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New Delhi: Violence broke out during a Hanuman Jayanti procession in North-West Delhi's Jahangirpuri area on Saturday, leaving several police personnel injured. According to police, there was stone-pelting and some vehicles were also torched, PTI reported. Warning of strict action against rioters, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana said the situation is under control and adequate additional force has been deployed in Jahangirpuri and other sensitive areas. "In today's incident in NW District, the situation is under control. Adequate additional force has been deployed in Jahangirpuri & other sensitive areas. Senior officers have been asked to remain in field and closely supervise the law & order situation & undertake patrolling. Strict action will be taken against rioters. Citizens are requested to not to pay heed to rumours and fake news on social media," read a post on the official Twitter handle of the Delhi Police Commissioner. Strict action

The Delhi University has issued a notification for the recruitment of 79 Assistant Professors at Dyal Singh College. Candidates who are interested and eligible can now apply for the posts on the official website, https://ift.tt/ru5ZiHy. The deadline for submission of the application is 30 April, or within two weeks of the date of publication of the advertisement in the Employment News. The recruitment of Assistant Professors is being conducted by the DU for departments such as Economics, Sanskrit, History, English, Hindi, and Political Science, among others. The application fee for UR/OBC/EWS category applicants is Rs 500. Women candidates, as well as those from SC, ST and PwBD categories, will not be charged an application fee. The university will shortlist candidates on the basis of their applications. The shortlisted applicants will be called in for the interview process. Eligibility criteria Candidates must have a Master's degree with a minimum of 55 percent marks in a con

In the last few days, the big headlines in ties between the world’s two largest democracies, India and the United States, have featured comments from two men who head foreign policy in each country, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, respectively. After Blinken raised concerns about human rights in India, Jaishankar responded by saying India too has concerns about human rights in America. The next day, Blinken noted: “The US and India have always had much to learn from one another… interactions with Gandhi influenced a key figure in our nation’s journey: Martin Luther King, Jr. We share a special bond indeed.” Some commentators have seen this as a sign of the dawn of the multipolar world, others as India successfully pushing back effectively on a contentious issue. That this came after weeks of debates between the two countries on India’s hands-off stance in the Ukraine war, including abstentions in United Nations resolutions aimed at Russ

On 10 April, on the occasion of Ram Navami, a festival that celebrates the manifestation of Sri Ram on the earth and is celebrated across the whole Bharat as well as by Bharatiyas and followers of  Sanatan Dharma  across the world, there were violent clashes in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). This Delhi-based university has been in news especially since 2016 when some students’ organisations and leaders professing Marxist ideology called for breaking Bharat into several parts. Slogans such as ‘ Bharat Tere Tukde Honge, Inshallah, Inshallah ’ were raised. Those who believe in this seditious objective of breaking Bharat have come to be known in Indian public discourse as ‘ Tukde-Tukde ’ gang. It continues to remain quite active in JNU. It has a strong ecosystem built over the last 50 years and hence continues to thrive. It also continues to dominate student politics at JNU. On 10 April, this year, the ‘ Tukde-Tukde ’ gang raised objections to the celebrations of Ram Navami in one of

On 10 April, on the occasion of Ram Navami, a festival that celebrates the manifestation of Sri Ram on the earth and is celebrated across the whole Bharat as well as by Bharatiyas and followers of  Sanatan Dharma  across the world, there were violent clashes in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). This Delhi-based university has been in news especially since 2016 when some students’ organisations and leaders professing Marxist ideology called for breaking Bharat into several parts. Slogans such as ‘ Bharat Tere Tukde Honge, Inshallah, Inshallah ’ were raised. Those who believe in this seditious objective of breaking Bharat have come to be known in Indian public discourse as ‘ Tukde-Tukde ’ gang. It continues to remain quite active in JNU. It has a strong ecosystem built over the last 50 years and hence continues to thrive. It also continues to dominate student politics at JNU. On 10 April, this year, the ‘ Tukde-Tukde ’ gang raised objections to the celebrations of Ram Navami in one of

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab on Saturday announced 300 units of free electricity for every household from 1 July, according to the State Information and Public Relations Department. The announcement came on the day when Bhagwant Mann-led government completed its one month in the office today. 300 units free electricity in Punjab from 1st July 2022 onwards!!! It's a historic decision by CM S. @BhagwantMann ji which will remove the crushing burden on punjabis & stop their loot. Tears of joy & huge sense of relief! Thank you so much @ArvindKejriwal @raghav_chadha . Kudos! — Dr Balbir Singh (@AAPbalbir) April 16, 2022 Mann met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday to discuss the scheme of providing free electricity to the people of Punjab and indicated, in a press conference, that the State government can make a big announcement soon. "On the 16th, we will give great good news to the people of Punjab," Punjab CM said. Providing

The Union government is soon likely to ban the controversial outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) which has been blamed for the violence and communal tension in parts of India during Ram Navami last week. Sources told News18 that the government is likely to take a decision this week. They added that preparations for the ban have been completed and a notification is likely to be announced soon. #EXCLUSIVE | #PFI fomented hate and riots. Now PFI to get the axe? Decision on ban on PFI coming soon. Exclusive Input: @manojkumargupta @siddhantvm shares details with @Runjhunsharmas pic.twitter.com/q18PW6w5Ol — News18 (@CNNnews18) April 15, 2022 The PFI, an Islamic organisation, is already banned in several states, but the government now plans to ban the outfit through a central notification. Violence had erupted last weekend during Ram Navami processions in Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal. On 14 April, 2022, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief VD Sharma

Islam can never allow a true Muslim to adopt India as his motherland and regard a Hindu as his kith and kin. That is probably the reason why Maulana Mahomed Ali, a great Indian but a true Muslim, preferred to be buried in Jerusalem rather than in India. — ‘ Pakistan or Partition of India’, by Dr BR Ambedkar Imagine these words coming from any public figure of the current era. He would have certainly been branded an Islamophobe by the flag-bearers of Western liberalism. Ironically, these are the words of the man who has often been invoked by those who fail to acknowledge the existence of Islamist terror in India. Ambedkar’s portrait was even being championed by the soft rioters during the CAA agitation. Recently, we saw a series of clashes when Ram Navami processions passed in front of mosques. Ambedkar categorically documented this being an age-old phenomenon. This can be found on page numbers 167, 168 and 269 (based on the edition available in this  link ). I have also collated the

India has reported 949 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, less than 5.75 per cent from a day ago, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Friday morning. The daily positivity rate has, however, increased to 0.26 per cent and weekly positivity rate stands at 0.25 per cent. On Thursday 1,007 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the country. India's COVID-19 tally has now increased to 4,30,39,972 (4 core 30 lakh 39 thousand 9 hundred and 72) The Health Ministry, on Friday, informed that six people have died due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking total deaths due to the virus so far to 5,21,743 (5 lakh 21 thousand 7 hundred and 43). As many as 810 patients recovered from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, increasing the total recoveries in the country to 4,25,07,038 (4 crore 25 lakh 7 thousand and 38). India now has 11,191 active cases of COVID-19. Active cases stand at 0.03 per cent of the total cases. #Unite2FightCorona #LargestVaccineDrive h

A video of a shopkeeper of a grocery store in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh listening to songs that were raising slogans of Pakistan Zindabad has not just gone viral on social media, but has also sparked anger among people. The latest incident was reported in Singhai Kala village under Bhuta police station area. Locals filmed the incident of the shopkeeper and his colleague listening to anti-national slogan in their shop late on Wednesday evening and made it viral on social media. Reports say that when the shopkeeper was asked to stop the playing it, he had increased the volume. बरेली में ‘पाकिस्तान जिंदाबाद’ के नारे वाला गाना बजा रहे थे रोजेदार मुस्तकीम और नईम, भाजपा नेता हिमांशु पटेल व आशीष पटेल की शिकायत पर चढ़े यूपी पुलिस के हत्थे, ईद मनेगी जेल में। पश्चिमी यूपी के मुसलमानों ने 1946 के चुनाव में पाकिस्तान के लिए वोट किया था पर बेशर्मी से यही रुक गए। pic.twitter.com/LprYvGKWlm — Prashant Umrao (@ippatel) April 14, 2022 After the incident came to fore, BJP leaders from

The month of April marks the beginning of a new year for people in Assam, Bihar, Kerala, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. As per the Malayalam calendar, the Kerala New Year is known as Vishu, which is the first day of the Medam month. People in Kerala and the Malayalis around the world celebrate the day with fun, frolic and feasting. This year, Vishu will be marked on 15 April and food - as always - is a special attraction on this day. Those celebrating this festival, feast on sadya , which is a banquet that consists of several traditional vegetarian dishes. Women across the state prepare a setting called Vishukkani that includes items like rice, coconut cut open, jack fruit, lemon, cucumber, kanmashi kajal and betel leaves. All these items are served on a banana leaf. Here are some traditional dishes of Kerala that you must savour on the occasion of Vishu: Vishu Katta: This dish is made using coconut milk, powdered rice and jaggery. It has all the nutritious ingredi

New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices remained steady for over a week with no change in rates on Friday. Both petrol and diesel rates were hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in two weeks to Rs 10 per litre. Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 105.41 per litre, while diesel rate is Rs 95.87 per litre to Rs 96.67, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers. In Mumbai, petrol and diesel prices per litre stand at Rs 120.51 and Rs 104.77 respectively. Rates across the country and vary from state to state, depending upon the incidence of local taxation. In the last hike, the country saw the 14th increase in fuel prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on 22 March. On the first four occasions, prices were increased by 80 paise a litre - the steepest single-day rise since the daily price revision was introduced in June 2017. On the following days, petrol price went up by 50 paise and 30 paise a litre while diesel

The spring harvest festival of Baisakhi is celebrated on 14 April and marks the Sikh New Year. An important festival for the Sikh community, the day is celebrated in a grand manner by people both in India and abroad. The festival’s significance dates back to 1699 when the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, laid the foundation of the Khalsa Panth – the order of baptized Sikh warriors to defend religious rights and freedom. According to the Khalsa Sambat, Baisakhi has been celebrated since the inception of the Vaisakh 1756 Bikrami  on 30 March, 1699. To celebrate this day, processions are organised in which the people walk across the streets and chant religious texts or hymns from Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. Five Sikh men lead the procession, representing the Panj Pyaare. A sumptuous feast is a defining characteristic of the Baisakhi celebrations. Here are some of the Punjabi foods that you may prepare for the celebration: Meethe Peeley Chawal: Sweet rice is one delicacy that

Puthandu or Puthuvarudam, which is also known as the Tamil New Year, will be marked on 14 April this year. The festival of Puthandu is celebrated and observed in the state of Tamil Nadu as well as the Union Territory of Puducherry. It is also observed and celebrated in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore and elsewhere in the world where members of the Tamil community reside. The festival date of Puthandu is set in line with the Hindu lunisolar calendar and it marks the first day of the month of Chithirai. Feasting, giving gifts, making kolams, and visiting temples and homes of your close ones are some of the common ways in which the festival is celebrated. People greet each other by saying Puthandu Vazthugal, which translates to 'Happy New Year'. On the occasion of Puthandu, here are some of the traditional dishes which you can devour during the festival- 1. Manjal Poosanikai sambar: A a quick recipe and everyone's favourite, this delectable dish is made out of Toor dal and p

Mahavir Jayanti is one of the most celebrated festivals of the Jain community as it marks the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir. Devotees, who observe this religious festival, honour the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism - Lord Mahavir. He was the last spiritual leader of Jainism. As per the Gregorian Calendar, Mahavir Jayanti is usually celebrated in the month of March or April every year. This year, the day will be celebrated on 14 April. Tithi timings: According to Drikpanchang, the Jain community will celebrate the 2,620th birth anniversary of Lord Mahavir this year. The Trayodashi Tithi will begin at 4:49 am on 14 April and end at 3:55 am on 15 April, 2022. How is the day celebrated? People celebrate the day by engaging in prayers, pujas, vratas and charitable acts. Many devotees also visit temples dedicated to Lord Mahavir to offer their prayers. These temples are grandly decorated with lights, flags and banners. Occasionally, a procession is also carried out in the form of 'r

Bengali Noboborsho, also known as Poila Boishakh is knocking at the door and all the Bengalis are charging up to celebrate the Bengali New Year with glee. As per the Bengali lunisolar calendar, that day falls on the first day of the Boishakh month. This year Bengalis will celebrate the day on 15 April. Though it is a significant day for the shopkeepers and the businessmen of Bengal, people also celebrate the new year with their families and friends. The worship of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Laxmi is one of the important events to be held on Poila Boishakh. People of all ages wear new clothes, attend pujas and visit fairs but the best thing about Poila Boishakh is that they relish the day with various authentic Bengali dishes and sweet delicacies. Families cook lots of dishes and enjoy sumptuous feasts with their near and dear ones. Here are some of the dishes you can try on this auspicious day: Beguni: Beguni is a very famous preparation among the Bengalis. It is made by frying long

Poila Boishakh, also known as Bangla Noboborsho, marks the first day of the Bengali calendar and is observed as New Year’s Day. As the name suggests, the day falls on the first day of Boishakh, the first month of the Bengali lunisolar calendar. As per the Gregorian Calendar, the day is usually celebrated by the people of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam on 14 or 15 April every year. This year, the day falls on 15 April. On this auspicious day, people meet and greet their dear ones and wish them by saying “Subho Noboborsho” which means ‘Happy New Year’ in the Bengali language. Fairs and processions take place in different parts of Bengal. People from the Bengali community, along with their family and friends, wear new clothes, visit fairs, have a gala time, and enjoy sweet delicacies together. History: According to Drikpanchang , the Bengal king Shoshangko started the Bengali calendar in 594 CE. However, according to some sources, it is believed that Mughal emperor Akbar launched the

Mahavir Jayanti is one of the prominent festivals celebrated by the members of the Jain community. The festival marks the birth of Lord Mahavira, the last of the 24 Tirthankaras of Jainism. Mahavir Jayanti will be celebrated on 14 April this year. It is believed that Vardhamana or Lord Mahavira was born on the 13th day in the month of Chaitra. There are two different schools of thought that debate the actual period of Lord Mahavira's birth. While the Digambaras say that Mahavira was born in 615 BC, the Swetambaras believe that he was born in 599 BC. However, both schools of thought agree that Lord Mahavira was born to Trisala and Siddhartha. Mahavir Jayanti celebrations On the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti, people from the Jain community, observe a fast and offer prayers. They also visit Jain temples. Processions are carried out with the idol of Lord Mahavira placed in a chariot. During these processions, people also chant religious hymns. People also carry a cradle with Lord Maha