The Idol Wing of Tamil Nadu Police arrested Javed Shah, a Chennai-based Kashmiri, for possessing an antique idol of Goddess Parvati. Shah was living in the tourist destination Mamallapuram, in the outskirts of Chennai and was running a shop known as ‘Indian Cottage Emporium’ at a private resort. On instructions from Tamil Nadu’s Director General of...
The Indian Supreme Court on Monday agreed to set up an independent committee to probe Prime Minister Narendra Modi's security breach in Ferozepur in Punjab last week. The Apex court said that the independent committee will be headed by a former Supreme Court judge. The Court also proposed to include DGP Chandigarh, IG National Investigation...
Vivekananda dispelled myths about Hinduism among westerners and removed the social evils of India. By Prof. Naresh Dadhich Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a religious leader in 19th-century Bengal. Swami Vivekananda attained popularity after his Chicago address at the World's Parliament of Religions...
‘Angry Young Man’ in his earlier avatar, Kejriwal 2.0 version is completely different. By Hector Kenneth Kumar As the Indian cricket team mounted an effort to conquer its final frontier, South Africa, the onus was on its batsmen to produce the goods. One shone in the first Test, KL Rahul, with an impeccable ability to...
The basic idea of governance, as I see it, is to hold the society together so that it can develop and march towards certain goals: PM Modi. By Rohit Kumar Singh One is no stranger to the concept of Economies of Scale, but not many of us have heard of its lesser-known cousin, Economies of Scope....
Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in the US, India has extended the timeline for the re-issuance of the Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) card by one year till Dec 31, 2022. The mandatory requirement of re-issuance of an OCI card each time a new passport is issued to a foreigner up to 20 years...
Mumbai: Non-resident Indians (NRIs) and overseas citizens of India (OCIs) don't require prior approval for buying or selling immovable properties like houses in the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) clarified on December 26. "At present, NRIs and OCIs are governed by provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) 1999 and do not require prior...
New Delhi: Ahead of the Assembly polls, the internal rift in Punjab Congress has widened with state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu attacking his own government and ministers, including Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. According to sources, party leaders in Delhi are unhappy with the state of affairs in Punjab and have asked the state leaders...
Jammu: Twelve people were killed and 14 injured in a recent stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. Officials of the shrine said the stampede occurred when a large number of devotees entered the Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan without permission slips. "Extremely saddened by the loss of lives due to a...
