Congress leader Supriya Shrinate courted controversy on Monday after an alleged objectionable post on actor Kangana Ranaut appeared on her social media account. The post, which has now been deleted, sparked off a political storm, with the BJP demanding immediate action against Shrinate. Ranaut, who has been fielded by the BJP from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh, also hit out at the Congress leader, saying every woman deserves dignity. “Dear Supriya ji In the last 20 years of my career as an artist, I have played all kinds of women. From a naive girl in Queen to…
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Israel is utilizing administrative detention to detain a record number of Palestinian journalists without charge during the Israel-Gaza war, according to an urgent appeal submitted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Monday. The submission calls on the Working Group to investigate the cases of journalists Moath Amarnh, Mohammad Badr and Ameer Abu Iram, all of whom have been detained without charge by Israel after the start of the Israel-Gaza war on October 7, 2023. Under administrative detention, a military commander may detain an individual without charge, typically for six months, on…
As many as 14 persons including priests suffered injuries after a fire broke out in the sanctum sanctorum of Ujjain’s Mahakal temple during the early hours of Monday. The health condition of nine persons are reportedly critical and the injured have been rushed to the district hospital and Aurobindo Hospital in Indore for treatment. According to authorities, the incident happened around 5.50am, while bhasma aarti was being performed at the temple. Authorities said the fire broke out after gulaal (coloured powder), thrown inside the sanctum sanctorum fell over burning camphor in puja thali and chemicals present in gulaal are believed…
The BJP’s fifth list of candidates, which came out on Sunday evening, had enough surprises in store, with the party fielding two actors and turncoats in the list. The party has nominated a protester from Sandeshkhali for the Basirhat constituency in West Bengal. Rekha Patra, a housewife from the troubled region of Sandeshkhali, has been nominated for the Basirhat seat. The move is seen as a strong statement on the part of the BJP in support of the women of Sandeshkhali and West Bengal. The BJP released its fifth list of 111 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.With this list of…
BJP’s Andhra Pradesh chief and former Union Minister D. Purandeswari and former Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy are among six candidates announced by the party on Sunday to fight the Lok Sabha elections from the state.Purandeswari, daughter of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder and former Chief Minister N. T. Rama Rao, will contest from Rajahmundry, and Kiran Kumar Reddy, the last Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh, who joined the BJP last year, has been named as the candidate from Rajampet.Moreover, former Rajya Sabha member of TDP, C M. Ramesh, who had quit TDP to join the BJP in 2019, will contest…
Former Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria along with ex-bureaucrat and former MP Varaprasad Rao joined the BJP on Sunday in the presence of the top party brass.Bhadauria was the 23rd Air chief from September 2019 to September 2021 and joined the BJP on Sunday nearly two and a half years after he retired from the forces. Bhadauria had earlier termed the Balakot air strikes of February 26, 2019 as “the most significant air action by the IAF in four decades with fighters penetrating the Pakistan airspace, launching precise attacks and returning home safely”. With those strikes that followed the…
An IIT-Guwahati student, who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS, was arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act on Sunday, a senior official said here. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who also holds the Home portfolio, said that two students of IIT-Guwahati have been identified as having links with ISIS and trying to join the group, but one of them is “not found” as of now. Out of the two, Touseef Ali Farooqui, who is a 4th-year B Tech student of Bioscience department, was detained on Saturday. Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) Inspector General Parthasarathi Mahanta said that after…
The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has extended BRS MLC K Kavitha’s ED remand till March 26. As the BRS leader was being produced in the court on Saturday she alleged that her arrest is illegal, adding that she is going to fight it out in court. Kavitha told reporters, “This is an illegal arrest. We are going to fight it out in court. It is a political case, a fabricated case, a false case. We are fighting it out. There is nothing new, they are asking the same things again and again.” “Why so many arrest during election time. political…
India’s robust economic performance stands out amidst sluggish global growth, according to the monthly economic review report from the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. Recent data reveals that India’s economic growth hit a six-quarter high in Q3FY24, surpassing 8% for the third consecutive time, building upon the momentum of previous quarters. The second advance estimate for economic growth in FY24, released after incorporating updated information, has bolstered the optimism about the economy. The report shows stable consumption along with strong investment as key drivers of growth. The government’s focus on public investment has not only encouraged private investment…
India on Saturday summoned German deputy chief of mission to protest against the country’s comments on arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying it “undermined the independence of our judiciary”. The Ministry of External Affairs called George Enzweiler, the deputy head of the German embassy, to lodge an official protest on the country’s Foreign Office Spokesperson’s comments on “internal affairs”. “We see such remarks as interfering in our judicial process and undermining the independence of our judiciary,” the ministry said in a statement. “India is a vibrant and robust democracy with rule of law. As in all legal cases…