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The Himachal Pradesh assembly passed a bill on Friday against conversion by force, inducement or through marriages solemnised for the "sole purpose" of adopting a new r

Himachal assembly passes law on religious conversion

The Himachal Pradesh assembly passed a bill on Friday against conversion by force, inducement or through marriages solemnised for the "sole purpose" of adopting a new religion. The Opposition also supported the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2019, which was passed unanimously with a voice vote. The bill prohibits conversion by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, inducement, marriage or any fraudulent means. Any marriage for the sole purpose of conversion will also be declared null and void. The new bill proposes stringent punishments, up to seven years in jail compared to three years under the existing law.

The Himachal Pradesh assembly passed a bill on Friday against conversion by force, inducement or through marriages solemnised for the "sole purpose" of adopting a new religion. The Opposition also supported the Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion Bill, 2019, which was passed unanimously with a voice vote. The bill prohibits conversion by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, inducement, marriage or any fraudulent means. Any marriage for the sole purpose of conversion will also be declared null and void. The new bill proposes stringent punishments, up to seven years in jail compared to three years under the existing law.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Assam on Monday morning on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state. She started her tour with a visit to the Ka

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Assam on Monday morning on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state. She started her tour with a visit to the Kamakhya Temple located on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati. Accompanied by senior Congress leaders, Gandhi spent some time in the temple and sought blessings from the goddess before proceeding to Lakhimpur in upper Assam. Priyanka Gandhi will also interact with tea garden workers in Biswanath district. Assam will witness a three-phased election with start of voting on March 27, followed by April 1 and April 6. Results will be out on May 2.

In a heart-wrenching incident, a young woman died by suicide after jumping into Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Before taking her life, 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan made

In a heart-wrenching incident, a young woman died by suicide after jumping into Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Before taking her life, 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan made an emotional video on her mobile detailing her reasons for suicide. According to the reports, Ayesha was being harassed by her in-laws for dowry. In the video, she says she has let her husband free. Reports said that Ayesha also called her parents before jumping in the river. Standing near the Sabarmati river, Ayesha said, "This is a lovely river and I hope it absorbs me". The video has created a massive outrage and demands for justice.

25.5 km of road constructed in just 18 hours. That's a record. The National Highway Authority of India recently created a world record by constructing a 25.54 km single

25.5 km of road constructed in just 18 hours. That's a record. The National Highway Authority of India recently created a world record by constructing a 25.54 km single lane of the four-lane stretch between Vijaypur-Solapur on the NH 52. This feat was achieved in a record time of just 18 hours.
This news was confirmed by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari via his official Twitter account. The minister further added that this achievement will be added to the Limca Book of Records soon.
Congratulating the leasing company for achieving this milestone in record time, Gadkari mentioned that 500 company employees worked very hard ,to achieve the feat.

A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by a snatcher while she was resisting a robbery bid in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area. The woman identified as S

A 25-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by a snatcher while she was resisting a robbery bid in northwest Delhi's Adarsh Nagar area. The woman identified as Simran was returning home with her child around 9.30 pm on Saturday when the incident took place. She was stabbed in the neck twice by the accused before her child. The footage was captured on CCTV and is doing the rounds on social media. In the video, Simran can be seen chasing a chain snatcher. The snatcher falls on the ground but manages to get up and stab her. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared brought dead.

Maharashtra's forest minister Sanjay Rathod has resigned from the state cabinet after opposition BJP accused him of being linked to a woman's death.

Maharashtra's&nbsp;forest&nbsp;minister Sanjay Rathod&nbsp;has resigned from the state cabinet after opposition BJP&nbsp;accused him of being linked to a woman's death. Rathod&nbsp;submitted his resignation to Chief Minister and his party chief Uddhav&nbsp;Thackeray and said that he was stepping aside to facilitate a free and fair probe. He claimed that attempts were being made to tarnish his image and&nbsp;destroy his reputation.&nbsp;Rathod&nbsp;has been&nbsp;accused of complicity in the death of Pooja&nbsp;Chavan, a 23-yr-old from Beed&nbsp;who was found&nbsp;in Pune on February 8, after reportedly falling off from the building in which she lived.

In a scathing attack on PM Narendra Modi and the 'corrupt' AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday charged that the Prime Minister was s

In a scathing attack on PM Narendra Modi and the 'corrupt' AIADMK government in Tamil Nadu, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday charged that the Prime Minister was seeking to "remote control" Tamil Nadu through Chief Minister K Palaniswami. Rahul billed himself as a "honest" man and said Modi cannot control him.
"Modi thinks Tamil Nadu is like his television, he can pick up remote and do whatever he wants. He can put the volume up and the CM will talk louder and vice versa. He thinks he can control people of TN, but people are going to remove the battery from remote and throw away," said Rahul.
"The only one reason Narendra Modi can't frighten me, is I am not corrupt. And because I am not corrupt I can stand up against him and tell him the truth," he said.
Rahul Gandhi was interacting with salt pan workers, where he recalled his party's poll-time promise of providing Rs 72,000 under the NYAY scheme and assured them that it would be implemented if the Congress was voted to power.

Union Minister Babul Supriyo faced severe flak after he tweeted a sexist dig at Trinamool Congress’ election campaign slogan 'Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chay' or &

Union Minister Babul Supriyo&nbsp;faced severe flak after he tweeted a sexist dig at Trinamool Congress&rsquo; election campaign slogan 'Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chay' or &lsquo;Bengal wants its own daughter&rsquo;.&nbsp;
The BJP leader posted a targeted meme first shared by BJP&rsquo;s Asansol unit- &lsquo;I am the daughter of Bengal&rsquo; written next to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with Home Minister Amit Shah and the words &lsquo;a daughter is someone else's wealth, this time we will send her off&rsquo;.
In the tweet Supriyo added that his party will &lsquo;surely send her off this time&rsquo;. The BJP leader deleted his tweet, but his views garnered criticism from TMC supporters.
Minister of State for Women and Child Development Dr&nbsp;Shashi Panja expressed concern over public representatives endorsing chauvinist views. She also said that she was shocked to see how deep and wide sexism runs in BJP leaders.

Researchers in Kurnool medical college have found that the novel coronavirus variant, N440K, can cause reinfection. According to a report by Times of India, this varian

Researchers in Kurnool medical college have found that the novel coronavirus variant, N440K, can cause reinfection. According to a report by Times of India, this variant can escape the immune system and can cause reinfection in patients already recovered from Covid-19. The report further explains that the researchers studied a case in Kurnool, which they said was the second reinfection case in India caused by the variant. Researchers from Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, and Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, have found that N440K has a high prevalence of over 33% in Andhra Pradesh. Meanwhile, the two variants of SARS-CoV-2 &mdash; N440K and E484K , have been detected in Maharashtra and Kerala, but the Centre has said, there is no reason to believe that they are responsible for the surge in cases in these two states.

In a major reshuffle of the top brass of the police, the Election Commission on Saturday removed Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Jawed Shamim and

In a major reshuffle of the top brass of the police, the Election Commission on Saturday removed Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Jawed Shamim and brought in Jag Mohan in his place.
Shamim, a 1995-batch IPS officer, will replace Mohan as the DG Fire Services in the rank of ADG. Besides being the Director General Fire Services, Shamim will also hold the charge of DG Civil Defence till further notice.
Shamim was made the state ADG (Law and order) earlier this month by the Mamata Banerjee government. He previously held the position of Special Commissioner of Police (II) of the Kolkata Police.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the law brought in by his government against the alleged practice of "love jihad" is not anti-Muslim and i

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said the law brought in by his government against the alleged practice of "love jihad" is not anti-Muslim and it is applicable to people from all religions. Speaking in an exclusive interview to Aaj Tak, Yogi said, the law would be applicable even if a Hindu does the same crime. Speaking on the upcoming assembly in West Bengal, he added that Bengal is on the path of change, and he was confident that the development that happened in Uttar Pradesh and BJP-ruled states, will also happen in West Bengal.

In a bizarre incident a 45-year-old man died during a cockfight organized at the Yellamma temple in Jagtial district of Telangana. The incident occurred on February 22

In a bizarre incident a 45-year-old man died during a cockfight organized at the Yellamma temple in Jagtial district of Telangana. The incident occurred on February 22 when a knife tied to the rooster&rsquo;s &nbsp;leg cut into the man's groins. The man bled to death after the incident. After the inquest, the police brought the rooster to the Gollapalli Police Station, where it was kept and looked after by the police personnel. While the rooster cannot be accused of having committed a murder, it will have to be produced in court. Gollapalli SHO B Jeevan clarified that the bird was neither arrested nor detained. The police will produce the rooster in court and follow the direction of the judge to decide the next course of action.

Hardik Patel has slammed the Gujarat Congress for not "utilising him enough" in the ongoing civic polls. In an interview with The Indian Express, the young leader who l

Hardik Patel has slammed the Gujarat Congress for not "utilising him enough" in the ongoing civic polls. In an interview with The Indian Express, the young leader who led the Patel agitation in 2015 and joined the Congress two years ago, accused the state Congress leaders of "wanting to pull him down". He further added that the state unit has not organised a single election programme for him and that he is campaigning on his own. The Congress drew a blank in the recent Surat civic polls where the Aam Aadmi Party emerged as the opposition to the ruling BJP. Hardik said that he would have ensured better results if the state Congress had involved him more.

The most anticipated poll results on May 2 will be that of West Bengal where the BJP is trying to dislodge the Trinamool Congress. Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who

The most anticipated poll results on May 2 will be that of West Bengal where the BJP is trying to dislodge the Trinamool Congress. Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who is helping Mamata Banerjee's party with poll strategy, on Saturday called the Bengal polls "one of the key&nbsp;battles" for democracy as he shared the TMC's main slogan - "Bengal only wants its own daughter". In a daring statement, Kishor also added: "On 2nd May, hold me to my last tweet". The reference was to Kishor's last tweet in December when he claimed that the BJP will struggle to cross double digits in Bengal.

In a bizarre killing in UP's Muzaffarnagar that was caught on camera, a man shot his 19-year-old nephew who was making a video at the time of incident. In a video tweet

In a bizarre killing in UP's Muzaffarnagar that was caught on camera, a man shot his 19-year-old nephew who was making a video at the time of incident. In a video tweeted by NDTV journalist Aok Pandey, two men are seen drinking and checking out a country-made pistol in the fields. One of the men casually loads the pistol and shoots the man filming them, the video shows. The mobile phone falls from the victim's hand after he was shot and his painful moans are heard in the video. One of the accused has been arrested, police said, although they did not specify if it was the shooter.

The battle for Bengal is quite the political potboiler, and stirring in some pop-culture references doesn't harm.The BJP has been conducting a massive campaign on Didi'

The battle for Bengal is quite the political potboiler, and stirring in some pop-culture references doesn't harm.
The BJP has been conducting a massive campaign on Didi's turf in Bengal over the&nbsp;last couple of weeks, with senior leaders from Amit Shah to JP Nadda to Prime Minister Narendra Modi&nbsp;reaching out to voters ahead of the assembly polls.
At one such election rally in West Bengal&rsquo;s Anandapuri, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda dropped a catchphrase from the recent 'Pawri' trend to announce the party&rsquo;s development plan for the state.
However, many pointed out that it was the Trinamool&nbsp;Congress who jumped onto the 'Pawri' bandwagon first.

Tamil Nadu CM E Palaniswami on Friday declared a gold loan waiver just hours before the announcement of state election dates.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami on Friday declared a gold loan waiver just hours before the announcement of state election dates, which will bring a model code of conduct into place.
Gold loans against up to six sovereigns given by cooperative banks to farmers and the poor will be waived, the Tamil Nadu government announced.
Justifying the move, Palaniswami said the economy was yet to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and this would help the poor redeem the gold they had pledged during the lockdown.
The gold loan schemes with low-interest rates were offered by the Tamil Nadu State Apex Co-operative bank as part of Covid relief measures. The interest rate has been fixed at 6% a year. In this, people could get ₹25,000 to ₹1,00,000 and the loan has to be returned in three months.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has announced a hike in the wages of daily wage workers under the West Bengal Urban Employment Scheme.

Ahead of the Election Commission's announcement of assembly poll dates in 5 states, West Bengal Chief Minister <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/trouble-for-didi-siddiqullah-chowdhury-won-t-contest-from-mongolkot-1614336181636" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mamata Banerjee</a> has announced a hike in the wages of daily wage workers under the West Bengal Urban Employment Scheme.
In a series of tweets, Mamata said, wages have been increased to ₹202 per day from ₹144 earlier for unskilled labourers, while the hike for semi-skilled labourers has been revised to ₹303 from ₹172 earlier. A new category has been introduced for skilled labour, whose wage has been fixed at ₹404 per day.
Mamata Banerjee said a total of 56,500 workers in Bengal will benefit from the move. She added that these wages are in parity with rural workers&rsquo; enhanced pay (MNREGA unskilled &amp; semi-skilled). Budget provision for this step has been made available for both FY21 &amp; FY22.

In what could spell fresh trouble for Mamata Banerjee, sitting MLA from Mongolkot in East Burdwan district, Siddiqullah Chowdhury.

In what could spell fresh trouble for Trinamool Congress chief <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/ahead-of-poll-date-announcement-mamata-hikes-wages-for-daily-wage-labourers-1614338176937" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mamata Banerjee</a>, sitting MLA from Mongolkot in East Burdwan district, Siddiqullah Chowdhury, one of the key faces behind the Nandigram anti-land acquisition movement, has decided not to contest from his own constituency in the upcoming assembly polls.
A News18 report said&nbsp;Chowdhury has expressed displeasure over the &ldquo;indifferent behaviour&rdquo;, &ldquo;unorganised functioning of the district leadership&rdquo; and &ldquo;lack of courtesy&rdquo;.
Quoting Chowdhury, the report said, he has informed about the poor leadership at the district level to Mamata Banerjee as well. Chowdhury reportedly said he is a &ldquo;bhumiputra&rdquo; of Burdwan and cannot be a mute spectator if the district lags behind on the path of development due to poor leadership.
In the 2016 assembly polls, Siddiqullah Chowdhury won the Mongolkot seat by a margin of nearly 12,000 votes. Mamata then made him a cabinet minister.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday protested against the rising fuel prices by pulling an autorickshaw in the middle of the road outside the Kerala Secretariat in

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday protested against the rising fuel prices by pulling an autorickshaw in the middle of the road outside the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. According to the MP, more than 100 autos joined the protest and expressed discontent against the Centre and the state government. Tharoor posted a video of him pulling an autorickshaw with rope and raising slogans against the sky-rocketing prices of fuel on his Twitter account. He was joined by several other autorickshaw drivers as well as Congress workers outside the Kerala Secretariat.

In a haul that has set alarm bells ringing, over 100 gelatin sticks and 350 detonators have been seized from a passenger at the Kozhikode railway station in Kerala

In a haul that has set alarm&nbsp;bells ringing, over 100 gelatin sticks and 350 detonators have been seized from a passenger at the Kozhikode railway station in Kerala on Friday. The explosives were found on a Chennai man travelling Chennai-Mangaluru Superfast Express. The accused has been taken into custody. The quantity of the explosive material has led to concern among the authorities. Reports said that the police are probing if the explosives were being taken for works in quarries or were being transported for terror operations or other nefarious activities.

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