Culture Ministry withdraws draft heritage bylaws for Sri Jagannath temple at Puri
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik demanded rollback of the draft heritage bylaws for Sri Jagannath temple by the National Monument Authority.
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The delegations of BJP and BJD leaders meeting with Union Culture Minister Prahlad Singh Patel. (Photo | Twitter) By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR/PURI: The Centre on Monday announced the withdrawal of the draft heritage bylaws for Sri Jagannath temple at Puri. The bylaws notified by the National Monument Authority (NMA), proposing restrictions on constructions and developmental works along the temple periphery had triggered a Statewide outrage.
BJP says Mamata intolerant of Jai Shri Ram at Netaji event; Congress, Left defend her
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The Congress and CPI(M) in the state however came out in her support and condemned the incident that took place at the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on Saturday in the presence of PM Narendra Modi and state governor Jagdeep Dhankhar. Banerjee had refused to give her speech at the event because the crowd started chanting when she got up to address them.
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CPI (M) leader Mohammad Salim condemned the incident calling it reprehensible and ugly.
NEW DELHI: A day after she protested Jai Shri Ram slogans raised against her at the Union Culture Ministry s event to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, BJP leaders called West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee impatient and intolerant.
Cultural fallout of India-China border standoff: Events to mark 70 years of diplomatic relations put on hold
The events to be held in 2020-21 in both the countries were agreed upon during the second informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Chennai in October 2019.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The series of cultural events planned by India and China to celebrate 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries is unlikely to take place because of the ongoing military standoff along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh.
As a part of the commemoration of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s 125th birth anniversary in 2022, the Union Culture Ministry was planning a museum in Kolkata, an exhibition at the Victoria Memorial and cultural performances in West Bengal, the Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on NATO-ally Turkey for its purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile defence system, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday. The issue of sanctions under Section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for purchase of Russian arms is of particular interest to New Delhi, which is also in the process of buying the S-400 from Moscow.