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No evidence of terror camps at pinned location shared by India, says Pakistan
Pakistan has said no terror camps were found at the 22 pinned locations shared by India.Pakistan also said the 54 persons arrested are being investigated, however, no details of their involvement in the ghastly Pulwama terror attack have surfaced so far."While 54 detained individuals are being investigated, no details linking them to Pulwama have been found so far. Similarly, the 22 pin locations shared by India have been examined. No such camps exist. Pakistan is willing to allow visits, on request, to these locations," read a statement issued by the Pakistan High Commission on its initial findings on the Indian paper related to Pulwama attack.Pakistan further sought more information and details from India to reach the conclusion of the investigation.Islamabad said after receiving the dossier from New Delhi, it had constituted an investigation team, detained a number of persons for investigations and initiated work on the technical aspects of social media content.The statement ...
Urmila Matondkar 'not sure' of contesting LS Polls
Amid speculations of being fielded from North Mumbai constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, actress Urmila Matondkar, who joined the Congress party on Wednesday, said is not sure if she will contest the impending polls or not."I have joined Congress because I adhere to its ideology. If I get the ticket to fight polls then I will work for the people of Mumbai," Matondkar told media here on Thursday.Responding to a question on the issues she will raise as a politician, the 'Rangeela' star said she will raise the issues of rights given under democracy."Democracy belongs to people and they are its rule makers", she added.Matondkar also accused the BJP of spreading "politics of hate," and urged those being branded as "anti-nationals" to raise questions against those questioning their patriotism.
PM Modi to sound poll bugle in Telangana tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing two public meetings here at Mahbubnagar and Hyderabad on March 29 and April 1 respectively, said BJP's state unit president Dr K Laxman.Speaking to ANI about the Prime Minister's visit, Laxman said: "Ahead of the ensuing Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public meeting at Mahbubnagar tomorrow and Hyderabad LB Stadium on April 1.""People of Telangana are eagerly waiting for Narendra Modi's visit, especially after witnessing the recent air strikes on Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp and development of the country under his leadership. People are happy with corruption free government, demonetization, GST, 10 per cent reservation to Economic Backward Class," he added.Stressing on the party's plan for election campaigning, Laxman said: "BJP president Amit Shah will also address public meetings in Telangana starting from April 4. He will address people of Warangal and Karimnagar and conduct road shows .
Posters slamming Sonia, Priyanka Gandhi surface in Raebareli
Posters slamming UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were spotted outside the party office here on Thursday.Slogans printed on the poster, which features a picture of Sonia and Priyanka, stated that the mother-daughter duo was never seen whenever people of Raebareli were hassled.Referring to Priyanka as the granddaughter of Firoz (Gandhi) and mother of Rehan, the posters said, "She (Priyanka) is seen in temples during the course of election.""Votes were given so that they could serve (us) but Sonia-Priyanka disappointed us," the slogan on the posters said.Sonia Gandhi represents the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in parliament. The seat is considered a Congress stronghold. Priyanka, on the other hand, said she will contest polls only if the party requires her to do so.Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in seven phases, from April 11 to May 19. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.
Rescue yourselves from 'sarab': PM takes jibe at SP-RLD-BSP alliance
Coining a new acronym 'Sarab', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a swipe at the SP-RLD-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh, saying the alliance will do harm to the people of the state."Take 'sa' from Samajwadi Party, 'ra' from Rashtriya Lok Dal and 'b' from Bahujan Samaj Party, it would make Sarab," he said at a public rally in Meerut. "Shouldn't we rescue ourselves from liquor (sharab) for the good health?" he asked.Drawing a parallel between the Opposition and Pakistan, Prime Minister Modi said the Opposition is a "star" in Pakistan media. "Pakistan cheers our opposition. Does India want heroes from our country or from Pakistan," he asked.Prime Minister Modi also slammed Opposition leaders for asking for proof of the surgical strike and the air strike carried out recently on terror camps in Pakistan."Do we need sabut (proof) or saput (good son)," he asked the crowd while claiming that those asking for proof are challenging the "good sons of the nation."Uttar Pradesh will go to
Transferred IPS officer accuses YSRCP's Vijaysai Reddy of levelling false allegations; lodges complaint
An Andhra Pradesh top cop on Thursday filed a complaint against YSR Congress parliamentarian Vijaysai Reddy for levelling false allegations against him before the Election Commission of India.A Venkataratnam, who was transferred by the poll body ahead of the upcoming polls, filed a complaint against the YSRCP leader claiming that Reddy had complained against the senior police official and gave out false information with an intention to damage his reputation.Speaking to ANI, Srikakulam DSP Chakravarty confirmed that Venkataratnam has lodged a complaint against Reddy. However, no FIR has been filed in the matter, he added.Earlier this week, the Election Commission of India (ECI) transferred three IPS officers after YSRCP leaders accused them of working in favour of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP).The EC, in its order, stated that the immediate subordinates of these officers will take charge. The three officers including the complainant were
RJD fields candidates from two seats in Jharkhand
Cracks have developed in the opposition alliance in Jharkhand as the RJD on Thursday fielded candidates from two Lok Sabha seats against the one seat allotted to it by its allies.
Will Chandrababu Naidu meet his nemesis in Jagan? (Dangal 2019)
It was in 2004 that Nara Chandrababu Naidu met his nemesis in Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in the then undivided Andhra Pradesh. Fifteen years later he faces a similar threat from his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in the now truncated state.
Day after MGP split, Ajgaonkar made Goa deputy CM
A day after Goa Tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar broke away from the MGP and joined the BJP, he was Thursday designated as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state. Ajgaonkar is now the second deputy chief minister along with Goa Forward Party (GFP) leader and state minister Vijai Sardesai. State Joint Secretary (General Administration) Varsha Naik issued an order designating Ajgaonkar as the Deputy Chief Minister. "The government is pleased to designate Vijai Sardesai, minister and Manohar Ajgaonkar, minister as the Deputy Chief Minister with immediate effect," it said. Early on Wednesday, Ajgaonkar and another Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) MLA Dipak Pawaskar had merged their party's legislative wing with the BJP. They had given a letter to merge the MGP legislature party with the BJP to officiating Goa Assembly Speaker Michael Lobo at 1.45 am on Wednesday. However, Sudin Dhavalikar, the third MGP MLA, did not sign the letter. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant Wednesday dropped ...
Suspended AAP MP Harinder Singh Khalsa joins BJP
Outgoing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP from Punjab's Fatehgarh Sahib, Harinder Singh Khalsa, on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here.
Thai Election Commission says junta party won popular vote
Thailand's Election Commission says it has counted 100 percent of the votes from the recent general election and a party allied with the ruling junta has won the most votes, though the results are not yet official. In a news conference Thursday, the commission did not say how many seats that would translate into. The commission said earlier that the main anti-junta party had won the most constituency seats in Sunday's vote, the first since a 2014 military coup. Both parties say those results mean they have a mandate to form the next government. The election was for 500 seats in the lower house. Of those 350 seats are determined by who won each constituency, while another 150 are divided between parties based on a proportion of the overall vote.
Bijoy Mohapatra returns to BJP fold in Odisha
Veteran leader Bijoy Mohapatra, who had resigned from the BJP four months ago, returned to the saffron party on Thursday. The 68-year-old stalwart said his move to come back to the BJP followed a detailed discussion with the party's national vice-president Baijayant Panda and Odisha in-charge Arun Singh, who met Mohapatra at his residence here. Mohapatra, who had resigned from the party on November 30 last year, said he also had telephonic conversation with other senior leaders, including BJP president Amit Shah. The development comes ahead of the simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha. "As elections are approaching, we have decided to intensify our campaign and fight unitedly to bring about a change in Odisha by defeating the BJD and to build a new India," Mohapatra said. Asked whether he would contest the polls, Mohapatra said the the party will take a decision on the matter. "The priority at present is to further strengthen the organisation to oust the
Pulwama attack: Pakistan says no terror camps exist on 22 locations shared by India
Pakistan on Thursday said it examined the 22 "pin locations" shared by India but found no terror camps there and also claimed that it could not establish any links between the 54 people detained by authorities here and the Pulwama attack. Making public more details of Pakistan's "preliminary findings" after India submitted a dossier to Islamabad after the Pulwama terror attack carried out by Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) suicide bomber on February 14, Pakistan's Foreign Office said it was willing to allow visits, on request, to the 22 locations. "While 54 detained individuals are being investigated, no details linking them to Pulwama have been found so far," it said in a statement, a day after asking India to provide "more information/evidence" on the involvement of the JeM in the deadly Pulwama terror attack and the presence of camps of the UN-proscribed terror outfit in the country. Amidst intense international pressure on Islamabad after the Pulwama terror ...
Modi's address gross misuse of power & machinery: Mayawati
BSP president Mayawati Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "gross misuse of power and machinery" in addressing the nation without prior permission of the Election Commission and hoped that the poll body will act in an exemplary manner. She was referring to Modi's address to the nation on Wednesday announcing India's successful test of an anti-satellite missile that put the country in an exclusive club of space super powers. "The EC has formed a committee to examine the content of PM's address yesterday but the real issue is why & how the PM addressed the country without its prior permission. It is the gross misuse of power & machinery for the electoral benefits. EC must act in an exemplary manner," the BSP leader tweeted. "Previous experience proves that like law & order, BJP leaders are habitual offenders in violating Model Code of Conduct. And PM Mr Modi again flouted poll norms by addressing the country without prior permission of EC though there was
It's Gorkha pride vs development in Bengal's Darjeeling (Dangal 2019)
Northern West Bengal's Darjeeling constituency, comprising the picturesque hills that have witnessed a separate statehood movement for the last four decades and large tracts of plains, will see a political battle spanning out over the promises of peace, stability and development on one side and the restoration of Gorkha pride and sentiment on the other in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Need to introspect over induction of MLAs: BJP leader
Fresh trouble is brewing within the senior ranks of the Goa BJP over the induction of more MLAs from other political parties.
Maltese navy takes control of tanker hijacked by migrants: statement
Malta's armed forces said Thursday they had taken control of a tanker that was hijacked by migrants it had rescued off Libya. It said a special operations team is escorting the vessel to Malta where it was expected to arrive Thursday morning, to "be handed over to the police for further investigations". The Palau-flagged tanker Elhiblu I picked up the migrants on Tuesday evening in waters where Libyan coastguards are responsible, and then headed back to Tripoli. But six nautical miles from port the ship suddenly changed course and headed north toward Europe. Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Wednesday the vessel had been hijacked, and vowed that the migrants would not be allowed to disembark in Italy. The tanker was about 30 nautical miles from Malta when the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) established communications with the captain. "The captain repeatedly stated that he was not in control of the vessel and that he and his crew were being forced and threatened by a
Duel of brothers in Andipatti by-election
It will be all in the family when two siblings take on each other in an Assembly by-election in Tamil Nadu -- one from the DMK and the other from the AIADMK.
Rahul is just a kid, says Mamata
In a snub to Congress President Rahul Gandhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called him a "kid" while responding to his blistering attack on her government.
Support Ram Mandir movement if you are a Hindu: BJP's Babulal Gaur tells Digvijaya
Former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Babulal Gaur has urged his predecessor Digvijaya Singh to support the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya if Singh is a "staunch Hindu."Speaking to media on Wednesday, Gaur said, "If Digvijaya Singh is a Hindu, he must come forward to support the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya."He further claimed that the Congress leader only visits temples when elections are approaching."Whenever elections come, Digvijaya starts visiting temples. If he is a Hindu and calls himself a member of Raghuvanshi dynasty, then he must support the construction of the shrine in Ayodhya," Gaur reiterated.Gaur's remark comes a day after Digvijaya visited religious shrines and sought blessings from seers such as Digambar monk Acharya Vidyasagar in Bhopal.Digvijaya, while speaking to media here yesterday, had called himself a "staunch believer" of Hinduism and asked why the RSS treated him as an enemy if it espouses the cause of Hindus.Madhya Pradesh, which has 29 ...