BJP set to ride ‘Ram Rath’ once again

February 7, 2013

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Lucknow, Feb 7: With its eye firmly fixed on the next Lok Sabha elections, BJP is all set to ride the `Ram Rath' once again in the hope of returning to power.

BJP national president Rajnath Singh, who took a holy dip at the `Sangam' waters in the ongoing Mahakumbh on Wednesday, gave enough indication that the saffron party could rake up the Ram temple issue expecting to reap rich electoral dividends.

Singh said that the BJP could pave the way for the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya by a Parliament legislation if the party got a majority on its own.

“BJP has been and will always remain committed to the construction of a grand Ram temple at the Ram Janambhoomi in Ayodhya,” Singh said while speaking at the meeting of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).

“We will need your (saints) blessings for Ram temple...give us enough strength for that...not only you (saints) but millions of hindus also want the temple”, the saffron party president said amid pro-Narendra Modi slogans by the BJP workers present at the meeting.

Earlier talking to reporters, Singh said that BJP had never deviated from its core ideology. “We have not deviated from our core issues (Ram temple, uniform civil code and abrogation of Article 370)... but there are some issues that require legislation by Parliament...we have to have a majority there,” he said.

“Lord Rama is in our hearts,” he added. Singh, however, said that no political meaning should be derived from his visit to Mahakumbh. “I am here to seek blessings of the saints,” he said.

The BJP chief reiterated that it was the Parliamentary Board which would decide the prime ministerial candidate of the party. “I accept that Narendra Modi is very popular but the prime ministerial nominee will be decided by the Board'', he added.

VHP wants legislation on Ram temple

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday demanded legislation by Parliament for the construction of the Ram Temple at the Ram Janambhoomi in Ayodhya and warned of a nationwide agitation if the centre failed to do so within the next six months, reports DHNS from Lucknow.

A political resolution to this effect was adopted at the meeting of the “Kendriya Margdarshak Mandal” (the highest decision making body) of the VHP at Kumbhanagar on Wednesday. In an apparent bid to rake up the vexed Ram Temple issue in the next Lok Sabha elections in 2014, the VHP set a six month deadline for the same.

“The saints and sadhus will help launch a massive movement in the country in favour of the Ram temple,” VHP president Ashok Singhal said.

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Mitron app’s traffic jumps up 11-fold after India bans Chinese apps

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July 1,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 1: A day after the Government banned several Chinese apps, popular short-form video app Mitron reported that its daily traffic jumped up by more than 11 times.

Just 5 days after crossing the 10 million (1 crore) downloads milestone, Mitron has now announced that the app has been downloaded by 17 million (1.7 crore) users in India. Mitron app has been one of the most downloaded apps in India during the last two months.

"It is incredibly exciting to see the rapid adoption of Mitron by Indian users. 11-fold jump in traffic, immediately after the ban of Chinese apps, was beyond our expectations," said Shivank Agarwal, Founder, and CEO, Mitron.

Anish Khandelwal, Founder and CTO said, " We have built a solid backend infrastructure and our platform is now completely scalable and autonomous and that is helping us to cater to the sharp rise in traffic on Mitron App."

Mitron has been rapidly enhancing the product with several improvements for the users including an updated video upload process that is much easier, enhanced audio library with a wide choice of Indian content, and a feature that enables users to flag any inappropriate content easily.

Users uploaded millions of videos in 10 different languages and the number of videos viewed on the platform increased sharply to cross 30 million video views per hour.

Shivank added "We are a young company and we are hiring some of the best product & engineering talent to scale up Mitron rapidly. We are confident that we can build Mitron into one of the best apps in the short-form video space. Our focus is on building features and content that uniquely resonates with Indian users, while being sensitive to community standards and local laws in India and we believe that will help us build Mitron into a very large business."

Founded by two Computer Science engineers, Shivank Agarwal (alumnus of IIT Roorkee) and Anish Khandelwal (alumnus of Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology), Mitron app is a short-form video app that allows users to create, upload and view entertaining short videos.

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Walking from Delhi to MP, man dies in Agra amid lockdown

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March 29,2020

Agra, Mar 29: A 39-year-old man, who had walked almost 200 kilometers from Delhi to reach his home in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, collapsed and died in Agra on Saturday.

The man, identified as Ranveer Singh, worked as home delivery boy for a private restaurant in the national capital.

According to police, the victim collapsed near Kailash turning of the national highway-2, after which a local hardware store owner Sanjay Gupta rushed to the victim.

Sikandra station house officer (SHO) Arvind Kumar, said, 'Gupta made the victim lie on a carpet and offered tea and biscuit. The victim complained about chest pain and also called his brother-in-law Arvind Singh over phone to share his health condition. At around 6.30 P.m, the victim passed away and local police was informed. "

Ranveer had left for his native village on Friday morning on foot. It is likely that exhaustion of 200-km walk might have caused chest pain.

The SHO said,"On the entire NH-2 stretch, UP policemen are present with food packets and water for such persons but Ranveer's death is unfortunate. "

After the death, policemen took the victim's body for post-mortem. The autopsy report is yet to be re eased.

According to information available, Ranveer was working in Delhi's Tughlakabad for the past three- years. He is survived by three children including two daughters. He belongs to a family of farmers and was the main bread winner for his family.

His family has been brought to Agra to take the body back to their village for the last rites.

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very sad news....this is the condition of hindu people after they adopt hindutva idology.

Politician enjoying playing ludo and watching ramayan, after complete lockdown, not even bothered by government about their transport,

modi spend crore on statue, but no hospital

this is the hindu rastra you want right...enjoy marons

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India mulls over deportation of Wall Street Journal journalist, later backtracks

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March 14,2020

New Delhi, Mar 14: India on Friday was mulling over the option of deporting The Wall Street Journal's South Asia deputy bureau chief for misreporting Delhi riots in which over 50 people were killed last month. However, the government denied that it had made any such decision.

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that a complaint was registered against Eric Bellman, the WSJ South Asia deputy bureau chief based in New Delhi, by a private individual on the government's online grievance redressal platform.

"Referring the complaint to the related office is a routine matter as per standard procedure. No such decision on deportation has been taken by the Ministry of External Affairs," Kumar said.

However, government-funded Prasar Bharati News Services had earlier tweeted screenshots of the complaint which was filed by an undersecretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, Vinesh K Kalra, saying that the ministry has asked the Indian embassy in the US to "look into the request for immediate deportation of Bellman for his "anti-India behaviour".

The official had complained to the embassy about Bellman's controversial reportage on the killing of an Intelligence Bureau staffer named Ankit Sharma.

The WSJ had reported that Ankit Sharma's brother had said that he was killed by a mob belonging to a particular religious community. Ankit's brother later told Indian media that he never spoke to the WSJ reporter.

After the Prasar Bharati tweet got circulated widely on social media, the government backtracked and said that no such decision has been taken.

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