Puri (Odisha) [India], February 20 (ANI): Various religious traditions and practices are prevalent in different parts of our country but their only belief is to work for the welfare of all considering the entire humanity as one family, said President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday.

Rupnagar (Punjab) [India], December 8 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday laid the foundation stones of development projects worth Rs. 20 crore dedicated to mark the 346th death anniversary of the ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur.

Thiruvananthapuram Nov 26 PTI Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday urged people to protect the egalitarian ideals secular values and democratic spirit which the Constitution upholds In a tweet on the occasion of Constitution Day the Marxist veteran said the Constitution of the country encompasses the lofty ideals upheld by the freedom fighters Our Constitution encompasses the lofty ideals upheld by our freedom fighters and has laid the foundation of the Indian Republic As responsible citizens we should pledge to protect the egalitarian ideals secular values and democratic spirit it upholds Vijayan tweeted Constitution Day is celebrated to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution by the Constituent Assembly in 1949 PTI LGK SS SS

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 19 (ANI): After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of three farm laws, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said farmers have scripted one of the brightest chapters in the history of class struggles.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday paid tributes on the death anniversary of Arya Samaj founder Maharishi Swami Dayanand Saraswati.

Kochi Oct 21 PTI People standing in queues outside liquor outlets in the state are egalitarian with no poverty and no one seeking any subsidy or reservation the Kerala High Court said on Thursday and added customers can be seen lining up patiently and calmly at such shops There is no poverty outside the liquor shops No one wants any subsidy or reservation It is very egalitarian Everyone stands in the queue calmly and patiently Justice Devan Ramachandran observed The court said the only option to reduce queues outside these outlets was to have walk-in shops Unless you have proper shops like that for other commodities things will not get better Make it like any other shop Instead you have numerous small dingy shops on roadsides the court said It further said that there was a liquor outlet close to the high court where people can still be seen lining up on the footpath despite several directions from the court to prevent the same The court said it is due to the long queues outside the shops that people do not want such outlets near their homes or business Justice Ramachandran said the latest memo filed by the Excise department does not mention why walk-in shops cannot be set up to sell liquor and asked it to file a report on this aspect before the next date of hearing on November 9 The court was hearing a contempt plea which was filed claiming non-compliance of its 2017 judgment directing the state government and BEVCO to ensure that no nuisance is caused to businesses and residents of an area in Thrissur due to a BEVCO outlet there The court on Thursday said that in its 2017 judgement it had said that liquor outlets can be made walk-in to remove the queues outside them but no action with regard to that has been taken till date The high court on September 2 had said that had it not intervened to reduce queues outside BEVCO liquor outlets we would have been sitting on a catastrophic time bomb PTI HMP ROH ROH

New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday paid tribute to socialist leader and freedom fighter Dr Ram Manohar Lohia on his death anniversary and said that Lohia was a passionate nationalist who cared deeply for India's unity and integrity.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 26 (ANI): With the efforts of the young generation, India of 2047 would be established as a developed country, free of any social discrimination, in accordance with the constitutional ideals of justice, equality, and fraternity, said President Ram Nath Kovind while addressing the 9th convocation of the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow on Thursday.

Warsaw (Poland), August 12 (ANI): A new survey study links belief in the concept of social Darwinism with certain dysfunctional psychological characteristics, such as exploitative attitudes towards others, hostility, and low self-esteem.