Moscow, March 22 (IANS) A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine has arrived in the Arabian Sea, capable of launching cruise missile attacks on Iran, British media reported, quoting military sources.The submarine, HMS Anson, is fitted with Tomahawk Block IV land-attack missiles and Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes, and is believed to be in the deep waters of the northern Arabian Sea, the Daily Mail said on Saturday (local time).This means that British forces have the capacity to launch attacks on I…
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Jaipur, March 20 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Friday rejected Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s demand for Rs 1.44 lakh crore in water royalties, calling it unconstitutional and legally baseless.Punjab CM Mann had cited a 1920 agreement signed between the British government, the princely state of Bikaner, and Bahawalpur (now in Pakistan), and demanded that Rajasthan either clear its alleged dues or stop drawing water.In response, Rajasthan’s Water Resources Minister Suresh Singh Rawat …
Haridwar, Jan 16 (IANS) Amid the growing demand for prohibiting entry of non-Hindus in Haridwar’s Har ki Pauri, posters came up at the world-famous religious site which unambiguously designate the area as “off-limits for non-Hindus.” The posters, declaring the Har ki Pauri area a purely ‘Hindu zone’ is set to deepen the controversy and set to ignite a fresh round of sparring between various stakeholders.The posters, put up by Shri Ganga Sabha, read, “Non-Hindus Prohibited Entry Zone.” Ho…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) The British occupation of India was built upon a great lie: the assertion that foreign dominion served the “welfare and happiness of the inhabitants”. The East India Company (EIC), a vast trading corporation that had morphed into a territorial sovereign, continually boasted of establishing “courts of justice” and creating “new and valuable property” for the natives, claiming to have replaced a chaotic, precarious past.Yet, this veneer of benevolence barely concealed a sy…