Category: NATIONAL

By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor ICN Group SHIMLA : Like previous years the Festivities of Janamashtmi have commenced in temples of Shimla. The temples are being bedecked with floral designs and decorations while the deities are also being adored with new attires. There is jubilation in the air. About the day of Janamashtmi however there is still a dual opinion on being on Friday or Saturday. Billions of Indians  across the country are preparing for the big day to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna, with spiritual devotion and enthusiasm.…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group NOIDA:  AUGUST 20 another incident of kidnapping and loot in Noida was reported by a Senior Executive of India’s top private sector Larsen & Toubro, today. The notorious Noida Expressway has turned out to be a heaven for the gangs of Uttar Pradesh.  The young executive informed that as he was waiting to board a local bus for Botanical garden metro station on the Noida Expressway at 8 to-mornings, he noticed a car reversing towards him from a distance. Before he could understand he…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The All India Forward Bloc, the party founded by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose registers its strong protest on the Tweet of PIB, Govt.of India today, which tried to establish in a covert manner that Netaji died on 18th August 1945.It is fact that the last enquiry commission on Netaji’s disappearance headed by Justice Manoj Kumar Mukherjee emphatically proved that Netaji didn’t die in the alleged plane crash as there was no air crash on 18th August 1945 at Taihuku airport, now in Taiwan.…

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15 August every year is a very auspicious day for the Indians who will get an opportunity to pay homage to all freedom fighters. Independence Day is a day when people in India pay homage to their leaders and those who fought for India’s freedom in the past. The period leading up to Independence Day is a time when major government buildings are illuminated with strings of lights and the tricolor flutters from homes and other buildings. Flag hoisting ceremonies and cultural programs are held in the state capitals and often…

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SRINAGAR: The festival of Eid al-Adha is being peacefully celebrated all throughout Jammu and Kashmir.In Srinagar, people have gathered in Mosques in large numbers and Eid prayers have been conducted peacefully. The holy festival of sacrifice, which falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah as per the Islamic lunar calendar is being celebrated today.Jammu and Kashmir police DGP Dilbag Singh has stated to the media that the festival is being celebrated peacefully and with full fervor. Media reports also show visuals from Mosques in Kashmir where Eid prayers and gathering of…

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NEW DELHI: Former President Pranab Mukherjeee on Thursday received the Bharat Ratna — the highest civilian award in the country — which was also conferred to late social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and late singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika. Deshmukh and Hazarika’s family members received the awards on their behalf while Mukherjee received it himself.President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the awards at a ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Pranab Mukherjee, fondly known as ‘Pranab Da’, has been the fifth president to receive this award. He was the president between 2012 and 2017.He has the rare…

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NEW DELHI: Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night, AIIMS sources said. She was 67. The senior BJP leader was admitted to the All India Institute of Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi in a critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest. Several senior ministers, including Harsh Vardhan, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani Prakash Javadekar, reached AIIMS after she was admitted to the hospital. Sushma Swaraj was a favourite on Twitter during her term in office responding to calls and messages of distress from Indians all…

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By: Dr Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: Since a very long time, we have been hearing about article 370 and 35A. For a long time, I was also associated as a freelance script writer with DD Kashmir and wrote many serials.We always talked about one nation and one law. Kashmir is, no doubt, an integral part of India. But sadly, we never felt like that socially, culturally and emotionally. Muslims, especially from the rest part of India never felt close to the Muslims of Kashmir. Reasons were many.…

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NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday announced that the government has moved to remove Article 370 in the Rajya Sabha. Ahead of the announcement, the government had imposed Section 144 in several districts of the state.The announcement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of Union Cabinet morning. Mobile Internet services have been suspended in the Kashmir Valley, officials said, adding that satellite phones are being provided to police officials and district magistrates. Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Sajad Lone – the three most prominent…

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