Month: October 2018

A Darshan of Mother Durga In New Jersey,United States Of America

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By: Shoubhik Bose ( Shoubhik is a Software Engineer working for a reputed U.S company, located  in Bangalore.) It was the first time that I was in a foreign land during the Durga Puja festival. Being a Bengali, Durga Puja, a 5- day festival back home, has always been special to me. My sister and brother-in-law living in New Jersey assured me that I would definitely get a glimpse (‘darshan’) of the Goddess. The Durga Puja celebrations we participated in, was organized at East Brunswick, an hour’s drive from Guttenberg…

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Over 22000 Free LPG connections distributed under ‘Grihini Suvidha Yojana’ by the government of Himachal Pradesh

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is poised to become the first state in the country  to provide clean and smoke free LPG fuel to each family of the state, said Kishan Kapoor, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs  Minister.  He told that by next year each and every home will have LPG connection. The government of Himachal Pradesh,  under its flagship ‘Grihini Suvidha Yojana’ has distributed over 22,000 free LPG connections to the poor families of the state within 5 months  of  its launch on 26th…

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#MeToo Versus #PreparedToWait@Sabarimala

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By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: The Indian scenario has recently been rocking with the breaking news of women’s rights- the protest against violation of the right to dignity, on one hand  and the violation of the right granted by the Apex Court to woman devotees to enter a holy place, on the other. Woman power unleashed: The #Me too movement has, without doubt, shaken the bastion of male dominance by laying bare, the exploitation of the female counterpart in the workplace. Male actors, an acclaimed writer, a music director,…

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Secretary (Power), Formally Inaugurates ‘Shakti Sadan’, Corporate Office Complex Of SJVN

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Secretary (Power), Govt of India  Ajay Kumar Bhalla in the presence of Chairman & Managing Director  Nand Lal Sharma formally inaugurated  ‘Shakti Sadan’, the Corporate Office complex of SJVN at Shanan, Shimla. On this occasion, Director (Finance) A.S. Bindra, Director (Electrical),  R.K. Bansal, Director (Civil),  Kanwar Singh and Director(Personnel),  Geeta Kapur were also present. Nand Lal Sharma, apprised the Secretary (Power), that the Office Building had been designed with Green Building Concept. With built up area of 15200 square meters to accommodate more…

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PM Modi Hoists Tricolour At Red Fort On 75th Anniversary Of Azad Hind Fauz

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The Azad Hind government was founded on October 21, 1943 and was inspired by the ideals of Subhas Chandra Bose.  NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hoisted the national flag from the Red Fort commemorating the 75th anniversary of the ‘Azad Hind government’ headed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Subhas Chandra on October 21, 1943, established the provincial Azad Hind government in Singapore.Subhas founded Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to overthrow British Empire from India and came to acquire legendary status among Indian masses. On forming an army of thousands of Hindustani…

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Saudi Arabia Admits Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Killed But Claims He Died In Fight

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Khashoggi, 59, came from a prominent Saudi family with Turkish origins.The prominent journalist had written columns critical of the Saudi government while living in self-imposed exile in the US. Saudi Arabia acknowledged early Saturday that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in a fight, and said 18 Saudis were being held as suspects.Eighteen Saudi nationals were said to have been arrested. Khashoggi, a critic of the crown prince, went missing after entering the consulate to obtain documents for his upcoming marriage. Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia’s…

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PM Modi Meets Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe In New Delhi

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NEW DELHI: PM Modi held talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday and discussed a range of issues related to bilateral ties, including the progress of India-assisted development projects in the island nation. The two leaders held talks at the Hyderabad House here on the third day and final day of the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s India visit. Earlier today, Wickremesinghe separately met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Wickremesinghe’s India visit comes in the backdrop of controversial media reports that Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has accused Indian…

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Traffic Problem: Solution is “Pehley Aap”…. going back to roots of “Lucknowi Culture”

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak, Associate Editor-ICN  Lucknow the “City of Nawabs”(City of Noble men) is known for its Tehzeeb(etiquettes and mannerism)  and “Pehley Aap”(first you) Culture. But sadly the new trends in fashion and metro culture is gradually waning this out. This is consecutively bringing in a rather roughness amongst the youngster, which was considered to be not so classy attitude a few decades back. The haughtiness of the people I see these days while travelling up and down every day to my workplace always forces me to pause a…

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Money Series: Part 29

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By: Tarun Prakash Srivastava, Sr. Executive Editor-ICN Group If you are initially employed in a department, organization or establishment, and you are receiving salaries, then there is no problem, but your vision should be continuously reaching the destination without any interruption in the future where you join the class of payers. Building of roads to reach your financial goals I knew that you must move forward and reach me because you do not love your life only but you love the excellence of life also. You know that the God…

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