Year: 2020

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers and laid the foundation stone for a grand temple at the site believed to be the birthplace of Lord Ram in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. The groundbreaking ceremony marks the formal launch of the temple’s construction promised by the ruling BJP in its manifesto nearly three decades earlier.   Modi symbolically laid a 40-kilogram (88 pounds) silver brick foundation stone, to formally start the construction of a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Ram in the city of Ayodhya in the northern Indian state of…

Consequent to the receipt of formal Government Sanction Letter for grant of Permanent Commission (PC) to Women Officers in Indian Army, the Army HQ is in the process of convening a Special Number 5 Selection Board for screening women officers for grant of PC. Towards this end, detailed administrative instructions have been issued to all affected women officers giving out guidelines for submission of applications for consideration by the Board.   Women Officers who have joined the Indian Army through the Women Special Entry Scheme (WSES) and Short Service Commission…

Bhoomi pujan of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is all set to take place on August 5. Preparations for the same are in full swing as leaders and attendees make their way to Ayodhya for the event. According to reports, a silver brick, representative of the bhoomi pujan, would be placed at 12.15 pm, during the ‘Abhijit Muhurta’, an auspicious time period.   According to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust that would handle the construction and management of the temple, this is the most auspicious time period.  …

An Interrogation Report (IR) conducted by Delhi Police has claimed that Tahir Hussain, an ex Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor has admitted to his role in the northeast Delhi riots that broke out in February against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).   AAP leader also confessed, during police investigation, that he collected acid, petrol, diesel and stones on his roofs, as revealed by the Delhi police. Besides, he also took a pistol from the police station for use in the violence.   During the interrogation, Hussain revealed that he…

Ayodhya is all geared up for its much awaited Ram JanmaBhoomi Poojan that shall begin on August 5th. The poojan that shall happen on Wednesday will be attended by august political personalities. PM Narendra Modi, UP CM Yogi Adityanath are among the few names. No other CM is invited for the celebration, senior leaders and patriarchs of BJP, LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi (via video), RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, Senior BJP leader Uma Bharti are along the other few invitees. LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi…

Home Minister Amit Shah took to Twitter to announce that he had tested positive for Coronavirus. “On getting the initial symptoms of corona, I got the test done and the report came back positive. My health is fine, but I am being admitted to the hospital on the advice of doctors. I request that all of you who have come in contact with me in the last few days, please isolate yourself and get your test done,” tweeted Shah   Wishes for Union Home minister Amit Shah’s speedy recovery began…

India has geared to become a global electronic manufacturing hub. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics & IT, Communications, Law and Justice said that the government has received a warm response to the production linked incentive scheme it had rolled out to boost electronic manufacturing in the country. He also invited global mobile manufacturing stalwarts including Apple and Samsung to intensify manufacturing in India.   Minister in a tweet today said, “Under the leadership of PM @narendramodi, PLI scheme was introduced to welcome global companies and to make…

Kirana stores have proved as the lifeline during the necessary times as COVID-19, as one can avoid so many things but they can’t survive from getting the basics necessities including medicine and daily needs like Groceries, fruits and vegetables. Kiranas have helped millions of Indian households wade through a difficult lockdown and dramatically altered daily lives.   Many leading Indian and Global business house are trying to do business from bottom to top in a reverse engineering way and trying to disrupt the existing business eco-system, with a big hope…

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani has again pushed hard for 2G free India as DoT and COAI celebrate 25th anniversary of mobility in India. In a letter to Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Mukesh Ambani wrote: “This is also an occasion for us to look at the obstacles that have prevented Indian consumers and Indian society from fully benefiting from the digital revolution.   Here I specifically referred to the fact that India still has 300 million mobile subscribers trapped in the 2G era and their feature phones keep them excluded even…

The Indian Railways and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will begin the process of acquiring additional land for running bullet trains on seven new routes, giving the country a huge network of high-speed trains.   It is being said that the NHAI will soon procure land to lay tracks for the project along the Greenfield expressways for integrated development of the rail transport network in the country.   Union Minister Nitin Gadkari recently chaired a meeting with a group of infrastructure ministers, during which the decision to acquire…