UP: Muslim clerics ask people not to panic over CAA

UP: Muslim clerics ask people not to panic over CAA

Lucknow, March 12 Muslim clerics have urged people not to panic over the notification for the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and to maintain peace and avoid rumours. Following the Centre’s notification on the implementation of CAA, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali, Chairperson of Islamic Centre of India (ICI) and member of All India Muslim Personal…

J&K: ECI team to meet political parties, admin ahead of LS polls

J&K: ECI team to meet political parties, admin ahead of LS polls

Srinagar, March 12 A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar will start discussions and meetings with political parties and the administration in J&K on Tuesday ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. The 9-member team of the ECI headed by the CEC reached here on Monday…

PM Modi to flag off 3rd Vande Bharat train in Odisha

PM Modi to flag off 3rd Vande Bharat train in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday will flag off the third Vande Bharat express train in Odisha, which will operate from Bhubaneswar to Visakhapatnam. This train will run six days a week except Saturdays. Speaking to mediapersons, East Coast Railway Additional General Manager, Mohesh Kumar Behera, said on Monday that Prime Minister…

Madhya Pradesh’s gift to Ayodhya: A 1100 kg ‘nagada’

Madhya Pradesh’s gift to Ayodhya: A 1100 kg ‘nagada’

Prayagraj, March 12 A 1100 kg ‘nagada’ (drum), made by a Madhya Pradesh-based social organisation is being gifted to the newly- constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya. According to Vishwa Hindu Parishad (General Secretary Kashi Prant – Gau Raksha) Lalmani Tiwari, “Authorities of Shiv Barat Ayojan and Jan Kalyan Samiti, Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), have made the…

PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation of railway projects worth Rs 85,000 crore

PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation of railway projects worth Rs 85,000 crore

Jaipur, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate railway projects worth Rs 85,000 crore on Tuesday. PM Modi will also flag off Vande Bharat trains for different cities of the country. Railway officials will join the programme virtually from 750 railway stations while programs will be organised at 15…

PM Modi to witness Bharat Shakti exercise in Pokhran today

PM Modi to witness Bharat Shakti exercise in Pokhran today

Jaipur, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will witness war exercise ‘Bharat Shakti’ at Pokhran field firing range in Jaisalmer on Tuesday. The war exercise will display firepower capability of indigenous weapons and operational readiness of all three arms of the defence forces, said defence officials. BJP sources said that PM Modi will reach the firing…

Explosion reported near commercial ship off Yemen coast

Explosion reported near commercial ship off Yemen coast

Aden (Yemen), March 12 The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has issued a warning after receiving a report of an explosion in the vicinity of a commercial ship transiting off the coast of Yemen. According to the report from the UKMTO released on Monday, the master of the unnamed ship reported hearing the sound…

Israel releases 56 Palestinians detained from Gaza Strip

Israel releases 56 Palestinians detained from Gaza Strip

Gaza, March 12 Israel has released 56 Palestinians who were detained during the recent ground operation in Gaza, according to the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza. The Palestinians were released through the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, the Authority said on Monday in a press statement. The statement claimed…

‘Big win for human rights’: Hindus in Canada, US, UK laud CAA implementation

‘Big win for human rights’: Hindus in Canada, US, UK laud CAA implementation

New Delhi, March 12 Calling the government’s decision to offer Indian citizenship to persecuted minorities a “big win for human rights”, Hindu organisations across the US, the UK, and Canada on Tuesday hailed the announcement of the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The CAA — an integral part of the BJP’s 2019 Lok Sabha…