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Maharaja Ranjit Singh was a renowned leader of the Sikh Empire. He was an icon in Punjab’s history, who ruled the northwest Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. During his childhood days, Ranjit Singh survived smallpox in infancy resulting in losing sight in his left eye. But that did not stop him from becoming the most revered hero known for his leadership. Recognized as Sher-e-Punjab ( Lion of Punjab ), his death anniversary falls on 27 June. Among the many accolades and laurels, Ranjit Singh is known for the golden beautification of the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib Gurdwara) which is in Amritsar, according to India Today. On the occasion of his death anniversary, here are a few facts about the iconic leader who led Sikh Empire: Ranjit Singh was born on 13 November in the year 1780 in Gujranwala, a region of Punjab (now in Pakistan). At the young age of 10, he fought in a battle with bravery and valour. At 17, he and his army fought against the king of

Jammu Airport was rocked by two explosions Sunday morning, days after the possibility of resumption of a political process in the region made headlines. Preliminary reports confirmed that the blasts did not cause any major casualties or damage to equipment. However, the security forces have sealed the area to assess any further threat to security. A high-level meeting was underway at the Air Force station with senior police and Indian Air Force officials in attendance, sources said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also dialled up vice IAF chief Marshal HS Arora. Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh spoke to Vice Air Chief, Air Marshal HS Arora regarding today’s incident at Air Force Station in Jammu. Air Marshal Vikram Singh is reaching Jammu to take stock of the situation. — रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) June 27, 2021 Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Ladakh, will also visit Jammu to take stock of the situation,  ANI   reported. Additionally, a high-level

Two explosions, within a gap of five minutes, rocked the high-security technical area of Jammu airport in the early hours of Sunday, officials said. The first blast, which took place around 1.45 am, ripped off the roof of a building at the technical area of the airport manned by the Air Force. The second one was on the ground There were no immediate reports of casualties. There were reports of an explosion inside Air Force Station Jammu. There is no injury to any personnel or any damage to any equipment. The investigation is on and further details are awaited, a defence spokesperson said. The area was sealed by security forces within minutes. A high-level meeting was underway at the Air Force station with senior police and Indian Air Force officials in attendance, sources said. Jammu airport is a civil airport with a runway and the ATC under the IAF. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/3jeLcOk Press Trust of India

By the end of 2021, tourists who arrive in Cairo will be spoilt for choice when it comes to experiencing the history of that antique land, for no less than three museums will vie for attention. Is that much? After all, if New Delhi’s lone National Museum is enough for those with a penchant for Indian history, what’s wrong with just the peachy-pink Egyptian Museum near the famous Tahrir Square for that nation’s long legacy? That the Egyptian Museum’s 13,500 sqm was simply not enough to do justice to its prodigious history was settled decades ago. But finally this April, its 22 royal mummies journeyed to the newly built National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat in a grand procession. And its stunning Tutankhamun collection also shifted after a century to a new home near the pyramids: the soon-to-open Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza. Clearly, the Egyptians were all too aware that a single museum was only sufficient for its antiquities a century ago. But the rapidly increasing art

The Rajasthan Government on Saturday issued new COVID-19 guidelines, making it mandatory for people to have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to enter public places. The new rules will come to effect from 28 June across the state. The new rules have eased several restrictions on the movement of people as well as economic activities, including allowing 100 percent staffing in government offices, provided at least 60 percent of them are vaccinated. The vaccination-driven policy also applies to shops, eateries, gyms, clubs, malls and other establishments. Religious places will start to open conditionally while marriage palaces can open from 1 July for holding marriage events. The new guideline, issued by the Home Department as a three-layered public-discipline 3.0 will be applicable from 28 June. शुक्रवार को हुई राज्य मंत्रिपरिषद की बैठक में दिए गए सुझावों के मद्देनजर प्रदेश में छूट का दायरा बढ़ाते हुए त्रिस्तरीय जन-अनुशासन दिशा-निर्देश 3.0 के तहत विभिन्न गतिविधियों में छूट दी है

New Delhi: There is no question of anyone being left out in the COVID-19 vaccination drive due to the "digital divide" and the Co-WIN system is designed to provide required flexibilities to states and Union Territories to overcome barriers to access, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Saturday. In an affidavit filed in the apex court in the suo motu case on distribution of essential supplies and services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centre said there is "no impediment" on vaccination based on availability or otherwise of digital device or internet. Online registration, prior self-registration and booking of appointment on Co-WIN is also not mandatory to avail vaccination services, it stated. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud had in its 31 May order observed that a vaccination policy exclusively relying on digital portal Co-WIN for inoculating those aged between 18 to 44 years would be unable to meet its target of universal immunisation due to the &

New Delhi: Delhi and nearby areas in northwest India will have to wait for at least one more week for the first monsoonal showers, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday. The northern limit of the southwest monsoon continues to pass through Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar, it said. "Prevailing meteorological conditions, large scale atmospheric features and the forecast wind pattern by dynamical models suggest that no favourable conditions are likely to develop for further advance of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and Punjab during next seven days," an IMD statement read. Subdued rainfall is likely over the northwest, central and western parts of peninsular India during the next five days, it said. After arriving two days late in Kerala, the monsoon had raced across the country, covering eastern, central and adjoining northwest India 7 to 10 days earlier t

Mumbai: A court in Mumbai on Saturday remanded two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till 1 July in connection with a money laundering case lodged against the NCP politician. Deshmukh's personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde were arrested after about nine hours of questioning under provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), an official said on Saturday. The duo was produced before a court in Mumbai, which remanded them in ED custody. In a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray after he was removed from the post of Mumbai police commissioner, IPS officer Param Bir Singh had alleged that Deshmukh, state home minister at the time, had directed dismissed policeman Sachin Waze to extort over Rs 100 crore per month from bars and restaurants in Mumbai. The ED case against Deshmukh and others is borne out after the CBI first carried out a preliminary enquiry (PE), followed b

Day after an interim report of a Supreme Court-appointed panel on Delhi's oxygen needs sparked a controversy, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria, who headed the panel reportedly said that it would be incorrect to say that the Delhi government exaggerated its oxygen needs by four times. According to NDTV , when asked if the Arvind Kejriwal govt exaggerated its needs four times as stated by the SC panel interim report, Guleria said, "I don't think we could say four times exaggeration." Later in the day, PTI quoted the AIIMS director as saying, "It is an interim report. The oxygen needs are dynamic and change from day to day. The matter is subjudice." Why is Guleria's statement important? The interim report was prepared by a sub-group constituted by the Supreme Court to audit oxygen consumption in hospitals in the National Capital during the second wave. According to PTI , the interim report said that the Delhi government had made the claims for allocati

The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) has released a detailed circular on the evaluation of marks for Class 12 board exams. Students, who are waiting for their results, can check the evaluation criteria on the official website gbshse.info . The marking policy has been released after the Goa education board cancelled Class 12 examinations on 3 June due to the second wave of coronavirus in the state. According to the official notice , GBSHE has asked Higher Secondary schools to follow a 30:30:40 format for calculation of the theory part for all subjects for Class 12 students. As per the formula, 30 percent weightage will be on the average of three subjects in which a student has scored the highest marks in Class 10, then another 30 percent weightage will be given to the student's performance in Class 11 (final theory component) and finally, 40 percent weightage will be on unit tests or mid-term exams conducted in Class 12 by the school. Further in the

The information brochure and list of documents needed for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2021 have been released by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur on Saturday, 26 June. Candidates, who will be appearing for the test, can visit the official website jeeadv.ac.in to check and download the information bulletin and documents’ list. The registration process was scheduled to start from 7 June while the JEE Advanced 2021 was supposed to be held on 3 July in two sessions. But, it was postponed due to the second wave of coronavirus across the country. A notice on the website states that due to COVID-19, the date of the exam mentioned in the information brochure has been postponed. “As a consequence, the dates for registration, admission, counselling, etc., contained in this document will be revised," the notice further reads. The dates mentioned in Annexure – IV of the information brochure for activities regarding the JEE Advanced exam will be modifie

Farmers from Punjab and Haryana on Saturday submitted memorandums to officials from the Governor's office in Chandigarh before returning home, reported  The Tribune.   With their protest against the Centre's three agri laws completing seven months, farmers are observing  Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao Diwas ( Save Agriculture, Save Democracy day) on Saturday. The farmers from Punjab broke through barricades at the Chandigarh-Mohali border while attempting to march to the Governor's house and police used a water cannon to disperse them. According to a statement by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various points on the Delhi border,  Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao Diwas  is being marked all over India to mark the completion of seven months of the farmers' protests and 46 years after the promulgation of Emergency in India in 1975. According to the  Indian Express , farmers said that they would march towards the National

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the Rs 20,000 crore- Ayodhya development plan on Saturday and asserted that the temple town in Uttar Pradesh should manifest the "the finest of our traditions" and the "best of our developmental transformations". As per government sources, during the virtual meeting of Ayodhya Development plan meeting with Uttar Pradesh officials, the prime minister said: "Ayodhya is both spiritual and sublime and the human ethos of this city must be matched by futuristic infrastructure, which is beneficial for everyone including tourists and pilgrims." Future generations must have desire to visit Ayodhya once: PM He also said that the city should be developed such that generations should feel the desire to visit Ayodhya at least once in their lifetime. Speaking at a virtual meeting, which was also attended by Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Modi described Ayodhya as a city that is "etched in the cultural conscio

Patna: Several parts of Patna, including Bihar Assembly premises and the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Renu Devi, were inundated on Saturday following heavy rain that began to pound the city since the previous evening. According to the MeT Department, the city received 145 milimetres rainfall since the previous day, the highest for this date in a decade. Residents woke up in the early hours to deafening sounds of thunderbolts though, so far, there have been no reports of deaths caused by lightning in the city or its outskirts. By around 9 am, the showers abated but people had to wade through knee-deep water, with trousers rolled up and footwear in the hands, to venture out. Heavy water-logging was seen in most parts of the city, including posh localities like Shri Krishna Puri and Patel Nagar. Besides, the colonial-era Vidhan Sabha building stood like a desolate, marooned fortress with photo and video journalists dropping in at frequent intervals to capture the images. Simil

Guwahati: Jailed legislator Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, left for Jorhat on Saturday to meet his ailing mother after spending a night with his wife and son. After being granted parole on Friday afternoon, Gogoi stepped out of the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments, late in the night. He spent the night at his rented residence in Guwahati with his wife and son who has recently recovered from COVID-19. "I could not sleep at all. My son is very sad and disturbed. I spent the entire night with him," Gogoi told reporters outside his residence before leaving for Jorhat, over 300 kilometres from Guwahati. "I cannot take him with me as I am going in a police escort," said the Independent MLA from Sivasagar who scripted history by becoming the first jailed leader in Assam to win an Assembly election. NIA special judge Pranjal Das, after hearing a petition filed by Gogoi's lawyer

Preparation for the assembly polls in five states early next year was the main agenda of a meeting of senior BJP leaders, including several Union ministers, on Saturday as they deliberated on political and governance issues linked to these states. Party president JP Nadda and Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Narendra Singh Tomar, Smriti Irani, and Kiren Rijiju were among those who attended the meeting, party leaders said. "Preparation for the assembly polls in five states were the main agenda of the meeting," a party leader said after the meeting. Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa are slated for early next year. The BJP is in power in all these states except Punjab and has been holding a series of meetings of its senior leaders as it works to put up an impressive show in the next round of elections. Uttar Pradesh is especially crucial to the BJP's political fortunes as the party has been the dominant po

Mumbai: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has sought a fresh date for appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which had summoned him for questioning on Saturday in a money laundering case related to an alleged multi-crore bribery-cum-extortion racket that led to his resignation in April, officials said. The 71-year-old Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader was asked to depose before the investigating officer at the agency office in Ballard Estate here by 11 am, they said. A team of Deshmukh's lawyers visited the ED office and sought a fresh date for appearance, officials said, adding that the agency is expected to accept his request. The central agency had arrested his personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde late last night after it carried out raids against them and Deshmukh in Mumbai and Nagpur. The aides were brought to the ED office for questioning following the searches and arrested subsequently. They will be pr

The 2019 Phase VII Selection Post document verification (DV) admit card has been released by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Applicants, who will be appearing for the document verification round, can check and download their hall ticket by visiting the official website ssc-cr.org. The DV round for candidates who cleared the 2019 Phase 7 Selection Post exam will be conducted from 6 to 8 July. Applicants can follow these simple steps to check and download their admit cards: Step 1: Go to the website, ssc-cr.org Step 2: On the homepage, click on the link "DOWNLOAD CALL LETTER FOR ADVERTISEMENT NO. PHASE-VII/2019 SELECTION POST" Step 3: On the new page, log in using registration id or roll number, date of birth, and verification code Step 4: After submitting the credentials, the hall ticket will be displayed on the screen Step 5: Check and download the SSC Phase-VII Selection Post 2019 DV admit card Step 6: Take a printout of the document verification hall tic

Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that work is on to bring all Opposition parties together at the national level, and this alliance will be incomplete without the Congress. He said that the Congress will play an important role in the alliance that aims to provide a strong alternative to the present dispensation. Raut's statements come four days after leaders of eight Opposition parties, including TMC, SP, AAP, RLD and the Left, assembled at NCP chief Sharad Pawar's residence in New Delhi and discussed various issues facing the country. Speculation has been rife that the agenda of the meeting, for which no Congress leader was present, was to discuss a possible alliance which could be an alternative to the BJP. Talking to reporters, Raut said, "There is no need of the third front or any other front. Sharad Pawar has already made it clear. Similarly, Shiv Sena through (party mouthpiece) Saamana' has voiced similar sentiments. And I have also rea

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) is expected to begin the application process for the Andhra Pradesh Engineering Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (AP EAMCET) 2021 on Saturday, 26 June. A detailed notification or statement will be issued soon by the council on the official website sche.ap.gov.in . Interested candidates, who want to apply for Agriculture, Pharmacy, and Engineering programmes, can do so by visiting the website once the registration window opens. Aspirants should note that the application form can be reportedly submitted without a late fee till 25 July. The examination, conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University , will be held in a computer-based test (CBT) online format from 19 to 25 August. Follow these steps to apply for AP EAMCET 2021: Step 1: Go to the official website sche.ap.gov.in Step 2: Once the link gets activated on the official website, click on it Step 3: Candidates will then have to log in us

The Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Examination (Paper-I) 2020 and Sub Inspectors in Delhi Police and CAPFs Exam (Paper-II) 2020 have been postponed by the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). The commission announced this decision in an official notification released on the official website ssc.nic.in . Aspirants, who are going to appear for these tests, can visit the website to check and download the notice. The commission will declare the new dates of the deferred exams in due course. The notification reads, "Fresh dates of the postponed examinations will be announced by the Commission in due course". Also, applicants are requested to keep a regular check on the website for further updates related to the exams. The Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Examination (Paper-I) 2020 was expected to be conducted from 1 to 20 July. The written test will be held in two phases. The first one will be a computer-based exam while the second one will be a descriptive paper. The questions will

With their protest against the Centre's three agri laws completing seven months, farmers are observing 'Save Agriculture, Save Democracy day' on Saturday. According to a statement by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various points on the Delhi border, Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao Diwas  is being marked all over India to mark the completion of seven months of the farmers' protests and 46 years after the promulgation of Emergency in India in 1975. According to the Indian Express , farmers have decided to march towards the National Capital on Saturday. Thousands of farmers from Saharanpur and Sisauli in western Uttar Pradesh reached Ghazipur Gate led by BKU chief Rakesh Tikait, reported news agency PTI . Farmers were also seen on tractors, ready for a rally, the Express report said. Meanwhile, the BKU dismissed reports of Rakesh Tikait being arrested as completely baseless and said he is present at the Ghazipur border

With their protest against the Centre's three agri laws completing seven months, farmers are observing 'Save Agriculture, Save Democracy day' on Saturday. According to a statement by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farmer unions protesting at various points on the Delhi border, Kheti Bachao, Loktantra Bachao Diwas  is being marked all over India to mark the completion of seven months of the farmers' protests and 46 years after the promulgation of Emergency in India in 1975. According to the Indian Express , farmers have decided to march towards the National Capital on Saturday. Thousands of farmers from Saharanpur and Sisauli in western Uttar Pradesh reached Ghazipur Gate led by BKU chief Rakesh Tikait, reported news agency PTI . Farmers were also seen on tractors, ready for a rally, the Express report said. Meanwhile, the BKU dismissed reports of Rakesh Tikait being arrested as completely baseless and said he is present at the Ghazipur border