Category: NATIONAL NEWS

The NHRC has taken cognisance of a complaint filed by three children of Army officers alleging violation of human rights of the force’s personnel in recent incidents of stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement today, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the complainants have also sought its “intervention for an appropriate enquiry into the incident of stone-pelting and assault by an unruly and disruptive mob on Army personnel in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on January 27”. In their complaint, the children have said they were…

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Various students’ bodies today took out a protest march urging the prime minister to rollback the metro fare hike and give concessional passes to all Delhi University students. However, the march that began from the Shastri Bhawan was stopped a short distance away by the Rapid Action Force and the Delhi Police. Some students tried to break the barricades. A delegation was later allowed to submit a memorandum to officials at the PMO. Speaking to reporters, Delhi University All India Students Association (AISA) president Kawalpreet Kaur said they were asked…

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The issue of grant of special status to Andhra Pradesh today rocked the Rajya Sabha as the opposition created an uproar over the issue, forcing Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to adjourn the House till afternoon. The issue came up after Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Y S Chowdary rose to suggest that since the provisions of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act have not been implemented, the matter should be addressed by the Finance Minister when he replies to the debate on the general budget. Chowdary blamed…

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to answer the country on questions posed to him on the Rafale deal, farmers and jobs instead of making allegations in Parliament. He seems to have forgotten that he is the prime minister not an opposition leader, Gandhi told reporters after Modi’s reply in the Lok Sabha to the motion of thanks on the president’s address. “Questions are being asked by the country from the prime minister, but he is not answering… here (in Parliament) you have to give…

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In a memorandum addressed to Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik, the Samajwadi Party (SP) today demanded a CBI probe into three alleged fake encounters by the police in the state. The workers of the party staged a demonstration at the collectorate here, protesting against the deteriorating law- and-order situation in the state. “These bogus encounters are proof that in order to hide its failure to control the law-and-order situation, the state government has chosen this mode,” district SP chief Tanveer Ahmed alleged, before submitting the memorandum to Additional District Magistrate…

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A BJP member in the Lok Sabha today accused the Congress of “insulting pakodawallas”, citing the case of an engineering graduate who is making more money by selling the snack. The remarks by Pralhad Joshi came a day after BJP chief Amit Shah said in Rajya Sabha that it was better for a youth to earn a living by selling pakodas instead of remaining unemployed. During a debate on the Motion of Thanks for the President’s address in the Lower House, his party also claimed that the Narendra Modi government…

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The Jammu and Kashmir government today batted strongly for the resumption of a ‘peace and reconciliation process’ between India and Pakistan as the issue of repeated ceasefire violations by the neighbouring country rocked the state Assembly. Opposition National Conference (NC) supported the Mehbooba Mufti government’s stance while calling for a strict implementation of the 2003 ceasefire agreed between the two countries. Ravinder Raina, a legislator of the BJP, which shares power with the PDP in the state, had earlier pressed for a resolution to condemn the continuous Pakistani shelling. The…

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A five-year-old boy, who was brazenly abducted from a school bus here on Republic Day eve, was rescued today after an encounter between police and the kidnappers in Ghaziabad, an official said. Rehan was rescued in the early hours after a Crime Branch team received a tip-off and laid a trap in a residential area on the Loni border, a Crime Branch official said. In the shoot-out one of the kidnappers Ravi was killed and his associate Pankaj suffered injuries to his leg. The third, Nitin, was arrested. No police…

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