New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will join devotees on Friday to pay respects to the sacred relics of Lord Buddha on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima.He arrived in the Union Territory of Ladakh on Thursday on a two-day visit.Union Minister Shah earlier said in a post on X: “Tomorrow will be a historic day for Ladakh, when, on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, the sacred relics of Lord Buddha will be available for the people of Ladakh to pay their respects.”…
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Leh, April 30 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah who arrived here on Thursday on a two-day visit to the Union Territory of Ladakh, said he is looking forward to the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima on Friday, when he will join devotees in paying respects to the sacred relics of Lord Buddha.Union Minister Shah in a post on X said: “Tomorrow will be a historic day for Ladakh, when, on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, the sacred relics of Lord Buddha will be available for the peopl…
Agartala, April 17 (IANS) In a decisive victory in the politically significant elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), the Tipra Motha Party (TMP), an ally of the ruling BJP, has retained control of the state’s second most important constitutional body after the Assembly. The 30-member TTAADC comprises 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government, and it administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km geographical a…
Agartala, April 17 (IANS) The Tipra Motha Party (TMP), an ally of the ruling BJP, has retained control of the politically significant Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) by securing an absolute majority in the state’s second most important constitutional body after the Assembly. The 30-member TTAADC comprises 28 elected representatives and two members nominated by the state government and administers nearly 70 per cent of Tripura’s 10,491 sq km geographical area.The TMP…
Srinagar, April 13 (IANS) Climate activist and prominent Ladakhi rights activist, Sonam Wangchuk, on Monday, expressed dismay at the slow pace of progress in the ongoing dialogue between the representatives of the Ladakh union territory and the Centre.Sonam Wangchuk said on X, “Today marks exactly one month since the unconditional revocation of my detention under the NSA, 1980. The revocation order gave us hope that the Centre was willing to correct past mistakes, as it spoke of “building mu…
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, Priyanka Chaturvedi, criticised the government over the detention of Ladakhi innovator-climate activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), calling the filing of the case against him “shameful,” and urged that the government listen to his demands on Leh-Ladakh.Speaking to IANS, she said, “He raised his voice for environmental issues and has been a dedicated activist, yet he was jailed despite no fault of his own. Even after h…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Congress party has resolved to raise a host of issues, including reframing the VB-G RAM G Law, ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Aravalli deforestation and mining, and India’s foreign policy in the first half of the two-part Budget Session of Parliament beginning from Wednesday. The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) met this afternoon at its Chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence, which was attended by party President and Rajya Sabha lea…