[ad_1] JALPAIGURI/KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday made a fervent appeal to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant to safeguard democracy and ensure that investigative agencies do not defame citizens.“Our safety, security, history, geography, and boundaries must all be protected. The media should not conduct trials before cases are finalised… We are…
[ad_1] BHOPAL: Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya caused outrage with his remarks on Friday that on seeing a beautiful woman “one can get distracted and rape may follow”. The MLA had then continued in the same appalling manner, saying that women from the SC, ST and OBC communities are “not beautiful” but were raped because…
[ad_1] The Tejas Rajdhani Express travelling from Delhi to Patna was halted for more than half an hour on Saturday night after authorities received a bomb threat. Railway officials said that no suspicious object was found. The alert was received from Delhi Control, prompting security agencies to stop the train and carry out extensive checks….
[ad_1] The country’s Gen Z believes in BJP, PM Modi said in poll-bound Bengal Saturday, pointing to the party’s recent civic poll wins. “You have seen the results of civic polls in Maharashtra yesterday. It was a historical win… A few days back BJP had its first mayor in Thiruvananthapuram. It shows how Gen Z…
[ad_1] Composer A R Rahman’s claims that he possibly faced instances of “communal” discrimination in the last eight years in Bollywood caused an outcry on Saturday. During an interview with BBC Asian Network, Rahman was asked, “…today there’s a lot of discrimination against the Tamil community within Bollywood. What was it like in the 1990s….
[ad_1] A two-judge bench of Supreme Court on Jan 9 pointed to the repeated misuse of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act – introduced in 2012 to shield minors from sexual abuse – saying it was increasingly being used to criminalise consensual teenage relationships or to settle personal scores.Hearing a matter related…
[ad_1] Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher NEW DELHI: This time, 150 years of Vande Mataram will be the theme of the Republic Day parade on Jan 26. A series of paintings created by Tejendra Kumar Mitra in 1923, illustrating the verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ and published in the ‘Bande Mataram Album’ (1923), will be displayed as…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress’ brass met party seniors from Tamil Nadu on Saturday to chalk out a strategy for the upcoming assembly polls and deliberate on the cadres’ demand for an understanding with DMK.Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired the meeting attended by former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal,…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited the World Book Fair here, distributing copies of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s literary classic ‘Anand Math’ — which features the national song Vande Matram — to children to instil in them a sense of patriotism and familiarise them with the dreams of Indian freedom fighters.After touring…
[ad_1] Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 17 (ANI): Sergio Gor, US Ambassador to India, paid tributes at the 26/11 memorial at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai and highlighted how, under US President Donald Trump, the alleged mastermind behind the Mumbai 2008 terror attacks- Tahawwur Rana was extradited to India. In a post on X,…