Month: October 2018

Ganesh Dutt Appointed Chairman Of HIMFED, 9 Others Appointed Vice Chairmen Of Different Boards.

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The government of Himachal Pradesh has appointed one Chairman and nine Vice Chairmen of various Boards and Corporations of the state. Senior BJP leader from Shimla, Ganesh Dutt has been appointed as the Chairman of the HIMFED. Till recently he was also associated with public sector SJVN Limited as it’s Independent Director on the Board and pursuing CSR activities for the people of Himachal Pradesh. Born on 5th December 1954 at Shimla, Ganesh Dutt had his education at Himachal Pradesh University and has…

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#MeToo: Editors Guild Urges MJ Akbar To Drop Defamation Case Against Journalist Priya Ramani

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The allegations of sexual misconduct against MJ Akbar date back to the years he was a journalist and newspaper editor in the 1980s and the 1990s. NEW DELHI: The Editors Guild of India on Thursday called upon Bharatiya Janata Party leader MJ Akbar to withdraw the criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani. In a statement, EGI said it saluted the courage shown by several women journalists in bringing to light instances of how they were sexually harassed. MJ Akbar, a former president of the guild, resigned from his position of minister…

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Karnataka’s Famous Mysore Dasara Celebrations Are In Full Swing

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By: Kauser Khan, Associate Editor-ICN Group The main attraction of the ten-day Mysore Dasara festival is the Mysore Palace which is illuminated daily with nearly 100,000 light bulbs from 7 pm to 10 pm on all days of the festival. Karnataka’s famous Mysore Dasara celebrations are in full swing. It is also called Jamboo Savari for its grand elephant procession taking place. Dasara festivities, which began with the Vijayanagar kings as early as the 15th century in Mysore City is all ready for the final day and this year it marks 408th edition.…

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Geeta Kapur Takes Over As The First Woman Director On The Board Of SJVN

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Geeta Kapur, General Manager ( HR ) and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the public sector SJVN Limited has been appointed  as Director ( Personnel ) of the company by the Government of India. Geeta Kapur has since taken over the charge of the new position from Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director of the Company who had been holding the dual charge since his appointment as CMD in December 2017. It is significant that Geeta Kapur has become the first woman…

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Government Should Bring Law To Build Ram Mandir: Mohan Bhagwat

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NAGPUR: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today delivered his annual Vijayadashmi Speech in Nagpur. Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi attended the even as the chief guest. Union minister Nitin Gadkari and other dignitaries were also present on this occasion. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday stressed on the need to further strengthen the armed forces to ensure enhanced “internal and external security” and pre-empt any subversive attempts from within or outside to harm the country’s unity and integrity. RSS Chief Bhagwat was delivering his annual Vijyadashmi speech at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur.Bhagwat said that “urban Maoism”…

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Russian Official: At Least 17 Dead In Crimea College Attack

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MOSCOW: A Russian official said a student attacked a vocational college Wednesday in Crimea, a rampage that killed 17 other students and left more than 40 people wounded, before killing himself. The preliminary examination of the bodies of the victims indicates that they died of gunshot wounds. Nobody was killed by the blast that rocked the college earlier on Wednesday, the Investigative Committee said. Russian officials at first reported a gas explosion, then said an explosive device ripped through the college canteen at lunchtime in a suspected terrorist attack. Olga…

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Is Social Media Really Social ?

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By: Dr. Sanchita Ghatak, Associate Editor-ICN  Watch India Watch! Where we will head if the figures don’t improve? Yes we will just have technology walking around us and making us “developed nation”. LUCKNOW: I was just going through a report by ministry of home affairs, GOI and was rather flabbergasted to see that the male female ratio in India, as given in 2017 is just 933 females per 1000 males, and more astonishing was that it’s the urban population where it is just 900 per 1000 males. We claim that we…

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Union Minister MJ Akbar Resigns Over #MeToo Allegations

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The #MeToo movement, which began as a hashtag on Twitter in 2017 amid the Weinstein incident, has now become a global phenomenon. NEW DELHI: Union Minister MJ Akbar, accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct in a tidal wave of #MeToo stories shared on social media, has resigned. 20 women have alleged that MJ Akbar sexually harassed them when he worked as a journalist. He also filed a defamation suit against senior journalist Priya Ramani who accused him of sexual harassment. On Monday, Akbar sued Priya Ramani, the first woman to name…

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Women Centric Films Ruled The 4th International Film Festival Of Shimla

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Among the many short films showcased during the 3 days film festival  women centric films won great applause as they portrayed women empowerment in the country which is also need of the hour.   Produced and directed by Akash Arun of Chhapra, Bihar the short film Womeniya was included in the special screening category at the 4th International Film Festival of Shimla on October 14, 2018. The film depicts the journey of a group of downtrodden women of a backward village Dhibra near Patna…

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