Month: March 2019

March 08 The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Friday asked state governments to take strict action if there is any attack on Kashmiris, calling those who targeted them recently in Lucknow “crazed people.” “It is very important to maintain an atmosphere of unity in the country,” Modi told a gathering here, while referring to the recent assault on some kashmiri vendors in Lucknow. He said the UP government immediately acted against some “crazed people” who had targeted our “our Kashmiri brothers”. “I would also like to request other state governments to take strict action, wherever such acts take place,” he said. The prime minister was addressing a gathering after flagging off the commercial run on Lucknow Metro’s North-South corridor, through video conferencing from Kanpu...

March 08 An Indian Air Force MiG 21 crashed in Rajasthan today. The pilot of the fighter jet ejected and is reported to be safe. News agency PTI, quoting Bikaner’s superintendent of police, reported that the MiG-21 jet crashed in Bikaner’s Shoba Sar ki Dhani area. The Indian Air Force said in a statement that the MiG-21 had taken from the Indian Air Force’s Nal airbase in Rajasthan and that it was on a routine mission. The MiG-21 crash in Rajasthan comes at a time of heightened tensions between India and Pakistan. Air forces of both the countries have been involved in bombing missions in respective territories. Indian and Pakistani jets even got into a dogfight over Jammu and Kashmir on February 27 leading to the brief capture of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman.

March 08 Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has said that India will turn into Syria if the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi controversy is not resolved soon adding that Muslims should give up their claim on Ayodhya as a goodwill gesture. In an interview with India Today, Shankar brought up the civil war in Syria, to say that Muslims should give up their claim on the Ayodhya site in Uttar Pradesh. “If Ram Mandir issue is not solved, we will have a Syria in India,” he claimed. “Muslims should give up their claim on Ayodhya as a goodwill gesture. Ayodhya is not place of faith for Muslims…We cannot make Lord Ram to be born in another place.” The spiritual leader also indicated that the Supreme Court’s order on the disputed site will not make a difference. The only way forward, he...

March 08 Six policemen who were investigating an alleged rape case were beaten up by some men when they were approaching the accused house in Bihar's Nawada district on Thursday, Police in Bihar said. They said that the accused had kidnapped and raped two girls from a Bihar village. When the Policemen were policemen were approaching the house to arrest the rape accused when a group of men blocked their way, NDTV Reported. "When we went to the house, a group of men attacked us as they tried to escape. Some of us were injured in the attack," one of the policemen said. All the six were admitted to a hospital. The condition of two of the injured are said to be critical. The police said they are looking for the accused and investigation is underway.