Governor should dismiss Goa government immediately, says Congress leader Digambar Kamat

Former Goa Chief Minister of Goa and Congress leader Digambar Kamat on Saturday slammed the state government over the alleged deteriorating law and order situation and demanded the Governor dismiss the government. “The unprecedented rise in the criminal activities has sent shivers amongst the Goans. There are rapes, murders, kidnappings, gang wars happening almost on daily basis. BJP Government headed by Chief Minister […]

Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone to film massively mounted song in Spain for ‘Pathan’

The upcoming Siddharth Anand directorial ‘Pathan’, which stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles, will soon be filming for some crucial parts of the movie in Spain, along with a massively mounted song. A source revealed, “No Bollywood film has ever shot song sequences in these places. Sid Anand will shoot […]

SpaceX cargo mission rescheduled for Sunday over bad weather – NASA

The launch of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft was delayed by one day over poor weather conditions, NASA said on Saturday. “Due to weather, today’s @SpaceX cargo mission is postponed,” the space agency wrote on Twitter. The next opportunity to launch the CRS-23 mission is on Sunday, at 07:14 GMT. It will deliver […]

Covid-19 containment measures to remain in force till September 30: MHA

COVID-19 containment measures will remain in force across the country till September 30, 2021, said the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday. An order issued by Union Home Secretary and National Executive Committee Chairman today read, “In exercise of the powers, conferred under Section 10(2)(1) of the Disaster Management Act 2005, the undersigned […]

Haqqani Network-proscribed terror group running Kabul after Taliban takeover

The US who first designated the Haqqani Network as a terrorist group in 2012, is now a part of the government in Afghanistan post the Taliban takeover of the war-torn country. Without bold action that doesn’t cow to the demands of the terrorists now running Afghanistan, there will be many avoidable deaths in the next few weeks–related […]

ISIS-K in Afghanistan trying to turn US exit into bloody spectacle

ISIS-Khorasan, the Islamic State’s Afghanistan and Pakistan arm, the group behind the Kabul airport attack is trying to turn the Biden administration’s exit into a bloody spectacle. Hannah Allam and Souad Mekhennet, writing in The Washington Post said that for months, terrorism analysts warned that Islamic State-linked terrorists in Afghanistan would try to turn the […]

PMJDY turns 7, over 43.04 crore beneficiaries bank under scheme

The Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which is a national mission for financial inclusion to ensure access to financial services, namely, banking/ savings and deposit accounts, remittance, credit, insurance, pension in an affordable manner, completed seven years of successful implementation of the scheme, with 43.04 Crore Jan-Dhan account holders as on August 18, […]