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Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Highlighting the neglect of valuable manuscripts by previous governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday emphasised that his administration is actively working to preserve them through the Gyan Bharatam Mission. Speaking at the inauguration of the Samrat Samprati Museum in Korba Pith, the Prime Minister explained that the mission focuses on digitising and scientifically preserving ancient manuscripts. Also Read | Nalanda Temple Stampede: ...Read More >
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Highlighting the neglect of valuable manuscripts by previous governments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday emphasised that his administration is actively working to preserve them through the Gyan Bharatam Mission. Speaking at the inauguration of the Samrat Samprati Museum in Korba Pith, the Prime Minister explained that the mission focuses on digitising and scientifically preserving ancient manuscripts. "We are addressing the mistakes of pr ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Amazon India on Monday announced 'Zero Referral fee' on more than 12.5 crore products, a move, the ecommerce giant said, aims to accelerate growth for lakhs of sellers across the country. Building on last year's fee revision, the company has expanded zero referral fees coverage more than 10-times from 1.2 crore products in 2025 to over 12.5 crore products priced under Rs 1,000 across 1,800-plus categories, the company said in a release. In addition, Amazon has reduced Ea ...Read More >
Kolkata, March 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Not a single Hindu refugee, taking shelter in West Bengal from a neighbouring country because of religious oppression there, will be deported, Union Home Minister Amit Shah assured on Monday. "The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government is in place at the Centre. Not a single Hindu refugee will be deprived of their Indian citizenship or deported," the Home Minister said while addressing a gathering at Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress has reportedly accused the state's principal Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading voters, claiming the existence of over a crore of illegal electors. This followed the publication of data from the Election Commission's draft electoral roll in its ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR). However, Trinamool leaders themselves had equally contributed to building an environment of uncertainty and fear over ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking immediate registration of an FIR against suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir over laying the foundation stone of Babri Masjid in West Bengal's Murshidabad. Releasing the letter to the media, the national Spokesperson, Vinod Bansal, said that "the letter signed by our International president Alok Kumar, requested Mamata Banerjee for immediat ...Read More >
The Indian Statistical Institute campus in Kolkata ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Communal graffiti appeared on the Indian Statistical Institute campus in Kolkata this week * Students launched a counter-protest promoting constitutional values against hatred * The institute condemned the graffiti as a violation of core values and code of conduct Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Kolkata: A controversy broke out at a premier institute ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday gave a split verdict on a plea filed by the Maharashtra government seeking a review of the court's earlier direction for setting up a special investigation team comprising police officers from both Hindu and Muslim communities to probe the communal riots that broke out in Akola in 2023. While Justice Sanjay Kumar, who authored the earlier verdict delivered on September 11, refused to review the direction, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma agreed to ...Read More >
Kolkata, Oct 28 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee charged the BJP with spreading fear over the National Register of Citizens on Tuesday, hours after the alleged suicide of a man near Kolkata, who reportedly left behind a note blaming the NRC for his death. Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Muralidhar Sharma said after visiting the spot that 57-year-old Pradeep Kar was found hanging at his residence in Panihati in North 24 Parganas on Tuesday morning. A suicide note was found in ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP neta and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said Indian Muslims don't have to worry about the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Speaking at Vijay Sankalp Sabha at Gangarampur in South Dinajpur, Majumdar said, "Indian Muslims have been citizens of the country and will continue to remain so. This is a guarantee from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP is a secular party. Others want to divide Hindus and Muslims on religious lines. We don't believe in that.""There ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bengal BJP netas, who were asked by the state unit chief, Samik Bhattacharya, to treat the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as a "do or die" mission, have decided to increase the number of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) camps across the state ahead of the poll campaigns.While BJP netas denied any link between the CAA camps and the upcoming SIR exercise to be conducted by the Election Commission, sources said the initiative would help identify fake voters while assisting refugees applyi ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
Guwahati, Sep 5 (PTI) The Assam unit of the BJP on Friday claimed that the opposition parties in the state were trying to "manipulate" the public over the Centre's recent directive on immigrant foreigners, maintaining that it was not an extension in the deadline for eligibility to apply for Indian citizenship. The ruling party alleged that it was a ploy of the Opposition to use the order as an attempt to gain support ahead of next year's assembly elections. The Centre's order, issued under the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) A person from minority community including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian from neighbouring nations including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who were compelled to seek shelter in India due to religious persecution or fear of it and entered into India on or before 31st December, 2024 - with or without valid documents including passport or other travel documents, will be exempted from any penal action, said a government notification. The ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 3: A person from minority community including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian from neighbouring nations including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who were compelled to seek shelter in India due to religious persecution or fear of it and entered into India on or before 31st December, 2024 - with or without valid documents including passport or other travel documents, will be exempted from any penal action, said a government notification. The declaratio ...Read More >
New Delhi: A person from minority community including Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian from neighbouring nations including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, who were compelled to seek shelter in India due to religious persecution or fear of it and entered into India on or before 31st December, 2024 - with or without valid documents including passport or other travel documents, will be exempted from any penal action, said a government notification. The declaration, allowing n ...Read More >
Police arrested two, including a BJP Yuva Morcha worker, and registered a case Tension escalated in Durgapur after an incident near the Gammon Bridge under the Coke Oven Police Station area, where members of the BJP youth wing allegedly stopped a pickup van carrying cattle, assaulted the occupants, tied them up and forced them to do sit-ups while holding their ears. The victims are said to belong to the minority Muslim community. Trinamool Congress (TMC) district president Narendra Nath Chakr ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 2 (ANI): The Left Democratic Front (LDF) has announced statewide protest gatherings across all 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala on August 3 and 4, in response to the arrest of two Kerala nuns in Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and religious conversion. The nuns, Sister Vandana Francis and Sister Preethy Mary, were arrested by police at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25. Condemning the arrests, CPI(M) State Secretary MV ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan An ...Read More >
Shillong [Meghalya] [India], August 1 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday wrote a letter to Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai over the arrest of two Kerala nuns, saying religious persecution of any kind has no place in a democratic and secular nation. The CM Sangma condemned the arrest and demanded the withdrawal of the false case. The nuns from Kerala, Sister Vandana Francis and Sister Preethy Mary, were arrested at Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25 for allege ...Read More >
Kolkata: A five-member delegation of monks visited the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission on Wednesday to submit a memorandum calling for urgent action to halt atrocities against Hindus and other religious minorities in Bangladesh. Kartik Maharaj, a member of the delegation, said that they had also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting legal measures to ensure the safety and security of minorities in the neighboring country. "Bigger protests will be organised in West Bengal if app ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 4 (PTI) A five-member delegation of monks went to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission here on Wednesday to submit a memorandum demanding immediate steps to stop atrocities on Hindus and other religious minorities in the neighbouring country. Kartik Maharaj, one of the members of the delegation, said they had also written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take legal recourse to ensure the safety and security of minorities in Bangladesh. "Bigger protests will be organ ...Read More >
Bangladesh's political landscape has plunged into chaos since the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on August 5. Extremist groups have reportedly targeted minorities, escalating the crisis and sparking calls for the protection of religious minorities in both Bangladesh. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has also come under intense scrutiny since the arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a former ISKCON leader, for allegedly disrespecting Bangladesh's national fla ...Read More >
Spiritual leader Sadhguru has expressed deep concern over the detention of ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, characterizing the arrest as a troubling sign of the country's move towards a theocratic and autocratic government. Utilizing the platform X, Sadhguru urged citizens of Bangladesh to understand and value open democracy, highlighting that religious persecution and demographic manipulation are antithetical to democratic ideals. He called for a collective effort to rebuild a ...Read More >
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