Category: NATIONAL NEWS

The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Binay Tamang today alleged that Bimal Gurung had misled common people in the name of Gorkhaland movement. Tamag made the allegation while addressing a public meeting in Sukna in Darjeeling district. Tamang alleged that funds intended for public benefits were misused by Gurung and his associates. He said his main objective is development of the Darjeeling hills. The emphasis will be on water, health and road development, he said. Sikkim being a separate state should not interfere in the politics of the Darjeeling hills,…

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Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari today welcomed the presidential nod to the Election Commission’s recommendation to disqualify 20 AAP MLAs, saying that the decision has “protected” India’s democratic values. Tiwari demanded for repaying of the benefits enjoyed by the disqualified MLAs as parliamentary secretaries. “People of Delhi feel that the Aam Aadmi Party MLAs must now return all financial benefits they were given from the day they were appointed as parliamentary secretaries,” said Tiwari. President Ram Nath Kovind today accepted the Election Commission’s recommendation to disqualify 20 MLAs of Delhi’s…

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“My government has only one agenda for Budget – and that is development. And that’s what you will see,” PM Modi said in an exclusive interview to Sudhir Chaudhary, Editor-in-Chief, Zee News & WION.   Modi government is going to present its last full Budget ahead of the general elections 2019. The financial statement for the year ahead is being keenly watched by critics because of tough decisions taken by the Modi government like launching the unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation.   When asked about the bold…

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Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has kicked up a debate on the issue of governance in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, saying a division of the state would become inevitable due to its size and large population. Delivering the second V Ramachandran Memorial Lecture, organised by the Centre for Management Development here yesterday on “Reflections on India’s demographic future”, Ramesh said, “I for one believe that the reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh will become inevitable, sooner rather than later.” This was because a state with a population of over 400 million by the…

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In a blow to Delhi’s ruling Aam Admi Party, the Election Commission on Friday recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 of its MLAs for holding office of profit, setting the stage for their ouster from the Assembly In its opinion sent to President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday morning, the Election Commission said the MLAs, by occupying the post of parliamentary secretaries between March 13, 2015 and September 8, 2016, held office of profit, and were liable to be disqualified as legislators, highly-placed sources said The President is…

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The Goa government today invoked the Goa Essential Services Maintenance Act against taxi operators who have decided on go on strike tomorrow. “The Government of Goa in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sub section (1) of Section 3 of the Goa Essential Services Maintenance Act, 1988 (Goa Act 20 of 1989) and being satisfied that in the public interest it is necessary, has prohibited strike in any form in all transport services for the carriage of passengers or goods by land or water in the state of…

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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has met representatives of construction and consultancy majors and discussed with them ways to expedite the implementation of projects including high-speed and dedicated freight corridors. Goyal met representatives from KEC International, Siemens, Larsen and Toubro, Systra MVA Consulting India Pvt Ltd, Tata Projects Ltd and Afcons Infrastructure in Delhi. The meeting yesterday was also attended by senior officials of the Railway Board, a ministry statement said. Chairing the meet, Goyal discussed with them the issues related to construction timelines for India’s first high- altitude rail projects,…

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In an olive green pilot’s G-suit and a helmet on her head, Nirmala Sitharaman today soared high on a Sukhoi-30 MKI jet, the first Indian woman defence minister to go on a sortie on the all-weather, long-range fighter. The supersonic jet took off from the Air Force station at Jodhpur, where one of the Sukhoi squadrons is based, at 1 pm, rose to a height of 8000 metres and broke the sound barrier. After a 45-minute flight on the India Air Force (IAF) s frontline jet over the Western sector…

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A Border Security Force jawan was today killed as Pakistani troops opened fire and shelled Indian positions along the International Border in R S Pura sector of Jammu. “BSF troops are giving a befitting reply,” Additional Deputy Commissioner of Jammu, Arun Manhas, said. A BSF personnel died in the heavy shelling. He has been identified as head constable Suresh. He was a native of Tamil Nadu. The firing and shelling on the Border Out Posts and civilian areas in RS Pura sector started at 2100 hours yesterday, a BSF official…

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The Jammu and Kashmir government will construct 14,460 bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore, within three kms along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in the Jammu region, as the Centre had given its nod in this regard, it said today. In a written reply to a question from MLA Kamal Verma in the state Assembly, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said the Union home ministry had conveyed its sanction for the construction of the bunkers in the border districts of Jammu region. She said the…

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