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Udaipur Murder: Shashi Tharoor posts powerful message, says killers should be punished
A Hindu tailor was beheaded by two Muslim men after the former supported suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma through social media.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor posted a powerful message on Tuesday condemning the murders of the Udaipur shopkeeper. The incident took place at Rajasthan’s Udaipur when two Muslims killed a Hindu tailor for supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Congress leader did not only ask the officials to take required action against the killers but he also requested an exemplary punishment for them. Taking to his official Twitter Handle, Shashi Tharoor wrote, “I unreservedly condemn the horrific beheading of shopkeeper Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur by two Muslim youth.”
He further added, “Bigotry and violence have no place in our society and swift action must be and is being taken. Moreover, the murders must receive exemplary punishment. No one in this country should have any illusion that they can get away with such crimes, whatever might the provocations be.”
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Later quint also posted a video of Congress leader Shashi Tharoor asking people to maintain calm and peace within the country and he also asked people to recognize the fact that following any religion is a personal affair and its high time that Indians understood that.
The murders posted a video on social media where they entered tailor’s shop and started giving measurements. Later both began to beat and harm the tailor. By the end of the video they even showed the weapon they used to behead the shopkeeper and even threatened to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Soon after the video went viral on social media, tweeple showed their anger over the matter. Hence, Tharoor urged people to take down the video in order to not let their motives win.
For the unversed, suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma had made a controversial remark about Prophet Mohammad in a live debate. Following that several Islamic countries did not only demand an apology from India but also the spokesperson was later suspended by the government.
And now a horrifying incident has now taken place in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, when a tailor was beheaded in daylight for supporting Nupur Sharma. The incident has also opened doors for communal hate as the culprits belonged to the Muslim community and the victim was a Hindu. However, both the murders have been apprehended from Rajsamand district.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot says conspiracy behind Udaipur tailor’s murder will uncover soon
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Man seeking job in Indian Army attempts to breach PM Modi’s security in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security was breached in Varanasi after a BJP worker jumped in front of PM Modi’s convoy asking for a job in Indian Army.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security was breached in Varanasi. An Indian Army aspirant jumped in front of PM Modi’s convoy, asking for a job in defence. Later, he was held by the police.
After laying the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, PM Modi with CM Yogi attended the evening musical show at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre.
From there, PM Modi was travelling to Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, when the incident took place. A man who tried to breach the Prime Minister’s security has been identified as Krishna Kumar, who hails from Ghazipur, allegedly a BJP worker. He is the son of a senior BJP worker Bharat Kumar.
According to reports, Kumar was frustrated as he failed the medical test after clearing the physical test. Kumar tried many times in the past to get recruited into the Indian Army. He also appealed to many people for help but everything failed.
After all this, he decided to meet the Prime Minister in Varanasi regarding his job in Indian Army. Krishna Kumar was waiting for the PM’s convoy to pass at least for an hour, the moment Modi’s convoy crossed beside Kumar, he jumped carrying a file with him asking for a job in Indian Army.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23 laid the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium in Varanasi’s Ganjari, Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was present for the occasion in Varanasi.
Varanasi, PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency also witnessed big names from the cricket fraternity on the occasion. The names include Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Madan Lal, Gundappa Viswanath, and Gopal Sharma.
PM Modi also inaugurated 16 Atal Awasiya Vidyalaya built across Uttar Pradesh, during the programme.
The Varanasi International Cricket Stadium is a step towards realising PM Modi’s vision to develop a modern and world-class sports infrastructure.
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Asian Games 2023: Indian Men’s Hockey team thrash Uzbekistan 16-0 in opener
The Indian team completely trashed their opponent Uzbekistan. Mandeep Singh snatched the limelight with a hat-trick while Lalit Upadhyay and Varun Kumar scored 4 goals each in the Asian Games.
In the Asian Games 2023, the Indian Men’s Hockey team won the match against Uzbekistan with 16-0 in their opener on Sunday.
The Indian team completely trashed their opponent Uzbekistan. Mandeep Singh snatched the limelight with a hat-trick while Lalit Upadhyay and Varun Kumar scored 4 goals each in the Asian Games.
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Vande Bharat: PM Modi to inaugurate 9 new trains in 11 states today
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the minister of the railways, will also attend the inaugural ceremony. The 11 states will have faster connectivity thanks to these trains.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today, nine Vande Bharat trains that connect tourist and religious sites in 11 states. There will be elections in three of the following states: Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Gujarat.
The trains will be signalled off by the prime minister via video conference. Ashwini Vaishnaw, the minister of the railways, will also attend the inaugural ceremony. The 11 states will have faster connectivity thanks to these trains.
These trains are a step towards achieving the prime minister’s aim of enhancing connectivity throughout the nation and offering top-notch amenities to rail passengers, according to a statement from the government.
The Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest train along the routes of their operation, it continued, and will help save the passengers significant time.
Compared to the fastest train as of now on the routes, Vande Bharat trains will cut travel time between destinations by three hours in the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri and Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram routes; more than two and a half hours for Hyderabad-Bengaluru; more than two hours for Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai; about one hour for Ranchi-Howrah, Patna-Howrah and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad; about half an hour for between Udaipur and Jaipur.
The important religious towns of Puri and Madurai would be connected by the trains Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri and Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai.
The Renigunta route will be used by the Vijayawada-Chennai Vande Bharat train, which would offer connectivity to Tirupati.
As the festival season approaches, it is anticipated that the new trains will offer a comfortable travel experience.
Before this fiscal year concludes the following year, Indian Railways also intends to introduce a sleeper version of the Vande Bharat and Vande Metro. According to railway authorities, the non-air conditioned push-pull variant of the semi-high speed train series, which will be introduced in October 2024, would feature 22 coaches and a locomotive.
