Ayodhya sets Guinness World Records with 25 lakh diyas lit, 1,121 people performing aarti together

Two Guinness World Records — most people performing aarti simultaneously and the largest display of oil lamps — were set at the eighth edition of Deepotsav here on Wednesday. The two records were set in the holy city with over 25 lakh earthen lamps (diyas) lit together and 1,121 ‘vedacharyas’ (teachers of religious texts) performing…

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Fight against terror infiltration religious tension to continue: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the fight against terrorism, infiltration and conspiracy to create religious tension will continue even though the country has established relative peace in Jammu and Kashmir, the Northeast and Naxal-affected areas.      Addressing a function here on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, Shah said the sacrifice…

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SC to consider hearing plea for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir

The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider listing a plea seeking time-bound restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for applicants, urged a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra that the plea needed an urgent hearing….

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Govt orders withdrawal of NSG commandos from VIP security, CRPF to take charge

The Union Government has ordered the complete withdrawal of the counter-terrorist commando force NSG from VIP security duties and handing over its nine “high-risk” VIPs to the CRPF by the next month, official sources said Wednesday. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has also sanctioned a fresh battalion of specially trained personnel, recently withdrawn from…

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J&K Medical Paper Leak Scam: ED Attaches Rs 1.31 Crore Worth Properties

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached four immovable properties worth Rs 1.31 crore in the infamous medical question paper leak case in the  Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test 2012 (JKCET-2012). ED’s Srinagar zonal office attached these properties belonging to Sajad Hussain Bhat, Mohd. Amin Ganie, Suhail Ahmad Wani and Shabir Ahmad Dar at Srinagar…

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