In 2013, Surat wing of the Samast Patidar Samaj SPS began to organise marriages of Odiya women with the Patels in Surat. On October 16, 42 women from Odisha’s Kurmi community will marry with Patidar men at a mass marriage ceremony in Surat. In the first year, seven Odiya women married Patels. This year, 42 […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today termed the Emergency, imposed in 1975, as the biggest blow to democracy and said its memories should be kept alive to draw lessons to further fortify the democratic framework and values in the country.”Emergency was the biggest blow to democracy. The kind of crisis that hit the country during that […]
The US has said it welcomes any contributions by India in dealing with the problems of climate change and looks forward to cooperate with the country in this regard. “Any contributions by India towards helping us deal with the problems of climate change and clean energy initiatives are welcome and we would look forward to […]
After Dadri, tension now prevails in this district where rumours of cow slaughter triggered violence with protesters targeting police vehicles and setting afire shops, leaving seven policemen injured. Twenty-one people have been arrested for yesterday’s violence even as the circle officer has been suspended for alleged laxity. The violence started after some persons spread rumours […]
President Pranab Mukherjee today left on a six-day landmark visit to Israel and Palestine, becoming the first Head of Indian State to visit these two nations and providing an opportunity for him to impress upon the leadership there to reduce tensions.A ceremonial send-off was accorded to the President.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, […]
Today in Ahmedabad, a bench of Gujarat High Court comprising of justice Jayant Patel and justice NV Anjariya posed questions to Gujarat government and issued notice to government and election commision to file a reply by Wednesday. Actually, HC felt that how government promulgated an ordinance to put off local bodies elections which against constitutional […]
There is a personal initiative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India’s widely lauded Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which entails a target for a 33-35 per cent cut in its carbon emission intensity by 2030, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today. “There is a complete Modi stamp on our INDCs because his commitment […]
In a sudden move, Delhi’s Environment and Food and Supplies Minister Asim Ahmed Khan was today sacked by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over charges of corruption and the case has been referred to CBI. The Chief Minister said the decision to sack Khan was taken after examining a audio clip of a purported conversation in […]
Both operatives of the Indian Mujahideen were detained in Saudi Arabia and their extradition treaty with India is being worked out with Riyadh. Both operatives were wanted for supplying explosives for the Dilsukhnagar, Zaveri Bazaar and Ahmedabad blasts. Investigating agencies feel that the two operatives could have been involved in the murder of ex Home […]
Amid intense blame game over the Dadri lynching incident, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said law and order is the prime responsibility of the state and the Constitution does not permit the Centre to directly intervene in such matters. “The question of law and order is directly connected with the state as it is […]
