Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Mumbai, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) One thousand auto-rickshaws will welcome Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his day-long visit to the city on Tuesday, party leader Sanjay Nirupam said today. “Almost a thousand auto-rickshaw drivers have decided to welcome Rahul ji to the city in their vehicles. This is the love the common man feels for our party president,” Nirupam said in a statement here. “Rahul ji ensures that the common man’s opinions, grievances and inputs not only reach him but also are responded to. And this is the way the…

Ambikapur, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) BJP chief Amit Shah today attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his party’s “dismal” track record in 55 years of its rule, even as he set a target of winning 65 seats in the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls. Sounding the bugle for the year-end elections in Chhattisgarh, Shah questioned Gandhi for seeking an account of the work done by the BJP-led government at the Centre in the last four years. The Raman Singh government would retain power in Chhattisgarh and the BJP would win 65…

New Delhi, June 9 (DIN NEWS) Twenty-six people were killed in dust storms and lightning that struck parts of Uttar Pradesh yesterday, while two persons died today in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra. A downpour battered Mumbai, causing disruptions in rail and air traffic, and a dust storm hit the national capital and its surrounding areas that had been reeling under the scorching heat for a few days. There were reports of rains in Punjab, Haryana and some parts of Uttar Pradesh, which had been sweating it out in sweltering conditions.…

Hyderabad, Jun 9 (DIN NEWS) People of the country share the common value system and culturally they are one, though they speak in different languages, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said here today. “That cultural oneness is what that has kept us together,” she said. She referred to descriptions and episodes in ‘Bhagavata’ and worship of Lord Krishna which were commonly shared by people in the North East, in the South and in other parts of the country. Sitharaman was Chief Guest at a talk on ‘Re-emergence of India that is…

Mumbai, Jun 8 (DIN NEWS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has received two threat letters allegedly from Maoist organisations which were handed over to the police, sources in the state Home Department said today. The letters were received by the chief minister’s office a week ago, they said. “The letters came after the recent anti-Naxal operations in Gadchiroli, in which 39 Maoists were killed. The letters have been handed over to the police for further investigations,” the sources said. According to the ministry sources, both letters mentioned the Gadchiroli encounters,…

Qingdao (China), Jun 8 (DIN NEWS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive here tomorrow on a two-day visit to attend the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit where India is likely to pitch for concerted regional and global action against terror networks and favour effective connectivity links to boost trade India became a full member of the the China-dominated grouping last year and New Delhi’s entry into it is expected to increase the eight-member group’s heft in regional geo-politics and trade negotiations besides giving it a pan-Asian hue Hours after…

Lucknow, Jun 7 (DIN NEWS) Taking note of alleged irregularities in wheat purchase and distribution of food grains, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today suspended the district magistrates of Fatehpur and Gonda. “DM Fatehpur Prashant Kumar and DM Gonda JB Singh have been suspended by the chief minister after he took serious note of irregularities,” an official spokesman said here. “In Fatehpur, irregularities were found in wheat purchase. Fixing responsibility at senior level, the chief minister has ordered suspension of the DM. On May 31, during an inspection by…

Nagpur, Jun 7 (DIN NEWS) Former President and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee today warned that any attempt to define India through “religion, dogma or intolerance” will only dilute the country’s existence, as he attended an RSS event amid criticism by several of his party leaders including his own daughter. Mukherjee said intolerance will only dilute India’ national identity and Indian nationalism emanated from universalism, assimilation and co-existence. “In India, we derive our strength from tolerance, and respect our pluralism. We celebrate our diversity,” he said. “I am here to share…

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) President Ram Nath Kovind will not host an Iftar party this year at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. “After the President took over office, he decided there would be no religious celebrations or observances in a public building such as Rashtrapati Bhavan on taxpayer expense. This is in keeping with the principles of a secular state and applies to all religious occasions, irrespective of religion,” said Ashok Malik, Press Secretary to the president. He said the president of course wishes all fellow citizens on every major…