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LIKE SANKARA AWARD FOR EVR PERIYAR?
IMAGINE Bhagwan Mahaveer Award for promoting vegetarianism is given to a butcher—a Jain by accident of birth who says the Bhagwan is a hoax. By a jury that has no reverence for the Bhagwan. And the apostate butcher proudly accepts the award in the name of the apostle. How humiliated his Jain devotees will be? Apologies to Jains for taking the Bhagwan's name for a fictional analogy. Similarly, devotees of Carnatic music to whom it is not just an art but divine and sacred, have been hurt and humiliated in Tamil Nadu. Here unfolds the sordid story.
Florida hunkers down in final hours before Hurricane Milton's landfall
FLORIDA residents fled – or defied warnings and hunkered down – in the final hours on Wednesday before Hurricane Milton, a lethal Category 4 storm, pummels the Gulf Coast and tears across the state.
Cong team seeks inquiry into 'tampering' of EVMs
A day after the drubbing in the Haryana assembly polls, a Congress delegation met the Election Commission on Wednesday and submitted complaints citing “serious discrepancies” with the counting process and the functioning of the EVMs.
15 more senior docs quit in support of juniors
AT least 15 senior doctors from various state-run hospitals tendered their resignation on Wednesday in solidarity with their juniors' movement, seeking justice for the rape-murder victim of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Buzz on appointment of Kejriwal's aide Bibhav as Mann's chief adviser
WITH Delhi assembly elections expected within four months, the Aam Aadmi Party wants to clean up its act in Punjab and present it as a model of good governance. That perhaps is why it is purging Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's trusted core in a hurry.
Modi rolls out ₹7K cr Maha sops, calls for MVA defeat
A day after the BJP regained power in Haryana, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurated infrastructure and development projects worth over ₹7,600 crore in Maharashtra. He also launched a scathing attack on the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), saying that it aims to weaken the state, and urged the people to reject the coalition in the upcoming Assembly polls, similar to what happened in Haryana.
Day after Haryana results 3 independents back BJP
A record third-time victory in Haryana assembly elections and a strong performance in Jammu and Kashmir have given a boost to the BJP ahead of the polls in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Omar says new cabinet's 1st resolution will be on restoration of statehood
THE National Conference (NC) is set to hold a meeting of newly elected legislators in Srinagar on Thursday. Omar Abdullah, who is tipped to take over as the first chief minister of J&K UT, stated that the new cabinet's first order of business would be to pass a resolution seeking restoration of statehood.
Nod to rice scheme, infra projects worth ₹21K cr
Fortified rice to be distributed under PMGKAY till 2028 at ₹17K crore; 2,280-km roads to be built in border at ₹4k cr
CCS nod to nuclear-propelled hunter submarines to counter China in IOR
IN a major approval that could add heft to the Indian Navy's underwater combat capability, the Cabinet Committee on Security on Wednesday green-flagged construction of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN). The project to procure 31 armed MQ 9B Unmanned Aerial Vehicles also got a nod.
