In a significant development, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced on Wednesday the issuance of citizenship certificates to 14 individuals under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The issuance marked the first set of citizenship certificates since the notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024. Meanwhile, Home Minister Amit Shah revealed that 300 individuals are currently granted citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi alone. Shah reiterated that CAA is a law of the land, reaffirming the government’s commitment to its implementation. The long-awaited rules governing implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), enacted in December 2019, have finally…
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By Nava Thakuria Geneva- based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global safety and media rights body, strongly condemns the murder of Ashutosh Srivastava, an Indian journalist based in Uttar Pradesh, on 13 May 2024 and demands a fair probe to identify and punish the perpetrators under the law of the land. Ashutosh (45), who hails from Jaunpur locality, was associated with nationalist news channel Sudarshan News and he was targeted by miscreants on the outskirts of the city. He was sent to a nearby hospital but the attending doctors declared him dead. Soon after he received threats for a series…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would build Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura and Kashi Vishwanath temple in place of Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi if it wins 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. While addressing a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Harsh Malhotra in Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar, Sarma said that the BJP built a grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya after it got 300 seats in Lok Sabha, now Krishna Janmabhoomi and Baba Vishwanath Mandir would be built if BJP wins 400 seats. Hitting out at the Congress,…
In the first death of an Indian on UN duty in Gaza, which has not been mourned by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Col Waibhav Anil Kale (retd) died after his vehicle came under fire in Rafah on Monday morning. Col Kale (46) took premature retirement from the Army in 2022 after serving with the 11 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. He is survived by his Pune-based wife and two teenaged children. The Permanent Mission of India to the UN, however, condoled his death. In a post on X, it said: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Col Waibhav…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has informed the Delhi High Court of its intention to designate the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as an accused in the liquor policy scam case, involving Delhi’s excise policy. The agency said a supplementary chargesheet will be filed in the case soon and the AAP will be named as an accused. The ED made the submission while opposing a bail petition of senior party leader and Delhi’s former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia. The ED stated that the AAP would be included as an accused in the supplementary charge sheet filed in the case. Meanwhile, the Rouse…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination here on Tuesday, an event attended by several NDA leaders, including Union ministers and chief ministers, in a show of strength as he seeks a third term from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. Sporting a white kurta-pajama and a blue sadri, Modi accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, reached the district collectorate after a busy morning, which included an aarti on the banks of the Ganga at the Dashashwamedh ghat and prayers at the city’s Kaal Bhairav temple. After filing his nomination, Modi posted on ‘X’, “Filed my nomination papers as…
Senior BJP leader and Bihar’s former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi passed away at Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Monday evening. He was 72. Modi, a Rajya Sabha member, had been battling cancer for the last seven months. He was admitted to the intensive care unit of the AIIMS last month. “The BJP family is deeply saddened by the news of the demise of former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and former Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sushil Kumar Modi,” the state unit of the party said in a post on X. In his condolence message, Prime Minister…
Reacting to the videos that show BJP Hyderabad candidate K Madhavi Latha conducting facial examination of muslim women, District Election Officer Ronald Rose issued orders to register an FIR against her. Madhavi Latha sparked a row on Monday after a video clip in which she was seen asking Muslim women to raise their burkhas to identify themselves while checking their voter ids went viral. Madhavi Latha, who is contesting against AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi, is likely to face a police case over her action. However, she claimed that she has the right to check the ID cards. “I am a candidate. As per law,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a six-kilometre-long roadshow in Varanasi on Monday evening. He is set to file his nomination papers from this Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday. Modi garlanded a statue of educationist and social reformer Madan Mohan Malviya at the Malviya Chauraha in the Lanka area here before beginning the roadshow. He was accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. According to sources in the BJP, Modi will also take a dip in the Ganga. The prime minister is seeking a third consecutive term from the seat that will go to polls on June 1 in the…
14 people died and 64 were injured after a metal billboard collapsed in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar as heavy rains and gusty winds hit the city and suburbs. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), nearly 100 people were feared trapped when the hoarding collapsed around 4.30 pm. The billboard, located near the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) in Pant Nagar, collapsed on a petrol pump. The structure has damaged the scaffolding of the petrol pump along with a few vehicles that were parked at the pump, however the petrol dispensing units were not affected. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reached the spot and reviewed…