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UP Administration Prohibits Production, Storage, and Sale of Halal Certified Food Items

November 19, 2023 Editor

The Uttar Pradesh government has banned the sale of halal-certified products with immediate effect in the state. The government has also prohibited the manufacturing, storage, distribution of halal-certified products. The development came a day after the Uttar Pradesh Police registered cases against several companies and organisations for allegedly issuing “forged halal certificates” to boost their sales. Here’s what we know so far: The case was registered at the Hazratganj police station in Lucknow on Friday based on a complaint lodged by Shailendra Kumar Sharma, a resident of Motijheel Colony in…

Forty workers feared trapped as tunnel collapses in Uttarkashi

November 12, 2023 Editor

A portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on Brahmakhal-Yamunotri highway in Uttarkashi district collapsed. At least 36 workers were reportedly trapped after a portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand collapsed in the early hours of Sunday. Police said the incident took place around 4am when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel collapsed. As soon as information about the incident was received, Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police Arpan Yaduvanshi immediately reached the spot…

Spurious Liquor Tragedy Claims 18 Lives in Haryana

November 12, 2023November 12, 2023 Editor

Police started issuing warnings on Wednesday against consumption of locally made Malta liquor from batch date Nov 16, 2021, made by Oasis Overseas Distillery. Four more people died in different districts of Haryana in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday, taking the toll from deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor to 18 in four days. The deceased were identified as Paramjit (48), who only goes by one name, of Saaran village, Rishi Pal (45) of Mangloura village and Arun Kumar (30) of Mandebari village, all from the…

Army must be prepared for all types of warfare, including unconventional and asymmetric: Rajnath Singh

November 2, 2023 Editor

The Hamas terror strike in Gaza was discussed during the Army Commanders’ Conference last month. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has told the Indian Army commanders to “expect the unexpected” after the October 7 pogrom in Israel by Hamas even as the national security planners have analyzed the terror strike and are studying the IDF’s ground offensive in Gaza strip. It is understood that the Indian Army has done emergency purchases running into several thousand crores in two phases to acquire anti-drone systems, logistics UAVs, loiter ammunition, ground sensors under the…

Six injured in critical condition after Kerala bomb blast, says minister

October 29, 2023 Editor

The explosion occurred at around 9:40 a.m. during a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kalamassery. Kerala Bomb Blast News Live: One person was killed and over 30 were injured in a blast at a convention centre of a Christian group in Kochi on Sunday morning. The cause of the blast is being probed. The explosion occurred at around 9:40 am during a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Kalamassery. Teams of counter-terror sleuths and National Security Guards (NSG) have been dispatched to the blast site. Kerala Chief minister Pinarayi…

India abstained from the UN vote calling for a truce in Israel without mentioning Hamas

October 28, 2023 Editor

India supported Canada’s proposal to amend the resolution to include condemnation of Hamas attack. But the amendment failed to pass majority test. India on Friday abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations that called for an immediate humanitarian truce in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. The resolution drafted by Jordan also called for unhindered humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip but had no mention of Hamas. Canada proposed an amendment that a paragraph condemning the ‘terrorist attacks by Hamas’ be inserted. India voted in favour of Canada’s proposed…

NCERT Panel Proposes Renaming India to Bharat in School Textbooks

October 26, 2023 Editor

CI Issac further said that the committee, which is one of the 25 committees formed by the NCERT in 2021 to prepare position papers on various subjects and themes, has further recommended introducing ‘classical history’ instead of ‘ancient history’ in the textbooks A high-level committee for social sciences, constituted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to revise the school curriculum, has recommended replacing the name ‘India’ with ‘Bharat’ in textbooks and introducing ‘classical History’ instead of ancient History in the curriculum, said committee’s chairperson CI Issac…

India Warns Pakistan Over Kashmir Reference in Israel-Gaza Conflict, Threatens Contempt

October 25, 2023 Editor

The reference came after Pakistan’s UN envoy made reference to Kashmir at the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East. India has said it will treat a reference by Pakistan to Kashmir during a Security Council meeting on the Israel-Gaza situation with the contempt it deserves and will not dignify it with a response. The remarks by India’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, Ambassador R Ravindra, came on Tuesday after Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram made reference to Kashmir at the Security Council meeting on the…

Delhi, Noida, and Gurugram implement GRAP Stage 2 to combat air pollution

October 21, 2023 Editor

Under this, the air quality panel has asked the authorities in the NCR region to increase parking fees to discourage private transport. The air quality in Delhi is likely to dip and enter the “very poor” category on October 23 and 24 due to unfavourable meteorological and climatic conditions, the India Meteorological Department and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have said, prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) to invoke Stage 2 of the Graded Response Action Plan measures. These anti-pollution measures will be implemented in the entire…

Citing ‘Love Jihad’, Garba Organizers in Ujjain Ban Non-Hindus, Check Aadhaar Cards

October 18, 2023 Editor

Organizers of Garba in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, are reportedly checking Aadhaar cards and enforcing Tilak for male attendees. The organizers of Garba in Ujjain have banned the participation of non-Hindus in the event to allegedly “prevent love jihad”, according to a media report. The organizers, Sankalp Sanskriti Sanstha, are checking the Aadhaar cards of the participants and have also enforced that the male attendees would be “welcomed with a Tilak”, The Times of India reported on Wednesday. The latter requirement is seen as a measure to verify that participants are…