Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Home Minister Amit Shah Friday accused the Congress of terrorism in Kashmir and responsible for the state’s current situation, alleging that former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s decisions were behind India losing one-third of its territory to Pakistan.He was replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the resolution to extend President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir for another six months from July 3.Shah alleged that the policies of previous Congress governments widened the wedge between the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the country.He said his government is making…

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The Congress on Wednesday said in Rajya Sabha that the idea of “one election, one face, one ideology” is not acceptable to India and asked the BJP to desist from “dividing the country for votes”.Congress leader Anand Sharma, while speaking during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, also urged the ruling party to recognise the efforts made by previous governments since independence and not disregard them. “Don’t divide the country for votes. This is a very dangerous trend,” Sharma told the BJP in Rajya Sabha.Rejecting…

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said those who were imprisoned during the Emergency will be provided pension and a citation.Speaking in the state Assembly during the Question hour, Fadnavis said “pension was an honour more than money” for those who served jail term during the Emergency.”Many people refused the pension. But some are still poor who lost jobs after being arrested for no fault of theirs,” he noted.Earlier, Minister of State for Relief and Rehabilitation Madan Yerawar, while responding to a question by NCP member Ajit Pawar, said…

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Mushrooming of shops selling airguns in Mount Abu, the sole hill station of the desert state of Rajasthan, has not gone down well with animal activists who have demanded a ban on their sale to protect wildlife. Located at a height of 1,220 meters on Aravali mountain range in Sirohi district, the tiny hill station, which is home to rich wildlife, draws numerous travellers and nature lovers from various parts of the country. The tourists have easy access to air pistols and air rifles, prominently sold in the municipality area. Apart…

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 Madhya Pradesh former chief minister and BJP vice president Shivraj Singh Chauhan Sunday asserted his party is not dislodging anyone but it cannot do anything if the state government “falls due to infighting” within the Congress.Chauhan, who was here during the weekend to address the district-level and regional-level heads of BJP’s membership drive, said this when he was asked whether the BJP will form government in Madhya Pradesh before the assembly elections are held.”Now, if the Congress (government) falls due to infighting in the party, then we cannot do anything.…

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The BJP has suspended Khanpur MLA Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion from the party on charges of indiscipline. Champion’s three-month suspension follows preliminary investigations by the party into charges of indiscipline against him and that of threatening a journalist, Pradesh BJP general secretary Naresh Bansal told reporters late on Saturday evening. Champion cannot attend any of the meetings of the party or its legislators now for three months, Bansal said after a meeting of Pradesh BJP office bearers in Rishikesh. A video had gone viral recently in which Champion was purportedly…

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The government on Friday introduced the fresh triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha amid vehement protests by opposition members who claimed that it was violative of the Constitution The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 became the first legislation to be tabled in Parliament by the Narendra Modi dispensation in its second term, with Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asserting the legislation was a must for gender equality and justiceThe bill was introduced following a division of votes, with 186 members supporting and 74 opposing it“This…

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Three more children suffering from Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have died here since Wednesday evening, taking the total number of deaths caused due to the outbreak to 118, the district administration said Thursday.While two deaths were reported from the SKMCH hospital — raising the toll at the government healthcare facility to 97 — another child died at privately-owned Kejriwal hospital, where the total number of casualties has reached 20.One death was reported from East Champaran district two days ago. The total number of AES cases registered since June 1 was…

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TRS President and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao would not attend Wednesday’s meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the “one nation, one election” issue, among others.K T Rama Rao, Working President of the party and son of the Chief Minister, would represent the TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samiti) in the meeting, a senior leader said Tuesday.”Working President K T Rama Rao will attend”, TRS Parliamentary Pary leader K Keshava Rao told DIN.KCR, as the Chief Minister is popularly known as, had skipped the Prime Minister’s swearing-in ceremony…

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Asserting that there are “serious doubts” over EVM, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily has sought a referendum on whether it should be used in the electoral process or ballot papers be brought back.He also emphasised that such a referendum should be conducted on ballot papers and not on electronic voting machines (EVMs) over which he claimed there was a trust deficit.”Everybody is suspecting EVM. This is a very serious matter and there is serious doubt on EVM. I think many countries like the US after having used EVM have…

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