With BJP looking to unseat ally Bodoland People's Front, questions have risen if the ruling party will go alone in the state assembly elections next year.
At an event last week, Mithun Nath, Bajrang Dal's Cachar district general secretary, threatened Hindus with 'dire consequences' if they visited any church to celebrate Christmas.
Due to the improved situation, hostels for final year college students and class 10 and 12 students will reopen from 15 December, the minister said in a press conference Monday.
The women speakers, who will be selected via debate & song competitions, will popularise both central and state govt achievements in the run-up to the 2021 polls.
Forest officials say 6-7 elephants were injured in the attack in Golaghat. Residents say the animals destroyed paddy fields and accused forest officials of failing to keep herd away.
In his last public message on 4 November, Tarun Gogoi had said, I wouldn’t have been able to serve without the blessings of God and the people of Assam. I hope you will always love me.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
This itself shows the arrogant out-of-touch nature of The Print and the authors. Banning practices that cause hurt to people is fine. Black magic practices have been criminalized since the age of kings. But you are using the garb of anti-superstition law to suppress the practices of faith. Case in point: Siddaramaiah when he was Karnataka CM proposed a law that banned touching the feet of religious leaders, Vaastu, astrology, palmistry, circumambulation (pradakshina) of temple. Who is he to interfere in Hindu practices like this? Would he dare to ban circumcision? Not surprisingly, he was soundly defeated in the elections.
Your dirty tricks of trying to snuff out harmless Hindu practices in the name of anti-superstition is over.
The prevalence of this nonsense just goes to show how inadequate our education system has been both in access as well as quality. The author is right in saying that it’s time victim is brought into the centre of the legislation. We also need to collectively rid people of any superstition that harms their dignity and human rights. More campaigns might help.
Nimbu-Mirchi image, seriously?
This itself shows the arrogant out-of-touch nature of The Print and the authors. Banning practices that cause hurt to people is fine. Black magic practices have been criminalized since the age of kings. But you are using the garb of anti-superstition law to suppress the practices of faith. Case in point: Siddaramaiah when he was Karnataka CM proposed a law that banned touching the feet of religious leaders, Vaastu, astrology, palmistry, circumambulation (pradakshina) of temple. Who is he to interfere in Hindu practices like this? Would he dare to ban circumcision? Not surprisingly, he was soundly defeated in the elections.
Your dirty tricks of trying to snuff out harmless Hindu practices in the name of anti-superstition is over.
The prevalence of this nonsense just goes to show how inadequate our education system has been both in access as well as quality. The author is right in saying that it’s time victim is brought into the centre of the legislation. We also need to collectively rid people of any superstition that harms their dignity and human rights. More campaigns might help.