Category: STATES

The Secret Riot Industry

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By: Prof. Pradeep Mathur NEW DELHI: Last week’s communal riots in Delhi deeply pained  all  sensible and right-thinking people. The loss of human lives and property has been shocking beyond words. Every such incidence of  rioting makes me feel professionally  guilty  for a strange reason. How I wish I had managed time and resources to do a book I had planned to write on this subject in mid 1980s. I had drawn an outline of the book,  collected some material and had even decided on its name –The Riot Industry. However,…

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Today, Every Human Being Has Become a Citizen of the Plagued Settlement

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Delhi’s recent diabolical violence has shaken the consciousness and mind of every concerned citizen of the world. It is being said that after 1984, the city has witnessed such brutal violence again after almost thirty years. Many types of comments and reactions are pouring in constantly not only from the prominent world organizations like the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Countries) and the United Nations, but America and other countries also. The UN Chief himself criticized it vehemently. The irony is that…

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Man pulled rickshaw was a mode of transport on upper Shimla roads till 70s

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA : It is said that when Britishers made it their summer capital, they needed a royal means of travel for their women. Such man pulled rickshaws existed in Kolkata also. And are still there in operation. But in Kolkata it is used in old city lanes where the expert pullers take passengers through narrow alleys. In Kolkata it is pulled by a single person. One such rickshaw, I spotted lying in the corridor of Gainda Mal showroom in New Shimla is a…

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SJVN BAGS CBIP AWARD AS BEST PERFORMING HYDRO POWER COMPANY

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA : SJVN has been honored with the CBIP Award-2020 as Best Performing Hydro Power Company. Rattan Lal Kataria, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti, presented the Award to Nand Lal Sharma Chairman & Managing Director at a function organized by Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) in New Delhi. The award was presented in the august presence of R.K. Jain, Chairman, Central Water Commission, P.S. Mhaske, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority and V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP. On this occasion R.K. Bansal…

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SJVN’s Profit After Tax (PAT) Records 39 % Increase

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World SHIMLA: SJVN Limited has recorded 39% increase in Profit After Tax (PAT) during the three quarters of FY 2019-20 ending  31st December 2019. The Profit After Tax (PAT) of the company increased to Rs. 1262 crore from Rs. 907.78 crore during the corresponding period of last financial year. The projects of SJVN during first nine months of FY 2019-20 generated 8842 Million Units of electricity against 7656 Million Units of electricity generated during the corresponding period of last financial year. While the company’s…

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Shaikhul Hind, Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan: A Man of Great Vision

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By: Dr Mohamamd Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: History is replete with such people who did not come on this earth just to fulfil their own desires and dreams of life, but to live for others. Among such thousands of others who would be remembered for a long time to come in the history of the mankind was one of our very own, Maulana Mahmoodul Hasan, whom we fondly remember as one of the founders of our great university, Jamia Millia Islamia, which is in the news constantly these days…

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Ruthless Exploitation Of Rivers Undermining Mountain Ecosystems

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By: Rakesh Lohumi, Sr. Editor-ICN Group  SHIMLA: The breathtaking sights and the thunder of the fast flowing Sutlej will be lost to the posterity if all the hydroelectric projects are commissioned over the next decade as planned. The river with the highest power potential in the state will virtually vanish like the mythological Saraswati. A dry river bed dotted with manmade reservoirs built to divert water for power generation will be left as the meandering river will flow only through long tunnels bored underneath the towering mountains as and when its…

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Two Child Policy and the RSS

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor, ICN Group NEW DELHI: Recently, in a public function in Moradabad (UP), the RSS chief, Mohan Bhagwat said that we should now focus on the two child policy in the country. It should be given a constitutional status. It is necessary to control the population to make our country grow economically, socially and culturally. He also said that there should be a law formulated to implement this ambitious plan throughout the country. The chief editor of the Urdu daily, Inquilba, Shakil Shamsi has written his…

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AICBACON-2020: All India Cosmetologists And Beauticians Association Organised 18th Annual Conference With Much Fanfare

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By: G.P. Sinha, Editor-ICN Group LUCKNOW: The 18th annual conference of All India Cosmetologist and Beauticians Association was held at Hilton Garden Inn Lucknow. In this conference a galaxy of eminent experts of Health and Beauticians from India and abroad participated on Sunday the 12th Jan 2020.The purpose of this conference was to bring out the inner and outer beauty of mankind. On this occasion around 250 eminent specialist doctors were present.These included Plastic Surgeons, Beauticians and fitness experts from all over the globe.   The inauguration of the meet was done…

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Is JNU Being Used As A Platform To Groom And Launch Activists?

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Group Editor-ICN World  SHIMLA: JNU may be a renowned educational institution but not only for the quality of education it has been imparting but for the infamous activities that have been going around in the campus since decades. May it be the infamous news on discovery of mounds of used condoms in the campus, or for students raising families in these very hostels, or for the day to day strikes to seek  unchecked movement of students round the clock or for the anti national voices raised…

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