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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Himachal: Goof-Up Over Samosas Meant For CM Sukhu Snowballs Into Controversy; BJP Slams Cong Govt

ABP News

A goof-up over samosas and cakes meant for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has snowballed into a controversy in Himachal Pradesh necessitating a probe by the CID which termed it as an "anti-government" act. Meanwhile, the opposition BJP slammed the Congress government saying the Sukhu dispensation is not concerned about the development of the state but its only concern seems …

Bjp Chief Cid Sukhu Refreshments

3 months, 4 weeks ago

'Global Warming' Or 'Too Many Tourists'? Debate Snowballs as 6,191-m Himalayan Peak Om Parvat Goes Bald

News 18

Something unusual has happened in this monsoon season that has left locals in Uttarakhand perplexed. “In the past too, a portion of the mountain looked black when there was less snow but perhaps this is the first time when I am witnessing it without any snow at all,” says Harish Gunjiyal from Gunji village – the first Indian village from …

Global Warming Uttarakhand Snow Himalayan Parvat Goes Om Parvat

4 months ago

Up doctors’ security, says Centre as stir snowballs

Hindustan Times

The central government ordered all hospitals under it to review security protocols and increase their security force by up to 25% as officials in both Delhi and Kolkata struggled to contain the anger of the medical community over the rape and murder in the West Bengal capital earlier this month. In the Capital, with hundreds of doctors holding kerbside clinics …

Health Delhi Kolkata West Bengal Strike Doctors Medical Professionals

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Road rage snowballs into attack on Delhi family’s car on Gurugram road

Hindustan Times

A family from Delhi was attacked and their vehicle rammed following an altercation with another driver, who brushed against their vehicle, initially on MG Road, and then returned along with his associates to attack the driver and ram their car when they had stopped near a vend, police said. The incident took place around 9.15pm when a white Maruti Suzuki …

Delhi Car Road Suspect Mg Road Mrityunjay Baleno

8 months, 1 week ago

IPL 2024: Glenn Maxwell reveals he asked RCB for mental and physical break, gives frank assessment of season

The Hindu

Glenn Maxwell did not feature in Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad in the run-fest on Monday. The Australian started the chat with a first ball six, stating that he had asked the RCB team management to give him a “mental and physical break”. I think now is actually a good time for me to give myself a bit …

Maxwell Reveals Ipl Games

10 months, 1 week ago

Snowiest day in 2 years brings selfies and snowmen to New York City's Central Park

The Independent

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11 months, 1 week ago

Russia: Clashes erupt in Bashkortostan as rights activist sentenced

Firstpost

Social media footage captured the confrontations near the court in Baymak, with supporters engaging in clashes with police, including throwing snowballs. Alsynov’s conviction for inciting ethnic hatred sparked rare large-scale protests in Russia Russian riot police clashed with protesters in Bashkortostan following the sentencing of rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony. It is reported that …

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1 year ago

Eagles fans long ago turned the page on Santa snowball fiasco. The rest of the world has not

Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA — There’s plenty to unpack for a holiday game in Philly. You’ve surely heard the tale before: how fans near the end of one of the worst seasons in Eagles history dipped their fingers into snow at Franklin Field on a frigid December afternoon, cupped their hands and pelted poor ol’ Santa Claus with snowballs — long before anyone …

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1 year, 3 months ago

From India to Bharat: A brief history of the many names of the country

Firstpost

Will India soon be called Bharat? “The adoption of India suggests how colonial nomenclature signalled changes in perspectives and helped to usher in an understanding of the subcontinent as a single, bounded and British political territory,” Barrow writes in the article titled “From Hindustan to India: Naming change in changing names.” The Constitution says… In his book “The Discovery of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Lathi charge on Maratha protestors snowballs into political controversy, opposition demands Fadnavis resignation

Hindustan Times

The police lathi charge on Maratha protestors in Jalna has snowballed into a political controversy. The opposition parties led by NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday demanded the resignation of deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is also the home minister of the state. Pawar pointed a finger at Fadnavis, alleging that he ordered a lathi charge on “peaceful protestors” …

Pawar Maratha Minister Chief Fadnavis Jalna Lathi Charge

1 year, 9 months ago

‘Madam Chatur’, ‘Ms Fad-noise’: Amruta Fadnavis, Priyanka Chaturvedi Locked in Twitter Spat as Designer Case Snowballs

News 18

The case against a Mumbai-based designer for allegedly trying to bribe Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, with Rs 1 crore seeking her “intervention” in a criminal case set the stage for a Twitter spat between the BJP leader’s spouse and Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi. 1/ pic.twitter.com/6CyYKHpZsE— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 March 16, 2023 “A criminal’s daughter …

Money Case Priyanka Dcm His Wife Twitter Sit

1 year, 10 months ago

Snowballs at the Hollywood sign: Does it signal the biggest SoCal snow event in decades?

LA Times

The alerts are startlingly unusual for Southern California, a region typically defined by its sunshine, palm trees and temperate weather. The “highly dynamic” system will likely bring heavy rain, strong winds, thunderstorms and potential localized flooding to areas in and around Los Angeles, Swain said. “The Times’ switchboard received numerous calls from residents in all parts of the city reporting …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi engage in snowball fight during last leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra | WATCH

India TV News

Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra broke into a snowball fight in Srinagar during the last leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra on Monday. In a video shared on Twitter by Rahul Gandhi, the duo are seen playfully throwing snow at each other. In the video, Rahul Gandhi is seen sneaking up on his sister with snowballs hidden …

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1 year, 11 months ago

'Pegasus, Rafale...': Nirmala Sitharaman says Oppn continuously ran negative campaigns against Modi govt

India TV News

The BJP's two-day national executive meeting commenced on Monday, with focus on the nine state elections lined up this year, which are seem as semifinals to next year's Lok Sabha polls. Speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the event, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slammed the Opposition for running 'negative' campaigns against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The Opposition continuously …

Opposition Bjp Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Negative Campaigns

1 year, 11 months ago

UK strikes and crumbling health service add troubles to Rishi Sunak government

Hindustan Times

British rail workers will walk off the job much of this week, paralyzing transport and adding to the troubles piling up for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government. “We’re not going back to the 1970s where the trade union barons thought that they ran the government,” Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said last week. “We’re increasing the NHS capacity by the equivalent …

Strike Workers Union Minister Jan Secretary Nhs

2 years, 6 months ago

Ranchi: Protest over Nupur Sharma's Prophet remark turns violent, curfew imposed

India TV News

Ranchi Curfew, Violence News: Protest over the controversial remarks by suspended Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nupur Sharma turned violent in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on Friday. "More than 1,100 shops in the market were shut since morning in protest against remarks of Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal. Prophet remark snowballs - Protests in several cities Protests erupted in several cities across …

Protest Bjp Ranchi Remark Prophet Nupur Sharma

2 years, 10 months ago

'Look Around You': Stop Mocking Migrants, Oppn Tells Channi as 'UP, Bihar ke Bhaiyye' Comment Snowballs

News 18

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s statement on “UP, Bihar ke bhaiyye” has triggered a massive row, with several leaders and parties calling out the “insult” and slamming Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who shared the stage with Channi and cheered him on, for calling herself “UP ki Beti” and seeking votes in the state. Attacking Channi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar …

Bihar Congress Punjab Channi Mocking Migrants

2 years, 10 months ago

As Hijab Row Snowballs in Karnataka, A Look at Nations that have Made Face Veils an Offence

News 18

Protests for and against the?hijab? News18 February 8, 2022 As the controversy heats up, here’s a look at countries that have banned face coverings, including hijabs, burqas, full face helmets and balaclavas. FRANCE In 2011, France banned face coverings with “Law of 2010-1192: Act prohibiting concealment of the face in public space”. SRI LANKA The country’s Cabinet cleared a proposal …

Law Europe France Karnataka Public Muslim Ban

2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: What will Neil Young’s protest mean for Spotify?

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Neil Young vs Joe Rogan seems like the strangest of cultural clashes. Yet the 76-year-old rock star’s protest over coronavirus-related content on Rogan’s popular Spotify podcast has ignited a hot debate over misinformation and free speech, bruising a streaming service that has become the central way that millions of people around the world experience music. His protest …

Misinformation Company Protest Mitchell Rogan Podcast Spotify

2 years, 11 months ago

Shortlisted for Oscars, Ascension captures chase of 'Chinese dream'

China Daily

Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon traveled to 51 locations across China on a quest to document everyday scenes showing the country's economic progress and the growing class divide. She captures former US president Donald Trump's "Make America Great" merchandise in mass production at one factory and workers at another chatting away as they assemble high-end sex dolls. Kingdon, who is Chinese American, …

Film China Chinese Kingdon

2 years, 11 months ago

Russell Westbrook trolled as his ‘cold-as-ice’ shooting snowballs in Lakers loss

LA Times

Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, right, tries to drive past Sacramento Kings guard Davion Mitchell during the first quarter of the Lakers’ loss Wednesday. “Ice cold.” And when he touched the ball one last time, his horrible night about to mercifully end thanks to an expiring clock, the Kings’ in-arena sound team took one last shot. “It’s natural.” It was the …

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3 years ago

MoS Ajay Mishra’s Video Abusing Journalists Snowballs; Congress to Hold State-Wide Protest

News 18

Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni landed in a new controversy on Wednesday after a video showed him abusing some journalists in Lakhimpur when he was asked about his jailed son. The Uttar Pradesh Congress announced to hold state-wide protests demanding resignation of MoS, Home, Teni after a video of him misbehaving with journalists in Lakhimpur went viral. AICC general secretary …

Congress Incident Accused Bjp Minister Mishra Sit

3 years, 7 months ago

The public opinion on farm laws has turned

Live Mint

In 2015, the first Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party central government unveiled an ambitious reform to overhaul India’s land acquisition laws that would have enabled corporations easier access to land across the country. In 2020, the second Modi-led government unveiled equally ambitious reforms in India’s farm laws that would have made it easier for companies to buy directly from farmers, …

Support Protests Farmers Party Bjp Farm Laws

3 years, 9 months ago

‘Spineless’: Academics Slam Ashoka University Over Exits

The Quint

The resignation of Pratab Bhanu Mehta and and former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian from Ashoka University has triggered an avalanche of reactions from the academic fraternity in India and abroad. While Mehta wrote that it was made clear to him that his writing “carried risks for the university”, Subramanian stated that the university’s failure to “provide a space for …

University Mehta Subramanian Slam Ashoka

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Himachal: Goof-Up Over Samosas Meant For CM Sukhu Snowballs Into Controversy; BJP Slams Cong Govt

'Global Warming' Or 'Too Many Tourists'? Debate Snowballs as 6,191-m Himalayan Peak Om Parvat Goes Bald

Up doctors’ security, says Centre as stir snowballs

Road rage snowballs into attack on Delhi family’s car on Gurugram road

IPL 2024: Glenn Maxwell reveals he asked RCB for mental and physical break, gives frank assessment of season

Snowiest day in 2 years brings selfies and snowmen to New York City's Central Park

Russia: Clashes erupt in Bashkortostan as rights activist sentenced

Eagles fans long ago turned the page on Santa snowball fiasco. The rest of the world has not

From India to Bharat: A brief history of the many names of the country

Lathi charge on Maratha protestors snowballs into political controversy, opposition demands Fadnavis resignation

‘Madam Chatur’, ‘Ms Fad-noise’: Amruta Fadnavis, Priyanka Chaturvedi Locked in Twitter Spat as Designer Case Snowballs

Snowballs at the Hollywood sign: Does it signal the biggest SoCal snow event in decades?

Rahul Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi engage in snowball fight during last leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra | WATCH

'Pegasus, Rafale...': Nirmala Sitharaman says Oppn continuously ran negative campaigns against Modi govt

UK strikes and crumbling health service add troubles to Rishi Sunak government

Ranchi: Protest over Nupur Sharma's Prophet remark turns violent, curfew imposed

'Look Around You': Stop Mocking Migrants, Oppn Tells Channi as 'UP, Bihar ke Bhaiyye' Comment Snowballs

As Hijab Row Snowballs in Karnataka, A Look at Nations that have Made Face Veils an Offence

EXPLAINER: What will Neil Young’s protest mean for Spotify?

Shortlisted for Oscars, Ascension captures chase of 'Chinese dream'

Russell Westbrook trolled as his ‘cold-as-ice’ shooting snowballs in Lakers loss

MoS Ajay Mishra’s Video Abusing Journalists Snowballs; Congress to Hold State-Wide Protest

The public opinion on farm laws has turned

‘Spineless’: Academics Slam Ashoka University Over Exits