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Karnataka: Speeding ambulance crashes at a toll plaza near Shiroor, four people including three in the vehicle killed

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Karnataka: Speeding ambulance crashes at a toll plaza near Shiroor, four people including three in the vehicle killed

A disturbing video has emerged from Karnataka’s Udupi, in which an ambulance lost control and crashed into a toll plaza. The accident took place on 20th July 2022 at around 4 pm at Shiroor tollgate near Kundapura. According to initial reports, four people including three in the ambulance and a worker at the toll plaza tragically died in this accident.

The frightening footage shows toll plaza workers making room for the ambulance by removing barriers from the road. However, the speeding vehicle rotates 180° rapidly sliding on the wet road, and hits a pillar forcefully, smashing the rear of the vehicle. In the CCTV footage, some individuals were also seen being thrown out of the ambulance when it crashed into the toll booth. A patient was being transported by ambulance to Honnavara.

According to a report by the Deccan Herald, the incident took place within the limits of the Byndoor police station in the Udupi district. A police sub-inspector in the Byndoor police station said that the ambulance carrying a patient from Honnavar to Udupi had seven persons onboard. The fast vehicle rammed into the toll booth as the toll gate staff were removing the plastic barriers that were obstructing the way. The wounded people were brought to the hospital.

According to the footage, the ambulance lost control due to aquaplaning. Aquaplaning, also known as hydroplaning, happens when a tire loses road contact on a wet road owing to excessive speed and becomes unresponsive to steering.

Love jihad in Jharkhand: Factory worker Shahzad Ansari pretends to be Ravindra to marry a Hindu woman, abandons her after she learns the truth

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Love jihad in Jharkhand: Factory worker Shahzad Ansari pretends to be Ravindra to marry a Hindu woman, abandons her after she learns the truth

A case of love jihad recently appeared in Jharkhand in which a Muslim youth working as a labourer in a factory in Delhi lured a Hindu young woman from Azamgarh pretending to be a Hindu and married her. After eight years of this marriage, when the woman learned that her husband is a Muslim, the accused Muslim abandoned his wife who is now asking for justice.

Accused Muslim labourer Shahzad Ansari hails from the Kumba Khurd village of the Sagma block of the Gadhva district in Jharkhand. While working in a factory in Delhi, he met a girl who belonged to Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh. Shahzad Ansari pretended to be Ravindra and married her in a Hindu temple performing Hindu rituals.

After eight years of married life, when the woman visited her in-law’s home, she knew that her husband is a Muslim. After this, the Muslim youth thrashed her out of the home and abandoned her. Currently, the woman is helpless. She shared the incident with DCP Ramesh Gholap. Earlier she had also visited the Banshidhar Nagar women’s police station and asked the Superintendent of Police for justice.

Shahzad Ansari used to work as a laborer in a Crusher factory in Delhi. One of the relatives of the victim woman also worked there. Shahzad Ansari got the woman’s mobile number from that relative and started conversing with her on phone. Whenever the woman would come to visit her relative, Shahzad Ansari would also meet her. Their frequent meet-ups and conversations lasted for six months and then Shahzad Ansari married her as Ravindra with all the Hindu rituals in a Hindu temple.

A couple of days after the marriage, he brought the woman to his village, but the victim woman soon returned to her parental home. Shahzad also went back to his work and started living in a rented room nearby her home. For eight years, he lived there before coming back to his village home as the crusher factory shut down.

When the victim woman reached his home, she learnt that he is a Muslim. Shahzad Ansari then started beating and abusing her. Also, he did not give her any money to survive. In April 2022, the victim woman complained to the SP of Gadhva. Currently, she is living at the Gadhva railway station.

From ‘hijras harassing her’ to ‘shady Muslim maid doctoring her drinking water’, Tanushree Dutta makes shocking revelations on Instagram

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From ‘hijras harassing her’ to ‘shady Muslim maid doctoring her drinking water’, Tanushree Dutta makes shocking revelations on Instagram

In the last few days, actress Tanushree Dutta took on Instagram to make some shocking revelations. In the most recent post that she published on July 19, Dutta alleged that she was being harassed and targeted.

She said her work in the film industry had been sabotaged for the last year. Above all, she alleged that a dubious Muslim maid was ‘planted’ at her place who doctored her drinking water with medications and steroids, resulting in health issues.

Recently, she was in Ujjain, where she allegedly went to escape from the harassment. However, on the way to Ujjain, she met with an accident. According to Dutta, someone tampered with the brakes of autos she travelled in, which led to the accident. She said, “I barely escaped death and returned to Mumbai after 40 days to resume normal life and work. Now strange, disgusting stuff in my building outside my flat.”

Dutta challenged those who were harassing her and said she would not commit suicide. “I’m here to stay & resurrect my public career to greater heights than ever before!” she added. Blaming the mafia in Bollywood, the political circuit of Maharashtra and anti-national elements, she said, “I’m very sure the #metoo culprits and the NGO who I exposed are behind all this because why else would I be targeted & harassed like this?”

Wishing for Presidential or Military rule in the state, she urged the central government to take control of the ground-level matters, which, according to her, were going out of hand.

Bollywood mafia trying to sabotage my acting career: Tanushree Dutta

A day before, she had talked about the Bollywood mafia trying to sabotage her film career. “I think some folks in Bollywood are just losing their marbles due to age and stuff and thereby going on a rampage trying to destroy lives and careers over slight provocations,” she said.

Dutta said though such people have money and power to do anything they want, “Karma is watching”. She urged those who were harassing her and actors like her to be a little graceful and let others thrive. “Don’t be such frigging monsters!” she said.

Actor lauds UP CM Yogi Adityanath for taking lead over population control, says she was targeted for religious conversion

In an earlier post, she talked about population control that UP CM Yogi Adityanath talked about. She said, “[I] believe that the government at the centre will take steps soon to make this a reality for safeguarding Hindu spirituality, which is severely under threat from forced conversions!”

Giving an example of her own life, she said though now she was a staunch Hindu, she had come face-to-face with people who tried to convert Hindus to other religions and give up Sanatan Dharma. She wrote, “One such item girl/ prostitute of Bollywood who was involved in a sex racket and prostitution ring many years ago and who also had an abetment to suicide case against her a few years back, bumped into me many years ago at Airport and tried her level best to convert me to Christianity. She cursed Hinduism and spoke badly.”

Dutta added when she refused to give heed to her attempts to convert, she took offence and tried to sabotage Dutta’s work. “She is a known ‘hijda’ or eunuch and hires fake husbands and boyfriends frequently to pretend to be a woman and remain in the news,” she added.

She said, “Her genitals are male and distorted according to contestants on a reality show a few years ago. I wonder how these men agree to make a mockery of themselves in media. This as*h*le has fake breasts but genitals of a man.” It is notable that in 2018 Rakhi Sawant accused Dutta of being a lesbian and raping her. Later Dutta sued Sawant for Rs 10 crores, after which Sawant issued an apology. However, it is unclear if Dutta was talking about Sawant or someone else.

Dutta wrote, “Years later during #metoo she/he took revenge in a very bad way by claiming to be in a live-in relationship with me and saying really weird things thereby questioning my feminity & calling me a drug addict amongst other horrendous lies. All because I did not convert. Recently another as*h*le, her friend, called up and tried to put me on a guilt trip for not going to church anymore and endorsing Hinduism.”

Tanushree Dutta alleges foul play in her accident, accuses shady ‘Muslim maid’ of doctoring her water

In an earlier post, she discussed about possible foul play that led to her accident. She alleged that prior to the accident, she had symptoms of steroid poisoning though she was not on any medication.

Talking about the shady maid who worked at her place, she said, “There was a new Muslim shady maid who had joined prior, and I suspect was mixing something in my water. I did my own investigation and found out details coz I don’t trust the Police anymore after what happened in #metoo in 2018.” She alleged that someone tampered with the brakes and clutch of the autos she travelled in Ujjain.

Colleagues and PR professionals may be involved in sabotaging my work: Dutta

She further said she has suspicions that a few of her work colleagues and PR professionals were involved in sabotaging her work projects. “They have been acting strange last 1.5 years,” she said. Everything I was doing or considering or getting into was being relayed somewhere to obstruct. And the media blinds & unsavoury articles etc. on a regular basis,” she added.

Comparing it with what had happened too late, actor Sushant Singh Rajput, she said, “SSR was being doused with steroids. Thus he was so incapacitated from being a healthy and active fit boy. All his symptoms are of this steroid called “Prednisone”, which has peculiar symptoms including clinical depression, anxiety attacks, deficiencies, water retention, excessive sleep and many more. Basically, it can wreak havoc on your life! It can be given orally mixed in water & is detected in tests only as cortisol that too only for 24 hr.”

Tanushree has been in the headlines because of the accusations she levels against actor Nana Patekar. In that case, the Police had found no concrete evidence that she was sexually abused. In the middle of the matter, Rakhi Sawant accused Dutta of raping her. At that time, Tanushree was a Jesus devotee and called upon Jesus to choose between her and Rakhi. She had also accused filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri of sexual harassment. Agnihotri had issued a legal notice against her. In one of her recent posts, she mentioned that all the defamation cases against her were dismissed.

‘Bollywood tends to undermine our culture and heritage’: Actor Nikhil Siddharth in exclusive interview ahead of release of Karthikeya 2

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‘Bollywood tends to undermine our culture and heritage’: Actor Nikhil Siddharth in exclusive interview ahead of release of Karthikeya 2

On Tuesday, the Hindi teaser of upcoming Telugu movie Karthikeya 2 was released in the ISKCON temple in Vrindavan. The unit of the movie, including lead actor Nikhil Siddharth and popular actor Srinivasa Reddy, visited the temple after they were invited by the temple’s management, and the teaser was played there in front of the crowd.

Directed by filmmaker Chandoo Mondeti, the mystery thriller film Karthikeya 2 is the sequel to 2014 film Karthikeya, and it will also be released in Hindi. Other than Nikhil, the movie has Anupama Parameswaran, Anupam Kher, Srinivasa Reddy, Viva Harsha, Aditya Menon and others. It is produced by TG Vishwa Prasad and Abhishek Agarwal.

The fact that a teaser of a commercial movie was released in a Hindu temple is not the only unique aspect of the mystical movie, it is also unique because it is perhaps the first mainstream movie based on a heritage site in India. While India is filled with heritage sites which are thousand of years old, hardly any movie has been made taking any such site as the main plot point.

Karthikeya 2 is based on the lost city of Dwarka, which was the kingdom of Lord Krishna. Director Chandoo Mondeti has said that the story of the movie revolves around the mysterious events that unfold in Dwarka.

Ahead of release of the movie, OpIndia talked exclusively to Nikhil Siddharth on the movie and many other topics. Here is a transcript of the interview.

OpIndia: In you upcoming movie ‘Karthikeya 2’, things seem to be related with submerged Dwarka. What was specific the reason behind picking this legend? What excited you about this?

Nikhil Siddharth: It is really shocking to see that some of our cultural heritage has been discarded as Myth & Fantasy, in spite of there being actual architectural Proof. Dwaraka and Rama Sethu exist for real and we need to respect their existence. I picked this theme since our Indian mythology/history has always excited me from when I was a kid. The stories of Rama, Shiva and Krishna Bhagwan have always fascinated me.

OpIndia: In real life, how do you relate yourself to Sri Krishna? Recently you visited ISKCON Temple and met Radha Raman Das. Please share your experience.

Nikhil Siddharth: Being from a Yadava Community, my family would always celebrate Krishnashtami  in a very big way as it was the main festival in our family. Meeting Radharam Das ji at ISKCON Vrindavan and the Positive Energy which comes from the temple premises made me fall in love with KrishnaTattva.

OpIndia: Any specific message for North Indians regarding ‘Karthikeya 2’? What would you like to say to convince them to watch the movie? Recently ‘RRR’, ‘KGF 2’ and ‘Pushpa’ became a big hit in Hindi belt, but they all were action movies, different from the unique genre that you have picked.

Nikhil Siddharth: I strongly believe in the concept of ONE INDIA and ONE FILMDOM… RRR, Pushpa and KGF were laced with action and even in Karthikeya 2 also we have exciting action blocks and stunning VFX which will enhance the viewing experience. However our Biggest USP is the story. A genre where we are talking about the mysteries and secrets of Lord Krishnas life which hasn’t been covered and who he actually was.

OpIndia: Do you really think Indian Film Industry, especially Bollywood lagged behind in exploring our ancient culture and archaeology? What reason do you feel behind not having enough movies on our historical and spiritual subjects?

Nikhil Siddharth: I myself have grown up watching Hindi films. Shah Rukh Khan was my Fav hero and I would imitate him in school and even daily life growing up. However, some of the films in recent times from Bollywood directors have veered more towards undermining our culture and hurting the sentiments of the nation. Which I think isn’t the right path to follow. But I still love watching mainstream Bollywood films and I totally enjoyed Bhool Bhulayya 2 and Kashmir Files in theatres.

OpIndia: Recently Mahesh babu said that Hindi Movie industry can’t afford him. But Allu Arjun said that once there is requirement, he will go all out. Whose views do you share? Or do you have anything different to say on working in a Bollywood movie?

Nikhil Siddharth: Mahesh Babu garu is a DemiGod and literally worshipped by fans. He passed a funny remark which was taken out of context… It’s always a dream of any actor to reach the maximum number of audience possible and I will go all out to make sure my films with the right message reach everyone. Like how with Karthikeya 2, I want the max number of audiences to experience this story of our Sanatan Dharma and Bhagwan Sri Krishna.

OpIndia: Producer of ‘Karthikeya 2’ is Abhishek Aggrawal. He is the one who produced ‘The Kashmir Files’, which became a smash hit at the box office. Have you watched the movie? What do you feel about the plight of Kashmiri Pandits?

Nikhil Siddharth:  Genocide Is a Shameful thing. Kashmir Files is one movie which boldly portrayed the ghastly incidents so that the Kashmiri Pandits finally receive justice and to create awareness so that such a horrible thing never happens again. I am Proud of my producer Abhishek Aggarwal Ji for having the guts and heart to make The Kashmir Files and I’m happy he has taken up Karthikeya 2 to show another suppressed issue of our Gods, National Heritage and Hindu Architectural Wonders.

OpIndia: Who are your favorite actors in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi cinema? Which are your favorite movies?

Nikhil Siddharth:  Tough to Answer but here goes: Telugu- Pawan Kalyan garu, Tamil- Vijay Sir, Malayalam- Mohan Lal sir, Kannada- Puneeth Raj Kumar, Hindi- Shah Rukh Khan Forever.

OpIndia: Recently, there were a controversy between Kiccha Sudeep and Ajay Devgn. While one said that Hindi is not out National language, another asked why they dub movies in Hindi then? What are your views on the language war? Which language do you feel can unite India?

Nikhil Siddharth: The Unique Beauty of our Country is the Unity in Diversity and several Vibrant Languages. No single language can ever be made the National Language but have to agree the fact that I learnt Hindi as my 1st language in school so that it is easier to communicate to a larger number of people. Similarly, every language has to be respected and preserved for the future generations.

OpIndia:  Can we know about your upcoming projects? Can you please share some details about the movies you are still shooting or in talks?

Nikhil Siddharth: I have 18 Pages with the prestigious Geetha Arts Production house. And an action extravaganza Spy being produced by ED Entertainments which is going to be a Multi-Language Film again.

OpIndia: PM Modi has many times tried to take our national heritages on the international level. Like he invited Chinese president in Mallpuram. Recently he inaugurated ‘Statue of Equality’ in Muchintal. How do you see his efforts? What are your views on Prime Minister?

Nikhil Siddharth: Modi Ji is an inspiration for everyone that even a simple man selling chai can become one of the most powerful persons in the World. His efforts to Make In India and Aatma Nirbhar Bharat are all amazing initiatives to make India the best. However, would be the happiest if the Govt would take up the issue of Preserving Rama Sethu and Dwaraka, and make them cultural wonders of the world attraction just like the Taj Mahal.

Sonu Sood claims his team brought a man back to life after doctors had given up on him; Netizens poke holes in his story

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Sonu Sood claims his team brought a man back to life after doctors had given up on him; Netizens poke holes in his story

Actor Sonu Sood on Tuesday made a sensational claim that his team was successful in resurrecting a man in a coma after doctors had given up on him. 

In a series of tweets, Sood shared the story of a man who was brought back to life by his team after doctors deemed he could not be saved. 

Sood said a man named Ram Prasad Bhandari and his daughter drove all the way from Telangana and showed up at his doorstep recently. The actor also shared a picture of them in which he could be seen with a little girl on his side and a man sitting astride on a bike registered in Andhra Pradesh. 

In the subsequent tweet, the Dabangg actor said the man was in a coma a little while ago and all doctors had given up on him. It was then that his team stepped in and the man’s life could be saved. 

“The look in the girl’s eyes was priceless, seeing him happy and healthy standing in front of me was amazing, moments like this motivate me to work harder towards the cause, these are the blessings that make you realise the ripple effect that one small good deed can do,” Sood said in his Twitter thread. 

Netizens raise questions about the story peddled by Sonu Sood

However, some social media users were quick to poke holes in this too-good-to-be-true story. A Twitter user @BefittingFacts highlighted that the bike number shown in the picture is not registered to any vehicle, and the number of the bike is also edited.

Another Twitter user tagged Andhra Pradesh Police, Telangana Police, and the Home Ministry of India, asking them to act against Sood for writing a story about a person who is driving a bike which has no record in RTO registration.

Still another user responded to Sood’s Twitter, calling him a fraud and sharing a picture that showed the registration number of the bike did not exist in official records.

Sonu Sood and the controversies surrounding him

However, this is not the first time that Sonu Sood has been accused of being a fraud or using social media to cast himself as a saviour. The theatrics of actor Sonu Sood on social media is not a new phenomenon. Ever since the advent of the Coronavirus pandemic, the actor has spent most of his time projecting himself as some sort of messiah.

But on many occasions, social media users have highlighted how Sood’s claim of helping ‘patients’ in distress was nothing but an attempt to reinforce his carefully crafted image of being a saviour. In May 2021, when the demand for medical oxygen was at its peak, his team took help from BJP leader Tejaswi Surya’s office but while issuing a statement, was accused of taking all the credit for arranging oxygen. In September 2021, the IT department raided several locations linked to Sood. After conducting searches for three days in a row, the IT department said Sood had evaded taxes to the tune of over Rs 20 crores.

Significant decline in the number of terror attacks in J&K from 2018 to 2021: MoS Home Nityanand Rai informs in Rajya Sabha

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Significant decline in the number of terror attacks in J&K from 2018 to 2021: MoS Home Nityanand Rai informs in Rajya Sabha

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday 20th July 2022 that terrorist attacks have decreased significantly between 2018 and 2021. Rai stated in a written response to Mallikarjun Kharge, the leader of the opposition Rajya Sabha, that the Union Government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the security situation has improved significantly in Jammu and Kashmir.

Nityanand Rai said, “The incidents of terrorist attacks also decreased significantly since 2018 in Jammu and Kashmir. A total of 229 terrorist attacks were reported in 2021; 244 in 2020; 255 in 2019; and 417 in 2018.”

Rai informed that In 2021, 42 security personnel were killed in these assaults in the Union Territory. Previously, in 2020, 62 security officers were slain, 80 in 2019, and 91 in 2018. He also stated that in 2021, 41 people were killed, up from 37 in 2020 and 39 in both 2019 and 2018.

Kharge also inquired whether the government was aware of the recent increase in attacks on Kashmiri Pandits. According to Rai, two incidences of attacks against Kashmiri Pandits have been recorded in Jammu and Kashmir in recent months, with one person dead and another wounded.

Nityanand Rai added, “The government has taken several measures to ensure the safety of minorities in the valley. These include a robust security and intelligence grid, day and night area domination, patrolling and proactive operations against terrorists, round-the-clock checking at Nakas, deployment of Road Opening Parties at strategic points to thwart any terrorist attack.”

He also provided statistics detailing year-by-year attacks on civilians over the last five years. Up to the 30th of June this year, seven people were assaulted in Jammu and Kashmir. According to this data, in 2021, there were 12 civilians assaulted. In both 2020 and 2019, the figure is 28. In 2018, however, 33 civilians were targeted.

Bihar: NIA arrests Maulavi Asghar Ali from Jamia madrasa of Motihari in the Phulwari Sharif PFI case

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Bihar: NIA arrests Maulavi Asghar Ali from Jamia madrasa of Motihari in the Phulwari Sharif PFI case

National Investigation Agency (NIA), on Tuesday, 19th July 2022, arrested a Maulavi named Asghar Ali from Dhaka Bazar of Motihari in connection with the Phulwari Sharif case against the Popular Front of India (PFI). Accused Asghar Ali is a teacher in the Jamia Maria Misawa Madrasa in Dhaka Bazar.

The agency has also recovered a lot of Urdu books from him which he used to teach to his students.

Some PFI members were recently arrested in Patna city of Bihar for organising illegal arms training and radicalization activities with the goal to wage a war against India. Bihar police and the investigation agency are on high alert after these arrests. Asghar Ali’s arrest is also a part of the steps taken by NIA in this regard.

The Jamia Maria Misawa Madarasa is situated on the Pachpakdi road. While arresting Asghar Ali, the DSP of Sikrahana Rajesh Kumar and several other police officials were also present. An NIA team came from Patna to Motihari in the East Champaran area of Bihar and arrested Asghar Ali from the Jamia Madarasa. Two others were also detained at this time. All of them were taken to the Dhaka Bazar police station for questioning. After the interrogation, the other two were released by the police while the agency took Asghar Ali to Patna when the officers’ team returned. Maulana Asghar Ali is suspected to be involved in some anti-national activities.

According to reports, the FIR names Asghar Ali. When the police reached his home to investigate this case, they recovered 5 bags of Urdu books. It will be further investigated if these books are controversial.

Asghar Ali is a native of the Sisvania village of the Palanawa police station. The Jamia Maria Misawa Madarasa here is functional since 2013. Almost 100 girls study here. 24-year-old Asghar Ali shares a room with the Nayab Imam of the Badi Masjid in Dhaka Bazar. The Nayab Imam is a native of Jamua.

Superintendent of Police Dr Kumar Ashish refused to tell anything about the action of the NIA team in Dhaka. The DSP of Sikrahana Rajesh Kumar confirmed the arrival of the NIA team but did not share any other information.

Before Asghar Ali’s arrest, the Bihar police arrested five persons in Phulwari Sharif in connection with this case. A case is registered against 26 people. In the raids carried out by the Bihar police in Phulwari Sharif, many objectionable documents were recovered. One such document was titled ‘Vision 2047 India’ had documented ways to launch an armed attack on the Indian State by Indian Muslims aided by Islamic nations like Turkey. Various pamphlets of PFI were also recovered by the police.

These terrorists were being trained in Phulwari Sharif 15 days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Patna. They held meetings on July 6 and 7 and had used communally inciting speeches.

Earlier, similar arrests were made in Telangana’s Nizamabad where PFI had organised a similar radicalization camp to recruit and train Muslims in arms.

SPG commando protects PM Narendra Modi from getting hurt during Darshan at Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar: Video goes viral

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SPG commando protects PM Narendra Modi from getting hurt during Darshan at Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar: Video goes viral

A video recently went viral on social media in which an SPG commando was seen protecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi from getting hurt while doing Darshan in a temple. The incident took place at Baba Vaidyanath Temple in Deoghar in Jharkhand state.

As PM Narendra Modi completed the Puja rituals and stepped back to come out of the Sanctorum of the temple, he turned around to take Darshan of the deity for one last time. At this moment, he was standing just at the entrance of the Sanctorum which is built in stone masonry and has a low entrance. As the PM rose up, there was a chance of him getting his head hurt by the stones of the structure.

An SPG commando accompanying the PM instinctively extended his hand and spread his palm between the stone structure and the PM’s head, a moment before he got up.

On 12th July 2022, PM Narendra Modi was on his tour to Jharkhand, where he inaugurated the Deoghar airport. During this tour, PM Modi also visited Baba Baidyanath Temple, which is one of the 12 Jyotirlingams of India. When PM Narendra Modi reached the Deoghar temple, he was greeted with Shankhnaad. PM Narendra Modi followed all the rituals to perform the Puja of Baba Baidyanath. Sardar Panda Gulab Nand Ojha and Purohit Shivshankar Naraune guided PM Modi in these rituals. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for his devotion to Lord Shiva.

Baba Baidyanath of Deoghar

The Baba Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar is considered to be one of the 12 sacred Shivlingas which are also known as Jyotirlingas in the country. The story behind this Jyotirlinga is linked to Ravana. Ravana, the mighty king of Lanka, was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. He pleased his deity and asked for a boon that Lord Shiva comes with him to Lanka and lives there forever. Lord Shiva, known for being kind to his worshippers, nodded and agreed to this and told Ravana that he will be there in Lanka in the form of a Shivling. So, he gave Ravana a Shivling with a condition that, if Ravana places it anywhere on the way to Lanka, Shivling will establish itself in that very place and Lord Shiva would proceed no further.

Security personnel held his hand above Narendra Modi’s head as he rose back after bowing before Baba Baidyanath. Image Source: YouTube Channel TNN World

As Ravana left Lord Shiva’s abode Mount Kailash, there was unrest in the Kailash and amongst the Gods. Even Goddess Parvati did not want Lord Shiva to go to Lanka. Lord Vishnu found a way out with the help of Lord Ganesha who is the son of Lord Shiva. According to this, Lord Ganesh appeared as a shepherd in the jungles of Dandakaranya – presently one part of which falls in Jharkhand. On his return journey, when Ravana came to Dandakaranya, he was very thirsty. He spotted a shepherd in the jungle, who was actually Lord Ganesha himself. He asked the shepherd for some water. Lord Vishnu asked Lord Varuna to use his powers to fill all the water of a nearby lake in the water container of the shepherd. When Ravana emptied the container, he apparently had consumed a lake full of water to quench his thirst.

As Ravan needed to go to pee, he asked the shepherd to hold the Shivling and told him not to place it on the ground. But as Ravana went away, Lord Ganesha placed the Shivling there itself which is now called Baba Baidyanath. The name Baidyanath also comes with two reasons. One is that the shepherd Lord Ganesha appeared as was named Baiju. So Baidyanath means the Lord placed at the spot by Baiju. Another anecdote is that the area Dandakaranya is a jungle that was known to be home to many plants having medicinal usage. As a protector of that part of the land, Baba Baidyanath is the Lord worshipped by all the practitioners of ancient Indian medicine known as Vaidyas.

Jharkhand: Education dept. orders probe to find out how a general primary school in Lohardaga became Urdu high school

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Jharkhand: Education dept. orders probe to find out how a general primary school in Lohardaga became Urdu high school

On Wednesday, the Jharkhand education department ordered an inquiry into the school in Lohardaga district over the matter of change of name from primary school to Urdu high school. The information was revealed by DC Dr. Waghmare Prasad Krishna who stated that the due orders have been given to the relevant authorities to investigate the alleged conversion of a primary school into an Urdu School. The primary school was later upgraded to a high school, but after that it mysteriously turned into Urdu High School.

The probe has been ordered after Jharkhand BJP MP Sudarshan Bhagat demanded an investigation into the case. The MP had stated that residents and parents had voiced concerns over the word Urdu, particularly in the context of Charhu Urdu High School. “They claim it was a normal school, but how quickly it transformed into an Urdu high school. We informed the department that the problem should be looked into”, he was quoted.

According to the reports, the controversy was first raised by Dhaneshwar Pandey who is a former panchayat representative, a villager of Charhu, and an alumnus of the school. He, who graduated from this school in 1976, claimed first that its name used to be a primary school while he was a student there. When he received his school certificate in 1976, there was no mention of an Urdu school on it. However, the school’s name has recently been changed to Urdu Vidyalaya and this has been done as a part of some conspiracy.

He had also presented his fifth standard school mark sheet dated 31 December 1976 to the BJP MP as a proof that the school was earlier a primary school and not an Urdu school. He reiterated that there was no mention of the word Urdu in his mark sheet. Hinting investigation and strict action, Pandey also demanded that the operations of the school be restored as before.

Meanwhile, the District Education Department officially recognized that the Government upgraded Urdu High School Charhu as an Urdu school. Additionally, it has been included among the district’s 18 Urdu schools. But now that a commotion has been created, the District Education Department has also begun further inquiry in the case.

Reports mention that the MP and villager Charles Hembram visited the Urdu High School in Charhu on Sunday, scanned the school records, and forwarded them to the District Education Department. The District Education Department has accordingly undertaken additional investigation.

It is important to mention that 33 government schools in Dumka, the hometown of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, have made several modifications in response to the whims of the local Muslim population in the area. They have converted to Urdu schools and the weekly offs have been changed from Sunday to Friday. Considering the media reports, the Department of School Education launched an inquiry into the matter.

DSE of Dumka, Sanjay Kumar Das had stated that an investigation is being conducted on how Urdu is tied to the institutions and under what conditions the weekly holiday on Friday is offered in govt schools. “There’s no instruction from dept to keep schools closed on Friday. After receiving the report, we’ll start an investigation,” Das had confirmed before the media.

Delhi: Meat thrown at Kanwar Yatris in Delhi’s Seelampur, police initiate probe after protests, video viral

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Delhi: Meat thrown at Kanwar Yatris in Delhi’s Seelampur, police initiate probe after protests, video viral

On Wednesday, scores of pilgrims participating in the Kanwar yatra staged a protest in the Muslim-dominated Seelampur area in Delhi after they discovered that a piece of meat was thrown at one of the Kanwars making the holy Ganga water impure. The Kanwariyas slammed the Kejriwal government and blocked the roads in Delhi for an hour or so.

According to the reports, the Kanwariyas, hailing from Alwar, Rajasthan are on a 14-day of Kanwar Yatra in which they fetch the holy Ganga water from Haridwar for the Shiv temple in Alwar. The Kanwariya had walked continuously for seven days and had reached Seelampur on July 19 which is a Muslim-dominated area. The Kanwariyas had set up a camp near the Seelampur Metro station parking. The Yatra was interrupted after the Kanwars on their way back to Alwar discovered that some unidentified person had thrown a piece of meat at the Kanwar outside the camp.

The Kanwariyas staged a protest and raised slogans against the Delhi government and Police authorities and alleged that someone deliberately had thrown the meat at the yatra. They stated that the incident had hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindus. The outrage escalated so much that the traffic in Delhi was disrupted for about an hour.

After some time, the Delhi police reached the spot and tried to pacify the matter. According to the reports, the police did not find any piece of meat near the camp and they claimed that some dog might have dragged the piece of meat near the camp. However, one of the Kanwariya speaking to OpIndia said that the incident was deliberate.

“We were passing through Seelampur area with Kanwar when a fellow Kanwariya changed the Kanwar from one shoulder to the other and suddenly the piece of meat stuck in the decoration of his Kanwar fell on the road. Although, he cannot say with certainty who threw it and when, but before we entered the Muslim-majority area of Seelampur, all was well and people were welcoming us. But we did not see the same in Delhi”, he said.

The Police meanwhile have assured to conduct a thorough investigation in the case and are busy scanning the CCTV footage to ascertain the claims. The Police have also assured us that the accused will soon be nabbed. Considering the Kanwar was deemed inauspicious because of the attack, the Police also arranged for a car to transport the Kanwariyas back to Haridwar to get holy water.

The Kanwariyas will fetch the holy water again and will reach Seelampur with the help of the Police. The Kanwariyas have to travel by foot for the next 6 days to reach Alwar in Rajasthan by the evening of July 25.

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