Category: NATIONAL NEWS

A day after the dissolution of the Telangana assembly, TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao sounded the poll bugle at a public rally here Friday where he launched a scathing attack on the Congress over its 50 years of “useless and corrupt rule”.The Telangana cabinet headed by Rao had yesterday recommended dissolution of the state assembly and the House stood disbanded the same day after Governor ESL Narasimhan accepted it.Immediately thereafter, Rao had announced party candidates for the state’s 105 assembly constituencies.Telangana has a 120-member assembly, which includes a nominated MLA.”I…

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The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference will boycott the local body and panchayat elections in the state unless the Centre takes effective steps for protection of Article 35-A of the Constitution, which is facing legal challenge in the Supreme Court, party president Farooq Abdullah said Wednesday. “The core group (of NC) unanimously decided that the National Conference will not participate in these elections unless and until the government of India and the state government clarify their positions in this regard and take effective steps for protection of Article 35-A in and…

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The Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) Tuesday lodged an FIR against revenue officials in Kishtwar district for reportedly preparing fraudulent papers for the withdrawal of undue compensation to the tune of over Rs 7.24 lakh. The case has been registered against three officials, only one of whom is presently serving, after a preliminary investigation revealed that they prepared papers to confer undue pecuniary benefits upon five persons while preparing a list of persons whose land had come under road construction in the district nine years ago, an official spokesman…

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All Congress leaders in poll-bound Rajasthan were “on the same page” and working unitedly for the victory of the party, AICC incharge of the state Avinash Pande has said amidst reports of infighting.He also said a call was yet to be taken within the Congress on whether to go in for an alliance with the BSP and other parties in Rajasthan.The AICC general secretary, however, asserted the party organisation was geared up and practically prepared on all the 200 constituencies of the state.Pande told DIN here that the party was…

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Discrimination on the basis of religion, caste or gender is unacceptable to any “nationalist” and this approach should be followed by everyone, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday.Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, called for deciding upon a national policy on the need for the Upper House in state legislatures, and urged political parties to evolve a consensus on the code of conduct for their members both inside and outside legislatures.He made the remarks during the launch of the book ‘Moving on…Moving forward: A year in office’. The…

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Punjab cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu lambasted Sukhbir Singh Badal-led SAD on Saturday, accusing the Akalis of “showing their backs” in the Vidhan Sabha during the debate on Justice (retd) Ranjit Singh Commission report on sacrilege incidents.He also dared Shiromani Akali Dal’s first family of Badals to counter the report if they had done “nothing wrong”.”They should not have shown their backs (in the House),” Sidhu said.”If you are telling the truth and have done nothing wrong, then give your clarification on the sacrilege report. Why are you running away…

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 Delhiites will get doorstep delivery of various government services, including driving licence, marriage certificate and ration cards from September 10, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today.The chief minister made the announcement on Twitter, terming it as “revolution in governance” which would be “big blow to corruption”. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government had proposed doorstep delivery of services earlier this year and had accused Lieutenant Governor (LG) Anil Baijal of stalling it. However, a five-judge Constitution Bench had on July 4 laid down broad parameters for the governance of the…

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New Delhi, Aug 30 (DIN NEWS) The JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka has “taken off” smoothly and will complete the full term without hiccups, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said here today on completion of 100 days in office. The coalition government is “secure” and there are no differences between the ruling allies, he asserted, and strongly criticised the BJP for “creating confusion” among people by constantly questioning the stability of his government. “How can anyone say the government has not taken off when the Centre has appreciated the state…

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New Delhi, Aug 30 (DIN NEWS) Congress president Rahul Gandhi today launched a major offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that demonetisation was a “huge scam” deliberately inflicted by him on common people to snatch their money and give it to his “crony capitalist friends” and said he owes an answer to the country on why he did so. Addressing a press conference a day after the Reserve Bank of India in its final report said almost all the money demonetised currency has returned to the banking system, he…

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RJD president Lalu Prasad today alleged Narendra Modi government is taking the country towards “a totalitarian regime” and false security alarms were being raised to prepare the ground for imposing Emergency. Prasad also likened the situation in Bihar under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to that of ancient Rome when emperor Nero was playing the flute while his kingdom was burning. “A number of persons have been arrested for alleged Maoist links. Reports have also surfaced alleging that there are threats to the life of the prime minister. All this seems…

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