Category: NATIONAL

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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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: The state government has started inviting and welcoming tourists from all over the country to visit Srinagar, long referred as the paradise on earth.The separatists don’t have anything to do with tourists and they are not harmed, I am told by a local friend, and the state government too is giving assurance of safety. For many like me who had been waiting on the wings for mist of militancy to settle, it was a welcome step at the right time to head for Srinagar…

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today declined to refer the question that “a mosque as a place of prayer is an essential part of Islam” to a Constitution bench. The crucial verdict also paved the way for holding the hearing on title suit on October 29.The verdict ended with 2:1 majority. The Supreme Court has refused to revisit its 1994 ruling that the government can acquire land that a mosque is built on.In 1994, the Supreme Court said that namaz could be offered anywhere and that a mosque was not…

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has declared that Section 497 is unconstitutional. Adultery is not a crime. This judgment has overturned the three previous rulings by the Supreme Court on Section 497. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court today struck down the 150-year-old penal law on adultery.The top court held that the act adultery can be a ground for divorce, but not a criminal offence. In August, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D…

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The fuel prices scaled to new highs with 13 paise hike in both petrol and diesel across the country. Petrol prices in Delhi touched Rs 83.00 per litre, while it is priced Rs 90.35 in Mumbai.  MUMBAI: The fuel prices in the country touched new heights on Thursday, as the petrol price has surged yet again and is retailed at Rs 90.35 per litre and diesel is being sold at Rs 78.82 per litre in Mumbai. Today, in Mumbai, the prices of petrol and diesel were increased by 13 paise and…

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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to set up 7-judge bench to review its 2006 order on the SC/ST quota in job promotions. In a unanimous verdict, the apex court ruled that there will be no reservation in promotion for SC/STs in government jobs. The court concluded the Nagaraj judgement does not need to be referred to a larger bench.Supreme Court also said there is no need to collect data on SC/ST in reservation in promotion in government services. The verdict was delivered by a five-judge Constitution bench…

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