Madurai/Chennai. Madras High Court has ordered a status quo ante in the Arulmighu Palani Dhandayuthapani Swamy temple by directing the respondent authorities to restore the display board stating that non-Hindus are not allowed in the temple. Justice S Srimathy of the Madurai bench made the direction in a plea by D Senthilkumar, organizer of Palani…
Agartala, Tripura. Muslim students at a government school in Tripura have made demands for wearing hijab as per the uniform dress code of the school, leading to a chain of events that stirred communal tensions (Similar to the hijab controversy that originated at a PU College in Udupi, Karnataka). The incident unfolded at Koroimura Higher…
Kokrajhar leg of 132nd Durand Cup football inaugurated Guwahati Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday inaugurated the Kokrajhar leg of 132nd Durand Cup football at SAI stadium in Kokrajhar of western Assam in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Matches of Durand Cup annual championship is being played in Kokrajhar, Guwahati as well…
CM Sarma attends 508 railway stations redevelopment program Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday attended the foundation stone laying ceremony for redevelopment of 508 railway stations from across India, including 32 in the State, under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the video-conferencing method. Out of Rs 25,000 crore that has been allotted for…
Chennai. Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat Tamil Nadu raises deep disappointment that Indian Railways is serving ‘halal tea’ to its passengers, as was revealed in a viral video. In a statement, ABGP Southern states organising secretary M.N. Sundar said that, We object strongly because – It is discriminatory on religious grounds. Only the followers of one specific…
Guwahati: Assam environment & forests minister Chandra Mohan Patowary on Saturday attended the Global Tiger Day program at Manas National Park & Tiger Reserve in Baksa district under BTR in presence of Governor Gulab Chand Kataria and other dignitaries. Lauding Manas forest reserve authority for its tiger conservation efforts, Patowary commented that tigers are an…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while addressing the 4th SP conference at Bongaigaon on Friday, commented that the State police should develop special procedures to help probing the practice of love-jihad as the government has been contemplating to provide legislative backing to ensure prosecution of accused held for polygamy and child marriages. “In…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of infrastructure projects worth Rs 555 crore for Bongaigaon district. He inaugurated the bridge over Aie river on the Borghola-Kirtanpara road (built at a cost of Rs 69 crore), ecopark & connected wetland development project worth Rs 15.69 crore, statues…
Guwahati: Demanding strong actions to protect the wildlife in Manas National Park & Tiger Reserve, the local people have declared a series of protest demonstrations. They also urge the authorities to punish the guilty and inefficient forest officials who failed to perform their duties because of which many animals fell prey to poachers in last…
Guwahati Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday visited the family members of Golaghat triple murder incident that took place on 24 July. Sarma met with Ankita Ghosh, daughter of Sanjeev Ghosh and Junu Ghosh, both of whom along with her elder sister Sanghamitra Ghosh were allegedly murdered by Nazibur Rahman. Nazibur, who surrendered…
