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Jarange’s protest march to Mumbai over Maratha quota issue begins; vows to fight till ‘last breath’

Jalna, Jan 20 (PTI) Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange along with thousands of others on Saturday embarked on a protest march from Maharashtra’s Jalna district to Mumbai to draw the state government’s attention to the demand for reservation to his community. Speaking to reporters before beginning the march, Jarange lambasted the government for its “cruel and insensitive” attitude and failure to resolve the Maratha reservation issue, and vowed to continue the fight till his last breath. The protest march began from Jarange’s native Antarwali Sarati village around 11 am. “The Maratha community gave seven months to the government to provide

Nine foods that will keep you warm and fall asleep quicker during winter

January 20, 2024: People are being urged to eat these nine foods before bed to help them warm and fall asleep quicker during the winter months. Almonds, garlic and dark chocolate can reportedly warm up your body and help you get a good night’s sleep, according to sleep experts. Rebecca Swain, sleep expert at Winstons Beds, said: “Getting a good night’s sleep in the winter cold can be difficult to attain so we’re left looking for ways to get instantly warm and sleep quicker. “We’re often left bundling ourselves in thick pyjamas and heavy duvets but this can cause overheating

Ruling JMM convenes meeting of MLAs ahead of Jharkhand CM’s questioning by ED

Ranchi, Jan 20 (PTI) The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Saturday convened a meeting of all its legislators at Chief Minister’s House here ahead of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate here in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. The ED officials are scheduled to visit the CM House around noon for questioning in connection with the case. Soren, 48, who is also the executive president of JMM, had skipped seven earlier summonses by the ED and finally gave his consent to attend the questioning after the probe agency summoned him for

New mosque construction in India’s Ayodhya to begin in May, Muslim group says

NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – As Hindu devotees prepare to inaugurate a grand temple to one of their holiest deities, India’s minority Muslims plan to begin building a new mosque in the same city later this year, hoping to make a fresh start after a bloody, decades-long dispute. Haji Arfat Shaikh, the head of the development committee of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) that is overseeing the mosque project, said this week that construction would begin in May, after the holy month of Ramadan, and the mosque would take three to four years to build. Hindu zealots razed a

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