Aug 8, 2018 India would have remained a united country if Jinnah had become the first prime minister, the fourteenth Dalai Lama said in Goa on Wednesday. Speaking at an event organised by Goa Institute of Management to kick off its silver jubilee celebrations, the Dalai Lama said the “mistake” has cost India. “Mistakes always […]
Aug 8, 2018 Lucknow : After an elaborate ‘bhumi poojan’ ceremony, the construction of a ‘grand Ram temple’ begun today in Ayutthaya, a historic city in Thailand, a senior functionary of the Ram Janmabhumi Nirman Nyas Trust said. The temple would help spread Lord Ram’s message outside India, trust members said “After performing rituals of […]
Aug 8, 2018 Four terrorists were killed and a soldier was injured in an ongoing encounter between militants and security forces at Rafiabad in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. Following information of the presence of militants in Ladoora forest, security forces launched a search operation in Rafiabad area of the district on Monday, […]
Jayatu Jayatu Hindurashtram ! Good morning , Have a blessed day ! Namaskar ! As per Hindu Almanac i.e. Vedic Panchang for 8th August 2018 Kaliyug Varsha – 5120, Vikram Samvat- 2075, Shak Varsh -1940 Shak Samvat Maas – Ashadha Vikram Samvat Maas – Shravana Paksha – Krishna Paksha Diwas – Wednesday Tithi – Dwadashi […]
Aug 7, 2018 Jawaharlal Nehru was a great man. But he was also a short-sighted politician. More than 50 years after his death, the Indian state is still paying a heavy price for its first prime minister’s myopia on Kashmir. It is not enough for leaders to be virtuous. They must also be visionary. Sadly, […]
Aug 7, 2018 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched an intense attack on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi donning “outlandish” headgear on his trips to the Northeast but refusing to sport a Muslim skull cap. Terming the comment as an insult to the PM, senior leader […]
August 7, 2018 India Today TV exposed the practice of fake encounters by some police officers in Uttar Pradesh, Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh has suspended three policemen. In its expose, India Today TV showed how some policemen are resorting to staged shootouts in exchange of bribes, publicity and promotions. Ever since the […]
Aug 7, 2018 Donald Trump has warned America’s trading partners that anyone who does business with Iran will not be doing business with the US, after his administration reimposed blanket sanctions. The US president described the new sanctions, which hit Iran’s access to dollars, gold and precious metals, as “the most biting ever imposed”. “In November […]
Aug 7, 2018 Four soldiers of the Indian Army, including a major, were killed in a gun battle with a group of militants trying to infiltrate near the Line of Control in Gurez sector in north Kashmir’s Bandipore district, officials said. “It was an infiltration attempt that was foiled in which two infiltrators were killed. […]