Category: NATIONAL NEWS

The Congress today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak out on the CBSE paper leak issue and provide a solution to students who had been affected by it. Congress leader Pawan Khera said clarity was still missing in the paper leak case and this had led to chaos. Questioning the silence of senior BJP leaders over the issue, he said Modi should answer the questions that were being raised. “It is unfortunate that the youth of this country are turning (into) cynics. It’s a serious matter. Arun Jaitley is…

Terror groups in the Valley suffered a major setback as 11 terrorists were gunned down in counter-insurgency operations in three different areas in South Kashmir in which three Army jawans and two civilians were also killed. At a hurriedly called joint press conference of army, police and CRPF, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief S P Vaid said this is one of the biggest counter-offensives in recent times against terror groups operating in the Kashmir Valley. The operations by security forces rendered a severe dent to militant groups such as the…

पश्चिम बंगाल के राज्यपाल के एन त्रिपाठी ने आज यहां एक घंटे तक वरिष्ठ पुलिस अधिकारियों और प्रशासनिक अधिकारियों के साथ बैठक करके हिंसा प्रभावित रानीगंज और आसनसोल क्षेत्र की स्थिति की जानकारी ली। बर्धमान वेस्ट जिला के रानीगंज क्षेत्र में सोमवार को राम नवमी जुलूस के दौरान दो समूहों के बीच हुई झड़प में एक व्यक्ति की मौत हो गई और दो पुलिस अधिकारी गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए। आसनसोल में भी हिंसा भड़क उठी जिसके बाद प्रशासन ने इ्ंटरनेट सेवा निलंबित कर दी और जिले के तनाव…

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje today said her government was serious on improving canal systems in the state and that she had spoken to her Haryana counterpart about works related to the Indira Gandhi canal. Speaking at a function in Srigangangar district, Raje said she spoke to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today to get hurdles in relining the Indira Gandhi canal removed. “Work would commence soon,” she said, adding that farmers in the state would get more water after the work on the Indira Gandhi canal is complete.…

Students here took to the streets on Thursday to protest the CBSE’s decision to hold re-examination of Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics papers, even as the Congress demanded that Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar and the board chairperson be sacked Amid massive protests over the paper leaks issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, going into rhyme, saying “in everything there is leak, the ‘chowkidar’ is weak” Javadekar, however, put up a brave and said the culprits will not go scot-free. He termed the issue…

Most major markets in the city were closed today as traders downed shutters to voice their protest against the sealing drive. A large number of traders, their family members and employees gathered at the Ramlila grounds to participate in a mega rally to mark their protest at the attack on their livelihoods, trade association leaders said. “Thousands of traders are participating in the strike and shops are closed in all the markets of the city,” said Praveen Khandelwal, general secretary of Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT). Today’s strike has…

Union minister Ananth Kumar today accused opposition MPs, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, of ridiculing Parliament and said people would give them a “befitting reply” for mocking the process of a no-confidence motion. The tactics would boomerang on the opposition, the Union parliamentary affairs minister said, a day after opposition parties protested in the Lok Sabha by holding placards to suggest they had numbers to move a no-confidence motion against the government. The second leg of the budget session, which started on March 5, seemed to be heading for a…