Category: INDIA

NEW DELHI: PM Modi and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held comprehensive talks Monday to broaden the scope of bilateral partnership and step up cooperation in key areas such as defence and counter-terrorism. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev commenced on the official visit to India on Sept. 30, 2018. President Mirziyoyev and his wife, Ziroatkhon Hoshimova were earlier received at the Rashtrapati Bhavan with an official welcome. PM Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind had received him. This is Mirziyoyev’s first visit to India since assuming office in 2016. India-Uzbekistan bilateral trade stands…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated on October 2 every year marking the birthday of Gandhiji. Fondly known as Bapu, he led the freedom struggle against British inspiring millions to take up the movement. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. Various events and functions remembering works of Gandhi are held at many places in the country. India’s secularism is ascribed in part to Gandhi, and it is certainly true that Gandhi wanted the Indian state to be the…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma ,Editor-ICN Group Mahatma Ghandhi, Netaji Subhash Chander Bose, Dr Homi Jahangir Bhabha, Swami Vivekanand, Bhagat Singh and many of those who laid their lives for the nation are examples of living in the memory of everyone. Since times immemorial we humans have been nursing a desire to become immortal.  History is replete with stories of kings and rishis indulging in endless tapasya and  worshipping Gods to  seek blessings for being Immortal. Not being afraid of death was considered to be a position superior to the mortals. Demon…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Since a few years back, the RSS seemed to me like a demon ready to devour to the Indian Muslims any time if they found such opportune moment. And this sense of threat multiplied when its political wing, the BJP succeeded to winning the parliamentary election by huge margin in 2014 with Narender Modi at the helm. His image was very cleverly built over the years as a great saviour of Hindu faith, identity and pride. It started with the Gujarat riot…

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PM Modi is on a day-long visit to his home state Gujarat.In his address, PM Modi called upon the dairy farmers to take up honey farming and bring sweet revolution in the country on the lines of white revolution and green revolution. PM Modi on Sunday inaugurated Mundra Lng Terminal, Anjar-Mundra Pipeline Project and the Palanpur-Pali Barmer Pipeline Project in Anjar in Kachchh district.Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani was also present at the event. The PM Modi also remotely inaugurated a Rs 20 crore ice cream plant of Vidya Dairy and…

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MUMBAI: Petrol prices were increased by 9-10 paise per litre on Sunday while diesel prices were hiked by 16-17 paise across the four metro cities. In Delhi, petrol was retailing at Rs 83.49 per litre while diesel was sold at Rs 74.79 after today’s hike. In Mumbai, petrol price moved closer to the Rs 91 per litre mark to Rs 90.84 while diesel was priced at Rs 79.40. Meanwhile, in Mumbai, price of petrol has touched new height.In other metro cities like Chennai and Kolkata petrol was priced at Rs 86.80…

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