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Viral Video: Groom receives AK-47 rifle as a gift on wedding day

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Viral Video: Groom receives AK-47 rifle as a gift on wedding day

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28th November: A video has been viral on social media in which a groom was seen receiving an AK-47 rifle on his wedding day as people cheer in the background. The video is said to be from a Pakistani wedding where the mother-in-law of the groom gave the ‘unique’ gift to the groom as shagun.

In the video, the mother-in-law first caressed the groom, and then someone handed her the AK-47 rifle. The groom as all as the mother-in-law were all smiles as she gifted him the lethal wedding gift and posed for the camera. The bride can be seen subtly giggling at her mother’s gesture.

It is notable that nobody in the video seemed to be surprised at such a dangerous gift. The groom acted as it was a normal wedding gift, the bride also had a subtle smile on her face, neither surprised nor shocked, and the guests at the wedding were cheering the woman for the choice of the gift. Perhaps it is not unusual to gift assault rifles at weddings in that part of Pakistan.

Manipur imposes night curfew till December 31

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Manipur imposes night curfew till December 31

Manipur, 28th November: The Manipur government has imposed a night curfew from 6 pm to 4 am till the end of this year in the state to control the spread of coronavirus. The state chief secretary Dr Rajesh Kumar issued an order.

“There will be a night curfew from 6 pm to 4 am and District Magistrates will issue orders in this regard,” says the order.

Movement of essential services, good trucks, and officials on duty shall be exempted. The order will remain in force up to December 31, 2020, or until further orders, it stated.

Manipur imposes night curfew till December 31

Though hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, dispensaries, and all chemists and pharmacies shall be exempt during Manipur night curfew restrictions. It is said that social and customary ceremonies shall be organized for family only and in case some other persons are required to attend the ceremony/function, the gathering must be restricted to 20 or fewer persons.

Opening of shops in Thangal and Paona bazaars, except the wholesale shops, will be in accordance with the roster system. In another development, the state health authority will begin sero-surveillance across four districts from November 30.

CBI raids diffident places in Bengal in connection with coal scam

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CBI raids diffident places in Bengal in connection with coal scam

Bengal, 28th November: The CBI’s anti-corruption branch searched 25 locations in West Bengal on Saturday in connection with a coal smuggling racket, allegedly led by Asansol based kingpin named Anup Majhi.

Premised being raided include offices and homes of Majhi’s associates in Asansol, Durgapur, and Raniganj in Burdwan district, as well as Bishnupur in the South 24 Parganas district.

Some locations in Kolkata were also being reportedly being searched but that has not been independently verified yet.

Majhi, also known as Lala, allegedly runs an operation in the opencast coal mines along the Bengal-Jharkhand border. His coal racket, sources said, may have funded some political parties in the state.

Three income tax notices were served on Majhi earlier this month, though he only acknowledged two. Around the same time, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was visiting Kolkata. Shah asked why Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was concerned about raids against Majhi.

Banerjee herself questioned the coincidence of the searches and raids in West Bengal by five central agencies with the Home Minister’s visit. Almost simultaneously with the IT probe into Majhi’s alleged racket, the CBI cracked down on a cattle smuggling case in the state in which the alleged kingpin was arrested, but released on bail after testing COVID positive. A Border Security Force officer, too, was arrested in this connection.

Under the scanner is a possible link between the cattle-smuggling and coal rackets.

These raids come months before elections to the 294-member West Bengal Assembly is held in April-May next year.

After having a limited presence in the politically polarized state for decades, the BJP has emerged as the main rival of the ruling Trinamool Congress by winning 18 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the 2019 general elections.

School to remain close till Dec 2020 in Mizoram

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School to remain close till Dec 2020 in Mizoram

Mizoram, 28th November: Mizoram education Minister Lalchandama Ralteon notified that all school in the state will remain close year-and year-end to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection.

Due to the lockdown, schools and other educational institute are closed since March. Regular classes resumed for students of Classes 10 and 12 on October 16 but were suspended after eight days of activity following the detection of COVID-19 infection among several students.

The re-opening of schools has now been tentatively scheduled for January 15 next year.

The state education department also decided to continue with online classes till December 18 for the current year and from January 5 to 14 next year.

The department will also cut the syllabus by 30 per cent and instructed Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE) to prepare model questions for students of Classes 10 and 12 as they will write the board examinations next year.

Furthermore, bridge courses will also be prepared. While bridge courses for classes 1 to 8 will be prepared by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), the bridge courses for Classes 9 and 11 will be made by MBSE.

Nagaland Govt ask geologists to investigate the ‘Diamond’ found in the state

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Nagaland Govt ask geologists to investigate the ‘Diamond’ found in the state

Nagaland, 28th November: Days after a farmer in Nagaland accidentally found a sparkling stone akin to a ‘diamond‘ the state Govt has asked geologists to investigate the matter.

There has been a wild rush among villagers to search for the precious gemstone and several social media posts have claimed that ‘diamonds‘ were found in Mon district of Nagaland.

The Director of Geology and Mining, Nagaland Govt, S Manen in an order detailed geologists – Abenthung Lotha, Longrikaba, Kenyelo Rengma and David Lhoupenyi – to investigate the matter and submit the status report.

The team has been asked to look into the social media claims of precious minerals being found at Wakching area of the district, as per a report.

The geologists are not convinced that the small crystals found by some villagers were actual diamonds since there were no records of diamonds being present in the region.

The team is expected to reach the village on November 30 or December 1.

Meanwhile, the Watching village council issued a notice stopping people for posting on social media regarding the stones and barred anyone coming from other villages or towns into the village.

Indian Army relentlessly prevented the fire spread at Yak La in East Sikkim

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Indian Army relentlessly prevented the fire spread at Yak La in East Sikkim

Sikkim, 27th November: A major fire incident was averted by the Indian Army in the remote village of Yak La in East Sikkim. The Army Camp at Yak La was alerted and the troops of the Trishakti Corps immediately rushed to the incident site.

The incident took place on 27 November in the night. Quick and timely response by the fire fighting party of local army troops in East Sikkim helped in preventing the spread of fire. The troops straight away formed a human chain from the water point to the incident site.

Indian Army relentlessly prevented the fire spread at Yak La in East Sikkim

A water bowser was instantly pressed into action along with other firefighting equipment and sand. The troop, without even caring for their safety got into action.

The fire was contained and not allowed to spread to neighbouring houses. Despite the inclement weather, the troops in the finest traditions of the Indian Army worked tirelessly to save the lives of the people and the material.

TMC MLA Mihir Goswami resigns from party, joins BJP

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TMC MLA Mihir Goswami resigns from party, joins BJP

Bengal, 27th November: Cracks grew wider in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as disgruntled TMC MLA Mihir Goswami joined BJP in Delhi on Friday. The development comes hours after the state’s Transport Minister Suvendu Adhikari tendered his resignation.

The TMC MLA from South Cooch Behar had distanced himself from TMC and earlier resigned from all party posts. He had repeatedly questioned the TMC leadership regarding the actions of political strategist Prashant Kishor and also accused the district TMC leadership of misbehaving with him.

Earlier in the day, Goswami announced his resignation as a primary member of the Trinamool Congress. Goswami stated in a media release that he for the last 22 years was repeatedly “ignored and insulted” by the TMC.

Alleging that even after he repeatedly informed the TMC supremo about it, the situation did not change much.

“Even now, when all limits have been crossed, the supremo is strangely maintaining silence. It seems she has lost the authority to rebuke or expel someone (from the TMC) as she is no longer in the driver’s seat of the party. I am resigning as a primary member of the TMC and severing all ties with the party” stated Goswami.

Mihir Goswami flew to Delhi on Friday morning along with BJP MP from Cooch Behar Nisiht Pramanik. After reaching Delhi he said that he no longer wanted to be “a liability for TMC” and would meet the BJP central leadership.

“If the meeting turned out to be satisfactory then I will join BJP,” said Goswami.

Chinese Universities hold Bollywood movie dubbing contest

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Chinese Universities hold Bollywood movie dubbing contest

China, 27th November: Students from more than a dozen top Chinese universities, where Hindi is taught, have taken part in the first competition of its kind in the country to dub dialogues from a Bollywood movie of their choice.

In an initiative by the prestigious Beijing International Studies University’s (BISU) School of Asian Studies, 80 videos in Hindi from 14 Chinese universities across the country has been submitted.

The online event was hosted by the Chinese Association for South Asian Language Studies, titled “Hindi Oral Competition.”

The students were given a choice of five Hindi movies from which they could pick the dialogues: Mohabbatein, Bajrangi Bhaijan, 3 Idiots, Secret Superstar and Dangal.

Most of the students who have submitted videos are enrolled in some of China’s leading educational institutions including Peking University, Communication University of China, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Guangdong University of Foreign studies, and Yunnan Nationalities University.

“The rules were these: Each student had a time limit of three to five minutes in which they had to dub their favourite dialogue – in Hindi – from one of the five movies. That part of the movie will play in the background. We set up standards for assessment,” explained Zhang Yaneng, Hindi lecturer at BISU’s Hindi department, adding that the planning took about two months.

The students of Hindi will be tested on their pronunciation, intonation and the quality of the video, and the techniques they used to record it, said Zhang, who is known as Soumya among her peers.

Some of the top names associated with Hindi in China are part of this competition and will be judging the participants.

It includes Jiang Jinkui, head of the Centre for South Asian Studies and the Hindi department at Beijing’s Peking University, who is a consultant for the competition.

Hindi experts from several universities including Shanghai Foreign Language University and Xi’an International Studies University are associated with the competition.

There are eight judges and an Indian consultant, Prof Rakesh Vats, who will declare the winners in December, Zhang added.

Initially, BISU’s Hindi department professors and students had planned to hold the competition among themselves. Subsequently, it was decided to expand its scope and involve Hindi departments of universities across China.

“Earlier, similar competitions had been held in Beijing or Tianjin (a city about 100 km from Beijing). This is the first time it is being held nationally,” Zhang said.

The history of Hindi in China dates back at least to 1942, seven years before the People’s Republic of China under the Communist party was formed.

In 1942, under Chiang Kai-shek, the then Chinese government established the National Institute of Eastern languages in Yunnan and other Universities and officially initiated the teaching of modern Indian languages including Hindi in China.

The seeds were sown during the visits of former PM, then Indian National Congress leader, Jawaharlal Nehru to China in 1939, followed by Chiang’s India visit in 1942.

The language continued to be taught in China even during the tumultuous decade (1966-76) of the Cultural Revolution.

This year’s competition has taken on added importance despite the chill in ties because of the border friction – 2020 marks the 70th year of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two neighbours.

“Our inspiration was the 70 years of Sino-India relationship. The competition is our tribute to the ties between the two countries,” Zhang said.

Meghalaya: Protests over ‘delay’ in implementation of ILP

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Meghalaya: Protests over ‘delay’ in implementation of ILP

Meghalaya, 27th November: An umbrella body of youth organizations organized black flag protests in Meghalaya on Friday demanding implementation of Inner Line Permit system (ILP) in the state.

Rallies were taken out in the state capital and the districts with the protestors carrying black flags.

Shopkeepers downed their shutters when the pro-ILP activists were passing through the roads in Iewduh and Khyndailad areas, distributing black flags to commuters.

The movement of vehicles was also disrupted for some time. However, there was no law and order problem so far.

To visit the ILP-regime states, outsiders, including people from other states of the country, need to take permission. There are also protections for locals with regards to lands, jobs, and other facilities.

The state assembly had last year unanimously adopted a resolution urging the Centre to implement ILP in Meghalaya.

BJP is part of the National People’s Party-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) government in the state.

The Confederation of Meghalaya Social Organizations (CoMSO) had announced a series of protests beginning with Friday’s black flag protest and a sit-in protest on December 4 over the Centres ‘delay‘ in implementing ILP in the northeastern state.

“We are unhappy with the way the Central government has been treating us. While other northeastern states have been granted ILP, we are left waiting. These are signs of step-motherly treatment towards us,” CoMSO secretary Roy Kupar Synrem said.

He also warned the state government that if the ILP is not implemented in the next few months, there would be more protests across the state.

The protesters have also demanded that 60 MLAs and three MPs of the state (two Lok Sabha MPs, one Rajya Sabha MP) should visit Delhi and organize a sit-in demonstration at the national capital to ensure that the ILP is granted for Meghalaya.

The Inner Line Permit regime is applicable under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873.

In terms of Section 2 of the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873, citizens of other states require ILP for visiting these states.

The main objective of the ILP system is to prevent the settlement of other Indian nationals in these states to protect the indigenous population

Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari resign from his post

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Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari resign from his post

West Bengal, 27th November: In a setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, party leader and cabinet minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday resigned as transport minister in the Mamata Banerjee government.

Adhikari, who has been questioning the ruling TMC leadership over the past few weeks had on Thursday quit a key post – chairman of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC).

TMC leaders said Adhikari was unhappy with Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s, and election strategist Prashant Kishor’s way of functioning. The rift became evident when Adhikari challenged his party saying they will meet “on the [poll] battlefield”. Adhikari, however, was not available for comment.

Bengal Minister Suvendu Adhikari resign from his post

A two-time former Lok Sabha member with a strong support base among party workers, Suvendu Adhikari is acknowledged as one of the leaders who helped TMC chief Mamata Banerjee galvanize the anti-land acquisition movement at Nandigram in East Midnapore district during the Left Front’s rule.

The two-year-long movement became a key factor in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M)’s ouster in 2011. The former youth leader of the TMC also oversaw poll preparations in other districts after the TMC came to power.

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