New Delhi, July 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has alleged that the controversial Operation Blue Star of 1984 in the Golden Temple was conducted in collaboration with the British government. Dubey claimed that British military officers were present in Amritsar during the operation, which targeted militants holed up inside the Golden Temple complex. "In 1984, Indira Gandhi ordered an attack on the Golden Temple in collaboration with the British. British army officers were present in ...Read More
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is set to visit Delhi on Monday to meet Union ministers over various issues concerning the state. He is also likely to meet AICC leaders. Sources said that as the farmers in the state are suffering due to shortage of urea, the chief minister is likely to meet Union Chemical and Fertilisers Minister JP Nadda and discuss the matter. It may be recalled that during the last three months, urea has not been supplied to the state as per allocation. He is expec...Read More
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 7 (ANI): The Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), Pramod Boro, highlighted the remarkable progress in peace and development since the signing of the 2020 Bodo Peace Accord. Boro said that decades of violence, unrest, and movements involving various groups and communities had marred the region for years. Also Read | MS Dhoni Birthday Special: A Look at Top Five Achievements of Captain Cool in His Cricketing Career. "Decades afte...Read More
Guwahati: The East Khasi Hills district administration will enforce a new set of parking regulations from August 1 to improve urban mobility across Shillong in Meghalaya. The initiative, which spans seven key traffic zones including Sadar, Madanrting, Laban, Mawlai, Rynjah, Lumdiengjri, and Laitumkhrah, aims to organize parking in critical stretches of the city. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The Urban Affairs Department has introduced standard...Read More
Mumbai, July 7: Every year, the Islamic calendar begins not with a fixed date, but with eyes toward the sky. This year followed tradition, as the crescent moon was sighted in India on June 26. This marked June 27 as the first day of Muharram, setting Ashura, the 10th day and the most solemn day of mourning, on July 6. Now, there is growing uncertainty over whether Monday, July 7, will be declared a public holiday across India for Ashura. As mentioned, the new Islamic year began on June 27, foll...Read More
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has directed Aditya Birla Group company UltraTech, owner of southern India-based India Cements, along with Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited (DCBL) and Shree Digvijay Cement and their executives to submit audited financial statements, including balance sheet and profit and loss account, within eight weeks of the order. The competition watchdog's direction came over a complaint filed by ONGC alleging cartelisation in its tenders. Following the co...Read More
Kangana Ranaut, BJP MP from Mandi, visited her rain-affected constituency, asserting the Congress's dim prospects for future governance due to their handling of relief efforts. She emphasized her role as a liaison between the state and central government, seeking aid from the Prime Minister while clarifying that disaster relief falls under the state's purview. BJP Lok Sabha MP from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut, on Sunday visited her rain-ravaged constituency and asserted that the way relief work is be...Read More
The Supreme Court administration has asked the central government to vacate the official Chief Justice residence, stating that former CJI Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud has exceeded the permitted stay period and the bungalow must return to the court's housing pool, according to reports. Justice Chandrachud, who retired on November 10, 2024, stayed nearly eight months in the Type VIII bungalow, beyond the six-month grace period.The Supreme Court administration has asked the central government to urgent...Read More
Union Minister Piyush Goyal pledged to recommend a GST reduction on handicrafts and handlooms in Jammu and Kashmir. He addressed the FTII Traders Conclave 2025 in Srinagar. Goyal also announced a Centre of Excellence for Packaging and Design. Discussions included setting up a Centre of Excellence for storage technology. He assured support for startups and new talent. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday promised to recommend a reduction in the Goods and Services Tax impos...Read More
New Delhi: The political fallout between US President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk escalated sharply on Sunday, with Trump slamming Musk's newly announced "America Party" as a recipe for "total disruption and chaos." In a blistering post on his Truth Social account, Trump said Musk had "gone off the rails," accusing the Tesla and SpaceX chief of pursuing a "third political party" that would never succeed in America's entrenched two-party system. The comments come a day after Musk for...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The X accounts of UK-based news agency Reuters, Turkish broadcaster TRT World, and China's English language newspaper Global Times were restored in India on Sunday evening, a day after users were unable to access them. Earlier in the day, the Centre intervened, stating that the Indian government had not sought to withhold the Reuters account on the social media platform X, and 'working with X to resolve the problem.'. An official spokesperson for the Ministry o...Read More
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 (ANI): As a significant example of rapid infrastructural progress, the newly constructed flyover connecting Rukminigaon Road and Bormotoria Link Road at Downtown Point in Guwahati was inaugurated on Sunday by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Completed in just nine months - half the originally sanctioned period of eighteen months - this Rs. 112 crore, 660-metre-long, four-lane structure was officially designated as Bhagadatta Flyover-2 in honour of King ...Read More
The Delhi government on Sunday (July 6, 2025) handed appointment letters to 1,388 nursing officers and 41 paramedical staff, and flagged off Ayushman Bharat registration vans to help eligible residents, especially from the weaker sections, to enrol for the Ayushman Bharat and Vaya Vandana Yojana schemes. At a ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda called the appointments a "historic initiative" that bridges a 15-year gap in Delhi's healthcare recruitment. "This is not ...Read More
Hyderabad: Thousands of people who gathered at ashoorkhana in Dabeerpura on the 10th day of Muharram (Youm-e-Ashura) took part in the Bibi-ka-Alam procession. The procession commenced from Dabeerpura on an elephant and concluded at Chaderghat. The Shia mourners took out the procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Prophet Mohammad's grandson, Imam Hussain, on the 10th day of Muharram. Members of the Shia sect performed matam and participated in processions. The 10th Muharram is the day o...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): The X accounts of UK-based news agency Reuters, Turkish broadcaster TRT World, and China's English language newspaper Global Times were restored in India on Sunday evening, a day after users were unable to access them. Earlier in the day, the Centre intervened, stating that the Indian government had not sought to withhold the Reuters account on the social media platform X, and 'working with X to resolve the problem.'. An official spokesperson for the Ministry o...Read More
NEW DELHI - The Reuters News account on X was restored in India on Sunday, a day after the social media platform suspended it, citing a legal demand. "At this time, we are no longer withholding access in INDIA to your account," X said in an email to the Reuters social media team, without elaborating. Representatives for X, Reuters and the Indian government did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the restoration of the account. Earlier on Sunday, a spokesperson for the Indian go...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 6: Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Kashmir's progress would end terrorism in the region. Addressing a news conference at the Sher-e-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC), Goyal said that terrorism in J&K would be eradicated with the active support of the people and demanded that Pakistan hand over terrorists operating from its soil to India without delay. "Just as we have made strong strides to end Naxalism by 2026, we will...Read More
Dehradun, Jul 6 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that public cooperation is needed along with government's efforts to ban forced religious conversions in the backdrop of a demographic change in the state. Addressing the programme 'Developed Uttarakhand @2047, Samuhik Samvad With Ex-Servicemen' here, Dhami said that his government has taken bold steps, including strict action against land encroachment, Uniform Civil Code along, and implementing strict anti-riot...Read More
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 (ANI): As a significant example of rapid infrastructural progress, the newly constructed flyover connecting Rukminigaon Road and Bormotoria Link Road at Downtown Point in Guwahati was inaugurated on Sunday by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Completed in just nine months - half the originally sanctioned period of eighteen months - this Rs. 112 crore, 660-metre-long, four-lane structure was officially designated as Bhagadatta Flyover-2 in honour of King ...Read More
New Delhi, Jul 6 (PTI) International news agency Reuters' X account was withheld in India for a few hours but restored later on Sunday after the government intervened to say it had not sought the blocking of the handle. Reuters' X account was blocked from being accessed in India overnight, leading to speculations. The government asked the Elon Musk-owned platform for an explanation and said that it had not sought such a move. X restored access to the account shortly after. A government offici...Read More
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 6 (ANI): As a significant example of rapid infrastructural progress, the newly constructed flyover connecting Rukminigaon Road and Bormotoria Link Road at Downtown Point in Guwahati was inaugurated on Sunday by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Completed in just nine months - half the originally sanctioned period of eighteen months - this Rs. 112 crore, 660-metre-long, four-lane structure was officially designated as Bhagadatta Flyover-2 in honour of King ...Read More
India has blocked access to the X (formerly Twitter) accounts of Reuters and Reuters World, according to local media reports on Sunday. The restriction was implemented in response to a legal request. While these specific accounts are currently inaccessible within India, users can still view Reuters' main website and approximately 30 other affiliated accounts. An Instagram post by The Hindustan Times linked the action to "Operation Sindoor," a reported Indian military initiative involving missi...Read More
Agartala, July 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha here on Sunday announced two awards in honour of Syama Prasad Mookerjee and declared that the Agartala Town Hall would be renamed after him and a marble statue would be installed. Addressing a function on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Chief Minister said that the government has decided that, on the initiative of the Education Department, the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Award would be give...Read More
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 6(ANI): On the occasion of the fourth foundation day of the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, a grand Sakhkar Samelan was organized in Anand, known as the Milk Capital of India, in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Inaugurating various development works of the world-renowned Amul Dairy, Shah called for expanding the cooperative movement nationwide based on the five Ps - People, PACS, ...Read More
New Delhi, July 6 (UNI) The Indian government today stated it has not sought blocking of news agency Reuters' X account and said the withholding of the account was a "mistake" on the part of the micro-blogging site The Indian government's comments came in response to a notice shown on the Reuters' X account in India that it had been withheld in response to a legal demand. Denying they have made any such demand lately, a government official said a detailed explanation has been sough from X. "A...Read More
Patna, July 6 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that Muharram symbolises sacrifice for justice and truth against injustice and arrogance. Kumar said here that on the occasion of Muharram tribute is paid to the martyrs of Karbala and the sacrifices of Hazrat Imam Hussain. He said that the sacrifices made by Hazrat Imam Hussain and his 72 companions in the Maidan-e-Karbala for justice and truth against injustice, oppression and arrogance was immortal. Kumar appealed to the peopl...Read More
NEW DELHI - The Reuters News account on X has been inaccessible to users in India since Saturday, when the social media platform suspended it in response to what it described as a "legal demand". A spokesperson for the Indian government's Press Information Bureau, however, told Reuters there was no requirement from any agency in the government of India to "withhold the Reuters handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem". Reuters could not immediately determine what speci...Read More
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The Reuters News account on X has been inaccessible to users in India since Saturday, when the social media platform suspended it in response to what it described as a "legal demand". A spokesperson for the Indian government's Press Information Bureau, however, told Reuters there was no requirement from any agency in the government of India to "withhold the Reuters handle. We are continuously working with X to resolve the problem". Reuters could not immediately determine w...Read More
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], July 6(ANI): On the occasion of the fourth foundation day of the Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India, a grand Sakhkar Samelan was organized in Anand, known as the Milk Capital of India, in the presence of Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Inaugurating various development works of the world-renowned Amul Dairy, Shah called for expanding the cooperative movement nationwide based on the five Ps - People, PACS, ...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the central government of misrepresenting the World Bank's Poverty and Equity Brief for India, stating that poverty and inequality remain 'deeply troubling', with 28.1 per cent of Indians living in poverty. He said government supporters are now trying to twist the data to claim that India is 'one of the most equal societies,' a claim he called 'staggeringly out-of-touch.' In a post on X, Congress shared a paragraph fr...Read More