Eight Panchayats in Mathura have issued a diktat banning dowry, consumption of liquor and lavish feasts in ‘shraadhs’ and post-death rituals. Chaudhary Govind Singh, chairman of land development bank, who attended one of the panchayat meets on Sunday, said the initiative would not only benefit local residents and prevent them from facing additional financial burden, but would also improve the social atmosphere. He said social pressures often force people to give dowry and host lavish feasts, but then they spend years paying off the debts. “Our efforts are to stop these wrong practices and make people aware of the reality.…
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Porn star Johnny Sins is the latest person to take a dig at former Pakistani High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, following the ex-envoy’s gaffe on Twitter. It all happened when Basit retweeted a picture of Sins, mistaking the adult actor for a Kashmiri protester who had lost eyesight owing to a pellet attack.”Yousuf from Ananthnag,,,lost vision due from pellet…pls raise your voice,” Basit captioned the picture. Sins presently took to Twitter to assure his vision was fine, and also to congratulate Basit for the whole new lot of followers he had inadvertently garnered thanks to his goof-up. “Shout out…
A day after meeting with the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB), Delhi Assembly leader of opposition Vijender Gupta on Wednesday called on the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) Director to demand a CBI investigation into the “scam” in the Delhi government’s recruitment of 10,000 marshals for DTC buses. Gupta said the scam involves senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers. “It would, therefore, be appropriate in the interest of in-depth investigation that the multidisciplinary investigating agency CBI institutes an enquiry into the matter to reach to the depth of the scam and bring all the culprits…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive on a whirlwind tour of Mumbai, Aurangabad and Nagpur on Saturday and inaugurate several infrastructure projects intended to boost the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prospects in poll-bound Maharashtra. Besides Modi’s meetings with top state party leaders, the BJP may take the opportunity to induct some prominent politicians from the opposition Congress and Nationalist Congress Party into its fold in his presence, though details are not available. In Mumbai, Modi will inaugurate the Mumbai Metro lines 10, 11, and 12, a mock Metro coach, the Bandongri Metro Station and BKC-Chunabhatti Connector, perform the ground-breaking ceremony of…
No agreement could be reached on modalities for operationalising the Kartarpur Corridor even in the third round of talks held on Wednesday as Pakistan showed “inflexibility” and insisting on charging $20 as service fee from each pilgrim which India rejected. Informed sources, aware of the developments, said “owing to certain differences on a few key issues, the agreement could not be finalised”. “Pakistan has insisted on charging $20 as service fee from each pilgrim for allowing him/her to visit Gurduwara Kartarpur Sahib, which is not agreeable for smooth and easy access of the Corridor,” they said. “It showed inflexibility and…
India on Wednesday declared Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar, LeT’s supreme commander of operations in Kashmir Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, all based in Pakistan, as terrorists under the amended Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The declaration, made through a gazette notification issued on Wednesday, comes nearly a month after the Parliament approved a crucial amendment to the UAPA law. According to the amendment, individuals could also be declared as terrorists. Earlier, only groups or organisations could be declared as terrorists. The notification was issued based on clause (a) of sub-section (1) of…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to South Korea, discussed measures to consolidate the strategic partnership with the East Asian nation on Wednesday. Singh met South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-Yon on the first day of his three-day visit during his two-nation tour. He was on an official visit to Japan earlier this week and arrived in the Korean capital of Seoul on Wednesday. A defence ministry official said that the two leaders had a comprehensive interaction over a wide range of issues pertaining to bilateral ties between India and South Korea. Singh said South Korea…
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody for 10 days, a day after the financial probe agency arrested him on money laundering charges. He would be presented before the court again on September 13. The former Karnataka minister was presented before a special MP/MLA court, which was presided by Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar. Also Read: ED arrests Karnataka Congress leader Shivakumar Senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and another senior lawyer Dayan Krishnan were representing Shivakumar, while Additional Solicitor General K.M. Natraj and Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana…
Two Pakistan-backed militants arrested by the Indian Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have revealed their plans of fomenting terrorism in India. On Wednesday, the Indian Army released videos of their confession during a joint briefing by the J&K Police and the Army’s Chinar Corps in Srinagar. The nabbed militants have been identified as Khalil Ahmad Kayan (35) and Mohammad Nazeem (22). Both militants are from Rawalpindi in the Punjab province of Pakistan and have claimed their allegiance to the proscribed terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. During questioning, the two LeT militants revealed their plans for carrying…
As the Supreme Court awaits the Centre’s reply on vulgar and harmful content being streamed on over-the-top (OTT) platforms, the concerned officials from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry are set to meet the representatives from various OTT vendors over releasing shows such as ‘Leila’ and ‘The Patriot Act’ that depict the Hindu religion in poor light. There has been a surge lately in such anti-Hindu content on various OTT platforms that has reportedly upset organisations such as the RSS and the VHP. Shows such as ‘Leila’, ‘Patriot Act’ (both streaming on Netflix) and ‘The Final Call’ (on Zee5) have already…