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Tihar Jail
Tihar Prisons, popularly known as Tihar Jail, are a prison complex in India and are one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. There are 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. Run by Department of Delhi Prisons, the prison contains nine central prisons, and is one of the three prison complexes in Delhi. The other two prison complexes are at Rohini Sub City, Rohini and Mandoli, Delhi, Mandoli with one and six central prisons respectively. Tihar prison complex is located in Janakpuri, approximately 3 km from Tihar Village, Tihar village in West Delhi. The prison is styled as a correctional institution. Its main objective is to convert its inmates into ordinary members of society by providing them with useful skills, education, and respect for the law. It aims to improve the inmates' self-esteem and strengthen their desire to improve. To engage, rehabilitate, and reform its inmates, Tihar uses music therapy, which involves music training sessions and conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vipassana Meditation
The Vipassanā movement refers to a branch of modern Burmese Theravāda Buddhism that promotes "bare insight" (''sukha-Vipassana'') meditation practice to develop insight into the three marks of existence and attain stream entry. It gained widespread popularity since the 1950s, including through its western derivatives which have been popularised since the 1970s, giving rise to the more dhyana-oriented mindfulness movement. The Burmese Vipassana movement has its roots in the 19th century, when Theravada Buddhism came to be influenced by western modernism, and some monks tried to restore the Buddhist practice of meditation. Based on the commentaries, Ledi Sayadaw popularized ''Vipassana meditation'' for lay people, teaching '' samatha'' and stressing the practice of ''satipatthana'' to acquire '' Vipassana'' (insight) into the three marks of existence as the main means to attain the beginning of awakening and become a stream-enterer. It was greatly popularized in the 20th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subrata Roy
Subrata Roy (10 June 1948 – 14 November 2023) was an Indian businessman who founded the business conglomerate Sahara India Pariwar in 1978. Sahara India Pariwar operated a vast number of businesses, such as Aamby Valley City, Sahara Movie Studios, Air Sahara, Uttar Pradesh Wizards, and Filmy, among others. Roy was named the tenth-most influential Indian businessman in 2012 by ''India Today''. In 2004, the Sahara group was termed by ''Time'' magazine as "the second largest employer in India after Indian Railways". Sahara operates through more than 5,000 establishments across India and has a workforce of around 1.2 million (field and office) under the Sahara India umbrella. Early life Subrata Roy was born into a Bengali Hindu family in Araria on 10 June 1948 to Sudhir Chandra Roy and Chhabi Roy. His father and mother came from Dhaka, Bikrampur, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) from a rich landlord family named '' Bhagyakul Zamindar''. Roy studied at Holy Child Instit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chief Minister Of Bihar
The chief minister of Bihar serves as the head of the Government of Bihar, overseeing its administration and governance within the constitutional framework of India. While the Governor of Bihar holds the ceremonial role of the constitutional head, real executive authority rests with the chief minister, who is responsible for implementing policies and managing the state’s day-to-day affairs. Appointed by the Governor following elections to the Bihar Legislative Assembly, the chief minister is typically the leader of the majority political party, party or coalition in the assembly. Upon taking office, they form a Council of Ministers (India), council of ministers, assigning portfolios to manage various Government ministry, government departments. This council operates collectively under the chief minister’s leadership and remains accountable to the legislative assembly. Responsibilities of the office include leading Cabinet (government), cabinet meetings, drafting and implemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Railways
A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has existed in many Commonwealth states as well as others. It generally occurs in countries where railroad transportation is a particularly important part of the national infrastructure. In countries that have railways, but no cabinet department specializing in overseeing them, this task will typically fall to a Ministry of Transport. The head of a Ministry of Railways is usually denoted Minister of Railways or Railway Minister. Examples of Ministries of Railways include: * Ministry of Railways (Bangladesh) * Ministry of Railways (China) * Ministry of Railways (India) (headed by the Minister of Railways (India)) * Ministry of Railways (Japan) * Ministry of Railways (North Korea) * Ministry of Railways (Pakistan) The Ministry of Railways (, ''Wazarat-e-Railway'', abbreviated as MoR) is a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked with planning, administrating and overseeing gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) a prominent political party in Bihar. He is also a former member of Parliament (MP) of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Lalu Prasad Yadav is often regarded as a political messiah for the lower castes in Bihar, particularly the Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Muslim communities. His political rise in the 1990s marked a significant shift in Bihar's social and political landscape, which had long been dominated by upper-caste elites. He entered politics at Patna University as a student leader and, in 1977, was elected as one of the youngest members of the Lok Sabha for the Bharatiya Lok Dal of the Janata Alliance. He became the chief minister of Bihar in 1990. His party came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until Assassination of Indira Gandhi, her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her as prime minister. Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father. Henry Kissinger described her as an "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her tough personality. During her father Jawaharlal Nehru's premiership from 1947 to 1964, Gandhi was his hostess and accompanied him on his numerous foreign trips. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menaka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi (also spelled Menaka; ''née'' Anand) (born 26 August 1956) is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, and environmentalist. She served as a member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament, and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She is the widow of Indian politician Sanjay Gandhi. Gandhi has held ministerial positions in four governments, most recently serving in Narendra Modi's government from May 2014 to May 2019. In addition to her political work, Gandhi is an author, with several books on etymology, law, and animal rights. Personal life Maneka Anand was born on 26 August 1956 in Delhi, India, into a Sikh family. Her father, Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand, served as an officer in the Indian Army, and her mother, Amardeep Kaur Anand, was the daughter of Sir Datar Singh. Maneka attended The Lawrence School, Sanawar and later studied at Lady Shri Ram College for Women. She subsequently studied German at Jawaharlal Nehru U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjay Gandhi
Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. During his lifetime, he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head of the Indian National Congress and Prime Minister of India, but following his death in a plane crash, his elder brother Rajiv became their mother's political heir and succeeded her as Prime Minister of India and President of the party after her assassination. His wife Maneka Gandhi and son Varun Gandhi are politicians in the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and education Gandhi was born in New Delhi, on 14 December 1946, as the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. Like his elder brother Rajiv, Gandhi was educated at St. Columba's School, Delhi, Welham Boys' School, Dehra Dun and then at the Doon School, Dehra Dun. Gandhi was also educated at the Ecole D'Humanité, an international boarding school in Switzerland. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anubrata Mondal
Anubrata Mondal (born 1 April 1960), also known as Kesto Mondal, is an Indian politician, who belongs to All India Trinamool Congress. He is known to be a close aide of Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. He is currently serving as President of Birbhum District Trinamool Congress after getting bail for cattle case from CBI Central Bureau of Investigation and ED Enforcement Directorate in lack of evidence from Tihar Jail. The National Investigation Agency also tried to nab him on national treasure (coal, sand, etc.) smuggling but failed. Due to this his daughter Sukanya Mondal had also spent 16 months in Tihar but nothing could be proven and she was bailed out. Controversies On 11 August 2022, he was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation after interrogation in West Bengal for smuggling cows. The Central Investigation Agency claims that apart from the ₹48.06 crore, they have found property worth ₹29 crore 50 lakh from cow smuggling since last December. So f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
