RSS leader likens Hindus to frogs

Patna: Rajesh Srivastava, the RSS intellectual cell president of the West Bengal unit, compared Hindu community with frogs and said it can be extremely difficult to evaluate them on one scale (weighing machine).

This remark was made by him during a virtual discussion organised by the election cell of the Bihar unit of BJP under the chairmanship of Radhika Raman on Sunday. The theme of the discussion was violence and democratic threat that arose after the West Bengal poll. “The Hindu community behaves like a frog and its evaluation on one weighing machine is extremely difficult," Srivastava said.

Key accused in May 28 Aligarh hooch case held

Aligarh (UP): The key accused in the last month's Aligarh hooch incident, which has claimed at least 35 lives so far, was nabbed in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Accused Rishi Sharma, who carried a reward of Rs1 lakh on his arrest, was held near Bulandshahr border in western Uttar Pradesh, Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kalanidhi Naithani said.

Haj will depend on Saudi govt’s decision: Naqvi

Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said no decision has been taken by the Centre on the 2021 Haj pilgrimage yet, adding India will stand by the Saudi Arabia govern­ment’s decision for annual Haj yatra amid the ong­o­ing Covid-19 pandemic. “Haj will depend on the decision of the Saudi Arabia govt. PM Modi has said India will stand by the side of the Saudi government in its decision. Last year Haj got cancelled. This year nothing has been decided yet,” Naqvi said.

Minor blast near J&K sarpanch’s house

A minor explosion took place outside the house of a sarpanch in Rajouri district of J&K on Sunday, triggering panic among the local residents, officials said. The blast took place outside the house of Sarpanch Sushma Kumari at Androla village in Chakli area of Chingus along the Jammu-Poonch highway at 1 am, causing damage to two parked motorycles.

UP Dalit woman pradhan abused, made to sit on floor

A new Dalit woman village pradhan has alleged she was abused, forcefully evicted from her chair and made to sit on the floor by some local influential persons during her maiden meeting with the officials in Mahoba district,UP. The incident has been reported from Nathupura village in Kotwali, where Savita Devi Ahir­war, 25, was elected as gram pradhan recently.

MP: ‘Noorjahan’ mango at Rs1,000 apiece

The ‘Noorjahan’ mango, cultivated in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district, is fetching a higher price this year thanks to the good yield and sheer size of the fruit compared with the last year. The 'Noorj­ahan' mango is priced at Rs500 to Rs1,000 apiece this season, a farmer said on Sunday, adding unlike the last year, the yield of this variety of mangoes has been good this time due to favourable wea­ther condi­tions. Locals claim 'Noorjahan' man­goes are of Afg­han origin and cultivated only in the Katthiwada region of Alirajpur adjacent to the Gujarat border, 250 km from Indore.

AIIMS, Safdarjung junior docs hold candle march

Resident doctors of AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi held a can­dlelight mar­ch in support of the protest­ing MP doctors, seeking a hike in stipends and beds for th­em and families if they contract Covid-19.