Category: NATIONAL NEWS

The BJP on Wednesday welcomed NCP president Sharad Pawar’s statement that his party would sit in opposition, which on the face of it denies the BJP’s warring ally Shiv Sena any extra leverage amidst the tussle over formation of government in Maharashtra.Earlier in the day, Pawar told reporters that a BJP-Sena government was the only viable option in the state in the given scenario. After meeting senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut, the NCP chief ruled out joining the Uddhav Thackeray-led party in new government with the outside support of the…

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On the eve of NCP president Sharad Pawar’s meting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi amid an impasse over government formation in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena seems to have reached out to the Sharad Pawar-led party on Sunday.The speculation the Sena was exploring alternative options other than the ally BJP got strengthened on Sunday when senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar showed reporters a phone message from Sena MP Sanjay Raut, which just contained a formal introduction of and greetings from the latter.The Sena and the BJP are locked…

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On the eve of NCP president Sharad Pawar’s meting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi amid an impasse over government formation in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena seems to have reached out to the Sharad Pawar-led party on Sunday.The speculation the Sena was exploring alternative options other than the ally BJP got strengthened on Sunday when senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar showed reporters a phone message from Sena MP Sanjay Raut, which just contained a formal introduction of and greetings from the latter.The Sena and the BJP are locked…

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 Lawyers and police personnel clashed at Tis Hazari Court complex here on Saturday afternoon during which nine police vehicles were vandalised, officials said.Lawyers alleged that two of their colleagues were injured, including one in police firing, but the police denied that it had opened fire.Bar Associations condemned the incident and called a one-day strike across all district courts in the national capital on November 4.Secretary of Tis Hazari Bar Association Jaiveer Singh Chauhan told PTI that a lawyer’s car allegedly hit a police jail van following which an argument broke…

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The share of stubble burning from the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana in Delhi’s pollution rose to 46 per cent on Friday, the highest this year, government agency SAFAR said as the air quality in the national capital nose-dived further.As the pollution levels entered the “severe plus” category”, the Supreme Court mandated Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Friday declared a public health emergency in the Delhi-NCR region and banned construction activity till November 5.It also asked implementing agencies to take immediate stringent action to stop stubble-burning in…

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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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