Category: NATIONAL

By: Rakesh Lohumi (Sr. Editor-ICN Group) With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a warmer than normal spring and a scorching hot summer the  problem of water scarcity is likely to  worsen , particularly in the  water stressed regions of the country, during pre-monsoon season. The IMD’s Hot Weather Season (March to May) outlook for 2018 indicate s that the trend of rising average temperature witnessed at the beginning of March will continue and average temperatures over many of the subdivisions from northwest and adjoining central India are likely to remain…

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BENGALURU: The Karnataka Police have arrested KT Naveen Kumar in the Gauri Lankesh murder case and identified him as “accused number one” in the ongoing probe. The SIT had taken into custody Naveen Kumar (37), hailing from Maddur and founder of Hindu Yuva Sene, on suspicion of his involvement in the case on March 2. The police also wanted permission from the court to carry out lie detector test, brain mapping and narco test on the “accused”. The court though posted the matter for deciding whether tests can be allowed for…

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Mumbai  : On the occasion of International Women’s day,8th march,  Atharva foundations had taken the initiative to honor the women power of the nation by a new program called “100 Computers, 100 daughters, 100 days”. The main motive of this venture is to provide technical ease in the studies of our brave, courageous and martyrs soldiers’ daughters.   Atharva foundations has recently paid a tribute to the real unsung heroes’ of the country by a program named “One for all, All for one”. And now,”100 Computers, 100 Daughters, 100 Days” program is…

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The theme of World Kidney Day 2018 is “Kidneys And Women’s Health: Include, Value, Empower”. World Kidney Day is a global health campaign celebrated every year all across the world focusing the health and importance of the major body organ, kidneys to reduce the occurrence of kidney diseases as well as related health problems. It is commemorated worldwide on annual basis on the 2nd Thursday of March. It was started celebrating in the year 2006 by the 66 countries which were increased to become 88 countries in just 2 years. The…

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By: Kauser Khan ( Associate Editor-ICN Group ) International Women’s Day 2018 theme is “Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women’s lives”. In India, women are traditionally referred to as Lakshmi, the one who symbolises goodness, prosperity and infinite power.Though womanhood doesn’t need a specific day for celebrations, March 8 asserts the importance of the presence of the femininity that not just gives birth to new life but also nurtures it with love, care and warmth. On this International Women’s Day, send these special messages to the lovely women…

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By: Klinza Kurien ( Bureau Chief-ICN Kerala )      Tomorrow is the most pioneering of all the days for a woman. Out of all the three hundred and sixty five days of the year there is one good day devoted to the woman- the maker and creator of life. When God first created woman, he made her in order to be in the same image and likeness of her better half, the man. From the word ‘man’ itself springs ‘woman’ which means they are both alike. Woman was to give…

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 MUMBAI : On the occasion of Shiv Jayanti, BJP (South and South central district) organised Shiv Shauryotsav to remember Shivaji Maharaj life and journey and  felicitate the brave soldiers of Maratha Regiments. The felicitation held at Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya Ground Hindu Colony, Dadar East. The celebration Shiv Shauryotsav attended by Ashish Shelar, President Mumbai BJP  , Dattaji Rane ​​and  Col. Sudhir Raje (Retd) and Sunil Rane.   The BJP General secretary, Mumbai  Sunil Rane is present at the event. Sunil Rane is an eminent social worker, a man of great vision and a politician…

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By: Debraj Deb ( Asstt. Editor-North East cum Bureau Chief-ICN Tripura ) AGARTALA: Opposition BJP today totally swept the communist bastion in Tripura by winning 43 seats out of 59 assembly constituencies in the state which went to polls on Feb 18. Election was earlier suspended at Charilam constituency after Left Front candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma expired of cardiac arrest. No official in the state electoral authority was available for comments. However, the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sriram Taranikanti informed this correspondent that BJP alliance emerged victorious in 35 seats…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor, ICN-Group ) KOLKATA: Do you remember the Hindi movie Black, released way back in 2005? It was a cathartic story woven around a deaf,mute and blind Anglo-Indian girl  entrapped in a silent world shrouded in darkness.It is the patient intervention of a tutor in her life that magically transforms her otherwise meaningless existence.Not only did the roles  assayed by Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukherjee in the Sanjay leela Bhansali starrer gain acclaim but the film too was a huge commercial success both in…

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By: Barnali Bose ( Sr. Associate Editor-ICN Group ) KOLKATA: “Nothing is so beautiful as Spring,” says the English poet,Gerard Manley Hopkins.Spring is a miraculous experience. Nature regains  life  after Winter makes an exit. The nightingale bursts into a melodious tune amidst the world that had seemed so dull. Silently beneath the cold hard ground the plants and trees had been preparing to return with renewed vigour. Spring gives us hope for rejuvenation in our own lives as well. It is a time to renew the excitement and zest for…

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