Antananarivo [Madagascar], August 12 (ANI): The Embassy of India in Antananarivo celebrated the festival of Raksha Bandhan on Thursday at their auditorium where Ambassador Abhay Kumar highlighted the importance of the festival, according to the statement from the Indian Embassy in Madagascar.

New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Monday discussed the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21.

New Delhi Feb 22 PTI Achievements of the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations here were highlighted in a report released on Tuesday in presence of party leaders including Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi and partys Delhi unit president Adesh Gupta Prepared by BJP-affiliated think tank Public Policy Research Centre PPRC it noted that the civic bodies despite facing a crunch of funds have become the face of local governance by addressing issues like sanitation education health converting waste to wonder and COVID-19 prevention and preparedness Karm Nishth Delhi Muncipal Corporation report highlighted the achievements of the municipal corporations in the last one decade noting how they have played a vital role in transforming lives in the national capital PPRC director of Sumit Bhasin said The corporations have been able to serve the people despite the AAP-led Delhi governments failure to transfer the funds to paralyse their effectiveness Gupta claimed Lekhi who is the New Delhi MP called upon party leaders and workers to spread word about the good work of the three municipal corporations that has been highlighted in the report Party MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said the MCDs have achieved a lot with regards to good governance as they have strived hard to enhance the ease of living and the standard of living of Delhi citizens BJP MPs from Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma Hans Raj Hans and Guatam Gambhir noted that the civic bodies did commendable work despite limited resources but their achievements are unknown to the people because they are unable to spend on advertisements Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said the BJP MPs should work for direct transfer of funds to the municipal corporations so that they their functioning is not hampered due to obstructions created by the Delhi government PTI VIT AAR

New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) has submitted a memorandum to the Civil Aviation Minister of India Jyotiraditya Scindia to make it mandatory for every Indian carrier to play Indian music in order to promote Indian music.

Pune Nov 23 PTI BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Tuesday said the Maha Vikas Aghadi which is set to complete two years in power in Maharashtra later this month has failed on all fronts and people were distressed Addressing a press conference he said the Uddhav Thackeray government had mismanaged issues related to womens security farmers the MPSC and health department exams MSRTC staff demands and students problems There has been an increase in violence against women and the government is no longer talking about a bill they were planning to bring to curb it It has forgotten ST state transport workers Farmers have not got crop insurance or relief from the state government he alleged PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Cyber, is the new weapon today! Cyber Violence is violence in cyber-space that has led to violation of cyber rights of individuals, especially those of children and women. Online violence and harassment have been overlooked laying more emphasis on offline or physical violence.

New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Parliamentary standing committees have been reconstituted for a new term.

New Delhi Sep 25 PTI The Partition was not just a separation of territories but also a division of minds RSS functionary Ram Madhav said on Saturday and stressed the need to find ways to build bridges and discourage elements believing in separatismHe said the idea of Akhand Bharat should be seen as not about mitigating physical borders but erasing the mental barriers created due to the horrendous saga of PartitionAddressing an international webinar hosted by the JNU on the theme Partition Horrors Remembrance Day he alleged Pakistans founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah was a leader who was allowed to grow into a monster during the freedom struggle and was hell-bent on Partition of IndiaMadhav also a member of the RSS national executive described Partition as a cataclysmic event which he said resulted from errors of judgmentPartition of India unlike many other partitions seen in other countries in that period was not just simple redrawing of boundaries It also took place on a false premise that Hindus and Muslims need separate nations although they had been living together despite their different practices he saidThe RSS functionary said the Partition also holds important lessons He stressed that we must learn from the mistakes of the past and as a way forward attempt to build bridges with those who have separatedThe Partition of India was not just partition of territories but also of minds which needs to be seen with utmost seriousness and careWe need to build a united Indian society It can happen only if the leadership and elements which believe in separatism and communal separation are discouraged A sense of one nationhood needs to be encouraged he saidThe webinar titled India Partition and its Aftermath Remembering the Horrors of History comes a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day saying the pain of partition can never be forgottenMadhav said there was a need to build bridges and not be enemies with people who have become part of separate entitiesWe need to pull down the walls of mental separation and create a united Indian society so that we ensure that India shall not have to bear another trauma of partition in future he addedWe need to find ways to build bridges and that will be the real undoing of the Partition Maybe geographical political and physical boundaries remain but mental boundaries the boundaries of divided hearts can be erased Senior BJP leader and Indian Council for Cultural Relations president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe in his address thanked the prime minister for declaring that Partition Horrors Remembrance Day will be marked on August 14 even as he alleged that there have been attempts to whitewash aspects of the Partition by the proponents of what they call secularismThe day also is important as it fortifies our resolve that any attempts towards further vivisection of our beloved and sacred motherland will not be tolerated he saidSahasrabuddhe also likened the horrors of Partition and accompanying murders arsons loots and rapes to a kind of terrorism and asserted that marking a day for its remembrance will lend a voice to the pent-up anger and outrage against the perpetrators of the partition and a sort of catharsis to member those families which have been affected by itHe echoed Madhav on the division of minds remarks and said Today there are elements who do not want to see a unified and integrated India We need to remember the lessons We need to create a constituency of a spiritual democracy where spiritual paths are equal and there is no scope for monopoly much less hegemony of any kind But in the spirit of accommodation we cannot accommodate those who cannot accommodate others he saidJNUvice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar claimed that the groundwork for Partition was done during the World War II itself when the British established a connection with Jinnah who was willing to help them in dividing India and both used religion as an instrument to realise their goalThe British Rajs strategic plan to protect their own interests and the Muslim Leagues assertion of a separate nation formed a powerful recipe that ultimately led to the division of India he saidHistorians and scholars have had multiple views on the roots of Partition and the role of the British Raj and Jinnah in itThe collective memories of suffering as a result of the partition can never be forgotten It should be visited and revisited so that we learn lessons and do not repeat the horrible history again the JNU VC saidThe executive council of JNU on September 2 had decided to observe August 14 each yearas Partition Horrors Remembrance Day withseminars exhibitions and competitions he said adding it also the right time to think about establishing a national museum on horrors of partitionEarlier Madhav said even the then Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten had tried to convince Jinnah to give up the idea of partition but he couldnt This is not to exonerate the British of the horrible crime of Partition he addedThe RSS functionary also alleged that many leaders with a communal mindset were pampered instead of the society standing with those who believed in the idea of unity for India during the freedom struggle and eventually Jinnahs insistence prevailed PTI KND NSD NSD

Thane Sep 17 PTI BJP Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe on Friday said the Shiv Sena-ruled Thane Municipal Corporation failed to make COVID-19 vaccines available in adequate numbers for a mega drive planned to mark the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi He said the Thane civic administration coming under pressure from the ruling party needed to be condemned adding that vaccines were not the property of any one political party BJP leaders in the city wanted to organise vaccination camps in their wards but the TMC authorities failed to provide doses Instead they were given to ruling party corporators This has angered people of Thane Sahasrabuddhe told reporters Civic officials could not be contacted despite repeated attempts PTI COR BNM BNM BNM