Category: NATIONAL NEWS

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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