Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj, who recently made headlines with his 'Hindu Rashtra' demand, has decided to call off his 'Jal Samadhi' plan. The top seer said that he will now hold an 'Aamaran anshan' (fast unto death) at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
An arms consignment believed to have been dropped by a drone from Pakistan has been recovered by police near the International Border, officials said on Sunday. The recovery from the dropped packet included an AK assault rifle, three magazines, 30 rounds and a telescope, the officials said. They said the recovery was made from Sounjana village of Phalain Mandal, about six km from the IB, late Saturday night after a villager informed police about a humming sound and dropping of a payload by a suspected drone from Pakistan.
Amid speculations over the possibility of a leadership change in Chhattisgarh, about 20 Congress MLAs known to be close to Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel are camped in Delhi in what is being seen by many as a show of strength. However, Baghel, in Raipur, said the visit by the Congress MLAs to Delhi should not be seen through the prism of politics. When asked on Saturday about the MLAs' trip to Delhi, the chief minister said there is no ban on the legislators going somewhere and they are independent.
Involving the Chief Ministers of Assam and Nagaland, the renewed talks between the government and the NSCN (IM) would soon start in Delhi. All the stakeholders seem keen to achieve a breakthrough in the decades-old Naga peace process before Christmas this year.
Police on Saturday registered a case after a temple was allegedly desecrated in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Senior officials of the police and civil administration visited the Bargheshekha Bhagwati Mata Temple in the Mattan area of the south Kashmir district for an on-the-spot inquiry, they said.
Ahead of vote counting and result announcement for Bhabanipur bypolls today, BJP candidate Priyanka Tibrewal has written to the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court anticipating post poll violence in the Assembly constituency. Priyanka referenced the post poll violence in Nandigram that took place soon after result announcement for West Bengal assembly elections this year. She urged the court to give strict orders to police personnel to take up precautionary measures.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Kanaka Durga temple authorities have said that only 10,000 devotees will be allowed per day on a time slot basis to take blessings of Goddess Kanak Durga during the nine-day Dasara celebrations from October 7 to 15.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
