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Union minister Kiren Rijiju is set to visit Mongolia in the next week or so with the mission to showcase soft power of India. As such, Rijiju will carry with him several relics of Gautam Buddha and other items representing the faith, which will be displayed at Gandantegchinlen during Mongolia’s celebration of Buddha Purnima, which […]
Looks like Nupur Sharma controversy is only getting started. Where until now, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader’s comments against the Prophet Muhammad had irked the governments of several countries, they have recently gained attention from terror group Al-Qaeda. In the latest, Al-Qaeda has issued a letter threatening to launch suicide attacks in Gujarat, Delhi, […]
Paraguay recently confirmed that it is in the process of cancelling its purchase agreement with Bharat Biotech International Limited for 1 million Covaxin doses over quality control issues. This news comes after a statement from World Health Organization (WHO) that highlighted deficiencies with the company’s good manufacturing practices and suspended supply of Covaxin. The statement from WHO was […]
Swapna Suresh, the accused of the gold smuggling case on Tuesday alleges the involvement of Chief Minister(CM) Pinarayi Vijayan, his family, two top aides and one Cabinet minister in connection with the case. Pinarayi Vijayan denied the allegations by stating it as baseless and politically motivated. Swapna had stated under Section 164 of the CrPC […]
According to reports, Congress President Sonia Gandhi is unlikely to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday in the National Herald case. Sonia has tested positive for Covid-19 and is yet to recover, says party leaders. As per party insiders, the ED must now decide whether to interrogate the Congress president virtually on June […]
Nuclear capable Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) Agni-4, with a strike range of 4,000 km, was flight tested from APJ Abdul Kalam Island at 7:30 pm on Monday. “The successful test was a part of the routine training launches carried out under the aegis of the SFC. The launch validated all operations parameters as also […]
India on Tuesday reported 3,714 fresh covid cases. This is the fourth straight day when India has reported 3000 plus covid cases. In the last ten days India has reported more than 34,000 cases. Here are the top five updates from India: On Monday, Gujarat reported a total of 53 cases. A total of 36,924 […]
Mumbra Police in Thane district, today, issued summons to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her insulting comments against Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim community. The police said that Sharma would need to come to the station and record her statement regarding the controversial remarks on June 22. This news comes two days […]
A prominent female cyclist has accused R K Sharma, the national sprint team’s head coach, of “inappropriate behavior” at a training camp in Slovenia. The cyclist was a part of the preparation camp for the Asian Track Cycling Championships, which will be held in Delhi from June 18 to 22. According to sources, the coach […]
Vadodara:Kshama, the first girl to opt for sologamy in the country, has her life stirred due to her recent quest for self-love. The priest, who agreed to perform her rituals, has backed out from doing the same. The praise, criticism, and curiosity blowing on her for marrying herself are hard to handle. Curious people have […]
CM of Goa Pramod Sawant believes that the old documents of Goa that are residing with Portugal could be put to good use by historians for research. He revealed that he had already asked Subhash Phal Desai, the Archives and Archeology minister to take the lead in getting the documents depicting Goan history back. Sawant […]
A court in Ghaziabad, that convicted Waliullah Khan on Saturday in 2006 Varanasi serial blasts case, yesterday sentenced him to death. The death penalty is now awaiting confirmation from Allahabad High Court. Khan, who was brought to the district court from Dasna Jail, has also been slapped with life imprisonment and fines for an attempt to murder charge. His commute […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new batch of coins on Monday that are ‘visually challenged friendly.’ The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design will appear on coins in the denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10, and 20. These coins are not commemorative and will be circulated. “These new series of coins will […]
Business Tycoon, Mukesh Ambani’s future daughter-in-law, performed her arangetram at the Jio World Center recently. The performance, called arangetram or “ascent to stage” marks the finishing of formal Bharatanatyam training, which takes almost 8 years to complete. Radhika, the current fiance and the future wife of Anant Ambani is the daughter of Viren Merchant, Encore […]
Controversial comments by Nupur Sharma over Prophet Muhammad has raised many troubles for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is despite the party taking action to suspend Nupur Sharma and Delhi media head Naveen Jindal with immediate effect. The party has had to deal with the wrath from Arab countries, especially from Qatar, Iran, Kuwait and […]
It is amazing how with time the tides change. There was a time in 2020, when India was struggling to meet the demand for remdesivir in the domestic markets. While patients were anxiously waiting to receive a single dose, pharmacies were scrambling to cater to them as the manufacturers toiled to meet orders. During this […]
Even after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -led government’s attempts to repair the damage done by Nupur Sharma’s controversial comments against Prophet Muhammad, the Arab world is still enraged and has expressed disappointment over the incident. This morning Saudi Arabi’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that it strongly condemned and denounced statements […]
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday lashed out at the BJP-ruled Karnataka Government and asserted that his party would not allow textbooks that damage the State’s cultural and secular diversity. “The Congress will in no way allow textbooks that will be fatal for Karnataka’s diversity,” Rahul Gandhi said in a series of tweets in […]
The Congress high command’s attempt to placate veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad , who has been sulking after being denied a Rajya Sabha nomination, by offering him the number two position in the party organisation is reported to have failed. Reliable sources said Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and Azad met on Sunday after […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has come down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his official Lok Kalyan Marg address after the Centre approved a rate cut on provident funds deposits for 2021-22. In March, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) decided on an 8.1% interest on provident fund deposits for the last financial year, […]
