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Facebook says will purge hateful posts by public figures in India

Aug 21, 2020 New Delhi: Facing intense political heat in India over its alleged role in favouring the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its platform, social networking giant Facebook on Friday clarified its position, saying…

Bloomsbury withdraws book on Delhi riots 2020

Aug 22, 2020 New Delhi:  Publisher Bloomsbury India said on Saturday it was withdrawing the publication of its book “Delhi Riots 2020: The Untold Story” planned for September “in view of very recent events including…

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UP govt allows ‘tazias’, ‘majlis’ during Muharram with restrictions

Aug 23, 2020 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has accepted the demands of Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad regarding certain Muharram rituals and allowed the community members to keep ‘taziyas’ in their homes and observe…

By Nazir Ganaie

Aryan villages in Ladakh region struggle for survival

By Nazir Ganaie Sep 4, 2020 Srinagar: The journey down the road for small scale women entrepreneurs, business unit holders and vendors at some of the Aryan villages in cold desert, Kargil region, seems a…

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Ram temple construction to begin after ‘pitra paksh’

Sep 6, 2020 Ayodhya: The much-awaited construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will begin after September 17 when the ‘Pitra Paksh’ period ends. Pitra Paksh refers to the period when Hindus express gratitude to…

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2500-year-old intact coffins discovered in Egypt

Sep 7, 2020 Cairo:  Egyptian authorities announced the discovery of a collection of more than 13 intact sealed coffins dating back to 2,500 years ago. The coffins were found at an archaeological site in Saqqara…

Culture/History

AMU to bury time capsule in centenary year; Sir Syed did first about 150 yrs ago

Sep 11, 2020 Aligarh: After about half a century of Sir Syed Amad Khan burying a time capasule at the foundation laying ceremony of Muhammadan Anglo Oriental (MAO) College, the precurser of Aligarh Muslim University(AMU),…

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Dhaka University prof terminated for distorting Liberation War facts

By Sumi Khan Sep 11, 2020 Dhaka: A Dhaka University professor has been terminated for distorting facts about Bangladesh’s Liberation War. Morshed Hasan Khan from the Department of Marketing is also the assistant training affairs…

Culture/History

Vice President’s message on Hindi Diwas contrats with Amit Shah’s

Sep 14, 2020 New Delhi:  Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday appealed to countrymen for more and more use of Hindi to contribute to the promotion of the national language. In a video message…

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Taj Mahal again absent from Yogi Govt’s tourism advertisement

Sep 28, 2020 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Tourism Department (UPTD) has once again omitted the Taj Mahal from its advertisement which was published on World Tourism Day. It is the second instance when the 17th…

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