Three damaged idols found inside well of temple in UP's Sambhal, reopened after 46 years | Top News of Dec 16, 2024

[00:00:08] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. I'm your host Vishnu and these are the major news stories of Monday, Dec 16, 2024.

[00:00:18] Three damaged idols were found inside the well of the Bhasma Shankar Temple in UP Sambhal that was reopened last week after being shut for 46 years, officials said on Monday.

[00:00:28] The Shri Kartik Mahadev Temple was reopened on Dec 13 after the authorities said they stumbled upon the covered structure during an anti-encroachment drive.

[00:00:35] The temple housed an idol of Lord Hanuman and a shivling. It had remained locked since 1978.

[00:00:42] The temple also has a well nearby which the authorities had planned to reopen.

[00:00:46] The temple is situated in the Khaggu Sarai area, just over a kilometer from the Shahi Jama Masjid where violence took place on November 24 during a protest over a court-ordered survey of the mosque.

[00:00:57] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Congress Party carried out major amendments to the constitution to brazenly help the family and the dynasty.

[00:01:05] She also termed the Congress Party as anti-women for not passing the Women's Reservation Bill under pressure of its coalition partners.

[00:01:12] Initiating the discussion on the glorious journey of 75 years of the constitution of India in the Rajasabha,

[00:01:17] the senior BJP leader said the economic policies of the previous Congress governments for about 50 years did not strengthen the Indian economy.

[00:01:24] Siddharaman further said the spree of curtailing the freedom of expression and freedom of press had happened before 1949 and thereafter also during the Congress rule.

[00:01:34] Emergency workers raced on Monday to find survivors and restore services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte,

[00:01:40] where hundreds or even thousands of years are dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean Islands in the earlier century.

[00:01:46] Parts of the island, which was struck by cyclone Cheeto over the weekend with winds of more than 200 km per hour, remained inaccessible to rescue workers on Monday.

[00:01:55] The storm was the strongest to strike Mayotte in more than 90 years, French weather service Mithéo Francais said.

[00:02:02] It has a population of about 3,21,000 and is made up of two main islands over an area about twice the size of Washington, D.C.

[00:02:10] Zakir Hussain, the exuberant maestro of tabla who once called the instrument his mate, brother and friend and embodied the universality of music in his 60-year career, died in a San Francisco hospital early Monday.

[00:02:21] He was 73.

[00:02:23] Hussain, the globally recognized musician and one of India's most celebrated, was suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, his family said in a statement.

[00:02:31] Regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation, Hussain is survived by his wife Antonia Minacola and their daughters Anissa Kudeshi and Isabella Kudeshi.

[00:02:41] Kerala Blasters fired head coach Mikhail Stare along with his assistants beyond Westrom and Federico Pereira-Mureis.

[00:02:48] The decision came after the Blasters suffered a fifth defeat in their last six Indian Super League matches.

[00:02:53] The Swede was appointed in May this year after the club chose to part ways with Serbian Ivan Vukumanovic whose tenure saw them reach the playoffs for three straight seasons.

[00:03:02] Under Stare, the Blasters lost seven of their 12 ISL matches.

[00:03:06] They won three and drew two, scoring 19 times and conceding 24 which is the worst in the league.

[00:03:13] That brings us to the end of this episode. Thanks for listening to Daily News Chose.

[00:03:16] Hosted and produced by me Vishnu Murlatharan.

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