 37, had retired from T20s in September 2019. However, she remains the ODI captain and is likely to play for the national team till next year’s World Cup. Meanwhile, T20 skipper Harmanpreet Kaur retained her A category contract along with star opener Smriti Mandhana and spinner Poonam Yadav. On the other hand, Radha Yadav and Taniya Bhatia, who…