Twitter introduces different checkmarks marks for businesses, individuals and governments
New Delhi/IBNS: Twitter has rolled out a blue tick, a gold tick, or a grey tick a grey badge to distinguish between different types of accounts.
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Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma formally hands over Rs 10,000 each to Covid-hit priests
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday at a ceremony held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati formally granted one-time financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to 6,124 Namghoriyas and 2,148 Purohits (priests) of the state as part of the Assam government's promise of financial support to Covid-hit population of the state.
Government of India strikes den of misinformation on YouTube
New Delhi/IBNS: In a series of over 40 fact-checks, the government busted three YouTube channels spreading false information in India.
After hijab, Karnataka to now propose ban on halal meat
New Delhi/IBNS: After the hijab row, Karnataka is likely to be headed for another huge controversy with a leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planning to bring a bill to ban halal meat a year before the state elections, media reports said.
Indigenous peoples and digital rights: The future of India’s northeast borderlands
Ravi Shankar Prasad argues that “The Digital India Programme (Digital Northeast vision 2022) is designed to transform India into a knowledge-based economy and a digitally empowered society by ensuring digital services, digital access, digital inclusion, digital empowerment and by bridging the digital divide.”
If needed, govt would make law against love jihad: Devendra Fadnavis
Nagpur/UNI: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said if needed, his government is prepared to make a law against love jihad.
Borders and Borderlands: Integration vs Assimilation
Borders are artificial constructs drawn on paper by the powers that be to serve their interests under the Westphalian State system and have been further legitimised by the excesses of colonialism from the fifteenth to the twentieth century C.E., as well as the subsequent decolonisation process.
India-Myanmar borderlands
From collecting seeds of fruits thrown away by the shopkeepers & planting them on his farmland, to living his dream of becoming a farmer with a difference, today he has three thriving nurseries of different varieties of fruit trees and spices, honey, and ever-evolving fish ponds and nurseries which cater to markets across the border in Myanmar and also local buyers.
India likely to host QUAD Foreign Minister’s meet next year
New Delhi: India is all set to host Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) Foreign Minister’s meeting next year, media reports said.
Jammu and Kashmir: Seminar hosted in Pooch to spread message of peace among youth
In a recent seminar organized in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch region, speakers conveyed the message of peace to youth and even urged them to leave the path of violence.
Delhi Court issues notice to ED on Jacqueline Fernandez's application
New Delhi: A Delhi Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the Enforcement Directorate(ED) on the application moved by actress Jacqueline Fernandez requesting permission to go abroad.
'We aren't children..135-cr people laughing at us': VicePresident admonishes Rajya Sabha
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar Tuesday reprimanded the Rajya Sabha members for creating a ruckus in the house again and again and presenting a “very, very bad example” with their unruly behaviour.
NIA files chargesheet against five for recruitment of youth to CPI (Maoist) cadres
Hyderabad/UNI: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet before the NIA special Court at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh against five accused persons in a case related to the radicalisation and recruitment of innocent youth to the CPI (Maoist) cadres, a proscribed organisation.
BJP demands apology from Mallikarjun Kharge over 'Dog' remark, Cong chief refuses
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his controversial "Dog" remark, media reports said.
NIA arrests nine inmates of Trichy Spl Camp in illegal drugs, arms case
Chennai/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested nine inmates of Trichy Special camp in connection with an illegal drugs and arms trade case.
India-Pakistan should engage in constructive dialogue for betterment of people: US
He said: " So even as we deepen our global strategic partnership with India, we are also – we also have a relationship in which we can be candid and frank with one another. Where we have disagreements or concerns, we voice those just as we would with our Pakistani friends as well."
Jammu and Kashmir: 3 LeT militants, including Kashmiri Pandit killer, shot dead in Shopian
Srinagar: Security forces shot dead three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants including an alleged killer of a Kashmiri Pandit in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said.
Delhi court to hear Nora Fatehi's defamation case against Jacqueline Fernandez on Jan 21
Nora claimed that her rival actor and the media organisations "were acting in connivance with each other".
'Mysoginistic goons': Smriti Irani after Congress leader's 'latkas jhatkas' comment
The remark provoked a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Karnataka Class 4 student dies after teacher beats and pushes him off first-floor balcony: Police
Bengaluru/IBNS: A 10-year-old boy died in Karnataka on Monday after his teacher beat him and pushed him off the first-floor balcony of the government-run school at Hagli village in the northern part of the state.
All parties should stand together in support of border residents: Eknath Shinde
Nagpur/Mumbai/UNI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday appealed that all parties should stand together in support of border residents.
Dalai Lama says India is best place for him, won't return to China
Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, while talking to media persons Monday at Kangra airport before leaving for Delhi on way to Bodhgaya, said he prefers India as best place for him and Kangra is Pandit Nehru 's best choice for him and there was no point in returning to China.
168 pct drop in terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, 94 pct conviction in terror financing: Union Minister Anurag Thakur
New Delhi: The policy focus of Government of India is ‘Zero Tolerance Against Terrorism’, Union Minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday.
Jammu and Kashmir: LeT militant associate arrested in Baramulla
Srinagar: Security forces arrested an alleged militant associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.
'Shah Rukh Khan should watch this film with his daughter': MP Speaker amid Pathaan row
Though not directly, Shah Rukh sent out a strong message in disguise of his play of words from the inauguration stage of 28th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) last week.
This will be remembered as one of the most thrilling football matches: Narendra Modi tweets after Argentina, France WC final match
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday described the FIFA World Cup final match between Argentina and France as 'the most thrilling' encounter played on the turf.
India-Bangladesh relations scaling new heights
Bangladesh has a special place in the Indian foreign policy matrix, and India-Bangladesh relations are rooted in tradition, culture, language, and mutual values such as secularism, democracy, and a plethora of other similarities.
Jammu and Kashmir: 80 AMRUT projects worth Rs 406 cr completed in Mission cities
Srinagar: A total of 80 projects worth Rs 406 crore have been completed under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) across three cities in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir: Lok Adalat settles around 30,925 cases
Srinagar: A General Lok Adalat,which was planned for this year by the J-K Legal Services Authority, has settled around 30,925 cases, media reports said quoting officials on Sunday.
PM Modi lays foundation stone, inaugurates and dedicates to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs. 2450 crores in Shillong
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone, and inaugurated and dedicated to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs. 2450 crores in Shillong, Meghalaya on Sunday.