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Aizawl to become 4th state capital in NE to have rail link
Assam's main city of Guwahati (adjoining capital Dispur), Tripura capital Agartala, and Arunachal Pradesh's Naharlagun (adjacent to capital city Itanagar) are already connected with the railway network. NFR officials said that the BG line being laid in the Bairabi (near Assam's Hailakandi district) - Sairang (52 km) section in Mizoram's Aizawl district, and the Rs 6,547 crore project would be completed in November 2023.
States where Hindus/other communities are less can declare them minorities, SC told
The Ministry of Minority Affairs, in an affidavit, said: "It is submitted that the state governments can also declare a religious or linguistic community as a minority community within the said state. For instance, the government of Maharashtra has notified Jews as a minority community within the state of Maharashtra."
Amid political slugfest, it's a lonely battle for Kashmiri Pandits
In the din surrounding 'The Kashmir Files', Kashmiri Pandits seem to be fighting a lonely battle for justice. Whether it is the BJP, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, TRS, or the Trinamool Congress, the movie has become a tool to lash out at each other. All are trying to either score points or run one another down to portray a particular image for political benefits.
Birbhum violence case: CBI sets up camp office in Bengal's Rampurhat
Following the orders of the Calcutta High Court, a team of forensic experts led by the CBI officials went to Rampurhat and collected samples on March 25. Before the court order, the local police had lodged a case and had claimed to have arrested 10 people. The BJP and the others had accused the Trinamool Congress of sheltering the accused. The BJP had accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of trying to cover up the incident. Trinamool had denied all the charges.
Ukraine insists on security guarantees at peace talks with Russia: Negotiator
During an interview with German media, Podolyak on Saturday stressed that such a system "is impossible without the participation of the US in the first place." According to the Negotiator, the future of Crimea, certain areas of Donetsk and Luhansk should be decided only by the Presidents of Ukraine and Russia, Xinhua news agency reported.
12 journalists killed in Ukraine since beginning of war
In a Facebook post on Saturday, Venediktova said besides the 12 victims, there were 10 other journalists who "have received injuries of varying severity", Ukayinska Pravda reported. According to the Prosecutor General, the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations indicates that the Russians have committed crimes against at least 56 members of the media, 15 of them citizens of other countries.
Yogi inaugurates Gorakhpur-Varanasi flight
Speaking on the occasion, he said that nine airports are running in Uttar Pradesh and air connectivity has vastly improved in five years. The work of connecting other countries is also going on. "At present, nine airports are functioning in the state. Four years ago, just four airports in the state were connected to mere 25 destinations. Now flights for 75 destinations across the country are available from the state," the chief minister said.
Sharjeel Imam's bail plea deferred; trial to begin from March 28
Imam, who was physically presented before Rawat, responded negatively to the charges slapped against him.The same bench had, on January 24, framed the charges under sections 124A (sedition), 153A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence), 153B (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), Section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, and 505 of IPC, which deals with statements related to public order.
Mayor says Ukraine's western city of Lviv under attack
Head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maksym Kozytskyi confirmed that there were three explosions in the city on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.The powerful explosions occurred on the city's eastern outskirts, Kozytskyi wrote on Facebook, urging people to stay calm. One of the attacks possibly hit a local oil storage facility, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency, citing reports from social media.
Despite its enemies doing their damnedest, spirit of Sufist Kashmir lives on
The holiest Kashmiri Hindu shrine of Mata Kheer Bhawani in Tullamulla village of Ganderbal district, has been the abode and icon of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood for centuries. No local Hindu would enter the deity's temple shrine at Tullamulla after having non-veg food and equally reverent of the goddess, no Kashmiri Muslim, till date, enters the temple shrine after eating non-veg food.
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