Category: NATIONAL NEWS

With the Ram Mandir movement gathering momentum, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said no Hindu text condones the use of violence to get one’s way and scriptures say people should build Ram in their hearts.“In fact, if anything, there is a scripture that says build Ram in your heart. And if Ram is built in our heart it should little matter where else he is or he is not, because he is everywhere,” Tharoor said in an exclusive interview to DIN. The Congress MP was responding to a question about…

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  Aam Admi Party convenor Arvind Kejriwal Thursday played down the dissidence led by the party MLA Sukhpal Khaira in its Punjab unit, terming it as the “party’s internal matter”.The AAP’s MLA from Bholath, Khaira is leading a group of eight dissident legislators who revolted against the party after he was removed from the post of the leader of opposition in Punjab assembly in July.As I have said it is the party’s internal matter. Whatever action needs to be taken will be taken at the appropriate time by the party, said…

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is exhibiting “fancy dress Hinduism” to fool people and demanded action against his party colleague Shashi Tharoor for his “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The saffron party’s attack on Gandhi came in the backdrop of his frequent visits to temples — the latest being a trip to Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar temple Monday, ahead of his tour of the politically significant Malwa-Nimar region in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The ruling party asked Gandhi to expel Tharoor from the Congress for his…

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday welcomed the “intervention” by the Supreme Court in the turmoil at the CBI and hoped the institutional integrity of the investigating agency will be upheld.His reaction came after the Supreme Court asked the Central Vigilance Commission to complete within two weeks its inquiry into allegations against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma and barred interim director M Nageswara Rao from taking any major policy decision. “Welcome intervention by the hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the CBI matter.”In the interests of the nation, hope that…

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Alok Verma, the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation, was sent on indefinite leave to pre-empt an investigation into the Prime Minister’s role in the Rafale deal, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said today. The timing of the move – late on Tuesday evening – was a “panic reaction” on part of the government, but “PM Modi will be caught, the nation won’t let the PM escape,” the Congress chief added in his strongest attack so far over the 36-aircraft deal with France. The Congress has said the government’s action…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said more people under his government are paying taxes because they have faith that their money is being used properly, but pitched for a ‘tax-plus one’ system where citizens do a little more towards society besides honestly paying taxes.Speaking at a townhall with IT professionals, he said the future lies in technology which should be used to develop solutions for issues facing the world’s fastest growing economy. With the recent spike in international oil prices creating a mini-panic on retail fuel prices in the country,…

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H D Kumaraswamy Tuesday asserted that the opportunity to occupy the post of Karnataka Chief Minister was “godsend” for him and he was not bothered how long he would occupy the chair.Kumaraswamy, who is heading the Congress-JD(S) coalition government and facing frequent pinpricks from some sections of the coalition partner, said both parties had come together to save the state and not for any vested interests.He also said the Narendra Modi “trend” witnessed in 2014 general election no more existed, as reflected in the results of several bypolls across the…

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Dengue cases crossed the 1,000-mark in Delhi this season, with nearly 540 people being diagnosed with the vector-borne disease in October only, according to a municipal report released Monday.    Also, 411 cases of malaria and 109 of chikungunya have been reported this season till October 20, the report said.  The report says at least 539 of the dengue cases came to light in the first three weeks of October, which accounts for over 52 per cent of the total cases reported this season.  Of the 1,020 dengue cases this year,…

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India never eyes anyone else’s territory but will hit back with “double the force” if its sovereignty is ever challenged, Prime Minister Modi said Sunday at an event to mark the 75th anniversary of proclamation of the Azad Hind government by Subhas Chandra Bose. He also said his government is working towards providing the armed fores with better technology and latest weapons even as efforts are underway to make the lives of soldiers easier by extending them with better facilities. Modi said his government took decisions such as carrying out…

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The opposition Congress and BJP Friday hit out at the Left government in Kerala for allegedly extending support to bring women activists to Sabarimala temple, hurting the sentiments of devotees.They also alleged the police gave one of the women, who climbed to the hill shrine amid heavy security, their official uniform and helmet.The two women, identified as a journalist from Hyderabad and a Kochi-based activist, trekked Sabarimala and reached a few metres away from the holy 18 steps with police escort but had to return due to massive protest by…

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