May 03 ,2019 Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Thursday (2 May) said he was not averse to enacting a law banning the burqa if it was accompanied with a similar action against the ‘ghunghat’ system prevalent among women in Rajasthan. Akhtar’s comment came in the wake of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece on Wednesday (1 May) […]
May 03 ,2019 The Centre has focussed on prosecuting human rights lawyers and social activists rather than dealing with the insurgency. In yet another attack by Maoists in Maharashtra, 15 security personnel and a civilian were killed in an explosion in Gadchiroli on Wednesday. According to media reports, the insurgents set off an improvised explosive […]
Jayatu Jayatu Hindurashtram ! Good morning , Have a blessed day, Namaskar As per Hindu Almanac i.e. Vedic Panchang for 3rd May 2019 Kaliyug Varsha – 5121, Vikram Samvat- 2076, Shak Varsh -1941 Shak Samvat Maas – Chaitra Vikram Samvat Maas – Vaishakha Paksha – Krishna Paksha Diwas – Friday Tithi – Chaturdashi upto 28:04 […]
May 02, 2019 Chennai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at 20 locations in Tamil Nadu, including Thanjavur, in a crackdown on PFI activists, stated news agency ANI. The NIA is conducting an investigation in the murder case of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) member Ramalingam who was killed in Thanjavur district on February 6. […]
May 02, 2019 A circular has been issued by the Muslim Education Society in Calicut banning women from wearing burqas from all schools and colleges under its ambit, reports Times Now News. The circular explicitly mentions that any dress which covers an individual’s face will not be permitted. Several organisations in Kerala are up in […]
May 02, 2019 The UN Security Council’s decision to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist will not significantly alter Pakistan’s role a global terror hub. If the past in any guide – and we have 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed as Exhibit No 1 – Azhar’s Jaish-e-Mohammed will mutate into another organisation, if it has not already […]
May 02, 2019 New Delhi: The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday designated Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as global terrorist after China lifted its hold on a proposal to blacklist him under the Security Council’s Sanctions Committee. Hours after the UN move, the Pakistani media quoted the country’s foreign office as saying that it will “immediately enforce UN sanctions” […]
May 02, 2019 IS had claimed the responsibility for the Easter Sunday bombings last month, which killed over 250 people in Sri Lanka More than 250 people were killed and several hundred suffered injuries in the eight coordinated explosions that jolted Sri Lankan cities of Colombo, Negombo, Kochchikede and Batticaloa Meanwhile, the US has warned […]
May 02, 2019 Union finance minister Arun Jaitley today (2 April) said that India would ask global anti-terror body FATF to downgrade Pakistan at its upcoming meeting in May, reports Reuters. “There is a meeting of FATF in mid-May. We would want that the FATF for Pakistan should be downgraded,” said the minister. This comment […]
