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| City of Temples denounces AAP: ‘They are chameleons not worth Aastha of Jammu’ | | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 28: Even as the Aam Aadmi Party is stuck amid allegations of numerous scams and other serious complaints, the people of the City of Temples here have denounced the AAP for its recent controversies linked to Hindu religion saying that the party of “chameleons is not worth the Aastha of Jammu.”
Whereas, the AAP government in the national capital had banned the bursting of crackers on the festival of Diwali this year, a few weeks prior to it, the party leadership faced criticism for attending a religious conversion event in same Delhi, where the sentiments of Hindu religion were allegedly hurt and police filed a complaint.
Facing public criticism over alleged misbehavior of AAP towards the Hindu religion, the party chief and New Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal played his “damage control card” of seeking pictures of the goddesses on the currency notes.
But instead of benefitting the party, the move has boomeranged even in poll-bound Gujarat. The people of Jammu on the other hand are saying that Kejriwal’s party has got exposed for its “dupl... | |
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| It’s time to unfollow AAP, say celebrities | | | |
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New Delhi, Oct 28: After music composer Vishal Dadlani posted a cryptic tweet about ‘religion having no place in governance,” actors Gauahar Khan and Nakuul Mehta too have accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of trying to play a religious card for political gains.
It’s in place to mention here that Arvind Kejriwal earlier this week had asked the Central Government to include the pictures of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi on currency notes claiming that it would help the economy.
Actress Gauahar Khan wrote on Twitter: “Alas a leader who I thought was focused on development has fallen prey to the race of winning in politics. Religion is used only by the weakest kin... | |
| | | | ‘Lage Raho Kejriwal’ composer gives zor ka jhatka to AAP | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Oct 28: In yet another setback for the Aam Aadmi Party, prominent musician and AAP supporter Vishal Dadlani, who had composed the signature tune “Lage Raho Kejriwal” for the Delhi Assembly elections, has come down heavily on the Arvind Kejriwal-led party's “poll stunt demand” to introduce the images of Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesh on currency notes.
While the common people have been saying that the AAP was resorting to “double speak” by first banning bursting of crackers of Diwali and then demanding images of goddesses on currency notes, Dadlani said: "The Constitution of India states that we are a Secular Socialist Republic. Hence, religion must have NO... | |
| | | | Think 10 times before forwarding anything: PM Modi on fake news | | | |
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Surajkund/Haryana, Oct 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that a single fake news has the capability to snowball into a matter of national concern and emphasised the need to come up with technological advancement to check them.
Addressing the 'Chintan Shivir' in Haryana, a gathering of Home Ministers of states to deliberate on issues of internal security, PM Modi stressed on the need to educate people about analysing and verifying any piece of information before forwarding it to others.
"One should think 10 times before forwarding any information and verify it before believing it. Every platform has tools to verify any information. If you will browse through diffe... | |
| | | | Rajnath Singh e-inaugurates 4 vital BRO projects in Rajouri, Hajibal-Z Gali-Machill road | | | |
Early Times Report
RAJOURI, Oct 28: Union Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh today e- inaugurated four vital projects of BRO in Rajouri. These projects included two roads and two bridges.
The roads constructed by BRO include Pouni-Kalakote-Rajouri Road and Rajouri-Kandi-Budhal Road in the Border district. The Defence Minister also e-inaugurated two bridges Suktoh Bridge over Gambhir Nallah and Deeing Bridge in Nowshera tehsil.
OC BRO 53 RCC, Major Manjunath, while briefing about the significance of Suktao Bridge, said that it will provide all weather connectivity from Rajouri to forward border locations to the civil population as well as Defence Forces. He also said that earlier only a ... | |
| | | | Terror attacks declined after Pak’s inclusion in FATF grey list: Indian official tells UNSC panel | | | |
Agencies
Mumbai, Oct 28: Major terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir declined after Pakistan was included in the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list, a senior Indian government official said here on Friday.
The United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee should examine this correlation, said joint secretary Safi Rizvi.
Making a presentation at a special meeting of the UNSC panel, which India is hosting, Rizvi, however, did not name Pakistan at any point.
But he noted that after the chances of Pakistan getting delisted from the grey list increased, terrorist activities too increased.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded five attacks on `hard targets’ — well-defended... | |
| | | | Appellate panels to resolve social media users’ grievances to come up in 3 months | | | |
Agencies
NEW DELHI, Oct 28: The Government on Friday tweaked IT rules to pave way for setting up of grievance appellate panels, which will settle issues that users may have against the way social media platforms initially addressed their complaints regarding content and other matters.
These committees will be able to review content moderation decisions by social media companies like Meta and Twitter.
The ‘Grievance Appellate Committees’ will be set up within three months, according to a gazette notification on Friday.
Incidentally, the move comes at a time when the CEO of electric car maker Tesla Inc, Elon Musk, has completed his USD 44-billion takeover of Twitter, placing the world... | |
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