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Army Chief Gen Naravane takes charge as Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee as per old system
The decision was made as the post of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) fell vacant following the demise of India's first CDS Gen Bipin Rawat in the ill-fated IAF helicopter crash on December 8. The Centre placed in an old system under which Gen Naravane will be taking charge till the appointment of the new Chief of Defence Staff is made.
'Jagdamba ki Jai Ho': 2nd Lt Arun Khetrapal's battlecry in 1971 war
Risaldar Prayag Singh, who was the driver of Khetrapal's tank named 'Famagusta', during a conversation with IANS shared the details of the last day of the war. "Khetrapal was a devotee of 'Maa Jagdamba' and raised these slogans to infuse motivation," he said.
'Happy' with struggle but Rakesh Tikait will not contest polls
Tikait also clarified that he had no intentions of contesting elections and warned people against using his photographs on political hoardings. "I have nothing to do with any political party," he said. Tikait was addressing farmers, late on Wednesday night, in Sisauli village when he returned home after 383 days of protest.
Kolkata's Durga Puja declared 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' by UNESCO
The decision to make Durga Puja a part of the 'Intangible Heritage' list was taken at the 16th session of the annual convention of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat gives call for 'ghar wapsi' of Hindus who left community
On Wednesday, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for 'ghar wapsi' of Hindus who left the community for various reasons. Mohan Bhagwat is the chief of RSS, an organisation of volunteers who believe in cultural nationalism. Amid so many cases of conversion, and to make the religion ever more stronger, Bhagwat administered 4 pledges to the participants at Hindu Mahakumbh in order to make the Hindu religion and culture impenetrable.
Cabinet passes proposal to raise marriage age of women from 18 to 21: Report
The Government will also introduce an amendment to the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, and consequently bring amendments to the Special Marriage Act and personal laws such as the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 after the Cabinet’s approval, The Indian Express reported quoting its sources.
Will send MoS Ajay Misra to jail even if it takes 15 yrs: Rahul Gandhi
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case on Tuesday claimed on the basis of its probe and evidence that Misra's son Ashish Misra, along with several others, had acted deliberately to carry out the killing of farmers as per a well-planned conspiracy. Many farmers were killed in this accident following which the opposition parties have been slamming the BJP.
2 terrorists killed in encounter in J&K's Kulgam
"Two unidentified terrorists killed. Search operation is going on," the police added. The firefight between terrorists and security forces took place on Thursday after a joint team of police and the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation on the basis of specific information about the presence of terrorists.
Military deployment in Pakistan occupied Jammu & Kashmir
The UNSC instructed India "to progressively...minimise strength required for the support of the civil power in the maintenance of law and order". Pakistan had invaded the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir on October 22, 1947, a commission was set up by the UN Security Council (UNSC) in January 1948 that adopted resolution 39. The Commission was called the UN Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP).
Cold wave conditions over northwest India till Dec 20
Under the influence of a 'Western Disturbance' seen as a cyclonic circulation over Jammu and the neighbourhood, and a fresh 'Western Disturbance' as a cyclonic circulation that lies over Afghanistan and the neighbourhood, light to moderate rainfall/snowfall at isolated places very likely over Jammu, Kashmir-Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh during next three days and over Uttarakhand during December 16-17.
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