Author: Manjeet Yadav

UP: Whale vomit, a valuable perfume ingredient, worth 10 crores seized The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) and the state forest department have arrested four people and seized 10 crore worth of ambergris (whale vomit) , a solid waxy substance that comes from the whale’s intestines. The substance is made when the sperm whale’s bile duct in its intestines leaks bile, and it is often found floating in the water or washing up on the shore. What is ambergris? Ambergris is found in the stomachs of sperm whales that have already died. Ambergris is often used as a fixative…

Kolkata: 2 boys kidnapped & killed in Moving Car, Bodies Dumped in Canal Two school students were discovered dead in a roadside ditch more than two weeks after they had been abducted. The bodies were found after one of the arrested suspects admitted that the boys had been kidnapped and murdered. KOLKATA: Two class X students who had left their Keshtopur home two weeks prior with a neighbor to buy a motorcycle were killed on the same evening while being strangled inside a moving car, and their bodies were dumped into a canal off Basanti Expressway while the father of…

Karnataka: Lingayat seer found hanging at Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar mutt On Monday, a Lingayat seer was discovered hanged in his rooms in the Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar mutt in the Belagavi region of Karnataka. Highlights : Lingayat seer founds hanging at Sri Guru Madiwaleshwar mutt He may do so as his name is mentioned in a disturbing audio clip, Police say. A case has been filed. On Monday morning, the seer of a Lingayat Mutt in Neginhal hamlet near Bailhongal in the Belagavi district was discovered dead in his lodgings. Early in the morning, his followers discovered Sri Basava Siddalinga Swami,…

The action only against madrasas, why not gurukuls: AIMPLB Fears “targeting” of madrasas in UP and Assam; claims madrasas provide free education to a large number of underprivileged students and also teach non-theological subjects. Highlights AIMPLB executive member Qasim Rasool Ilyas said madrassas are being targeted.Ilyas said – there is no clear estimate of the total number of madrasas in UP.The UP government has asked for a survey to collect information related to madrassas in the state. The Uttar Pradesh government’s intention to examine unrecognized madrasas in the state has drawn criticism from THE ALL INDIA MUSLIMS PERSONAL LAW BOARD…

Teesta leaves Sabarmati jail after Supreme Court grants her bail Social activist Teesta Setalvad released from Sabarmati jail on Saturday, a day after the Supreme Court granted her interim bail in a case of allegedly manipulating evidence linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots. Teesta Setalvad, rights activist released from Sabarmati jail on Saturday. The Supreme Court granted her interim bail. She is accused of allegedly manipulating evidence linked to the 2002 Gujarat riots. She had spent 70 days in jail. Teesta Setalvad, a social activist convicted of forging evidence in connection with an alleged conspiracy behind the 2002 post-Godhra riots, left…

Karnataka: Muruga Mutt’s Shivamurthy says ‘will come out clean’ after arrested in POCSO Case Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru, a religious figurehead of the politically influential Lingayat group in Karnataka, was arrested yesterday following intense pressure from the civil society. Six days ago, a case was filed when two young girls accused him of rape. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru is the Chief pontiff of Murugha MathTwo schoolgirls, aged 15 and 16, studying in a school run by the mathThey were residing in a hostel that also belonged to the monastery are said to have been sexually molested.Shivamurthy Murugha has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of…

‘If Allah wills…’: Pak PM responds to Modi’s Tweet on Pakistan Floods Rainfall has been 500% above average in Sindh and Balochistan provinces, drowning entire villages and fields, razing buildings, and destroying crops. The destruction brought on by the floods in Pakistan grieved Prime Minister Modi, who expressed his hope on Monday for a speedy restoration of normalcy. On Wednesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif praised his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for expressing worry over the material and human losses brought on by the country’s worst flood in years and promised to help his nation recover from the disaster. “I…

Mumbai Metro trial run at Aarey : Metro Line 3 Colaba to Seepz The Metro line 3 will connect Colaba in south Mumbai with the western suburbs. It will be a 33.5 kilometer underground route. On Tuesday at around 11 am, the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line 3 in Mumbai began its first trial run in the Sariput Nagar in the Aarey area. Eknath Shinde, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, and his Deputy, Devendra Fadnavis, officially launched the run, marking a key step in the realization of the controversial line. Shinde and Fadnavis looked inside the Metro train before giving the all-clear.…

“Welcome”: Manish Sisodia before CBI bank locker raid In the search of my home, nothing was found. There won’t be anything in the locker either. Manish Sisodia said, “Me and my family will fully cooperate.” Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, has asserted that the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, would search his bank locker tomorrow as part of the agency’s ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption in the execution of Delhi’s new excise policy. Mr. Sisodia tweeted: “The CBI is coming to search our bank locker tomorrow. During the 14-hour search of my home on August…

In Majority Test today, Kejriwal to prove AAP MLAs with him Arvind Kejriwal and his party’s MLAs conducted prayers at the Mahatma Gandhi monument Rajghat last week in what appeared to be a display of power. NEW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, will seek a vote of confidence in the assembly today to demonstrate the support of all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators, despite what he believes are BJP attempts to split his party and destabilize his government. To demonstrate that the MLAs from his party would not be enticed to defect, Arvind Kejriwal claimed he intended…