Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha today said that those who had stopped his cavalcade in Vaisali district during the ‘Bharat Bandh’ yesterday were a section of the upper class people opposed to reservation. However, most of the people supported social harmony and vowed to go ahead with his party’s programme to press for the demand for adequate representation of all sections of society in the judiciary, he said. Kushwaha, president of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP), said on April 9 that the party would launch a country-wide programme, ‘Halla Bol…

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The BJP today kicked off a series of programmes aimed at reaching out to Dalits and backward sections of society with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that his government is working to realise the visions of Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar and social reformer Jyotiba Phule. The party observed the birth anniversary of Phule, who is venerated — especially by Dalits and backwards — for his relentless struggle for social reforms, as ‘Samta Diwas’ (equality day) today. It will launch the ‘Gram Swaraj’ campaign on Ambedkar’s birth anniversary on April 14.…

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The Delhi Police will take the three arrested accused in the CBSE Class 12 Economics paper leak case to Una in Himachal Pradesh to reconstruct the sequence of events and question some more people there, sources said. The special investigation team of Delhi Police’s Crime Branch yesterday arrested three staff members of the DAV School in Una in connection with the case. “The trio will be taken to Una, possibly tomorrow, to reconstruct the entire scene. The investigation so far has revealed that the paper was leaked from there, although…

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Congress leader Digvijay Singh today concluded his over six-month-long ‘Narmada Yatra’ along the banks of the holy river in Madhya Pradesh’s Narsinghpur district. Singh, 70, his wife Amrita, and former MPs Rameshwar Neekhra and Narayan Singh Amlabe, along with their several supporters, reached the Barman ghat of the river this morning after covering a distance of nearly 3,300 km on foot. At the ghat, Singh and his wife performed various rituals associated with the completion of his “religious and spiritual” exercise. A large number of people, including former Union ministers…

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Jitu Rai underlined his status as one of India’s premier shooters by winning the 10m air pistol gold medal before Mehuli Ghosh settled for the women’s 10m air rifle silver by forcing a shoot-off with a perfect final shot of 10.9 in the Commonwealth Games today. The World Championship silver medallist Rai shattered the Games record in the finals with a score of shot 235.1 to comfortably finish on top with compatriot Om Prakash Mitharval giving him company on the podium with a bronze medal. Defending champion Apurvi Chandela added…

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said said the government would be able to instill faith among the young only by competing with China in creating jobs, and asserted the issue would be the central theme for India in the coming years. China would be India’s competitor in the sector for the next 30 years, Gandhi said. “The only way for the government to instill faith in it among youngsters is to create jobs by competing with China, which will be India’s competitor for the next 30 years,” he said, adding…

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Dubbing the Union government as “anti-Dalit,” the Congress on Sunday said its criticism by BJP’s Dalits MPs has exposed it and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his “silence” and respond to their concerns Quoting from the statements of five BJP Dalit MPs, Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill claimed that they proved Modi was working to make India ‘Dalit-mukt.’ The condition of scheduled castes can be understood when even the ruling party’s MPs were underlining their fear and concerns, he told reporters Taking a dig at Modi’s 2014 poll campaign…

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Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani has been booked for allegedly making provocative remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Chitradurga, about 200 kms from here, police said. Designated ‘flying squad officer’ on election duty of Chitradurga Assembly Constituency, T Jayanth, alleged that Mewani had made the remarks against Modi, while addressing a gathering at an event in Chitradurga last evening. “The role of youth is important today. When Modi Ji arrives at Bengaluru on April 15 to address a public gathering you mingle with the…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held discussions with his Nepalese counterpart K P Oli to deepen bilateral ties between the two neighbours The two leaders are believed to have discussed an entire gamut of issues concerning their bilateral ties “Strengthening the special and people-centric partnership based on historical and cultural context “PM @narendramodi warmly welcomes Prime Minister of Nepal K P Sharma Oli at Hyderabad House for delegation-level talks continuing the long-standing tradition of high-level visits,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted Modi had yesterday met the…

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