Nation
"Ji Sahib" Are we truly Free?
Nimrat Kaur: Seventy years of freedom and yet the question still haunts, "Are we truly free?" I am not talking about the women and caste shackles that cripple our society but the subservience to the British thought.
I-Day celebrations in madrassas in UP to be videographed
Lucknow: Hoisting of national flag, singing of national anthem, paying tributes to freedom fighters and martyrs and programmes held on the occasion of Independence Day tomorrow in madrassas across the state will be videographed and photographed perhaps for the first time. According to UP Minority Welfare Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary this will inspire students and they will learn more about the contributions of freedom fighters, though the order has not gone down well with a section of Muslim clerics.
Burial of dead cow sends message of communal amity in MP town
Harda (MP): In a gesture that promotes social harmony, some Muslim residents disposed of the carcass of a cow lying unattended in an area here. An ailing cow had died three days back near the municipality-run cattle complex, located in Manpur area of the town. "About three days back, the cow died a few metres away after being freed from the municipality-run cattle complex.
India, China cannot defeat each other: Dalai Lama
Mumbai; Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said India and China cannot defeat each other and both the countries will have to live together as neighbours. The spirit of "Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai" is the only way forward, he stressed. "In the current border situation, neither India nor China can defeat the other. Both countries are militarily powerful," the Dalai Lama said. Both the countries will have to live together as neighbours, he said.
BSNL Launches ‘Truly One India’ Independence Day Offer
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd on Monday announced its new Independence Day Offer to lure customers. BSNL was the first operator to provide free national roaming on 15th June 2015.
Six killed in separate cloudbursts in Uttarakhand
Pithoragarh; Six persons were killed while an Army jawan is missing after two separate cloudbursts in Dharchula sub division of the district early today. According to district administration sources, the first incident occurred at Mangti Nullah near Tawaghat in Dharchula sub division when the local rivulet Mangti Nullah overflowed due to heavy rains at its basin and hit some shops and an Army camp below the nullah.
Plea against Art 35A may be heard by constitution bench: SC
New Delhi: If Article 35 A relating to special rights and privileges of the citizens of the Jammu and Kashmir is ultra vires of the Constitution or if there is any procedural lapse, the issue may be dealt with by a five-judge constitution bench, the Supreme Court indicated today. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and A M Khanwilkar tagged the issue along with a similar pending matter for hearing by a three-judge bench later this month.
SC to hear plea against stay on lookout notice against Karti
New Delhi:The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the Centre's plea against Madras High Court order staying its lookout notice against Karti Chidambaram, son of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, and others in an alleged corruption case filed by the CBI. A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud said it will hear the plea today itself after it finishes hearing the listed matters.
Pehredaar Piya Ki in trouble, I&B minister Smriti Irani wants ‘immediate action’ against soap
Controversial television show Pehredaar Piya Ki may be in some serious trouble. I&B minister Smriti Irani has taken a strong objection to the show. She has written to the Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC) and has asked them to take immediate action against the show, on priority basis, reports India Today.
Hizb commander Yatoo killed
Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen operational commander Yasin Yatoo, alias Mehmood Ghaznavi, was among three militants killed in an 18-hour-long gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian district that ended on Sunday. Two soldiers of Army’s counter insurgency unit were also killed and three others were injured in the gunfight.