Category: NATIONAL NEWS

New Delhi, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) IAS officers of the Delhi government on Monday welcomed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s assurance that he would ensure their safety, saying they are open to formal discussions with the chief minister on the matter The officers said that they look forward to “concrete interventions” for their security and dignity, a move that may break the four-month-long impasse between the AAP dispensation and the bureaucrats following an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by some ruling party MLAs at the chief minister’s residence in…

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New Delhi, June 17 (DIN NEWS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi today hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he had failed to keep his promise of establishing a multi-speciality hospital in Rourkela in Odisha, and said the Congress would implement the project. He said Odisha-resident Muktikant Biswal walked 1,350 km to Delhi to remind Prime Minister Modi of his poll promise. The PM promised Rourkela a multi speciality hospital three years ago. Now, Muktikant Biswal has walked 1,300 Km to Delhi because the PM hasn’t kept his promise…

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New Delhi, Jun 17 (DIN NEWS) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today assured the IAS officers that he would ensure their safety saying they were part of his family, and sought to break the four-month-long impasse between the AAP dispensation and the officers over an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. The statement came hours after the IAS officers’ association expressed concern over the safety of officers, asking the AAP government not to “use bureaucrats for political gains”. Sharing his statement on Twitter, Kejriwal said, “I am told that IAS…

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Hyderabad, Jun 16 (DIN NEWS) The operational preparedness of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to take on any contingency was displayed in the recent ‘Gaganshakti’ exercise, Chief of Air Staff B S Dhanoa said today. “The operational preparedness of the IAF to take on any kind of contingency was amply displayed in the recently- concluded exercise Gaganshakti. The gamut and expanse of this exercise was pan-India which saw engagement of almost all the assets of the Air Force,” he said. The gigantic exercise involved operations on northern, western and eastern…

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Guwahati/Agartala, Jun 16 (DIN NEWS) The flood situation in Assam worsened today as four more people lost their lives, taking the death toll in the region to 17, officials said. Although the situation improved marginally in Tripura and Mizoram in the past 24 hours, one more person died in Manipur from flood-related incidents. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), four persons lost their lives in flood and landslide related incidents during the last 24 hours. While one person each died at Sadar and Lakhipur revenue circles in…

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Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 15 (DIN NEWS) The daughter of a senior IPS officer of Kerala cadre has been booked under non-bailable charges for allegedly manhandling his official driver following a quarrel. Based on her counter complaint, a case was also registered against Assistant Director General of Police (ADGP) Sudesh Kumar’s driver, Gavaskar who is now undergoing treatment at the district hospital for the injury he suffered in the alleged attack yesterday, police said. The incident kicked up a row as more police personnel, deployed as camp followers for the personal service of…

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Mumbai, Jun 15 (DIN NEWS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has sought assistance from the World Bank for a Multimodal Transport Corridor as well as a Rural Livelihood Project which aims to provide sustainable livelihood enhancements in 10,000 villages in the state. Fadnavis, who is on a three-nation tour, met World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva in Washington DC, United States of America, yesterday. During the meeting with the World Bank CEO, Fadnavis sought assistance for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Multimodal Transport Corridor and the Rural Livelihood Project, a statement from the…

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New Delhi, June 14 (DIN NEWS) India today rejected a UN report alleging human rights violations in Kashmir as “fallacious, tendentious and motivated”. In a strong reaction, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the report is “overtly prejudiced” and seeks to build a “false narrative”. It violated the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, it said. In the report released today, the UN talked about alleged human rights violations in both “Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered Kashmir” and sought an international inquiry into these abuses. “India rejects the report. It is fallacious, tendentious…

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New Delhi, Jun 14 (DIN NEWS) The state of the economy was the focus of the verbal slugfest between Arun Jaitley and the Congress today with the Union minister saying that abuse is not the answer in political discourse and the opposition party accusing the government of “economic mismanagement”.The barbs flew thick and fast as Jaitley, who attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi yesterday saying that wisdom has to be acquired through learning and cannot be inherited, telling Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala that he should respond on facts. Surjewala accused the…

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Lucknow, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the BJP over reports of damage to the bungalow vacated by him in the state capital, terming it as a “conspiracy” by the saffron party. “The BJP it is rattled after repeated defeats in a series of by-elections,” the SP leader said at a hurriedly convened press conference here. “It is the BJP’s conspiracy,” he charged. His outburst came a day after UP Governor Ram Naik asked the state government to take action over the reported…

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