Maps of memory’s landscape
By Sukant Deepak New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) You tell her that you read somewhere that the most beautiful places in the world are cursed with conflict. She pauses, and whispers that she didn’t really…
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Tweet on black beauty pageant winners irks Twitterati
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) A tweet about black women bagging titles ranging from Miss Universe to Miss Teen USA by a media house irked a section of Twitterati on Sunday. While many users tweeted…
CAA violence claims 4 buses in heart of Delhi, 2 injured
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four buses were set ablaze by a mob and two fire officials were injured in stone pelting as the protests against the newly enacted Citizenship Act entered the third day…
State govts will disrespect Ambedkar in opposing CAA: RSS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Indresh Kumar, a key Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary, on Sunday, lashed out at the Congress and other opposition parties for protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. He said, those…
CAA protests: 4 buses set ablaze, firefighters injured in Delhi
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four buses were set ablaze by a mob and two fire officials were injured in stone pelting as the protests against the newly enacted Citizenship Act entered the third day…
‘Israeli people’s commitment helped counter Arab attacks’
Chandigarh, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The dedication and commitment of Israeli people for their country has always helped them to counter the attacks of their Arab enemies. Even in the war, they repaired and refurbished the…
Baghel tweets reply in kind after BJP MLA’s poem
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Call it poetic politics or what, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday paid back in kind, literally, to an earlier tweet of a poem by BJP MLA Brijmohan Agrawal….
6 booked in UP for raping Class 10 student
Mau, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six youths have been booked in connection with an alleged gang rape of a Class 10 student under Madhuban police circle in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh. According to Mau Superintendent…
Cong inciting violence over Citizenship Act: Modi
Dumka, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday claimed that his government saved the country by getting the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) passed by Parliament. Launching a blistering attack on the Congress,…
Coal ministry’s SDC to address environmental concerns
New Delhi, 15 Dec (SocialNews.XYZ) The Ministry of Coal will establish a sustainable development cell (SDC) aimed at promoting mining activity in an environmentally sustainable manner, the ministry said on Sunday. The cell will also…
In Kerala CPI-M, rules are not the same
Alappuzha (Kerala), Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the CPI-M in Kerala, there appears to be different yardsticks of disciplinary action for different party leaders, at least when their children are involved in wrong doings. C.V. Manoharan,…
Arms Bill turns law, gets President’s nod
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Arms (Amendment) Act has come into force with President Ram Nath Kovind giving his assent to a Bill cleared by Parliament earlier this week to help the government in…
Opposition behind anti-CAA unrest: Modi
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alleging that the Congress can’t think beyond the family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday squalrely put the blame of all the large scale violent protests against the newly enacted…
Twitter abuzz as WI’s Cottrell scalps Kohli, Rahul
Chennai, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Indies fast bowler Sheldon Cottrell’s name on Sunday trended on Twitter after he scalped the wickets of India captain Virat Kohli and KL Rahul in the first ODI here. #Cottrell…
Curfew relaxed in Guwahati, situation improving: Police
Guwahati, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid gradual improvement in the law and order situation, curfew was relaxed in Assam’s biggest city of Guwahati and in some parts of Dibrugarh for the second consecutive day on Sunday,…
Tea-lovers tweet love for hot beverage, with bit of fun
New Delhi, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tea-lovers tweeted their liking for the hot beverage on Twitter on the occasion of International Tea Day on Sunday. #InternationalTeaDay trended with 10.2K tweets. A user posted pictures of women…
Mhadei row: Goa Congress protests in Delhi against MoEF
Panaji, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Accusing the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of “politically victimising” Goa over its neighbour Karnataka, vis a vis the issue of diversion of Mhadei river water and the Southern state’s…
Meghalaya to hold special session to adopt ILP resolution
Shillong, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Meghalaya Assembly will hold a one-day special session on December 19 to pass a resolution to introduce the Inner Line Permit (ILP) in the state, Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma…
Bengal govt shuts down internet in parts of state
Kolkata, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) West Bengal government on Sunday suspended internet services in some parts of the state following continuing violence by protesters railing against the new citizenship law (CAA). Making the announcement, a state…
Siddaramaiah discharged from hospital
Bengaluru, Dec 15 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Karnataka Congress leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah has been discharged from the hospital after heart treatment on Sunday. “I am healthy and totally fine now. I can carry out…