Religious preacher Pookie Baba aka Aniruddhacharya lands in trouble over sexist remarks on women

Lucknow, 25/7: Famous Mathura based seer and ‘katha vachak’ (narrator of Hindu religious texts) Aniruddhacharya, who is popularly known as ‘Pookie Baba’, triggered a huge controversy after he allegedly made a ‘sexist’ comment on women before a religious gathering. The Mathura Bar Association took strong exception to the remarks and a delegation of the lawyers…

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LeT commander among two militants killed in encounter in J&K’s Pulwama

Kashmir,16/10:Umar Mustaq Khandey, a Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander, who was involved in the killing of two policemen in February, was gunned down alongwith his associate in an encounter with security forces in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district .Khanday was in the list of top 10 targets issued by J&K police in August. Kashmir zone…

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Monsoon arrival in Andaman And Nicobar Islands likely by May 13!

New Delhi: The Southwest Monsoon has advanced and is likely to hit parts of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Andaman Sea on May 13, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) estimated. The monsoon normally advances around June 1 to Kerala and further heads northwards, usually in surges, and covers the entire country by around July 15,…

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PM Modi to preside over UNSC’s high level debate on maritime security

New Delhi, 8/8 :Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the UN Security Council’s high-level open debate on ‘Expanding Maritime Security: A Matter of International Cooperation’ via video conferencing on Monday. The Ministry of External Affairs gave this information on Sunday. The debate in the Security Council comes at a time when the Indian Navy deployed…

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Directions to regulate firecrackers meant for entire India, not just Delhi: Supreme Court

New Delhi, 7/11: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Nov 7) reiterated that its earlier order banning the use of barium and prohibited chemicals in firecrackers are applicable across the country, and not just to Delhi and its adjoining areas. The order comes days before the Diwali celebrations on November 12.   The clarification came while…

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