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Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at PM Narendra Modi, who had slammed Congress for making a personal diatribe against him. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi. JAMKHANDI: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at PM Narendra Modi, who had slammed Congress for making a personal diatribe against him. She asked Modi to learn from her brother Rahul Gandhi, who is willing to take abuse and even bullets for the sake of the country. “He is the first PM I have seen, who comes before you and cries that he is being abused. Instead of listening to your grief, he is coming here and telling you his problems. His office also has made a list of the number of times Modiji was abused,” she ridiculed the PM. “Show some courage Modiji and learn from my brother, who says he will stand for truth, whether you abuse, shoot a bullet or stab him with a knife,” she said. On Saturday, Modi responded to AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s ‘venomo...

Adityanath was campaigning for Raichur BJP candidate Shivaraj Patil. Adityanath said that the Congress practised appeasement policy to please a few communities. UP CM Yogi Adityanath addresses a programme in Varanasi RAICHUR/KALABURAGI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday continued his attack on the Congress saying that the Five-Year Plans introduced by the party only helped its leaders become rich. Adityanath was campaigning for Raichur BJP candidate Shivaraj Patil. Adityanath said that the Congress practised appeasement policy to please a few communities. “The BJP government is working for all the communities and its main aim is sab ka saath-sab ka vikas,” he added. Adityanath said that Congress lost power because it questioned the existence of Lord Ram but the BJP government is building Him a temple in Ayodhya. Meanwhile, addressing an election meeting at Wadi in Chittapur constituency, Adityanath continued his attack on AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge for hi...

Station house officer (SHO) of Mairwa police station Ujjawal Kumar said the statement of the girl would be recorded under section 164 of CrPC.  Image for representational purpose only.  PATNA: Police on Sunday arrested a 40-year-old man for marrying a minor girl and keeping her in his house as a second wife after the girl’s mother allegedly failed to repay a loan to the tune of Rs 2 lakh. The accused Mahendra Pandey, a resident of Laxmipur village under Mairwa police station in Siwan district, has been booked under the relevant section of the Child Marriage Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. The girl’s parents had reportedly taken Rs 2 lakh as a loan from Pandey. The family was unable to repay the loan. “The family succumbed to Pandey’s pressure and sent the girl with him in lieu of loan,” local residents said. Pandey was produced before the chief judicial magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days. The victim has been sent for m...

A teenager has been disfigured, with burns covering nearly 75% of his body after attempting a TikTok challenge that went horribly wrong.                   The challenge involves using a lighter and spray to create a makeshift blowtorch. TikTok is no stranger to dangerous viral trends. After the viral Benadryl trend claimed the life of a US teenager, a similar challenge has left a 16-year-old boy with third-degree burns. According to New York Post, a teenager in North Carolina has been disfigured, with burns covering nearly 75% of his body after attempting a TikTok challenge that went horribly wrong. Notably, the challenge involves using a lighter and spray to create a makeshift blowtorch. As per the report, Mason Dark and his friends were attempting the trend last Sunday when the can of spray paint he was holding exploded with a huge bang, consuming the teens in flames. To soothe the burns, Mason jumped into a nearby river but emerged ...

Afzal Ansari Convicted: The brothers were accused in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.                                      Afzal Ansari has been sentenced to four years in prison. New Delhi: Hours after an MP MLA court in Uttar Pradesh convicted jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in a kidnapping and murder case, and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment, his brother, Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari, has also been convicted in the same 2007 Gangsters Act case and sentenced to four years in prison. The court also imposed a fine of ₹ 5 lakh on Mukhtar Ansari and ₹ 1 lakh on Afzal Ansari. The brothers were accused in a kidnapping and murder case pertaining to the killing of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai. With the conviction, Afzal Ansari is set to lose his Lok Sabha membership, as Parliament rules say any member sentenced to two year...

Jiah Khan suicide case: Rabia Khan has said she will approach the high court. "The verdict is on alleged suicide, but I have always maintained that Jiah was murdered. This, in fact, strengthens my case"," she said.                        Jiah Khan, 25, was found dead at her Juhu home in Mumbai on June 3, 2013. Mumbai: Actor Jiah Khan’s mother “destroyed the case of the prosecution” by giving contradictory statements and withholding facts, the special CBI court which cleared the movie star’s boyfriend Sooraj Pancholi of driving her to suicide, has said in its judgment. “The complainant (Rabia Khan) in her evidence directly blamed both the investigating agencies stating that they had not conducted a proper and correct investigation. By giving such open contradictory evidence, the complainant himself has destroyed the case of the prosecution,” the court said. “The complainant openly shown distrust on the prosecution. When the c...

The occasion is meant to celebrate the constitution's First Amendment guaranteeing free speech -- and a free press. However, the jokes tend to get the headlines. US President Joe Biden at a State Dinner event in the East Room of the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON: Washington’s political and media elites observe their annual truce — of a few hours — Saturday at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, where President Joe Biden will find himself the butt of jokes and hit back with his own. The ritual is a landmark on the US capital’s social calendar and once again takes place in the same Hilton Hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by John Hinckley Jr in 1981, as he left from delivering a speech to trade unions. The dinner institution had started to wither — first boycotted by Donald Trump, then shut down for Covid-19 altogether. Even last year, strict Covid testing, frequent use of masks and many guests keeping away resulted in a relatively low-ke...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister stated that the recent U.S.-South Korea agreement aimed at strengthening South Korean security will only make the situation worse. Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attends wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi  North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said a U.S.-South Korea agreement this week about the need to shore up South Korean security will worsen the situation, according to state media KCNA on Saturday. North Korea is convinced it must further perfect a “nuclear war deterrent” as a result, Kim said. The statement did not elaborate. Kim’s statement is North Korea’s first comment on the meeting, and suggests its cycle of military shows of force and weapons development will continue. US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met this week, with the United States pledging to give South Korea more insight into its nuclear planning over any ...

 She has been posted to a frontline base along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. Woman Cadet Rekha Singh, wife of Late Naik(Nursing Assistant) Deepak Singh, got commissioned into Indian Army. NEW DELHI: Rekha Singh, wife of Naik Deepak Singh who was killed in the Galwan Valley clashes in 2020, has been commissioned into the Indian Army as a Lieutenant, officials said on Saturday. She has been posted to a frontline base along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, they said Lt Singh on Saturday completed her one-year training at the Chennai-based Officers Training Academy (OTA). Naik Singh was from the 16th Battalion of Bihar Regiment and he was posthumously awarded Vir Chakra in 2021. “Woman Cadet Rekha Singh, wife of Late Naik(Nursing Assistant) Deepak Singh, #VirChakra(Posthumous) got commissioned into #IndianArmy after completing her training from #OTA #Chennai,” the Army tweeted. It said Deepak Singh made the supreme sacrifice during the Galwan Va...

The Congress general secretary also called for the WFI chief's ouster from the post so that he is unable to "exert pressure" on the wrestlers and hamper their careers. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi embraces Sakshi Malik during her visit to meet the protesting Wrestlers at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday. NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed solidarity with protesting wrestlers after meeting them at Jantar Mantar here on Saturday and accused the government of “protecting” WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women grapplers. The Congress general secretary also called for the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief’s ouster from the post so that he is unable to “exert pressure” on the wrestlers and hamper their careers. Priyanka Gandhi, who is scheduled to take part in a series of poll campaign events in Karnataka later in the day, reached Jantar Mantar in the morning and intera...

  Usha Martin Usha Martin Limited underwent the incorporation process in the year 1986 under the name Usha Beltron Ltd. Usha Martin Limited, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells wires, wire ropes, and strands products in India and internationally. The company is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wire rope. Their wire rope manufacturing facilities are located in Ranchi, Hoshiarpur, Dubai, Bangkok and UK. Rajeev Jhawar , Managing Director of Usha Martin The company offers wire ropes, including oil and offshore, crane, mining, elevator, fishing, aerial, and general engineering ropes, as well as ropes for conveyor cords and structural systems. The first wire rope reel rolled out of the company in 1962. Its public issue in 1961 was oversubscribed by more than 300 per cent. In 1963, Usha Martin Limited paid its maiden dividend and doubled the production from 3,600 tonnes to 7,200 tonnes in just two-and-a-half years. Rajeev Jhawar , the Managing Director of Us...