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With an eye on the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Yogi Adityanath government today earmarked in its maiden budget Rs 1,240 crore for Ramayan, Buddhist and Krishna circuits in the pilgrim cities of Ayodhaya, Varanasi and Mathura. The BJP government also allocated Rs 800 crore under the Prasad Yojana …
Read More »Dahanu residents among pilgrims killed in Amarnath attack
Two Dahanu residents were among the seven Amarnath yatra pilgrims, who were killed in last evening’s terror strike at Anantnag. The victims, Nirmala Thakur, 53, and Usha Sonkar, 54, were residents of Santoshi Nagar, Dahanu. Mohanlal Sonkar, who lost his wife Usha in the attack, is yet to come to …
Read More »Gujarat textbook terms ‘roza’ as ‘infectious disease
Ahmedabad: A class IV Hindi textbook of the the Gujarat State School Textbook Board has defined the Urdu word “roza,” which denotes the fasting during the holy month of Ramzan, as “an infectious disease that causes diarrhoea.” The serious error figures in the glossary carried at the end of legendary …
Read More »Mother and her sons convicted for raping her minor daughters
Mumbai july 11’After being sexually harassed for three years, two teenaged girls finally found some relief, as the special crime against children court convicted their brothers for raping them. Their mother has also been declared guilty in the case, as she physically abused her daughters, when they disclosed the matter …
Read More »Mumbai: Doctor gets out in the nick of time as car bursts into flames on Bandra-Worli Sea Link
The car that caught fire on the sea link. Pics/ Shadab Khan A Borivli doctor’s presence of mind in the wee hours of today saved his life after his car caught fire on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Dr Harilal Chowdhary had been in Worli and was on his way home …
Read More »Seventeen persons held in Ghatkesar PS Limits for involving in killing and selling of leopard skin and seized one swift car, two knives and mobile phones from their possession
Ghatkesar July 11 (PMI) The sleuths of SOT, Rachakonda on credible information apprehended six persons with leopard skin in the Ghatkesar P.S limits and in continuation apprehended another (11) persons with assistance of the forest officials and seized one leopard skin, mobile phones, two knives and one Swift VDI …
Read More »President of India inaugurates ‘Ashiana Annexe’ in Dehradun
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the ‘Ashiana Annexe’ in Dehradun, Uttarakhand today (July 10, 2017) which comprises of twelve low cost dwelling units constructed to accommodate officers and staff of Rashtrapati Bhavan during Presidential visits to the Retreat at ‘Ashiana’. These dwelling units have been constructed using …
Read More »PM’s interaction with Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territorie
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today interacted with Chief Secretaries of States and Union Territories. This interaction was part of the National Conference of Chief Secretaries on the theme of “States as Drivers for Transforming India.” This is the first time, that the Prime Minister has addressed such a gathering, at …
Read More »Defence Minister terms Amarnath pilgrims attack as most reprehensible act
Terming the terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Kashmir as the most reprehensible act, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said the incident should add to India’s determination to eliminate terrorism. The defence minister also conveyed his condolences to the families of those killed in the attack in Anantnag district of …
Read More »PM Modi stongly condemns dastardly terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tonight stongly condemned the dastardly terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir and asserted that India will never bogged down by such cowardly attacks and evil designs of hate. In a tweet tonight Modi said he pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on …
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