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This temple opens only on Nag Panchmi, know reason behind, significance

This temple opens only on Nag Panchmi, know reason behind, significance

Nag Panchami is a Hindu festival that is celebrated every year on the fifth day (Panchami) of the Shukla Paksha (bright half of the lunar month) of the month of Shravan (Sawan). Usually, this day comes two days after Haryali Teej. Nagchandreshwar Mandir in Ujjain is strongly associated with this.

North Korea breaks silence on Trump’s return, sends message from ‘Rocket Man’

North Korea breaks silence on Trump’s return, sends message from ‘Rocket Man’

Kim Jong-Un’s powerful sister opened up about relations with the second Trump administration, warning the U.S. not to try to restart talks centered on getting North Korea to give up its nuclear program.  Kim Yo Jong, in remarks blasted out by state media, said relations between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are “not bad” but added Pyongyang would view any attempt to pressure North Korea to denuclearize as “nothing but a mockery.”  She said that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal has sharply increased since Trump and Kim last spoke, and the pair would not meet for a summit again if denuclearization was on the table.  The North Korean dictator’s sister did not rule out bilateral talks entirely — as she did with South Korea in a separate statement.  WOMAN LEARNS FATE AFTER DOJ GUILTY PLEA ADMITTING SHE HELPED NORTH KOREAN TECH WORKERS INFILTRATE US COMPANIES “If the U.S. fails to accept the changed reality and persists in the failed past, the DPRK- U.S. meeting will remain as a ‘hope’ of the U.S. side,” Kim Yo Jong said, referring to the nation by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. She said it would be “advisable to seek another way of contact.” Trump held three unprecedented summits with the North Korean leader he dubbed “Little Rocket Man” during his first term: in Singapore in 2018, Hanoi in 2019 and the Korean Demilitarized Zone in 2019, becoming the first president to step foot on North Korean territory.  None of the meetings resulted in any breakthroughs: North Korea kept its nukes, and the U.S. left sanctions that have isolated it from international markets in place.  Kim Yo Jong is a top official on the Central Committee of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party and handles relations with the U.S. and South Korea. RUSSIA’S LAVROV WARNS US AGAINST ‘EXPLOITING’ ALLIANCES AS HE MEETS WITH KIM JONG UN IN NORTH KOREA Kim Yo Jong’s comments came after an article posted by Yonhap news agency cited an unnamed White House official as saying Trump “remains open to engaging with Leader Kim to achieve a fully denuclearized North Korea.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last month Trump would like to see “progress” this term on the summits he held during the first term.  In a statement commemorating the 72nd anniversary of the end of the Korean War on Monday, Trump said, “I was proud to become the first sitting President to cross this Demilitarized Zone into North Korea.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP He underscored the U.S. alliance with South Korea.  “Although the evils of communism still persist in Asia, American and South Korean forces remain united in an ironclad alliance to this day.”

Mamdani’s rise, ‘vile hatred’ of US Jews the focus of ‘critical’ closed-door congressional huddle

Mamdani’s rise, ‘vile hatred’ of US Jews the focus of ‘critical’ closed-door congressional huddle

EXCLUSIVE: Lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee met with stakeholders and law enforcement to address the rise of antisemitic violence in the U.S., during a closed-door congressional roundtable on July 22, Fox News Digital has learned.  The roundtable comes amid growing concerns about antisemitic violence months after recent attacks in Boulder, Colorado, and Washington, D.C., along with growing fears surrounding the potential election of Zohran Mamdani, who has espoused anti-Israel viewpoints, as New York City mayor.  “Jewish communities across the country are living in fear, and I am committed to standing with them. This roundtable comes at a critical moment: a far-left activist who has defended the phrase ‘globalize the intifada’ is inching closer to leading a city home to one of the world’s largest Jewish populations,” Rep. August Pfluger, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee’s counterterrorism and intelligence subcommittee, said in his opening statement, obtained by Fox News Digital.  BOULDER TERROR ATTACK RESULT OF ‘RECKLESS BIDEN POLICIES,’ WHITE HOUSE SAYS “Antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric is becoming dangerously mainstream. We must act now to expose and combat this vile hatred wherever it is spread,” Pfluger said.  The roundtable focused on improving interagency coordination, intelligence sharing, training, and enforcement to better prevent and respond to antisemitic violence, according to a House Homeland Security Committee aide. In particular, the meeting addressed ways to bolster communication between the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI, along with state and local law enforcement, according to Michael Masters, the CEO of the Secure Community Network, a non-profit organization focused on the safety of the Jewish community in North America.  This interagency coordination is absolutely paramount as the Secure Community Network has flagged 500 credible threats to life this year – which all have required immediate law enforcement intervention, according to Masters.  “Bad guys don’t respect orders. Bad actors don’t respect jurisdictions, and that means that our intelligence can’t be siloed,” Masters told Fox News Digital on Monday.  SHOOTING AT CAPITAL JEWISH MUSEUM HIGHLIGHTS RISING WAVE OF ANTI-JEWISH HATE CRIMES  Additionally, the roundtable’s discussion highlighted how extremist rhetoric can spread, especially on college campuses and via social media, the aide said. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, student protests have erupted across college campuses in the U.S., including at Columbia University in New York.  Likewise, those participating in the roundtable addressed the prevalence of homegrown and foreign-influenced extremism, when one participant highlighted instances where anti-Israel terrorist organizations have disseminated tool kits and talking points aimed at promoting attacks in the U.S., the committee aide said.  The discussion is expected to inform legislative priorities centered around bolstering officer training, improving data collection, and ensuring “robust prosecution” of antisemitic offenses, the committee aide said.  BIDEN DHS REVEALS 50 MIGRANTS STILL AT LARGE AS ISIS-AFFILIATED SMUGGLING NETWORK BRINGS HUNDREDS TO US Those who participated in the roundtable included representatives from the Secure Community Networks; the Anti-Defamation League, an organization dedicated to stopping the defamation of the Jewish people; the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence & Analysis; and law enforcement officials.  Pfluger, a Republican from Texas, has spearheaded legislation that would bar any visa holders backing Hamas or other designated terror groups from staying in the U.S.  He also led a hearing last month on the rise of antisemitic violence in the U.S., following a May shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington and a terrorist attack in Colorado targeting a grassroots group advocating for the release of Israeli hostages. Antisemitic violence reached a new high in 2024, according to the Anti-Defamation League.  The group recorded 9,354 antisemitic instances of harassment, assault, and vandalism in the U.S. in 2024 – a 5% increase from the 8,873 incidents recorded in 2023 and a 344% increase in the past five years. Likewise, the number of incidents is the highest the group has recorded since 1979, when the group first started tracking these cases.  Incidents of antisemitic violence in 2024 were highest in the state of New York, where Mamdani is currently a state assemblyman.  Mamdani has attracted scrutiny, including from Democrats, for initially failing to condemn the term “globalize the intifada,” a phrase used to back Palestinian resistance against Israel. However, he has since said he will not use the term and will discourage others from using it as well.  Still, concerns remain over what his potential leadership as mayor could mean for the Jewish community in New York City. Roughly 1.4 million people in the Greater New York Area identified as Jewish in 2023, according to UJA-Federation of New York.  “There’s a lot of fear in the Jewish community if this guy becomes mayor,” New York City Republican councilwoman Inna Vernikov told Fox News Digital.  “This is a guy who wants to globalize the intifada,” Vernikov said. “We’ve never seen anything close to this in New York City. We have the largest Jewish population in America, and I’ll tell you Jews are telling me they’re going to run away from New York City, and Jews have contributed a lot to the city and to this country, and the idea that they are now afraid to live here – it’s unacceptable and unprecedented really, this has never happened here.” Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.