J&K Bank Executive President Sunil Gupta inaugurating JKBFSL at Janipur in Jammu.
J&K Bank Executive President Sunil Gupta inaugurating JKBFSL at Janipur in Jammu.
Players and dignitaries posing for a group photograph during culmination of sports festival at Samba.
Players and dignitaries posing for a group photograph during culmination of sports festival at Samba.
Additional SP Udhampur Rajinder Katoch inaugurating Cricket tournament at DPL Udhampur on Saturday.
Additional SP Udhampur Rajinder Katoch inaugurating Cricket tournament at DPL Udhampur on Saturday.
Secularism as principle and practice in India is in ‘danger’: Tharoor
NEW DELHI: Secularism as principle and practice in India is in “danger” and the ruling dispensation may even try to remove the word from the Constitution, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday, but asserted that “forces of hatred” cannot alter the country’s secular character.
Secularism is only a word and even if the government takes it out of the Constitution, it would still be a secular Constitution because of its basic structure, Tharoor said in an interview on his new book ‘The Battle of Belonging’.
He also asserted that the Congress party cannot risk trying to become ‘BJP Lite’ as it may end up making it ‘Congress Zero’ and said his party was not offering a watered-down version of the BJP’s political messaging and the spirit of Indian secularism was very much “alive and well” in the grand old party. (AGENCIES)
Mukesh Khanna slammed on social media for comments about #MeToo movement
MUMBAI: Veteran Mukesh Khanna, best known for playing superhero Shaktimaan and Bhishma Pitamaha in television series “Mahabharata”, has been criticised for his statement that the #MeToo movement began when women stepped out of their homes and started working.
The #MeToo movement started in Hollywood in 2017 after many women from the entertainment industry called out various powerful men for sexually harassing them, drawing focus on the workplace safety.
A year later, it gathered momentum in Bollywood when actor Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment. Following this, many women in the Indian film industry came out to speak against the culture of toxic work environment.
In a video clip from an interview given to a news channel, Khanna claimed that #MeToo movement happened because women tried “walking shoulder to shoulder with men”.
“Men and women are different. The job of a woman is to take care of the house, pardon me as I say certain things. The problem of #MeToo began when women started working. Today, women talk about walking shoulder-to-shoulder with men,” Khanna said.
The 62-year-old actor said said both men and women have their own set of responsibilities.
“People talk about women’s lib (liberation), but let me tell you that’s where the problem begins. The first person who suffers is the child because he doesn’t have a mother (around him at home), he sits and watches TV with his nanny all day.
“It all began when women started saying that they want to do what men do. No, a man is a man and a woman is a woman,” he said.
Khanna’s comments were met with sharp criticism from social media users. (AGENCIES)
COVID: J&K reports fresh 455 +ve cases, 7 deaths
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday informed that 455 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (161 from Jammu division and 294 from Kashmir division), have been reported thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 94785.
Also seven COVID-19 deaths have been reported; two from Jammu division and five from Kashmir Division. Moreover, 864 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various hospitals including 287 from Jammu Division and 577 from Kashmir Division. (AGENCIES)
Aim of admin is to eradicate unemployment in J-K in five years: LG
SRINAGAR: The aim of the Jammu and Kashmir administration is to eradicate unemployment in the union territory in the next five years, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Saturday.
He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long workshop on youth engagement and outreach here.
The workshop, organised by the J-K administration at SKICC, was attended by top Industry heads from Ashok Leyland, ICICI foundation, Bombay Stock Exchange, various universities, IIMs/IITs and policy analysts from across the country. (AGENCIES)
J&K administration apportions assets, liabilities, posts between UTs of J&K, Ladakh
JAMMU: The assets, liabilities and administrative posts of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir have been apportioned between the union territories of J&K and Ladakh with effect from Saturday.
The apportionment of assets, liabilities and posts of the erstwhile state, which was bifurcated into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh last year, was notified by the Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha-led Jammu and Kashmir administration.
“The Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, in terms of section 84(3) read with section 85(2) of the J&K Reorganization Act, 2019, is pleased to apportion the assets, liabilities and posts of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir between the UT of J&K and UT of Ladakh…,” an official statement issued here said. (AGENCIES)
Rajnath slams Rahul for “misleading” claim on China
PATNA: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the “misleading” claim that China had intruded “1200 kilometres” into Indias territory and lavished praise on armed forces for the valour displayed by them in defending the countrys honour.
Addressing four back to back rallies in poll-bound Bihar, Singh also tore into the opposition party for having sought “suboot” (proof) of the Balakot air strikes and demanded an “apology” in the wake of Pakistan minister Fawad Chaudhrys recent statement on the floor of the national assembly.
“Some opposition parties are misleading the people. The leader of the Congress is saying that intrusion has been made into 1200 kms of our territory and the land has been captured. (AGENCIES)