Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee shared a strongly worded note on social media addressing issues of nationalism, respect and loyalty towards the country. The actress penned a note that was powerfuly worded and read, “You say you don’t belong to this country.(BHARAT)You feel no pride in our soldiers. No grief when they are martyred. You call terror attacks “conspiracies.” You dismiss operations as “drama.” You reduce victims to “propaganda.” But to stand agai…
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Kathmandu, Feb 23 (IANS) The local administration in Nepal’s Parsa district on Monday imposed a curfew in parts of the border town of Birgunj, citing security concerns following tensions between Hindu and Muslim groups in the Shripur area of the city.Tensions between the two communities in Birgunj surfaced a few days after similar clashes erupted in Gaur, the district headquarters of another southern border district, Rautahat.These incidents have occurred just days ahead of the scheduled elect…
Kathmandu, Feb 22 (IANS) A meeting of stakeholders, including representatives of all political parties active in Nepal’s border district of Rautahat, on Sunday appealed for religious harmony after clashes erupted between Hindu and Muslim groups in the district headquarters, Gaur.Although the initial clashes broke out on Thursday, the situation worsened in the following days, prompting the local administration to impose a curfew in parts of the district headquarters from Saturday afternoon to p…
Kathmandu, Feb 21 (IANS) The local administration in Nepal’s southeastern border district of Rautahat imposed curfew in parts of headquarters Gaur on Saturday amid fears that clashes between two groups could escalate into religious strife. The District Administration Office (DAO), Rautahat, said in a notice that the curfew order prohibits movement of individuals and all kinds of gatherings, assemblies, processions, and demonstrations in areas stretching from Mudbalwa Gate in the east, Lalbakaiya…
Jammu, Feb 18 (IANS) In a historic moment for Jammu and Kashmir, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha laid the foundation of Shankaracharya Temple situated on the adjoining hillocks of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Reasi district. Officials said that after six decades of waiting, Jammu and Kashmir finally witnessed the foundation-laying ceremony for the Shri Shankaracharya Temple. The concept for the construction of Shri Shankaracharya Temple was originally conceived in 1967. During 2025, a Memorandum of…
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), Feb 17 (IANS) Tension prevailed in Vijayanagar locality of Chikkamagaluru city on Tuesday following allegations that a house from a particular community had been targeted with continuous stone pelting for the past one week by youths of another community. Police have registered two separate FIRs in connection with the incident on Tuesday.The matter has also taken a political turn with the BJP warning that if the stone pelters are not arrested, the party would not sit q…
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Monday said that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is the “need of the country”, asserting that no other leader confronts Prime Minister Narendra Modi the way he does. His remarks came after former Union Minister Shakeel Ahmad, who resigned from the Congress in November 2025, launched a sharp attack on Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, calling him “darpok” (coward) and insecure.Speaking to IANS, Rashid Alvi said, “R…
Bhopal/Dhar, Jan 22 (IANS) The Opposition Congress on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict of permitting both the communities, Muslims and Hindus, to offer prayers at the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh.Responding to the development, Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari said that the Supreme Court has given its verdict on the Bhojshala issue and it is the duty of every citizen to follow the direction and maintain law and order.“The …
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Thirty-five years is a long time in the life of a nation. It is long enough for governments to change, for narratives to be rewritten, and for uncomfortable truths to be buried under layers of convenient silence. But for a community driven out of its homeland solely because it was Hindu, time has not softened the pain – it has only deepened the wound.Three-and-a-half decades after the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits, the questions remain unanswered. Not because the answer…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The BJP-led alliance has taken an early lead in the high-stakes Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, according to initial trends, as counting of votes began on Friday for civic body polls across Maharashtra. The results are being closely watched, with elections held for 29 municipal bodies after a long gap of nearly nine years.Early leads indicate that the BJP alliance is ahead in 34 wards in Mumbai’s BMC. Of these, the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading …