Year: 2018

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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Deendayal-Ek Yugpurush : Filming in many places of Allahabad including Anglo-Bengali College, Naini

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ALLAHABAD: The shooting of the film Deendayal–Ek Yugpurush , based on the life of the great leader of India ,Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, is being shot at different places in the Allahabad. This is the fourth film of Dhiraj Mishra, a local resident of Pratapur near Allahabad.The actor Imran Hasnee is in and as Deendayal Upadhyay in the film. The shooting started on 10th October,2018 and completed on 18th October  at various locations of Allahabad like Anglo-Bengali College, Naini, and Jhunsi. Under the banner of Arius Creatives, the film Deendayal –Ek Yugpurush is directed by Manoj  Giri, the written and designed by  Dhiraj Mishra, the film is produced…

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Amritsar Train Accident: At Least 61 Feared Dead As Train Runs Them Over During Dussehra Celebrations

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AMRITSAR: More than 60 people are feared dead in a train acccident in Amritsar district of Punjab.At least 300 people were at the spot watching ‘Ravan Dahan’, sources said. As per television reports, people had gathered in large numbers to participate in festivities when this unfortunate incident happened.One of the trains was coming from Jalandhar to Amritsar when the incident occurred. Police said that the speeding passenger train crushed the crowd when a large number of people were watching the Ravan effigy in flames while standing along the railway tracks. Prime…

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SECRETARY POWER LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF SJVN’S 1 MW SOLARPOWER PLANT

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA -OCTOBER 19, 2018: Ajay Kumar Bhalla (IAS), Secretary (Power), Government of India accompanied by Nand Lal Sharma, Chairman and Managing Director, SJVN Limited,  Directors and Head of Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station  today laid foundation stone of 1 MW Solar Power Project at Wadhal, near Jeori in District Shimla. The solar power project is proposed to be implemented on the bank of river Satluj which was earlier the site of an adit of Nathpa Jhakri Hydro Power Station. Earlier he inaugurated a 310…

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PM Modi Burns Ravana Effigy At Ramlila Ground In Delhi

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The word Dussehra has numerous meanings – being a variant of Dashahara, “dasham” meaning 10 and “ahar” meaning day. It is also translated as defeating the ten-headed, Ravana. NEW DELHI: Dussehra is being celebrated across the country with full fervor and enthusiasm.The tradition of burning effigies of at Ramlila Maidan had started in 1924. Vijayadashami or Dussehra (Dasara) is celebrated on the tenth day of Navratri festival. In the northern and southern states, it is celebrated to mark the victory of Lord Ram over Ravana. The festival marks the end…

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Sri Lankans Don’t Worship Ravana As A God But They Regard Him As A Great King

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According to the Ramayana, Ravana was finally killed in the Battle of Lanka with the help of his own brother Vibhishana, who was crowned new king of Lankapura by Lord Rama after the war. Sri Lanka is also important in the Dussehra celebrations because its historical name was Lanka which is considered to be the place where Ravana lived. Hence, the celebrations in this country are carried on in its full extent with the ritualistic burning of effigies. The inflammable statues of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhkaran are burned by the arrows of…

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