Category: NATIONAL NEWS

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Rajasthan police today arrested three government officials for accepting bribes in separate cases, a top official said. “An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted in Banswara, a food inspector in Rajsamand, and a junior clerk posted in Jhunjhunu district were arrested by the teams,” ACB’s director general Alok Tripathi said. In Banswara, ASI Mohan Kumar Ninama posted at Sadar police station was arrested by ACB Dungarpur team while taking bribe of Rs 10,000 for settling a police case. In another case, an ACB team in Rajsamand arrested…

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Making a U-turn on Mahadayi river water sharing issue, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that ongoing dispute with Karnataka will be fought before the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal. Parrikar, who has been facing flak over his letter on the dispute to Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa last December, today blamed the media for “making an issue out of a non-issue”. In his missive sent to Yeddyurappa, Parrikar had said Goa could share the river water with Karnataka for drinking purposes and expressed his willingness for bilateral talks.…

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Union Minister Ananth Kumar today invited Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) to partner in the development of their motherland and said the Center’s programmes and schemes provide a great opportunity for them to forge this partnership. Addressing a session at the 1st PIO-Parliamentarian conference here, Kumar called the gathering a mini world parliament of PIOs and said, “All of you here are members of our extended family and bound by ties of history, emotional attachment, cultural affinities and kinship.” He further said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra…

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Three fire incidents were reported since Monday midnight, said a senior fire brigade official, adding to a string of such cases since December 29 when an inferno killed 14 people in a pub here. However, no casualty was reported in the latest incidents, said the official. A fire broke out just past midnight in a shop in a chawl in Dockyard Road, Byculla, he said. “Six fire engines and water tankers were rushed to the spot and they doused the flames in less than two hours (by 2 am),” he…

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New Delhi, Jan 8 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi Police today said that Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani’s request for holding a rally here tomorrow on Parliament Street has not been granted yet. The police had earlier said that Mevani’s request was “under consideration”. “No permission granted so far by Delhi Police to hold proposed protest at Parliament Street in view of NGT orders. Organisers have been constantly advised to go to alternate site, which they are reluctant to accept,” the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi, tweeted tonight. However, the…

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Icy winds walloped most areas in West Bengal intensifying the prevailing cold conditions even as the MeT office today forecast similar conditions for the next few days. While the western districts of the state experienced cold wave conditions, there was abnormal drop in day temperatures in some sub-Himalayan districts. Sriniketan in Birbhum district was the coldest in the plains with minimum temperature of 5.8 degrees Celsius at 5.30 am this morning, the MeT department said. In North Bengal, Jalpaiguri recorded the day’s maximum temperature at 13.5 degrees Celsius, 10 notches…

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Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today said a delegation of experts will soon visit the Konkan region to explore opportunities for “make in Konkan”. Speaking at the inauguration of 6th Global Kokan Festival here, Prabhu said that the “Make in India” initiative of the Centre will be successful only if it happens at the state and district levels. “As Railway Minister I had undertaken a program of developing a joint tourism circuit including Konkan and Goa regions. Now as Minister for Commerce and Industry I want to take…

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The Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of ignoring economic wisdom and dealing a “catastrophic” blow to India’s growth story.Party communication in-charge Randeep Surjewala claimed that the double whammy of “Modi Made Disaster of Demonetisation” and the implementation of a flawed GST were responsible for the economy’s downturn. “An arrogant Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a failed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, hell bent upon ignoring economic wisdom, have dealt a catastrophic blow to India’s growth story as proved by the latest GDP estimates slumping…

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today inaugurated and laid foundation stones for nearly 200 projects worth more than Rs 300 crore in this district as part of his state-wide “Vikas Samiksha Yatra”. The Chief Minister visited Raghopur village, which falls under a block of the same name, in the north Bihar district where he launched 198 projects worth Rs 304 crore before addressing a public meeting. Among the projects inaugurated by Kumar was a solar-powered mini water supply system involving a modest cost of Rs 36.91 lakh. The Chief Minister…

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The fate of the contentious triple talaq bill continued to hang in a balance on the penultimate day of the winter session of Parliament today, with the Rajya Sabha witnessing a rancorous debate between the government and the opposition over whether to refer it to a Select Committee. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley contended the resolutions moved by the opposition to send the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill to a Select Committee were not according to the rules. The Congress suggested that the face-off could be resolved if…

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