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EC to announce Lok Sabha poll schedule at 5 pm on Sunday

The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce on Sunday schedule for the high-voltage Lok Sabha elections, which is likely to be spread over seven to eight phases in April-May.The poll panel will be holding a press conference at 5 pm at Vigyan Bhavan here.The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 3.As soon as the elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his bid to return to power amid hectic parleys by several political parties to put a united fight against the ruling BJP, are…

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Modi slams Cong’s handling of terror attacks, says India now follows new policy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday again hit out at those seeking proof of India’s air strike at Balakot in Pakistan and slammed the previous Congress government for its handling of terror attacks like the one in Mumbai in 2008.Addressing a public meeting in Greater Noida, Modi said the “corrupt” are opposing and abusing him in order to get votes.Modi said today India works on ‘nayi reeti, nayi neeti’ (new methods, new policies), asserting that after the terror attack in Uri (Jammu and Kashmir) in 2016, the country for the…

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DMDK maintains suspense on alliance for LS polls The DMDK Friday kept the suspense alive on a possible alliance with the AIADMK for the coming Lok Sabha elections, saying it will announce its stand in another two days.Senior Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader and party founder Vijayakanth’s wife, Premalatha, said her party was capable of going into the polls alone and recalled that it had done so in the past.”Whether to go alone or forge an alliance for the LS polls, whether to participate in the bypolls and local body elections, we will make our stand official in another two days,” DMDK treasurer Premalatha told reporters here.Eighteen Assembly seats fell vacant after the Madras High Court upheld the disqualification of an equal number of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLAs for revolting against Chief Minister K Palaniswami in 2017.Tiruvarur and Tirupparankundram segments await by-elections due to the death of sitting legislators former DMK chief M Karunanidhi and A K Bose of AIADMK respectively last year.Hosur, represented by former AIADMK minister P Balakrishna Reddy, was declared vacant following Reddy’s resignation after a special court sentenced him to three years’ rigorous imprisonment in a two-decade-old riot case. Premalatha’s statement comes amidst the buzz in political circles over what the actor-politician’s party will do vis-a-vis alliance, considering the AIADMK was wooing it to join the NDA coalition led by it in Tamil Nadu.The NDA constituents in the state include the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Pattali Makkal Katchi, besides some smaller outfits.Earlier, AIADMK coordinator and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and his colleague D Jayakumar had called on Vijayakanth, who had recently returned from the US after undergoing medical treatment.On Thursday, senior party leader LK Sutheesh had indicated that the DMDK could finalise its alliance with the AIADMK in a couple of days and referred to parleys he held on Wednesday with BJP state-in-charge Piyush Goyal.”Yesterday (Wednesday) you know we had held talks at a private hotel…we will inform in a couple of days the number of seats and segments,” he had said. Premalatha also trained her guns at senior DMK leader Durai Murugan who had said the DMDK had sought accommodation in his party-led alliance, amidst the protracted delay in conclusion of the AIADMK-DMDK talks earlier.The DMDK leaders who had gone to his house had made it clear that they went on ‘personal’ work which was reiterated by Sutheesh on Thursday, she said, and asked why Durai Murugan had spoken otherwise.”DMK has always targeted DMDK. Can Durai Murugan clarify on the unsavoury remarks he had made against his party leadership with Sutheesh,” she asked.

The DMDK Friday kept the suspense alive on a possible alliance with the AIADMK for the coming Lok Sabha elections, saying it will announce its stand in another two days.Senior Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam leader and party founder Vijayakanth’s wife, Premalatha, said her party was capable of going into the polls alone and recalled that it had done so in the past.”Whether to go alone or forge an alliance for the LS polls, whether to participate in the bypolls and local body elections, we will make our stand official in…

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PM Modi is Pakistan’s poster boy, not us: Rahul

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dubbing him the “poster boy of Pakistan” for publicly hugging former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and inviting the neighbouring country’s spy agency ISI to Pathankot after the IAF base was attacked. Gandhi’s remarks came after Modi on Tuesday called the opposition as the “poster boys of Pakistan” for seeking proof of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) action on a terror camp in Balakot in Pakistan.“He is the Pakistan’s poster boy, not us,” said Gandhi, hitting back at…

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Use common sense, Modi tells Oppn on his Rafale remarks; no comments, says IAF chief

Asking opposition parties to use common sense, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday slammed them for questioning his statement that the presence of Rafale fighter jets would have given greater firepower to the IAF during the February 27 aerial engagement with Pakistan IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa declined to comment on the prime minister’s statement that Rafale jets would have a made a difference “I said if Rafale was acquired in time it would have made a difference (during the February 27 dogfight), but they(opposition parties) say Modi…

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Hold polls to make India strong, not to fulfil prince’s desire to be PM: Shah

Polls should be held to make India and its economy strong, to give Pakistan a befitting reply and not to fulfil the desire of a ‘prince’ to become the prime minister, BJP chief Amit Shah said here on Saturday in a veiled attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Shah, addressing BJP’s ‘Vijay Sankalp’ bike rally here, slammed the opposition for raising doubts over the recent air strike on the terrorist camps in Pakistan. “Polls should be held to make the country and its economy strong and to give Pakistan a…

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Pre-dawn Indian air strike destroys JeM camp in Pakistan, sources say up to 350 terrorists killed

In a pinpointed and swift air strike that lasted less than two minutes, India pounded Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest training camp in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing up to 350 terrorists and trainers who were moved there for their protection after the Pulwama attack, officials said.The pre-dawn operation, described as “non-military” and “preemptive”, struck a five-star resort style camp on a hilltop forest that provided Indian forces with a “sitting duck target” and caught the terrorists in their sleep, sources said. I want to assure the people that the country is in safe hands.…

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Indian air strike destroys JeM camp in Pakistan, up to 350 terrorists killed

New Delhi, Feb 26 (DIN NEWS) In a pinpointed and swift air strike that lasted less than two minutes, India pounded Jaish-e-Mohammed’s biggest training camp in Pakistan early Tuesday, killing up to 350 terrorists and trainers who were moved there for their protection after the Pulwama attack, officials said. The pre-dawn operation, described as “non-military” and “preemptive”, struck a five-star resort style camp on a hilltop forest that provided Indian forces with a “sitting duck target” and caught the terrorists in their sleep, sources said. I want to assure the…

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National War Memorial: Now, one more pilgrimage place for Indians, says Def Min

The inauguration of the sprawling National War Memorial is a “landmark event” and the county now has “one more pilgrimage place” where citizens can come to pay homage to our brave soldiers, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Monday. Addressing a gathering of ex-servicemen at the National Stadium, she also said there was “always an inexorable requirement to have our own war memorial” to pay tribute to soldiers who have laid down their lives since Independence. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the memorial on Monday, spread over 40…

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Govt decides to divert water flowing to Pakistan from Eastern rivers to J&K and Punjab: Gadkari

New Delhi, Feb 21 (DIN NEWS) The government has decided to stop India’s share of water that flows to Pakistan and divert water from eastern rivers to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Thursday The decision comes after the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel for which India has blamed Pakistan “Under the leadership of Hon’ble PM Sri @narendramodi ji, Our Govt. has decided to stop our share of water which used to flow to Pakistan. We will divert water from Eastern…

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