Archives for 2022

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Monday afternoon stayed the Central Government’s order barring broadcast of Media One news channel.

The Kerala High Court has sought response from the Centre reasoning their move and has stayed the order.

The Court said it will hear the matter on Wednesday February 2.

On March 6, 2020, Media One and Asianet News broadcasting were temporarily restricted. After widespread protests, they were later allowed to broadcast again.

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said she has blocked Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Twitter, “disturbed” by his regular posts against her government on the microblogging platform.

Banerjee also said that Dhankhar has threatened the chief secretary and the director general of police on several occasions.

Addressing a press meet here, the CM said she has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi several times, seeking the removal of Dhankhar.

“However, no action has been taken so far,” Banerjee, who shares an acrimonious relationship with the governor, said.

Kadaba: In an incident that came to light on Monday morning, the lock to the Nekkittadka Dargah’s door was found broken during early hours revealing the theft of cash from the Dargah near Mardhala.

The CCTV installed in the Dargah premises has recorded the movement of the two thieves who reportedly arrived at the scene around 3 am in their Bike. 

As the steel doors of the Dargah were closed with two locks, the thieves have reportedly broken one lock and resorted to severing the door’s latch after they were unable to open the second lock.  It is also learned that the thieves have made away with more than Rs. 30,000 in cash from the Dargah. 

Police arrived at the site and have undertaken an investigation, it is learned.

Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi

Jalna: Mahatma Gandhi’s great grandson Tushar Gandhi on Sunday lamented that the number of people who follow the teachings of the Father of the Nation is shrinking in the country, while the ideology of his assassin, Nathuram Godse, is becoming dominant.

He also said that while the central government is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to mark 75 years of Independence, it is being witnessed that “poison of hatred” is spreading in the society.

He was speaking during a virtual a programme ‘Kar ke dekho’ (Do it and see) organised by the Gandhi Study Centre, JES College here, on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

“The government is celebrating ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 glorious years of progressive India and its rich history, but now ‘amrit’ has become poison of hatred and it is increasing and being spread,” he said.

“The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi are on the wane and the ideology of his killer, Nathuram Godse, is dominating over it. A section of people is distorting the history and rewriting it in their own way. But we have to revive the real history and raise voice against hatred and division in the society,” he said.

We have adopted the culture of violence, hatred and division. We are divided on the basis of religion, caste and region. Our division is our identity, mentality; and social systems are based on the division, he added.

A nation is not merely a boundary, a flag or a map, he said.

“A nation is a land on which all human beings live. It is the people who make the nation,” Gandhi added.

On the programme’s theme ‘Kar ke dekho’, Gandhi said when Mahatma Gandhi planned to take out the Dandi march, most Congress leaders opposed his idea, doubted whether the plan would succeed and even thought that it may cause embarrassment to the party.

“But Mahatma Gandhi wrote a single line in reply – ‘Kar ke dekho’. He showed that the Dandi march can become a movement to achieve freedom. Today we have to do the same thing – ‘Kar ke dekho’ – against the situation of hatred, division and inequality. It will be a true homage to him if we follow his teachings in our life,” he said.

PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said elections keep happening but Parliament’s Budget session is very important and urged all MPs to make it fruitful.

Addressing the media ahead of the start of the Budget Session, Modi said that in today’s global situation, there are a lot of opportunities for India and asserted that a confidence is being instilled in the world for India for its economic progress, vaccination programme and Made in India vaccines.

“True that polls affect sessions and debates. But I request all MPs that elections will go on but Budget Session draws a blueprint for an entire year and therefore, it is very important,” Modi said.

“The more fruitful we make this session, the better opportunity there would be in the coming year to take the country to new economic heights,” he said.

Modi also called for discussions with an open-mind to help take the country on the path to development swiftly.

The session comes ahead of assembly polls in five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Goa.