Category: NATIONAL NEWS

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya today expressed confidence that the BJP would sweep the March 11 bypolls to the Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats. The bypolls were necessitated after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Maurya vacated the Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats respectively, following their election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. “The lotus (BJP’s poll symbol) will bloom in both the seats. I have no doubt about this. The very fact that people are talking mostly about the BJP’s winning margin is itself an indicator that…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lashed out at the Congress saying that one family had ruled the country for over four decades and asked the people to compare the dynasty-led governments with the “development-oriented” NDA. “One family either directly or indirectly ruled the country for 48 years,” he told a public meeting organised by the BJP here, referring to the governments of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. On the other hand, he said, there was the NDA government which will complete 48 months this May. Intellectuals can debate…

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Chief Minster Vasundhara Raje today called for at least two more terms for the BJP in the state, saying five years were not enough to take the government’s development projects and farmer support schemes to every corner of the state. Raje was speaking at the 11th convention of the Akhil Bhartiya Kirad Kshtriya Mahasabha Adhivashan after inaugurating the Dharnidhar Bhawan at the Dharnidhar Garden, in Rangbadi area here. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was also present on the occasion. “Five years of rule is not sufficient to take…

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Odiha government has finally applied for the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for ‘Odishara Rasagola’ (Rasagola of Odisha), officials said today. The state moved the GI Registry for its own version of the popular sweetmeat almost three months after West Bengal was awarded GI tag for ‘Banglar Rasogolla’ (Rasogolla of West Bengal). “GI application for the #OdisharaRasagola filed with the GI Registry, Chennai by OSIC,” Odisha MSME department said in a twitter post. Ratnakar Rout, Managing Director of Odisha Small Industries Corporation (OSIC) filed the application with the GI Registry in…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched development schemes worth Rs 1,000 crore for Daman and Diu, and also inaugurated a flight connecting Ahmedabad to coastal town of Diu. The prime minister, who inaugurated Air Odisha’s flight connecting Ahmedabad with Diu under the Centre’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN, said air connectivity will boost tourism in the region. He also launched a helicopter service connecting Daman and Diu at an event here. “The air connectivity will boost tourism as tourists who want to visit the Somnath temple, Gir forest (in Gujarat) can…

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today inaugurated the two-day Rasotsav , jointly organised by the state tourism department, the Brij Tirth Vikas Parishad and the Brajbhumi Vikas trust. Local MP, actress-turned-politician Hema Malini has been instrumental in organising the event which is being held at the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Veterinary Institute here. Speaking at the event, Adityanath said there would be no dearth of funds for the development of Mathura, adding that however, every effort would be made to retain its cultural and spiritual character. The growth of development…

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Balasore (Odisha), Feb 23 (DIN  NEWS) India today successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable ‘Dhanush’ ballistic missile with a strike range of 350 kms from a naval ship off Odisha coast, defence officials said. The surface-to-surface missile, a naval variant of the indigenously-developed ‘Prithvi’ missile, was test-fired from the ship positioned near Paradip in the Bay of Bengal at around 10.52 am, the officials said. ‘Dhanush’ missile is capable of carrying a payload of 500 kg and hitting both land and sea-based targets, the sources said, adding that its trial was carried out…

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Mumbai, Feb 23 (DIN NEWS) Union minister and BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today said the perpetrators of the PNB bank fraud will be brought to book and asserted the NDA government has never protected scam-tainted people. Gadkari was replying to questions related to the alleged Rs 11,400-crore fraud at Punjab National Bank (PNB) and its fallout. “The perpetrators will be brought to book. Our government has never protected such people and has done every bit possible to put the nation on top,” he said.He was speaking at a programme, ‘Chaupal’, organised…

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New Delhi, Feb 23 (DIN NEWS) A Delhi Police team was on Friday sent to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence in the Civil Lines area for collecting evidence related to an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by AAP MLAs, an official said “A police team has been sent to the chief minister’s residence for collecting all evidence, including CCTV footage, in connection with the alleged assault on the Delhi Chief Secretary,” Additional DCP, North Delhi, Harinder Singh said Reacting to it, Kejriwal said, “A huge posse of policemen was…

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New Delhi, Feb 23 (DIN NEWS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau on Friday held extensive talks on key issues of counter-terrorism and extremism as well as ways to boost trade ties, after which the two sides inked six pacts, including on energy cooperation After their nearly two-hour long meeting, Modi, while addressing a joint media event with the Canadian prime minister, said they discussed the entire gamut of the bilateral partnership Asserting that it is important that the two countries work together to fight terrorism, Modi…

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