Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party MP, Ram Kumar Sharma, on Sunday backed party chief and Union minister Upendra Kushwahas aggressive stance against the NDA leadership, saying there was no point in continuing in a coalition, if the party was not getting its due.Sharma has been, in the recent past, disapproving of Kushwahas tough posturing against the leadership of the NDA, especially Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar.Talking to reporters in his Lok Sabha constituency of Sitamarhi, Sharma said “one should not remain in a coalition where one is not…

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The Congress hit out at the government Saturday over ED raids against Robert Vadra’s associates, alleging that the Modi dispensation was using “high-handed tactics” to threaten people as it was in a “state of panic of the highest degree” sensing poll defeats.At a press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters here, party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi also alleged that there was never such a “terror raj” in the “constitutional rule” of India.”We fought the British Raj and the BJP would do well to know that the day…

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Over 20 per cent of over 4.74 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in Rajasthan Friday amid reports of EVMs malfunctioning at some polling boothsThe polling began at 8 am and the voting turn out was 20.9 per cent at 11 am, poll officials said. There were reports of some EVMs not working which delayed voting at a few polling booths. However, further details are awaited. As many as 51,687 polling booths have been set up in 199 out of the total 200 assembly constituencies…

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The Congress on Wednesday said the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were “latching” on to Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper deal who was extradited to India from Dubai, for a “smear campaign” against opposition leaders. Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, in a statement, alleged that facing “imminent defeat” in state polls, Prime Minister Modi and the BJP government were seeking to “weave a web of lies” and construct a “mesh of deception to hoodwink” the people of India in the chopper case.Michel, the alleged middleman…

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Police arrested four people on Tuesday and were hunting for a Bajrang Dal activist in connection with mob violence in Bulandshahr that left an inspector and a passerby dead, as angry families demanded action amid criticism of the UP chief minister and suggestions of conspiraciesA mob of some 400 people, including right-wing activists, fought pitched battles with police on Monday in Siana area of Bulandshahr district, apparently after right-wing activists were angered by the discovery of cow carcasses strewn in a nearby jungle. They set fire to dozens of vehicles, hurled…

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and caretaker Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of striking a “partnership” to ensure the continuation of the BJP and TRS rule at the Centre and in the state respectively. “The TRS’s aim is to ensure that Narendra Modi remains the prime minister of India, the BJP continues to rule the country and KCR (as Rao is referred to by many) rules in Telangana,” he said at an election rally here. Over the last four-and-a-half years, KCR had supported the…

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Supporting the farmers’ march in New Delhi, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda Friday said, along with “ease of doing business”, India should also better itself in “ease of doing agriculture”.Referring to the Karnataka government’s farm loan waiver initiative, the JD(S) supremo urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi issue proper direction to banks who are issuing notices to farmers and creating uncertainties.”Modi Government and BJP are boasting about betterment of India’s position in the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ index. But, with ‘Ease of Doing Business’, India should also better itself…

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday claimed saffronisation of all important offices in the country, “from the Raj Bhavan to the Prime Minister’s office”.The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo raised the slogan “BJP Bharat chhodo,” (BJP, leave India), claiming that the country would be “better off without the saffron party”.”From the Raj Bhavan to the PM’s office, the saffron party has put up its signboard at all important offices,” she said at a public rally here.Stating that the TMC will play an “important” role in the next Lok Sabha elections,…

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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday Indians would have needed Pakistani visa to visit Hyderabad had Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had not liberated it from the Nizam’s rule. Recalling the role of Patel in the merger of the erstwhile Hyderabad princely state with the Indian union, Modi said it was only due to the country’s first home minister that we are able to say “Bharat Mata ki Jai” in the capital city of the present-day Telangana.Speaking at an election rally here, Modi said had Patel, the “son of a farmer”, been…

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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday said instead of violence and bloodshed, the Kashmir problem can be resolved through “Kartarpur like initiatives”.”Bold, honest and humanitarian initiatives are needed to resolve Jammu and Kashmir problem. It is worthwhile to witness that Kartarpur corridor was opened on a day when so many human lives were taken by terrorism in Mumbai in 2009 (2008),” the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief said.Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday laid the foundation stone for the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, which will…

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