Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Uma Bharti spoke on the sinking of Joshimath and said policy makers are eating the Himalayas alive. She added that when she was the water minister, she had filed an affidavit against power projects saying they could prove to be harmful to the Himalayas. Joshimath is headed for a disaster as more houses have developed cracks, forcing residents to rush out from the comfort of their homes in this bone-chilling winter and move to temporary shelters set up by the government authorities.
Shardul Thakur has made it impossible for the Indian team management to overlook him in ODIs and Test cricket. Ahead of the ODI World Cup, the Mumbai all-rounder has been delivering consistent performances with the ball. It's his ability to pick up wickets at crucial intervals that has kept him in the hunt for the ODI World Cup berth.
With the ethnic crisis in Manipur, communal violence in Haryana and the opposition's demand for PM Modi's statement in Parliament, the nation is on edge and the Parliament paralyzed.
Slamming the Khattar govt for the communal clashes, Congress leader Deepender Hooda said no culprits should be spared, but the govt should introspect.
