Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Chandigarh, May 22 (DIN NEWS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today directed the departments concerned to strictly adhere to the timeline of 96 hours for the disposal of complaints received on the ‘Harpath App’, a portal on which people could give information to the government about the condition of roads. The state government is committed to make Haryana a pothole-free state, he said while presiding over a meeting to review the functioning of the ‘Harpath App’ here. Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister Rao Narbir Singh and Urban Local Bodies…

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New Delhi, May 21 (DIN NEWS) UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and others today paid homage to former prime minster Rajiv Gandhi on his 27th death anniversary. Priyanka Gandhi along with her husband Robert Vadra also paid tributes to the former PM at his memorial-Veer Bhumi here. They were joined by Congress leaders Sheila Dixit, Ashok Gehlot, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Mallikarjun Kharge, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former President Pranab Mukherjee. Rahul took to Twitter thanking his father (Rajiv Gandhi) for teaching him how to love and…

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Kozhikode, May 21 (DIN NEWS) The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district, Health minister K K Shylaja today said. The three deaths, which occurred over the past fortnight, were from the same family, including two siblings in their early twenties. The man who is undergoing treatment for ‘Nipah’ is the father of the two brothers who died. Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both…

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Leh, May 19 (DIN NEWS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today kickstarted work for Zojila tunnel, Asia’s longest and strategic bi-directional tunnel, to provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh. The prime minister who is on a day’s visit to all the three regions — Leh, Kashmir and Jammu– of Jammu and Kashmir also attended the closing ceremony of the 100th birth anniversary celebrations of the 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche (Buddhist spiritual guru) here. The tunnel will cut down the time taken to cross the Zojila pass from three and a…

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Mumbai, May 18 (DIN NEWS) Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala’s decision to invite BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa to form the government shows that he is acting under the Modi-led central government’s pressure, Congress leader Ashok Chavan said here today. “Politics is taking place from the (Karnataka) Raj Bhavan,” he said while addressing a ‘save democracy day’ protest near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) here. “Vala’s decision to invite Yeddyurappa to form the government shows that he is acting under the Modi-led central government’s pressure,” the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president…

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New Delhi, May 18 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today ordered a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 PM tomorrow, reducing the 15-day window given by the Governor to BJP Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa to prove majority. “Let the House decide and the best course would be floor test,” a three-judge bench headed by Justice A K Sikri said. The top court said the Pro tem speaker will take decisions in accordance with the law on the issue of floor test. The apex court also directed the Karnataka…

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Raipur, May 17 (DIN NEWS) Against the backdrop of the political developments in Karnataka, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at the BJP-led government at the Centre, saying Constitution was under “severe attack” in the country where an atmosphere of fear prevailed. Addressing a ‘Jan Swaraj Sammelan’ here on the occasion of the silver jubilee of 73rd and 74th amendment in the Constitution related to local self-governance, Gandhi accused the BJP and the RSS of capturing every democratic institution in country. Referring the press conference called by Supreme Court judges…

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New Delhi, May 17 (DIN NEWS) Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said the fate of Karnataka’s new Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is sealed in his letter given to Governor Vajubhai Vala as it makes no mention of a number bigger than the 104 MLAs of the BJP. His comment came after the Supreme Court said government formation in the state would be subject to the final outcome of the case before it. “Mr Yedyurappa’s letter to the Governor will seal his fate. There is no mention of a number…

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New Delhi, May 16 (DIN NEWS) Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and IT S S Ahluwalia today said it is important that workplaces enable digital and paperless systems to help provide a carbon-free society to coming generations. The minister, who took charge of his new office today, said he will work towards expansion of the government’s Digital India initiatives. Ahluwalia was earlier serving as MoS for Drinking Water and Sanitation and has been assigned the new role as part of the recent Cabinet reshuffle. “I feel that digital, paperless offices…

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