Category: NATIONAL NEWS

New Delhi, Jul 15 (DIN NEWS) Militaries of India and Pakistan will be part of a mega anti-terror drill in Russia next month which is being organised by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) with an aim to expand cooperation among the member countries to deal with terrorism and extremism. Around 200 Army and Air Force personnel from India will be participating in the exercise scheduled from August 20-29 at Chelyabinsk city in west-central Russia, official sources said. The exercise will be joined by all SCO member countries including Russia, China,…

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Gandhinagar, Jul 14 (DIN NEWS) In a sharp attack on the Congress and the Gandhi-Nehru family, BJP president Amit Shah said today that a party which “failed” in establishing internal democracy can never preserve India’s democracy. Before the BJP came to power under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, India was lagging behind other countries in most key areas such as economic growth, agriculture and on social sector indicators, he said. However in the past four years, things have improved considerably, Shah said, addressing the audience at…

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Lucknow, Jul 14 (DIN NEWS) Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was to lay the foundation stone for the Purvanchal Expressway, former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav today sought to take the wind out of his sails by claiming it was his own government’s project which was being relaunched. “This was originally Samajwadi Purvanchal Expressway, but the word Samajwadi has been dropped,” the Samajwadi Party chief told a press conference at the party headquarters here. Almost at the same time, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma called a press meet…

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Hyderabad, Jul 13 (DIN NEWS) BJP president Amit Shah arrived here today on a day-long visit to hold consultations with party leaders on the strategy for the 2019 Lok Sabha and the Telengana Assembly elections. During his visit, Shah is also likely to meet some RSS leaders, sources said. The BJP chief was accorded a warm reception by the party’s state unit after he landed at the Begumpet airport. He was scheduled to make a speech but did not do so. Shah will give a road map to the state…

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New Delhi, Jul 13 (DIN NEWS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi today cited a media report to hit out at Narendra Modi’s visit to China in April, saying never in India’s history has a prime minister “capitulated to pressure from a foreign power as this one has”. Gandhi, who took to Twitter to attack the prime minister, tagged a media report which claimed that the Army has decided to shelve all new “raisings” for a China-specific Mountain Strike Corps due to financial constraints. “Our PM’s ‘no agenda’ China visit, clearly had…

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New Delhi, Jul 12 (DIN NEWS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has issued a stern warning to school authorities who allegedly confined 16 kindergarten children in basement over non-payment of fee and said a probe would be ordered into the matter. He visited the school along with his deputy Manish Sisodia and Environment Minister Imran Hussain, also the MLA from Ballimaran constituency under which the school comes, today. Kejriwal said they interacted with the principal of Rabia Public School, Naheed Usmani, and warned her that this kind of treatment towards…

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New Delhi, Jul 12 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said once the criminality of consensual gay sex goes away, then related issues like social stigma and discrimination against the LGBTQ community will also go. Observing that an environment has been created in the Indian society over the years that has led to deep-rooted discrimination against the community, a five-judge constitution bench, hearing petitions seeking decriminalisation of 158-year-old colonial law under Section 377 of the IPC, said discrimination against such people has also adversely impacted their mental health The…

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New Delhi, Jul 11 (DIN NEWS) Over 25 girl students fell ill after consuming mid-day meal at a government school in Delhi’s Narela area and were rushed to a hospital, the police said. “About 26 students were taken ill due to food poisoning after consuming mid-day meal. They were taken to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital,” a senior police official said. According to hospital authorities, the students of Senior Secondary School in Narela’s Bankner complained of abdominal pain. Some of the students have been discharged. The rest are likely to…

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Lucknow, Jul 11 (DIN NEWS) The CBI today charge sheeted Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for the alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao at his residence on June 4 last year, officials said here. In the charge sheet filed in special CBI court here, Sengar and his associate Sashi Singh have been charged with criminal conspiracy and other offences under IPC and section 3 and 4 of the The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) which relates to rape of minors. The development…

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Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra, on an official visit to Leh, today met the Dalai Lama who during the interaction stressed the importance of debate and discussion to reconcile opposing viewpoints. “Before commencing his official engagements after arrival at Leh this morning, the Governor called on the Dalai Lama at his residence in Jive-tsal Choglamsar,” an official spokesman said. He said the Governor was accompanied by his advisors, Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary Planning. “During his interaction with the Governor, and speaking about the growing tensions across the…

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