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Haridwar: The Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad, the organisation of Hindu saints and ascetics, has called a meeting of all the Akharas in Haridwar on 10 October to expel BJP leader and former Union Minister Swami Chinmayanand from the community. According to sources, he will remain ousted from the saint community unless acquitted. File image of Swami Chinmayanand. News18 It is pertinent to mention that a month after a law student levelled charges of rape against Chinmayanand, he was arrested on Friday by the Uttar Pradesh Police. However, he was charged with an offence not amounting to rape, stalking and criminal intimidation. He was remanded to 14-days judicial custody by a local Court at Shahjahanpur. As per police, Chinmayanand has accepted "all evidence" that have come up against him. The matter came to the fore when the girl went missing on 24 August after putting up a Facebook post alleging that a person from ' sant samaj ' threatened to kill her and her k

10:51 (IST) Aloha and Namaste, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to India Prime Minister Modi on his latest visit to the United States. Glad to see so many Indian Americans from all across our country, as well as many of my colleagues in Congress coming together there #tulsi2020 #modi pic.twitter.com/AFMAAJRhvx — Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) September 21, 2019 10:45 (IST) Modi arrived in Houston on Saturday night Prime Minister Modi arrived in Houston 12 hours ago late on Saturday and was given a very warm welcome by Director of Trade and International Affairs Christopher Olson, US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster, Indian envoy to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla, and other officials on his arrival. Members of the Indian diaspora waved Indian flags to greet Modi on his arrival. Tulsi Gabbard, a House Representative member from Hawaii, tweeted her welcome. 10:43 (IST) 'PM told us you've suffered a lot together we've to build new Kashmir' A delegation

Almost twelve hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the Indian diaspora in Houston's NRG Football Stadium, where Beyonce and Taylor Swift  have performed and Super Bowls have been held in the past, is abuzz with activity, several publications reported. The event at the NRG Football Stadium, one of the largest in the US, has been organised by the Texas India Forum (TIF), a non-profit organisation. "Some 50,0000 attendees from Indian American communities, and people from the 48 states are attending. It is going to be a historical event, the largest such event held for a democratically elected head of state. No such programme has been held earlier in the past. Senators, Congressmen, mayors and the US President Donald Trump are going to attend," TIF spokesperson Gitesh Desai was quoted as saying. According to reports, the "Howdy, Modi" event at the sprawling NRG Stadium is the largest gathering ever for an elected foreign leader visiting the

No phone. No internet. No GPS. Just gusts of howling wind, giving them company from sunrise to sunset, followed by clusters of dazzling stars peeping down from the night sky into their yak-skin tents. Whatever the season, there are always openings in these tents to let fresh air in. Living in the remote, Trans-Himalayan Changthan region of Ladakh, at roughly 16,000-plus feet above sea level where, for centuries, they have been shepherding their world-class Pashmina wool-bearing goats, the Changpa nomads may not be among the most informed people on the Earth. But they surely know which way the wind blows, and can spot a good thing coming. Like for instance, the announcement of new Union Territory status for Ladakh. The information reached them after a few days’ delay, as it always does at these heights, but it hardly matters. Though largely happy at the development, they did not exactly erupt in joy, the way the rest of Ladakh (barring Kargil) did. This is because the Changpas’ respons

Announced by the World Wildlife Fund-South Africa in 2010 to celebrate World Rhino Day on 22 September every year, the event took off on a global scale both on online and offline platforms when Lisa Jane Campbell of Chishakwe Ranch in Zimbabwe and founder of Annamitici joined hands with creative director Rhishja Cota in 2011 to create a massive awareness to protect all five species of rhinos — black, white, greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan — from extinction. "World Rhino Day was actually started by World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-South Africa. However, we promoted the day to include all five species of rhino, which is very important because many people still do not know that three of the five rhino species are Asian rhinos," said Cota in an email from Tucson, Arizona, "It is always a wonderful feeling to see all five rhino species getting recognised and celebrated around the globe. Rhinos are a beloved and iconic species, so people were — and still are — excited when ab

At 'Howdy, Modi!' event today, Donald Trump to join Narendra Modi in Houston The Indian-American community in US' Houston is all set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 'Howdy, Modi' event on Sunday, anticipated to see a footfall of 50,000 people, which will be the largest gathering ever for an elected foreign leader visiting the US, other than the Pope. The three-hour event in which President Donald Trump will join Modi is being organised at the NRG Football stadium. The event is expected to provide " the world a glimpse of the contributions of Indian-Americans to the cultural, intellectual and social landscape of the US," PTI quoted the organisers as saying. For the first time, Modi and Trump will share the stage to address the 50,000-strong Indian diaspora during the event titled “Shared Dreams, Bright Future" that will focus on the success of Indian-Americans as well as the strength of the US-India relationship. #WATCH Delhi: Pr

Tripura TET admit card 2019 | Teacher's Recruitment Board (TRB) has released the admit card for the Teacher's Eligibility Test (TET) on the its official website  trb.tripura.gov.in . Tripura TET 2019 paper II, which will determine the eligibility of candidates to teach classes VI to VIII will be held on 20  October , 2019. The paper I examination for candidates applying to teach classes I to V will be held on 26  October , 2019, reported The Indian Express . Both the exams begin from 12:30 pm and last for two and a half hours. Steps to access the Tripura TET admit card 2019: Step 1:  Visit Tripura TRB’s official  website . Step 2:  Click on ‘Apply Online’ tab on the home page. Step 3:  Click on TET 2019 link. Step 4: In the log-in section, students need to enter their log-in details. Step 5:  The admit card will appear on the screen. Students can take a print out for future reference. Students can contact the TRB before 4 October if they find any error in their admit

Kolkata: Union minister Babul Supriyo on Saturday assured the mother of a student, who allegedly pulled the hair of the BJP leader at the Jadavpur University during his heckling on Thursday, that he will not harm the career of her son. The student Debanjan Ballav's ailing mother Rupali had urged Supriyo "with folded hands" to pardon her son as handing him over to the police would ruin his career. "Dear auntie, don't worry. I will not take any action that will harm the career of your son," the minister said in a tweet on Saturday, and attached to it a newspaper clipping about the request of the woman who lives in Barddhaman town. "I wish he learns from his mistake. Neither had I lodged any FIR against anybody, nor allowed anyone to do the same. Get well soon," Supriyo said in the micro-blogging site. The newspaper clipping attached to the tweet carried a photograph of teary-eyed Rupali Ballav with her hands folded. চিন্তা করবেন না মাসিমা - আমি

From Babul Supriyo attack to screening Buddha in a Traffic Jam , all the times Jadavpur University students have clashed over ideology Incidents of violence and unrest at the Jadavpur university were reported from as far back as 2010, when engineering students waved black flags at then chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. However, it was in 2014 that one of the biggest campus movements was reported: the Hok Kolorob movement. Chants of ‘ Azadi ’ allegedly resonated through the campus in February 2016, following the arrest of then JNU students’ union chief Kanhaiya Kumar. The next major wave of violence to hit the campus was in May 2016, when protests erupted over the decision to screen Vivek Agnihotri’s political film  Buddha in a Traffic Jam. And then, there was the recent incident on Thursday involving union minister Babul Supriyo. Corporate tax cut signals govt's shift towards radical reform; move ranks topmost among steps taken to revive economy With Friday’s announcement

Amaravati: Senior Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Member of Parliament (MP) N Sivaprasad died due to renal failure on Saturday, party sources said. He was 68. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, TDP sources said in Amravati. File image of late TDP leader N Sivaprasad. ANI Sivaprasad had been suffering from kidney ailment for some time now and was admitted to hospital in Tirupati a few days ago. On Thursday, he was shifted to Apollo hospitals in Chennai, where he died. TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu visited Sivaprasad in the hospital on Friday. Sivaprasad was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chittoor (SC) constituency twice. He had also served as a member of (united) Andhra Pradesh Assembly and Minister for Information and Public Relations in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet. Sivaprasad became well-known as the MP who donned fancy dresses, enacting a unique character every day, during protests outside Parliament opposing the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh (2013

New Delhi: Congress leader DK Shivakumar may influence witnesses in the money laundering case in which he has been arrested, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday told a Delhi court, which said it will pass an order on his bail application on 25 September. Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for the ED, opposed the bail application before Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar, saying that Shivakumar cannot turn his tainted property into untainted one just by paying tax on it. File image DK Shivakumar. Image courtesy: Facebook Senior advocates Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Shivakumar, opposed the ASG's submission and said that he was innocent and that the ED was desperate to keep him in jail. Rohatgi said if people like P Chidambaram, arrested by ED in another case, are flight risk then everyone in the country is a flight risk. After hearing arguments from both sides, the court reserved its order. During the hearing, the ED, also repr

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday attacked the government over its move to cut corporate tax, alleging that the rich will benefit while the poor left to fend for themselves. The government on Friday slashed corporate tax rates for companies by almost 10 percentage points to 25.17 per cent and offered a lower rate to 17.01 per cent for new manufacturing firms to boost economic growth rate from a six-year low by incentivising investments to help create jobs. "Howdy Modi. Corporate Diwali. India foregoes 1.45 lakh cr. revenue. Need Diwali for needy folk!" Sibal said in a tweet. Howdy Modi Corporate Diwali India foregoes 1.45 lakh cr. revenue Need Diwali for needy folk ! Extra money in corporate hands will not boost demand . Need extra money in hands of rural India to spur consumption. The rich will benefit The poor left to fend for themselves — Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) September 21, 2019 "Extra money in corporate hands will not boost

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, accompanied by a sizeable police force, had to rush to the Jadavpur University on Thursday, when students heckled Union minister Babul Supriyo, showing him black flags and refusing to let him leave the campus. Supriyo, who was on campus to address a seminar organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), was stopped from entering the gate. The protests were being staged by students belonging to Students’ Federation of India (SFI), Left-leaning Arts Faculty Students’ Union (AFSU) and Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students’ Union (FETSU), All India Students' Association (AISA) and a few members of the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), who thumped the bonnet of Dhankhar’s vehicle and relented only after teachers persuaded them to lift their blockade. Union minister Babul Supriyo  at Jadavpur University on Thursday. PTI Meanwhile, stick-wielding ABVP members chanted ' Jai Shree Ram' and ' Bharat Mata Ki Jai &