The Delhi Development Authority launched a new housing scheme Saturday with over 1,300 apartments, mostly for middle income groups, in various locations in Delhi including Dwarka, Jasola, Manglapuri, Vasant Kunj and Rohini. The “Housing Plan 2021” is an online-only plan that accepts “online only” applications from Indian citizens over the …
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Days after Governor Singh Badnore’s Vice President said he would summon Punjab’s chief secretary and DGP over the damage to mobile towers in the state, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Saturday that the governor should have addressed the matter with him since he is the custodian of the Home portfolio. …
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Stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui was one of five comedians arrested on Friday night in Indore for being part of a program in which alleged indecent comments were made about Hindu deities. Police said the arrests were made following a complaint by Aklavya Laxman Singh Gaur of the Hind Rakshak group. …
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Munawar Faruqui, a comedian from Gujarat, was arrested along with four others after the son of an MLA BJP complained against him for alleged indecent remarks made against Hindu deities and Union Interior Minister Amit Shah during a show in Indore in Madhya Pradesh. a police officer said Saturday. Police …
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Ahead of the next round of talks, farm unions warned on Friday that they will begin closing all shopping malls and gas pumps in Haryana if the government does not resolve their main demands to repeal three new farm laws and a legal guarantee for MSP in January. 4 meeting. …
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It’s 11 pm on December 31, mercury creeping toward 1.1 degrees Celsius, the lowest in the capital in 15 years. At the Singhu protest site, farmers are preparing to ring in the New Year with hymns from the Gurbani, hot tea, and some gusty slogans. Hundreds walk to the stage, …
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The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has withdrawn an Expression of Interest (EoI) submitted on 4 December inviting for tenders reconstruction of student dormitories on the main campus, designed by the legendary American architect Louis Kahn. The decision follows strong protests from many quarters, including architects, designers, historians, students …
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A Hindu is an automatic patriot and can never be anti-national, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said on Friday. Bhagwat said this in the context of how Mahatma Gandhi found religion as the source of his patriotism. Addressing a meeting during the launch of a book, Making of a Hindu Patriot: …
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Damaged window panes, broken doors, walls scrawled with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and villagers scared to return to their own homes – this is the image presented by the village of Dorana in the Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh after a demonstration of about 5,000 Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) workers marched …
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In an ambitious attempt to make scientific knowledge and data available to all, the government has proposed an ‘open science policy’ that will ensure that all results and information generated by all publicly funded research are freely accessible. for all. More significantly, the government has proposed to buy bulk subscriptions …
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