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Historic Move: Palitana Bans Non-Vegetarian Food, Sets Global Precedent

July 15, 2024 Editor

Palitana, a city in the Bhavnagar district in Gujarat, has made history by becoming the first city in the world to ban the sale and consumption of non-vegetarian food. Non-veg food is illegal here. This landmark decision marks a significant cultural and religious shift in the region, reflecting the strong influence of Jainism and its principles. The ban in Palitana encompasses the sale and consumption of meat and the butchering of animals for meat, making these actions illegal and punishable by law. This move followed persistent protests by around 200…

Tragedy on the Expressway: 18 Killed as Bus Collides with Milk Tanker in UP

July 10, 2024 Editor

At least 18 people have died in an accident on the Lucknow expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district. At least 18 people died, and over 15 have been injured as a sleeper bus rammed into a milk tanker on the Lucknow-Agra expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district on Wednesday morning. The incident took place near Gadha village when the bus travelling from Bihar to Delhi collided with the tanker while attempting to overtake. The impact of the collision caused the bus to overturn. According to officials, the bus was carrying…

Spotlight on Awas Yojana: Maharajganj District Authorities Investigate Alleged Irregularities

July 9, 2024 Editor

11 women hailing from UP allegedly took the first instalment amount of ₹40,000 from the government under the PMAY scheme and ran away with their lovers. Several women from Uttar Pradesh reportedly misused the central government’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) scheme, which provides poor and middle-class families with assistance in building a permanent home. According to media reports, as many as 11 women hailing from Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district allegedly took the first instalment amount of ₹40,000 from the government under the PMAY scheme, left their husbands, and ran…

Hathras Horror: Stampede Claims Over 100 Lives at Religious Gathering

July 2, 2024 Editor

At least 107 people, including mostly women, died in a major stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Tuesday At least 107 people, including mostly women, died in a major stampede during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Tuesday. The incident took place when a religious preacher was addressing his followers at a specially laid tent in the Rati Bhanpur village within the Sikandra Rau area of Hathras district. According to the police, prima facie, it appears that suffocation at the venue led…

New Delhi Airport Tragedy: One Dead, Six Injured in Terminal 1 Roof Collapse

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024 Editor

Fatal Incident: One Dead, Six Injured in Terminal 1 Roof Collapse

Four vehicles, including cabs, were damaged after a portion of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 roof collapsed on cars amid heavy rain. New Delhi: At least one person was killed and six others injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 (T1) collapsed on cars amid heavy rain this morning. All departures from Terminal 1, which has only domestic flight operations, have been temporarily suspended, the civil aviation ministry said. “Heavy rain in early morning today has resulted in the collapse of the canopy of Delhi airport…

Owaisi’s ‘Jai Palestine’ Chant Causes Stir in Indian Politics

June 26, 2024 Editor

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi stoked a major controversy in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday during his swearing-in as the Member of Parliament (MP) by raising a slogan in favour of Palestine. The Hyderabad lawmaker soon after taking oath as MP in the 18th Lok Sabha, chanted ‘Jai Palestine’ in the House, thereby inviting quick backlash from the treasury benches and also leading to chaos in the House. BJP members created an uproar over Owaisi chanting ‘Jai Palestine’ slogans and demanded that it be expunged from the…

Rahul Gandhi Highlights 10 Key Issues in NDA’s First 15 Days

June 25, 2024 Editor

The tragic train accident in West Bengal and a slew of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir were among the 10 issues Rahul Gandhi highlighted. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday lambasted the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, over its performance during its first15 days. In a post on X, Rahul Gandhi listed a series of incidents and issues, including a tragic train accident in West Bengal and terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, to assert that the prime minister is “busy saving…

Signal Failure, Speeding Train: Deadly Mix Causes West Bengal Train Crash!

June 18, 2024June 18, 2024 Editor

At 8.55am, the goods train rammed into the back of the Kanchanjunga Express just before Rangapani town and around 10km away from New Jalpaiguri station. A combination of a signalling fault on the tracks before the New Jalpaiguri station and human error by the driver of the freight train are likely to have led to a deadly collision in West Bengal that killed nine people and injured dozens, said railway officials, adding that the commissioner of railway safety (CRS) has launched a probe into the accident. “The actual cause of the…

BJP Appoints Election In-Charges for Four States Ahead of Assembly Polls; Maharashtra, Haryana, J&K, and Jharkhand are the focus

June 18, 2024 Editor

The BJP has appointed Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav, Dharmendra Pradhan, G Kishen Reddy and Shivraj Singh Chouhan as election in-charges for Maharashtra, Haryana, Jammu & Khashmir and Jharkhand, respectively The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed election in-charges for four states where assembly polls are scheduled for later this year. On Monday, the party appointed Union ministers Bhupendra Yadav and Ashwani Vaishnaw as in charge and co-in-charge for Maharashtra, while Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan and lawmaker from Tripura, Biplab Deb have been appointed as in-charge and co-incharge for Haryana. In…

Opposition and BJP Clash Over Delhi L-G’s Action Against Arundhati Roy

June 15, 2024 Editor

The FIR against Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered following the orders of a Delhi court, Raj Niwas officials said. The Opposition and the Bharatiya Janata Party have engaged in a war of words after Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena gave his nod to prosecute author Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain, a former professor in Kashmir, under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for allegedly making provocative speeches at an event in New Delhi in 2010. The FIR against Arundhati Roy and Sheikh Showkat Hussain was registered…