This is the worst violence the two ex-Soviet countries have seen in years broke out last week on their contested border, raising fears of a large-scale conflict.
"If tomorrow Bar Council prohibits tilak, then it will have to go. Unless we can show it is Essential Religious Practice, which it is not," he said.
The BJP on Tuesday claimed that a person close to AAP leadership was awarded liquor contract under its now-withdrawn excise policy, as it launched a fresh attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the excise row.
During a press conference, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia showed a picture of one Karamjeet Singh Lamba with Kejriwal and AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj, and said he was not only a partner in Universal Distributors that was awarded liquor contract but he also contested a local body polls on AAP ticket.
Kejriwal should explain why his government distributed "revdi" (freebies) of corruption to people close to him and his party, Bhatia said.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday made permanent the ban on the use of saliva to polish the cricket ball.
The ICC had earlier banned the use of saliva to shine the ball due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tuesday's announcement takes the measure a step further and makes saliva ball-shining a thing of the past.
Four people died after a portion of the boundary wall of a housing society collapsed in Noida on Tuesday morning. Mnay workers are feared trapped under the rubble, officials said.
According to the latest updates, 12 people were pulled from the rubble and rescue operations are still under way. The incident took place at Jal Vayu Vihar in Sector 21.
This conference has a major role to play in preparing a road map of India's urban development for the next 25 years during 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav', says PM Modi. "Our country trusts BJP. It's the responsibility of all mayors to work from the grassroots level. Better facilities to be provided and growth should be well-planned," says PM Modi.
"Metro rail network in India has now reached 750 km from less than 250 km in 2014," says PM Modi. He adds that the collapse of old buildings and buildings catching fire in cities are major concerns. "This can be avoided if rules are being followed," he adds.
PM Modi asks mayors of the BJP in Gujarat to focus on "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayaas" so that children recall the work done by the BJP leaders in the state. "Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel began his journey as a Mayor. We shall follow his path for a better India and work for its development," he says.
West Bengal SSC recruitment scam | The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed charge sheet against six companies and twopeople (Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee). A 14,000-page document has beensubmitted along with the charge sheet.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday virtually inaugurate the two-day 'National Mayors' Conference' to be held in Gujarat capital Gandhinagar, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader said. As many as 121 mayors and deputy mayors of BJP-ruled urban local bodies across the country will participate in the two-day event, which is being organised by the party's 'sushasan (good governance) cell, BJP national secretary Rituraj Sinha said.
"PM Modi will (virtually) inaugurate the National Mayors' Conference on Tuesday morning by delivering his address. He will guide the invited guests on urban development," Sinha told reporters in Gandhinagar on Monday.(PTI)
A leader of Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) was arrested on Monday in connection with the killing of an RSS leader in Kerala's Palakkad district in April this year, police said.
Palakkad district secretary of PFI, Aboobaker Siddik, was arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to kill RSS leader S K Srinivasan (45) on April 16.
He was also allegedly part of a group of PFI activists who had prepared the list of leaders of various political organisations including the BJP, CPI(M) and Youth League -- the youth wing of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) -- to be targeted in their retaliatory attacks, a police officer told PTI.