Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Paying glowing tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on National Unity Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday defended the abrogation of Article 370, saying the special status provisions only generated terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.Attending a function at the Statue of Unity here on the occasion of Patel’s 144th birth anniversary, Modi led the gathering in taking the `national unity pledge’. “The new system in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is not meant to draw a line on the land (to draw a boundary) but to build a strong link…

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Opposition parties on Wednesday stepped up their attack against the government over EU MPs’ Kashmir trip with the Congress describing it as the “biggest diplomatic blunder” and others asking the Centre how these foreign lawmakers were allowed to visit the Valley while Indian leaders were denied permission. It was not just opposition parties that trained their guns on the government over the visit of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to Kashmir, but BJP’s ally Shiv Sena also took strong objection to it, asserting that it is “not an international…

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday met Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence here. The chief minister reached Yadav’s residence at Vikramaditya Marg in the morning and extended Diwali greetings to him, a senior government official said. During the meeting, Mulayam Yadav’s brother and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) founder Shivpal Singh Yadav was also present. The official said it was a “courtesy meeting” to extend Diwali greetings. Adityanath had also met the 79-year-old former UP chief minister in June this year to enquire about his…

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New Delhi, Oct 29 (DINN) The free-ride scheme for women on Delhi public buses might be extended to senior citizens, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said as the initiative took off on Tuesday. This scheme will help in women empowerment by bridging the gender gap that exists in society, the chief minister said on his mobile application ‘AK App’. “Now, girls and women who had to drop out of schools and colleges because of high transportation cost don’t need to sacrifice their education. They can now take buses to good schools…

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Srinagar, Oct 29 (DINN) Terrorists attacked a bullet-proof CRPF post in Pulwama near here on Tuesday but there were no casualties, said officials The paramilitary force officials said the militants fired multiple gun shots at a bunker of the 72nd battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force at about 3:30 pm in the Drapgam area of Rajpora in Pulwama At least six to eight bullets were fired by unidentified terrorists at the CRPF post with the personnel deployed on law and order duty in the area, they said The CRPF…

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (DINN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told a delegation of European Union MPs that urgent action was needed against those supporting and sponsoring terrorism. There should be zero tolerance for terrorism, Modi told the delegation that had called on him ahead of its visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Expressing hope that the parliamentarians’ visit to various parts of the country will be fruitful, Modi said the visit to Jammu and Kashmir should give them a better understanding of the cultural and religious diversity of the…

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Mumbai, Oct 28 (DINN) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote on Monday met state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, amid the ongoing tussle between ruling alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena over forming the next state government. A Raj Bhawan official said the meetings were “courtesy calls” by the two leaders, who met Koshyari separately. Fadnavis drove to the Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai at 11 am and met Koshyari, who was sworn-in as the 19th Governor of Maharashtra last month. Raote also met Koshyari,…

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The BJP legislative party meeting to elect its leader began after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar reached here from New Delhi on Saturday morning.Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Singh also reached the UT guesthouse here to attend the meeting as central observers.BJP general secretary (organisation) Suresh Bhatt told DIN that the swearing-in ceremony of the party-led government in Haryana would not take place on Saturday.”The date will be announced later,” he said.However, sources in the saffron party said the swearing-in ceremony…

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The maiden Block Development Council (BDC) election in Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 98.3 per cent turnout on Thursday, with Congress, NC and PDP boycotting the first electoral exercise after abrogation of the state’s special status.Srinagar in the Kashmir division, which has seen curbs since the Centre’s decision to scrap special status on August 5, recorded a 100 per cent turnout.”98.3 per cent polling was recorded in J-K”, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar said.The polls to elect chairpersons of BDCs were held in 310 blocks in the state and…

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The West Bengal government has urged the Union Home Ministry to reconsider its decision on entrusting the security of Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with the CRPF, a senior official said on Wednesday.The state government, in a letter to the MHA, has also sought to know the reasons why it was not consulted before the decision to hand over the governor’s security to the CRPF was taken.”It is the responsibility of the state government to look after the security of the governor since he is the constitutional head of the state.”The state…

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