Indigenous People's Day has no relevance for India as all Bharatvasis are Indigenous people: Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram

IANS | August 8, 2024 9:51 PM

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) August 9 is observed as World Indigenous People's Day. Colonial forces from European Christian countries had occupied the territory of indigenous population in various continents. These colonial forces had unleashed inhuman attitude towards the indigenous people of the countries like America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada. They had committed genocide of lakhs of indigenous people to accomplish their aspirations. Kalyan Ashram pays homage to all those who are victims of this large-scale massacre.

Women Power: Three top posts held by senior women officials in Maharashtra

IANS | August 8, 2024 9:29 PM

Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Amid the MahaYuti government's push for the empowerment and upliftment of women in the run-up to the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, three major posts in the state, including the Chief Secretary, Director General of Police and the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests are currently held by senior women IAS, IPS and IFS officers.

'Vinesh Phogat victim of conspiracy', Cong attacks BJP after wrestler's Olympic exit

IANS | August 7, 2024 10:50 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The disqualification of ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat from the Paris Olympics hours before her gold medal match for failing to meet the 50 kg weight criterion took a political turn on Wednesday with the opposition Congress hitting out at the ruling BJP, underlining the past sequence of events, including the wrestlers' protest of which Vinesh was a prominent face.

PM Modi to visit landslide-struck Wayanad on Aug 10

IANS | August 7, 2024 6:36 PM

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit landslide-struck Wayanad in Kerala on August 10 (Saturday) and interact with the survivors of the disaster that hit the southern state last month, a source said on Wednesday.

Muslims should not be misled on Waqf Act issue: AISSC head

IANS | August 7, 2024 1:51 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Hazrat Syed Naseruddin Chishty, head of the All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council (AISSC) and lineal descendant of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishty appealed to Muslims not to be misled on the Delhi Waqf Act issue by vested interests.

Tripura CM announces relief package for state's violence-hit Ganda Twisa area

IANS | August 4, 2024 7:44 PM

Agartala, Aug 4 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Sunday visited violence-hit Ganda Twisa area in the state's Dhalai district and announced an additional Rs 241.46 crore for relief and re-development projects for the places that were devastated by widespread ethnic violence last month.