Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy Saturday termed the union budget 2019-20 as “poll-oriented” and a “gimmick”.Talking to reporters here, he said, “an interim budget has been presented by an interim Finance Minister (Piyush Goyal) and all the sops announced in the budget are poll oriented and a gimmick.”As the Lok Sabha elections are round the corner, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Finance Minister have come out with subsidies for ryots, he added.Claiming that it was a clear attempt to woo farmers months ahead of the general polls, the Chief…

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Nearly 4.2 million people around the world die every year within 30 days after surgery, more than than those who die from HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined, according to a study.The analysis, published in a research letter to The Lancet journal, found that half of the post-operative deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). There is also a significant unmet need for surgery in LMICs and researchers at the University of Birmingham in the UK believe that if operations were provided for all patients who need them the number…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged all lawmakers to utilise the Budget Session for having debates with an open mind and said resentment is generated in society against those who do not take interest in discussions in Parliament.Speaking outside Parliament before the start of the session, the prime minister said there is an awareness among the people in the country and all citizens watch proceedings closely.”All small incidents reach the common man…due to this, those who do not have interest in discussions, resentment is generated against them,” Modi said. The prime…

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 The AAP government told the Delhi High Court Tuesday that the South Delhi Municipal Corporation was shifting the responsibility of trapping and translocating monkeys from the city.The Chief Wildlife Warden (CWW) of Delhi government said the civic agency cannot abdicate its responsibility on the pretext of a letter which is not valid in respect of trapping the monkeys from habitation areas.The CWW’s submission came in an affidavit filed before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao which listed the matter for further hearing on March…

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Virtually sounding the Lok Sabha poll bugle in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at critics of the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections. A few in the state were creating an “atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust” for ‘selfish’ interests, he said addressing a well-attended BJP rally here. He took a swipe at the proposed grand alliance of opposition parties, saying they had set aside their ‘differences’ to “remove this watchman” in the forthcoming Parliamentary elections. The government was taking effective steps to rid…

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New Delhi, Jan 26 (DIN NEWS) A kaleidoscope of rich cultural heritage of states and their journey towards development was on display as colourful parades marked the 70th Republic Day which passed off peacefully amid tight security, though celebrations were marred in some parts of Northeast following a boycott call by outfits against the citizenship bill Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath announced the launch of a scheme to ensure 100 days of employment every year to the youths from the economically weaker sections (EWS) in the urban areas during…

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As the controversy over the Sabarimala women entry issue simmers in the state, Kerala Governor Justice P Sathasivam Friday said the CPI(M)-led LDF government is “duty-bound” to implement the apex court verdict permitting women of all age groups into theLord Ayyappa shrine and “uphold” Constitution.In his customary policy address marking the beginning of the 14th session of the Assembly here, he said the state government had stood for gender equality, social justice and the dignity of toiling masses.Various events that had taken place in connection with the Sabarimala issue underlined…

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Posters urging Priyanka Gandhi to contest the coming general elections from Varanasi– Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency– came up in the holy city on Thursday.The local unit of the Congress too demanded that Priyanka, who formally entered politics on Wednesday and was appointed the general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, be pitted directly against Modi to galvanise voters of UP and neighbouring states.The posters featuring Priyanka Gandhi in the middle, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the top and local Congress leader Ajay Rai, who had contested against Modi…

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Gandhi family scion Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, ending years of speculation and signalling the party’s intent to go full throttle in the state ahead of the general electionsPriyanka Gandhi, 47, will take over her new assignment in the politically crucial state — a Congress bastion till the mid 1980s — from the first week of February, a statement from the party said She will assist her brother, Congress president Rahul Gandhi, in the Hindi heartland…

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Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said there was no alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that there would be “anarchy” in his absence.Taking a dig at the Opposition rally organised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Saturday, Javadekar said the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls would be fought on issues like — whether people want a “mazboot” (strong) or a “majboor” (weak) government.”Looking at yesterday’s rally in Kolkata, where all the Opposition parties came together, it was evident that all these parties want to drive…

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