Category: NATIONAL NEWS

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Union minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government decided to half the NCERT syllabus as students did not find time for other activities as they were overburdened. The decision to half the syllabus was announced by the Union HRD Minister last week. “There is a huge load of books and information, and students have no time. There is no time for physical education, value education and life skills. “So, we decided to half the portion (syllabus). There is no need to teach them everything.…

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Patna, Jun 5 (dIn news) In a veiled attack on RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav , Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said young leaders owing their position in politics to their families were interested in acquiring a post quickly to “make money”. Without naming any party or leader, Kumar also criticised excessive use of the social media by political figures. “They had no idea of what they actually stand for but believe in talking big”, he said in a obvious reference to Opposition leader in the state assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, who…

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New Delhi, Jun 5 (DIN NEWS) Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today rejected a parliamentary panel’s findings that the three services were reeling under severe shortage of funds, saying adequate financial resources have been allocated to them in the last four years. Sitharaman, at a press conference, also asserted that there was no shortage of ammunition for the armed forces which had been the case during the previous government. “The defence expenditure has been highest in 2017-18 if you look at it since 2004-05. In the same manner, it was second highest…

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Jammu, Jun 4 (DIN NEWS) A 65-year-old deaf and mute under-trial prisoner, believed to be a Pakistani national, died during treatment at a hospital here, officials said today. He was arrested along the International Border in Akhnoor sector in 2015 and was lodged at the district jail in Amphalla here, they said. The prisoner fell sick on the night of May 29 and was admitted in Government Medical College hospital, where he died yesterday due to multiple organ failure, the officials said. The postmortem of the deceased was conducted and the…

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New Delhi, Jun 4 (DIN NEWS) President Ram Nath Kovind today asked the governors of states to act as change makers by improving the lives of marginalised people and enhancing higher education standards. In his opening address at the two-day conference of governors and lt governors, which began at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he said a governor is a mentor and guide for the state government and an important link in the federal structure. “The people of the state view the office of the governor and the Raj Bhavan as a fount…

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New Delhi, June 3 ( DIN NEWS) There has been no damage to any gurdwara or other institutions belonging to the Sikh community in Meghalaya where clashes took place between a group of bus drivers and locals, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said today.   Rijiju’s comments come in the wake of the violence in Shillong on Thursday following which day curfew was imposed in 14 localities early on Friday and night curfew in the entire state capital. “Beware of rumour-mongers & troublemakers. There was no damage to any Gurdwara or…

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Jammu, Jun 3 (DIN NEWS) The latest attack on Indian forward points by Pakistani forces, in which two BSF jawans were killed today, has yet again proved that Islamabad said one thing and did another, a senior official said here. Inspector General of Border Security Force (BSF), Jammu frontier, Ram Awtar also ruled out that sniping or an attack by enemy personnel wearing ‘thermal camouflage suits’ led to the two casualties on the International Border (IB) here. Both BSF personnel fell to cross-border firing from Pakistan, he said. Assistant Sub-inspector…

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New Delhi , 2 June (DIN NEWS):  Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the BJP will win majority of seats in West Bengal in the 2019 general elections. He said the BJP had emerged as the main opposition party in the state. “Politics in Bengal was lopsided. The Communist party ruled here for many years before Trinamool came to power. Even a few years back, BJP was the fourth or fifth largest party here. The biggest thing is we have successfully emerged as the main opposition here,” Mr Javadekar said. He…

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Amravati June 2 (DIN NEWS):  Accusing the BJP of trying to destabilise Andhra Pradesh using his political rivals, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah would have to pay dearly if they conspired against the state. “Try hatching grand conspiracies elsewhere. Carry out your experiments in other states. But if you poke the Telugus, we will not leave you,” he warned. Addressing a public meeting in connection with the week-long Nava Nirmana Deeksha programme, Mr Naidu alleged the BJP was trying…

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Kozhikode (Ker), Jun 1 (DIN NEWS) Several staffers, including nurses and four doctors, of a hospital in nearby Balussery have been asked to go on leave from today as a precautionary measure after the death of two people being treated for Nipah virus, officials said. The virus has so far claimed 16 lives in Kerala’s northern districts. Two people, who succumbed to the virus in the past two days, had undergone treatment at the taluk hospital before being shifted to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital. A senior health official said the…

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