Bengaluru (Karnataka) – A farmer’s query about cuts in PDS rice allotment has led to a harsh, insensitive response from a Minister in Karnataka. Umesh Katti, the State’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister, lashed out when a farmer quizzed him about the staples being offered to the poor by the Government, citing Covid-induced lockdowns and … Read more
The giant Akshayvat tree near ‘Akshayvat Hanuman Temple’ in Kashi Vishwanath temple complex collapsed on 28th April. ‘Akshayvat collapsed due to Kashi Vishwanath temple administration’s negligence’, Varanasi’s Mahant organisation alleged.
Soldier Srinivas, who accused the hospital of not giving proper treatment to his mother in the Srinivaspur Government hospital, was beaten up by the hospital staff.
The Sri Lankan Cabinet has approved the proposal to ban face coverings in all public places citing a threat to the national security. The decision was taken two years after a wave of coordinated terror attacks on hotels and churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.
Superintendent of Police orders enquiry ! Jind (Haryana) – A Covid patient lost his life allegedly due to Haryana Police holding a vehicle carrying oxygen cylinders meant for his treatment. The vehicle driver has accused the Police of causing the patient’s death. However, the Police has refuted all the allegations. ‘Two oxygen cylinders were found … Read more
Shaileshkumar Yadav, District Magistrate of West Tripura District disrupted a marriage function that was violating the night curfew between 10 pm to 5 am.
In the Pilibanga, a video of a transgender Councillor of the Congress party Poonam Mahant thrashing sadhus for not wearing masks has gone viral on social media.
On the backdrop of rising covid-19 cases now Parsis have decided to cremate the dead bodies. The authorities of the Parsi Panchayat have announced this decision to avoid covid-19 infection through the dead bodies.
Encroachment on Vishalgad, case of poor condition of temples and samadhis Kolhapur (Maharashtra) – The Vishalgad Raksha and Anti-Encroachment Action Committee has started an agitation in March against encroachment on Vishalgad, condition of temples and samadhis. The movement has spread globally through social media. Observing a tweet made on the occasion of Vishalgad campaign, a … Read more
Union Minister Gajendrasingh Shekhawat is being criticised for advising the relatives of a Covid affected patient at a hospital in Jodhpur that they should offer a coconut to Balaji, and everything will be alright.