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News18
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- News18
Rinku Singh To Get Engaged To Samajwadi Party MP Priya Saroj, Wedding On...
Last Updated: Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj will get engaged on June 8, with the wedding being scheduled for 18 November. Indian cricketer Rinku Singh and Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Priya Saroj are set to tie the knot, with their relationship, confirmed earlier this year, culminating in marriage. Dates for both the ring ceremony and wedding have been finalised. According to a Dainik Bhaskar report, Rinku Singh and Priya Saroj will exchange rings on Sunday, 8 June, at a five-star hotel in Lucknow. The wedding is scheduled for 18 November at the Taj Hotel in Varanasi. The wedding is expected to be a high-profile affair, with numerous dignitaries from India and abroad expected to attend. Rinku Singh is a key player for the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL,) alongside being a rising star and future T20 finisher for the Indian cricket team. Priya Saroj is a Samajwadi Party MP and in 2024, was elected to the Lok Sabha, from the Machhlishahr constituency in Jaunpur district. Given their prominent positions, the event is likely to attract a host of politicians, cricketers, film stars, and business leaders. Who Is Priya Saroj? Priya Saroj hails from a political family. Her father, Toofani Saroj, has served as an MLA from Kerakat in Jaunpur and as an MP representing Saidpur, Ghazipur, and Machhlishahr. A law graduate from Amity University, Noida, Priya knew Rinku through a mutual friend whose father is a cricketer. Their initial acquaintance blossomed into friendship, and upon learning of their relationship, both families offered their support. 'Rinku and Priya have known each other for more than a year now. They both liked each other but needed their families' consent for the relationship. Both families have agreed to this marriage," he had been quoted as saying. First Published: June 01, 2025, 11:26 IST
The Wire
4 days ago
- Politics
- The Wire
Facing Pushback, Derision and Anger, BJP Says News of Sindoor Distribution Plans ‘Fake'
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (May 30) denied that it organised a door-to-door campaign to distribute sindoor (vermilion) to women to mark the success of Operation Sindoor, calling news reports on it 'fake'. The news had surfaced as the BJP announced an outreach programme – set to begin on June 9, the day of Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath for his third term – to celebrate its successes in the last 11 years. While the party has not officially shared any details of its plans, it has communicated that the month-long programme will witness BJP leadership, including Union ministers and MPs, embark on 'padyatras', highlighting Operation Sindoor and the Union government's decision on caste census, among other achievements. According to some media reports earlier this week, as part of this programme, the BJP was also going to gift sindoor to women in every household and distribute pamphlet highlighting the successes of the Union government. However, the BJP denied this. Sharing a news clip by Dainik Bhaskar , the party stated from its official X handle that the news was 'fake'. ' This news published in Dainik Bhaskar is completely false and motivated by deceit. The Bharatiya Janata Party has not organized any program to distribute v ermilion door to door,' it wrote. दैनिक भास्कर में छपी यह खबर पूर्णतः असत्य है और छलपूर्वक प्रेरित है। भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने घर-घर सिंदूर बांटने का कोई कार्यक्रम निर्धारित नहीं किया है।#FakeNews — BJP (@BJP4India) May 30, 2025 Notably, opposition leaders had reacted sharply to the reports of BJP's plans to distribute sindoor . Congress spokesperson Ragini Nayak reacted to the news, calling it an attempt to 'hide its political and diplomatic failure'. 'It is a matter of great shame that the Modi government wants to use the vermilion as a shield to hide its political and diplomatic failure. How low will the Modi government stoop to take credit for the valour and bravery of the armed forces?' she said at a press conference at the Congress headquarters, as quoted by The Hindu . 'When Narendra Modi was not satisfied with putting up big posters of Operation Sindoor in every district and every corner of the country with his photo on it and by dressing up in army uniform… Now, the BJP has announced that it will go door-to-door and distribute ' sindoor ',' Nayak claimed. The BJP and Prime Minister Modi have been facing pushback over the apparent politicisation of Operation Sindoor in recent days. Meanwhile, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya, while denying the reports, blamed West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for 'politicising' a 'baseless report like a troll' and called Congress 'frivoulous' for bringing up the report. 'Many people are reacting on social media based on this #FakeNews published in Dainik Bhaskar. But the real absurdity began when the Chief Minister of West Bengal, from an official government platform, started politicising this baseless report like a troll,' Malviya wrote on X. 'Mamata Banerjee should be concerned about the deteriorating condition of her own state and refrain from making ridiculous statements on sensitive issues like national security. West Bengal is burning in the fire of communal tensions, women are not safe, the unemployed have no jobs — these should be Mamata Banerjee's priorities,' he said. 'As for the Congress spokespersons — they are frivolous people. It would be unreasonable to expect anything better from them,' he added. Wh ile Banerjee did not directly refer to the report, she accused Modi of playing 'political Holi' with the nomenclature of the operation. Her comments were the first public denouncement by an opposition leader against the prime minister's ongoing blitzkrieg using Operation Sindoor, 'Operation Sindoor name was given with a political goal. But I won't say anything about this. When all opposition leaders are shouting hoarse for the country abroad, at that time the prime minister has come to play political holi – this does not behove the prime minister,' said Banerjee while addressing a press conference. 'Regarding Operation Sindoor, though I don't have any comments, please remember every woman deserves respect. They take sindoor from their husbands. PM Modi is not the husband of anybody; why aren't you giving sindoor to your Mrs first?' Banerjee had said. Meanwhile, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, reacting to Malviya's comments, claimed that the BJP was forced to withdraw its campaign due to the backlash. 'Now they are calling the cheap plan fake news,' she wrote on X. The prime minister has addressed a number of rallies and public gatherings over the past two weeks where he leveraged the word sindoor to gain traction. However, he has made no mention so far of why the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack are yet to be nabbed, or the status of the investigations into the attack.
India Today
6 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Did Chhattisgarh deny Basavaraju, 6 other Maoists last rites in native Andhra, Telangana?
On the evening of May 26, the Chhattisgarh police, armed with an order from an executive magistrate in Narayanpur district, cremated top Maoist leader Basavaraju and six of his associates killed in a gun-battle with the forces in the doing so, the police had denied family members the bodies of the insurgents for the last rites. The family members have questioned this as well as the different protocol exercised for the other insurgents, who were from May 21, 27 Maoists, including their top boss Basavaraju, were gunned down in a security operation in the jungles of Kudmel Jetlur in Abujhmadh in Narayanpur. Their bodies were brought to Narayanpur town, the district family members of the deceased Maoists began arriving the next day onwards to claim the bodies. Of these Maoists, Basavaraju and Jangu Naveen were from Andhra Pradesh while the others were from Telangana. The police apparently handed over the bodies of 20 Maoists from Chhattisgarh to their families but not of the remaining insurgents from Andhra and Telangana to their kin.A Chhattisgarh police statement said the family of one of the Maoists, Kosi, was concerned about spread of infection from the days-old corpse and had asked the police to do the cremation in May 27, Basavaraju's elder brother N. Dileshwar Rao told media outlet Dainik Bhaskar that his family had gone to Narayanpur to bring the body to their village for the last rites. Rao claimed the Chhattisgarh police initially told them to collect the body but then refused to hand it over. Subsequently, the family is claimed to have been questioned by the Andhra Pradesh police about the visit to Chhattisgarh police claimed the bodies could not be handed over as claims had not been made for them. 'Twenty bodies were handed over to family members after verifying the claims. For the remaining bodies, no legal claim was made, so the bodies were cremated in Narayanpur on the orders of an executive magistrate,' said Narayanpur additional superintendent of police Aishwarya Chandrakar in a was the cremation of Maoists from Andhra and Telangana not allowed in their native places? During the security operation a few weeks ago in the Karreguta Hills, on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, voices had emerged from within the Telangana civil society questioning the operation and demanding that it be stopped because it was targeting tribal people. Twenty-two Maoists are said to have been killed in the operation, which involved mobilisation of around 20,000 security personnel. Sources said the questioning of the Karreguta operation could be the reason the Chhattisgarh police were wary and had denied some Maoists' family members their who was general secretary of the CPI (Maoist), carried a bounty of over Rs 2 crore on his head. His death is being described as a body blow to Maoist insurgency, which is targeted by the Centre for elimination by next to India Today MagazineMust Watch
The Wire
24-05-2025
- Politics
- The Wire
Petition in Madhya Pradesh HC Over Communal Coverage of Rape Case in Bhopal
Bhopal: A resident of Bhopal, hurt by the communal coverage of a rape case in the city, has filed a writ petition in the Madhya Pradesh high court, seeking criminal action against the editors of Hindi dailies Dainik Bhaskar and Navdunia . The petition has been filed by a resident who works in the private sector and does not want to be named at the moment. He identifies as an ordinary citizen with no political or organisational affiliation. He is not a social activist or public figure, but says he was compelled to approach the court after feeling deeply hurt by the communal framing in the media coverage. The petition accuses the newspapers of repeatedly using the term 'love jihad ' while reporting the incident, thereby linking the crime to an entire community. It argues that the coverage went beyond the crime itself and attempted to blame a community as a whole, thereby disturbing communal harmony and promoting social division. The petitioner identifies as a devout follower of Islam and a believer in the secular values enshrined in the Indian constitution. The case involves a brutal crime in which women students from Bhopal's TIT College were allegedly raped and blackmailed with videos taken of them. The petitioner stresses that the matter should be treated strictly as a criminal case. The petition alleges that Dainik Bhaskar and Navdunia deliberately portrayed the incident through a communal lens by invoking the term 'love jihad ,' a phrase that has no legal basis in Indian law. It adds that these publications published inflammatory reports linking the religion of the accused in a rape case to the entire Muslim community. He expresses special concern over the misuse of the word ' jihad ', explaining that in the Quran it means striving for justice and defending the oppressed, not committing crimes. He quotes verses from the Quran (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:190, Surah Al-Hajj 22:39) to support that the term jihad has been twisted to paint Muslims as criminals. He says that such reporting disrespects Islamic teachings, harms the dignity and religious sentiments of millions of peaceful citizens. The distortion of the term into 'love jihad ' and its use in crime reporting is an attack on his religious beliefs, he adds. The plea claims this narrative is being weaponised to create division between Hindus and Muslims, threatening the country's secular fabric and social harmony. He also cites examples of the headlines and articles published by these outlets that allegedly portrayed the accused's religion as central to the crime. On April 26, a headline: ' Muslim yuvakon ka dusra giroh bhi phansata tha Hindu ladkiyon ko, do aur peeditaein pahunchi thane (Second gang of Muslim boys also lured Hindu girls, two more survivors come forward).' On April 28, Dainik Bhaskar ran another headline: 'Farhan ne Hindu chhatra se Indore mein kiya tha dushkarm, phone par bhai ne suni cheekhein (Farhan raped Hindu girl in Indore, brother heard screams on phone).' Yet another piece compared the rape incident in Bhopal to The Kerala Story , implying a larger religious conspiracy: Bhopal mein love jihad ka the Kerala story pattern (Love jihad in Bhopal follows The Kerala Story pattern…)' The plea states that such coverage violates Articles 14, 15, 19, 21, and 25 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantee equality, non-discrimination, freedom of speech, life with dignity, and religious freedom. It says, 'This is part of a criminal conspiracy to incite one community against another, spread false information, and mislead India's peace-loving citizens by promoting a non-existent legal concept as if it were an established law. Such actions harm the unity and integrity of the country. In reality, there is no official definition of 'Love Jihad' in Indian law. Neither the National Investigation Agency nor any other official body has recognized or defined it as a crime. Yet, these newspapers and media outlets continue to publish fabricated reports, creating social tension, hatred, and ill will among communities.' The petition has urged the high court to call for firm judicial directions to prevent the media from publishing such divisive and misleading narratives in the future and that the issue is not only an attack on one community but a serious threat to India's secular democracy. We tried reaching out to the editors of both organizations via a phone call for a response, but were unable to connect. We have sent an email to both organizations. This story will be updated if and when they respond.
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First Post
15-05-2025
- Sport
- First Post
With Kohli and Rohit gone, Gambhir demands full autonomy in Team India: Report
Gautam Gambhir could enjoy a larger say in all the matters related to the Indian cricket team as he has requested for full autonomy, a report claims. read more The Indian cricket team is entering an unprecedented era not just because Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have retired from the Tests, but also because head coach Gautam Gambhir, it seems, will now be the sole decision-making body. The hero of the 2011 World Cup final win, Gambhir, has often spoken against the star culture, and now he is amid a situation where two of the biggest stars of the Indian team have bid goodbye to the Test team . STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Rohit and Kohli, who retired from Tests over the past week, have also quit T20Is and will now represent India in ODIs only. Talking specifically about the Tests side, Gambhir is set to enjoy full control of the team, a report in Dainik Bhaskar has claimed. Gambhir to enjoy full autonomy in Team India As per the report, the 43-year-old former opening batter, Gambhir, is set to be the sole authority when it comes to making decisions like team selection, policy-making, and other important details. With Kohli and Rohit gone, there's hardly anyone who can challenge his authority. To ensure that he is able to mould the team the way he likes, Gambhir has reportedly asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for full autonomy. 'In order to stop a repeat of the home-series defeat against New Zealand and the debacle in Australia, Gambhir has requested the board for full autonomy,' the Dainik Bhaskar report said. The report further adds that Gambhir would prefer Shubman Gill to be made the new captain instead of Jasprit Bumrah. The pacer was the vice-captain on the Australia tour and also led India to victory in the Perth Test as a captain. The whole story will become clear soon as the team for the Test series is expected anytime soon. The five-match Test series against England starts on 20 June. Even if BCCI appoints Bumrah as the captain, Gambhir is set to enjoy a free rein in the absence of star players like Rohit, Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin, who retired during the Australia tour. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD
