Lalu features in ‘Thugs of Bihar’ poster
Patna, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after the Aam Aadmi Party swept Delhi Assembly polls defeating BJP by 62 to 8 seats, a poster war erupted in Bihar targeting former Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata…
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Deoband is ‘Gangotri’ of terrorism: Giriraj Singh
Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union minister Giriraj Singh has once again triggered controversy by claiming that Islamic seminary Deoband in Saharanpur is a factory producing terrorists. He has termed it as “aatankvaad ki…
Jagan v/s Naidu: Andhra official’s suspension for ‘treason’ sparks row
Amaravati, Feb 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) The suspension of a senior police officer in Andhra Pradesh on charges of treason has sparked a row with Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy coming under attack for targeting officials, who…
Why BJP failed to breach Kejriwal’s bastion
By Nisheeth Sharan It is universally acknowledged that incumbent governments are in campaign mode all through their tenure, while the opposition gets its act together closer to the hustings. I use this banal observation not…
Valentine’s Day and Kejriwal’s tryst with political power
By Sfoorti Mishra New Delhi, Feb 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As counting of votes for Delhi assembly elections proceeded at a steady pace on February 11, suggesting the turn of AAP to power, the party’s workers and…
Muslim clerics oppose use of mosques for govt schemes
Lucknow, Feb 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh Muslim clerics are now up in arms against the use of loudspeakers in mosques for popularizing government schemes. Maulana Saif Abbas, a Shia cleric, told reporters that a government’s…
India, UK to hold joint military exercise from Feb 13
Lucknow, Feb 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The fifth edition of joint military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior 2020’ between India and the United Kingdom will be conducted at Salisbury Plains in the UK from February 13 to 26. According…
Delhi Police initiates suo motu probe into Gargi incidents
New Delhi, Feb 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) A suo motu probe by a senior police officer has been initiated into the alleged manhandling and molestation at the all-girls Gargi College in south Delhi last week, police said…
All UP jails to have in-house radio stations by 2021
Lucknow, Feb 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) All 70 jails in Uttar Pradesh will now have their in-house radio stations, operated by jail inmates. UP director general (prison administration and reform services), Anand Kumar, recently inaugurated the 26th…
The BJP leader creating a storm in Ram Temple trust
New Delhi/Patna, Feb 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kameshwar Chaupal was named among the members of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust constituted for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. But unlike others, his name…
Priyanka’s Dalit outreach in Ravidas temple visit
Varanasi, Feb 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s Varanasi visit on Sunday is not only about temple and religion, as the Congress would like everyone to believe. The visit has a definite Dalit…
China virus set to throw MWC Barcelona 2020 out of gear
New Delhi, Feb 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Novel coronavirus, which has killed over 700 in China and infected thousands across the globe so far, has now created initial chaos for the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020…
3 rescued, 3 trapped as building collapses in Punjab
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A three-storey commercial building collapsed in Punjab’s adjoining Mohali district on Saturday, trapping at least six people, out of whom three have been rescued, police said. After eight hours of the…
China shipments put off, coronavirus fears grip travel, trade
New Delhi, Feb 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the fear of coronavirus has gripped the world, the local traders say supply of several items, like auto parts, electronic goods and pharma products, would be hit if the…
Muslim teen wins Bhagwad Gita quiz in Jaipur
Jaipur, Feb 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 16-year-old Muslim teenage boy has won the Bhagwad Gita quiz competition organised here by Hare Krishna Mission in association with Akshay Patra Foundation. The two-round quiz show lasted for over…
Air India load on SE Asian cities drops due to Coronavirus
New Delhi, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The deadly Coronavirus has started taking heavy toll on travel sector with national carrier Air India seeing booking cancellation across various routes to the Southeast Asian cities such as Singapore,…
Sitharaman says LIC IPO to benefit retail investors
Mumbai, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the IPO of the state insurer LIC will bring retail investors into the picture and that the government would come up with steps to…
Discontent brewing in Karnataka BJP over cabinet expansion
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Discontent is brewing in Karnataka’s ruling BJP as many of its loyal and senior legislators were ignored again in the cabinet expansion, a party source said on Friday….
Letter inside chapati: Iltija Mufti on exchanging notes with mother
Srinagar, Feb 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iltija Mufti, daughter of former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, has revealed how she hand her mother exchanged letters post abrogation of Article 370 with restrictions placed on them. She has…
Budget bonanza of Rs 8 lakh-cr to NBFCs at farmers’ cost?
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, Feb 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The announcement by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to rope in Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) for disbursing agriculture loans, “may be a bonanza of Rs.8 lakh-crore, but it…