Swami Vishwesha Teertha was a “powerhouse of service and spirituality” who will remain in the hearts and minds of lakhs of people for whom he was always a guiding light, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he remembered the chief of Pejavara Mutt who died this morning after battling an illness. Swami Vishwesha Teertha was the 33rd head of the Pejawar mutt which is one among the “Ashta” Mutts of Udupi in Karnataka.
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India on alert as Pak army boosts ties with terrorists
Recent public contacts by top Pakistani army and security officials with jihadi organisations and leaders have triggered fears the security establishment in Rawalpindi could be rolling back a move to distance itself from such entities, people familiar with the development said on Saturday.
Amit Shah’s landline ‘spoofed’ to run scam, two arrested
Delhi Police has arrested two men for allegedly ‘spoofing’ the residential and office landline numbers of Home Minister Amit Shah from an app and demanding Rs 3 crore for ‘party funds’ after allegedly making calls to Haryana power minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, estranged brother of former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala.
Question & Answer : Citizenship amendment law explained
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) became law after receiving the President’s assent on Thursday, following a bruising debate in Parliament . Assam has been in the throes of violence since Wednesday, when Rajya Sabha took up the Bill after it was passed in Lok Sabha , with its capital under indefinite curfew, and Army and paramilitary columns rolling across multiple towns.
This may have four subway stations including Rajiv Chowk Night of December 31
This is a very important information for those living in Delhi who come to Connaught Place to celebrate the new year. If these people come here through the metro, then this time they will have to use some other means. It may be that the four metro stations in Rajiv Chowk and its surroundings will be closed after nine o’clock. Other metro stations include Barakhamba, Janpath and Patel Chowk Metro stations. DCP of New Delhi district Ish Singhal has written to DMRC asking that all the gates of Rajiv Chowk metro station be closed after nine o’clock on the night of 31 December and DMRC is ready to close the remaining three metro stations as well
One Nation One Ration Card’ scheme will come into effect from January 15, 2020
The ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ initiative of the government will come into effect from January 15, 2020. Initially, the scheme will be first implemented in 12 states–Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Tripura and Jharkhand.
Gujarat Woman Beats Up Husband & His Girlfriend After Catching Them Together in Cinema Hall
New Delhi: There’s nothing worse than getting cheated on and its automatic for a person to get angry when one’s confronted with the disturbing reality. However, things got a little out of hand in one such instance in Gujarat, where a woman thrashed and dragged her cheating husband and his alleged girlfriend, out of the movie hall.
It all happened when earlier this week, the 45-year-old woman from Ahmedabad, got a call from an acquaintance informing her that her husband was watching ‘Mardaani-2’ in a cinema hall, according to a report in The Times of India.
PM Modi, Pranab Mukherjee, top political leaders invited to Hemant Soren’s swearing-in
Ranchi, Dec 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former president Pranab Mukherjee, chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are among those invited to Jharkhand chief minister-designate Hemant Sorens swearing-in ceremony on December 29. The others invited to the programme to be held at the sprawling Mohrabadi grounds here are…
Bigg Boss 13: Shehnaz gets into ugly scuffle with Madhuirma Tuli; Rashami Desai compares the former to a ‘watchman’
quickclarity news – Shehnaz Gill has been announced as the new captain of the house after Asim Riaz. During her captainship, Shehnaz is trying to allot duties to everyone in the house, where none of them agree with her and refuse to do the chores assigned by her.
Anna Hazare demands his security be withdrawn, writes to CM Uddhav Thackeray
PUNE: Social activist Anna Hazare has demanded that the security provided to him by the government be withdrawn.
Hazare sent a letter to this effect to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday.
Security cover to him was a waste of public money, he said.
Many people had threatened him in the past, but he always ignored them, he said.
“I had requested the state government to revoke my security. But the government has not responded to my request. In the meantime, I came to know that the government is revoking the security of some people.
Indian Railways may hike passenger fare; Freight rates will be reduced
Amid theories of traveler price rise in not so distant future, railroad board director V K Yadav said on Thursday that rail routes are ‘justifying’ its travelers and cargo fees. He said the freight rates are as of now high.
Officials said that while increasing freight is the only major solution to overcome the financial crisis, in the current situation there is little room for it, so raising passenger fares is the only immediate option before the railway.
IMD issues severe cold ALERT for next 48 hrs as North India reels under coldest winter in 118 years
Numbing winter chills sets in across North India, temperatures expected to drop further
Delhi is on the verge of recording the second-coldest December since 1901. According to the weather department, the temperature in the national capital continues to drop and if forecasts are to be believed, the national capital would witness the season’s lowest temperature over the weekend. If so happens, Delhi would witness its coldest December in 118 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said.
‘Atal Bhujal Yojana’: PM Modi assures water access to 15 crore households in 5 years
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and unveiled the mega scheme – ‘Atal Bhujal Yojana’ – at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Jaish-e-Mohammad planning to execute terror attacks in Ayodhya, reveal intelligence agencies
Banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is planning terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, according to intelligence agencies. Sources told Zee Media that a message of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar has been intercepted by intelligence agencies and the message sent via chatting app Telegram has revealed that Pakistan-based terror group is planning to execute attacks in Ayodhya. It is to be noted that Telegram is widely used by JeM and other terror groups for communication.
RBI launches new prepaid payment instrument for digital transactions up to Rs 10,000
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday introduced a new type of semi-closed prepaid payment instrument (PPI), which can be used only for purchase of goods and services up to a limit of Rs 10,000. Money will be loaded or reloaded in the new PPI only from a bank account for making digital payments such as bill payments, merchant payments, etc. The new PPI could be issued on the basis of essential minimum details sourced from the customer.
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