The National Conference has suffered a major setback in Jammu. Two prominent party leaders Devendra Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia have resigned from the party. Rana announced his decision to quit the party at a press conference yesterday. Shri Rana was the Provincial President of the National Conference in the Jammu region. Rana, younger brother of former MLA and Union Minister Jitendra Singh, was considered a prominent leader of the National Conference in Jammu. Both the leaders are likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi today.
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US and Taliban representatives have concluded talks in Doha, Qatar. It was the first meeting since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in August. The talks focused on concerns about terrorist groups, evacuation of American citizens from Afghanistan and humanitarian aid. US officials said the talks were clear and professional and the Taliban would be judged on the basis of their work. The US has said that the talks are not meant to recognize the Taliban. The Taliban claimed in a statement issued last night that the US has agreed to humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. The US has not formally confirmed this claim.…
Protesting across the country, burning effigies of Pakistan and terrorism The whole country was on a boil on Saturday against the brutal killings of Hindus and Sikhs in the Kashmir Valley. In protest against the incidents, lakhs of patriotic youth led by Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, demonstrated at about 3500 places across the country from Jammu to Kanyakumari and Guwahati and Itanagar to Jaisalmer and burnt effigies of terrorism and terrorist Pakistan. Expressing condolences to the suffering Hindu-Sikh families of Kashmiri victims with the resolve to eradicate Jihadi terrorism in these massive demonstrations against the continuous attacks…
Ashish Mishra, accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in Uttar Pradesh, appeared before the crime branch this morning. Police is questioning him about the incident that happened on Sunday morning. Eight people died in this incident. Ashish Mishra is an accused in the FIR registered in the Lakhimpur violence case. In this case, the police had arrested two other accused who are presently in judicial custody.
One hundred people were killed and several injured in a suicide attack on a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz. The suicide bomber detonated a bomb in the mosque during Friday prayers. Just a few days ago, dozens of people were killed in an attack on a mosque in Kabul. The Islamic State Khorasan faction has claimed responsibility for the Kunduz attack. The Taliban confirmed the suicide attack, but did not specify the death toll. About twenty percent of the total population of Afghanistan are Shia Muslims. Many of them belong to the Hazara community, who have faced torture and persecution…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that drinking tea in earthen axes will help in making the country plastic and pollution free. Yesterday, after inaugurating a tea-stall run by a women’s self-help group at Gandhinagar Railway Station in Gujarat, Mr. Shah said that the use of axes would boost employment in the village. He asked the district authorities to provide electric chalk to every pottery worker and women self-help group. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was also present on the occasion. Both the leaders also drank tea in Kulhad. Shri Shah interacted with the members of the Women Self Help Groups and…
Vishwa Hindu Parishad has said that only rehabilitation and free movement of Hindus in Kashmir Valley can eliminate terrorism. Expressing deep concern over the brutal killings of seven Indians in the Kashmir Valley in the last five days, the Union General Secretary of the VHP, Shri Milind Parande has asked the Central Government to teach a lesson to Pakistan to crack down on jihadi terrorism and promote rehabilitation and rehabilitation of Hindus. Ensuring proper arrangements for their free movement in the valley. It is difficult to curb terrorism even without the rehabilitation of Hindu society. He announced that the Bajrang Dal workers, who…
Vishva Hindu Parishad has said that there is an urgent need to set up an inquiry commission in India like the Niyogi commission to expose the misdeeds of the church priests and missionaries involved in conversion and to liberate Indians from their heinous conspiracies. VHP Joint General Secretary Dr Surendra Jain said in a statement today that like France, the abominations of Indian churches are also not hidden from anyone. Now Indians must also be freed from the sins of the clergy. He said that strict laws are necessary for the liberation of India from the curse of illegal conversions being carried out…
Britain has announced that Indians will no longer need to go into mandatory ten-day quarantine upon arrival in the UK from 11 October. But for this it will be necessary that they have been vaccinated with Kovidshield or any other vaccine approved by the UK. Earlier, Britain had not recognized India’s Kovishield by Britain, due to which Indians had to stay in isolation for 10 days on arrival in the UK and expensive Kovid tests were also done on the second and eighth day after reaching there. Last week, in response to the discriminatory travel rules of the British government, India imposed…
Anshu Malik has created history by winning a silver medal at the World Wrestling Championships. She has become the first Indian female player to achieve this feat. In Oslo, Norway, she missed out on the gold medal after losing 4–1 in the final to Olympic medalist Helen Maroulis. In the same championship yesterday, Sarita Mor also created history by winning bronze medal. Sarita defeated Sarah Lindborg 8-2 in the 59kg category. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur has appreciated wrestler Anshu Malik.