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J-K BJP in favour of reservation for people living along IB
The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit Sunday advocated reservation for the people living along the International Border (IB) and accused the PDP of creating hurdles during the coalition government's rule in fulfilling various promises made by the saffron party to the public. Thanking Governor Satya Pal Malik for providing quota to the Pahari community, BJP's state chief spokesperson Sunil Sethi said the administration would do justice to the people living in pitiable conditions along the IB by providing reservation to them in line and on par with the residents of the Line of Actual Control. "This will ensure upliftment of these ignored masses," he said. Sethi said his party had promised the residents of areas adjoining the IB that they will be given justice by way of reservation in education and jobs as is available to the resident of Line of Actual Control. "The BJP is committed to fulfilling all promises made to the people. It was the PDP in the alliance government which was always ...
TN CM seeks withdrawal of permission to Karna govt for DPR on
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the permission accorded to Karnataka for a detailed project report (DPR) on its proposed dam across the Cauvery river at Mekedattu. In a 92-page memorandum submitted to the Prime Minister, he also requested the Centre to cancel the permission given for conducting a survey for building a new dam in Mullaiperiyar by the Kerala government . It also sought conferment of 'Bharat Ratna' on former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu C N Annadurai and J Jayalalithaa. The memorandum, listing various demands, called for bringing three towns-- Salem, Hosur and Neyveli under the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN. Palaniswami sought additional funds for providing 'Gaja' cyclone relief. He said the Prime Minister should take steps to protect the fireworks industry which provided livelihood to eight lakhpeople. He said GST amount due for Tamil Nadu should be released immediately. The Prime .
Bihar Minister says Priyanka 'child' compare to Modi
Days after a senior BJP leader and Bihar Minister Vinod Narain Jha said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is very beautiful but has no other talent, another party leader and Bihar Minister Pramod Kumar on Sunday said newly-appointed Congress General Secretary is still a "bachchi" (child).
Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi's inner circle a mix of emerging faces, veterans (IANS Special)
Beyond the organisational changes in the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls lies a strong core of inner circle of advisers who work as shadows of Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Vadra.
UP Cabinet to hold meeting at Kumbh on Jan 29
In a first, the UP cabinet will hold a meeting at Allahabad during the ongoing Kumbh mela in the city on January 29, an official said Sunday. After the meeting, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other ministers are likely to take a dip in the holy waters of Sangam, he said. "On January 29, the UP Cabinet will be holding its meeting at the integrated command and control centre in Kumbh mela area. The meeting is likely to commence at 10.30 am," Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi told PTI. Adityanath along with his council of ministers will visit Akshayvat and Saraswati Koop.
Naidu, Mahajan call all-party meetings ahead of Budget session
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan have called separate all-party meetings ahead of the Budget session, which begins on January 31, officials said Sunday. Mahajan has called a meeting on January 30, while Naidu has invited floor leaders of all parties on the morning of January 31, before the commencement of the session. This Budget session will be the last parliamentary session of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, before the general elections. Both Naidu and Mahajan have called the meeting for smooth functioning of their respective houses during the session, officials said. Beside these two meetings, the government is also expected to call a similar meeting of leaders of all parties from both the Houses on January 30, which the prime minister may also attend. The interim budget will be tabled on February 1 and both the Houses will remain in session till February 13.
Patnaik distributes benefits to farmer under KALIA scheme
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Sunday distributed benefits to farmers under the newly launched Krushak Assistance for Livelihood Income Augmentation (Kalia) scheme in his home district Ganjam. While around 25,000 eligible farmers in the district will get the first installment of Rs 5,000 under the KALIA scheme, around 14,800 of them are the share-coppers, official sources said. The cash benefit would be provided to the farmers though the direct transfer of benefit (DTB). The opposition Congress and BJP have raised voice against financial assistance to people ahead of the upcoming elections. Odisha Assembly elections would be held with the Lok Sabha elections. Launching the scheme in Ganjam district, Patnaik transferred the benefits to the farmers bank accounts electronically at a farmers convention held near Rangeilunda, near here. "I hope the farmers will utilize the money in their cultivation during the Rabi crop, he said while addressing an gathering. The ...
Indian, Pakistani armies trade fire on LoC
The Pakistan Army on Sunday violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said.
Russia slams USA over Venezuela crisis at UN
Russia has slammed the United States over the burgeoning political crisis in Venezuela and expressed "regret" that the UN Security Council was being drawn into the "unscrupulous games"."Today's event convened by the American delegation with the only goal to keep destabilizing the situation in Venezuela by imposing own attitudes and solutions to the problems it (Venezuela) has been faced with recently," TASS quoted Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, as saying at an emergency called by the US.Nebenzia outlined, "The meeting we all have to attend is another part of the US strategy to change power in Venezuela. We regret that the Security Council is being drawn into those unscrupulous games."He also lambasted European nations for giving an eight-day ultimatum to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold fresh elections, outlining that it undermined the country's sovereignty."Unconditionally, crisis are better to be avoided than solved. However, ...
PM Modi meets Mudra entrepreneur Arulmozhi Saravanan in Madurai
Arulmozhi Saravanan, a Mudra Yojana beneficiary, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Sunday during his visit to the city to lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).Saravanan, whose thermo flasks were ordered by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) via Government e-Marketplace (GeM), decided to meet the Prime Minister after learning about his visit to the city.Earlier, when Saravanan learnt about the Central government's Mudra Yojana for small entrepreneurs to get loans without collateral, she had applied for the same and obtained a Mudra loan for her business-to supply simple goods and products to government offices.When she heard of the GeM, she herself registered on it. In 2017, while browsing the GeM site, Saravanan noticed that the PMO was interested in purchasing a few thermo flasks, which she could supply. She responded, and soon PMO confirmed the order. The flasks were later supplied, and the payment was made to Saravanan.Saravanan shared ..
Chandrababu Naidu's co-brother Venkateswara Rao to work with YSR Congress
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's co-brother Daggubati Venkateswara Rao on Sunday met YSR Congress President Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and decided to work with the opposition party.
Arrangements for PM's February 3 visit to JK reviewed
A meeting was held here to review arrangements for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir next month, an official spokesman said on Sunday. Principal Secretary of Planning, Development and Monitoring Rohit Kansal reviewed the arrangements for the prime minister's visit at the meeting Saturday evening, the spokesman said. Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Jammu, Srinagar and Leh on February 3 to lay foundation stones of various development projects and inaugurate some others. Modi had last visited the state on May 19 last year to lay the foundation of Zojilla Tunnel project which once completed will provide all weather road connectivity to frontier Ladakh region which presently remains cut off for four to five months a year owing to heavy snowfall during winter. "At the three-hour meeting, which was also joined by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam, Kansal took detailed stock of the arrangements being made for the series of functions to be organised at Jammu, ...
Baghdad to summon Turkey envoy over death of Kurdish protester
Iraq on Sunday said it would summon the Turkish ambassador over the death of a Kurdish protester after Turkish troops opened fire on demonstrators in the country's northwest. On Saturday night, Kurdish protesters stormed a Turkish army position in the Shiladzeh region of northwestern Iraq to protest the deaths of four civilians they said were killed last week in Turkish bombardment. Witnesses said Turkish troops opened fire on the demonstrators, causing casualties and damage. Iraq's foreign ministry on Sunday denounced the incident, saying one person was killed and several others wounded when Turkish forces "opened fire on citizens in the Shiladzeh area". "The foreign ministry will summon the Turkish ambassador to hand a protest note about the incident and demand that it not be repeated," it added. Turkish forces are deployed in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region and often carry out raids and air strikes against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), seen as a "terrorist" group by .
MDMK cadres stage protest against PM Modi; detained
Led by party chief Vaiko, MDMK cadres Sunday staged a black flag demonstration against Prime Minister Narendra Modi shortly before he arrived here, accusing him of betraying the interests of Tamil Nadu. Police said more than 100 protesters were detained and later let off. Earlier, a scuffle broke out between the Police and the MDMK cadres as the police asked them to diperse. Releasing black baloons, the protesting party cadres raised slogans against Modi alleging that he betrayed the interests of Tamil Nadu on Cauvery and other issues. The Prime Minister arrived at the airport here about 30 minutes later and is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences near here and also address a public meeting. The protest was held near the Periyar bus stand in the city, away from the venue of the AIIMS site and not in the route taken by the Prime Minister from the airport. In a counter move, BJP youth wing supporters put up posters ...
Priyanka inducted in Cong because Rahul flopped: UP minister
Priyanka Gandhi was made party's general secretary because the Congress president Rahul Gandhi has "flopped" in politics, said an Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Sunday. UP Power Minister Srikant Sharma also asserted that induction of the party president's sister would not be able to revive the Congress' electoral fortunes. Had Rahul not flopped, where was the need for bringing Priyanka? Sharma asked in reply to a reporter's question on Priyanka Gandhi's possible impact in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. Priyanka Gandhi is not a new face in the Congress, she has been canvassing for the party in Amethi and Rae Bareli since 1998, the minister pointed out. "Her induction in the party would not make any impact in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he said. Sharma said the elimination of Congress from SP-BSP alliance is a testimony to the fact that the party is at the lowest step in the state politics. "The way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is working for for poor, labourers, peasants ...
PM to visit J and K on Feb 3, to launch several projects
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Jammu and Kashmir on February 3, amid questions over whether the Assembly elections in the centrally-ruled state will be held with the Lok Sabha polls due by May this year.During the one-day visit, his fifth since becoming the Prime Minister in 2014, Modi will travel to all the three regions of the state - Ladakh, Kashmir and Jammu, sources told ANI.He will lay foundation stones for a host of projects during the trip.The significant projects include laying of foundation stones for the AIIMS - one each in Srinagar and Jammu, the sources said.In Ladakh, the Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for the work to expand Kushak Bakula Rinpoche Airport in Leh.He will also inaugurate the Srinagar-Kargil-Leh transmission line.He will also address public meetings.The Prime Minister's visit will take place at a time when there are questions as to when the Assembly elections will be held in the state which doesn't have an elected ...
UK govt may scrap MPs' holiday to pass Brexit laws
British MPs could sit longer hours and their February holiday may be scrapped as the government races to pass its Brexit legislation before Britain leaves the EU on March 29, Downing Street said Sunday. Prime Minister Theresa May's government is looking at making the House of Commons sit on more Fridays -- which it does not normally do -- and extend debating time well into the evening on some days. It is also "reviewing" the week-long February recess, a Downing Street spokeswoman said. There are still eight laws the government wants to pass to prepare the statute books for Brexit, covering areas of trade, fisheries and agriculture, immigration, the environment and healthcare. These includes any bill needed to implement a divorce deal with the EU, which MPs have yet to agree to. "We remain committed to ensuring all necessary legislation is in place for exit day on March 29, 2019, and it is important to stress we are confident of meeting that commitment," the spokeswoman said. "We are ..
EWS quota will not affect existing reservation: PM
Virtually sounding the Lok Sabha poll bugle in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at critics of the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections. A few in the state were creating an "atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust" for 'selfish' interests, he said addressing a well-attended BJP rally here. He took a swipe at the proposed grand alliance of opposition parties, saying they had set aside their 'differences' to "remove this watchman" in the forthcoming Parliamentary elections. The government was taking effective steps to rid the country of corruption and nepotism, he said, while assuring firm action against economic offenders, even if put up abroad. The Centre's 10 per cent quota for the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the general category in education and government jobs will not impact the existing reservation benefits for Dalits, Tribals and OBCs, Modi said. The EWS quota had been earmarked with the 'spirit' of providing ...
Goa Art and Culture Minister stokes controversy with 'dogs and tiger' remark
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Independent MLA and Goa Art and Culture Minister Govind Guade on Sunday stirred a political controversy by calling the members of ruling alliance as "dogs" and he termed himself as a "tiger.""People who are slaves of Dhavalikar brothers are only barking behind my back on the basis of what their leader is saying. They are backstabbing me. I challenge them. They should come and do everything in front of me. Don't send your dogs. I am a tiger over here," he said.Guade's statement comes days after the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), a constituent in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Goa government alleged that he had verbally abused MGP leader and minister Sudin Dhavalikar over a disagreement on an issue during a state Cabinet meeting held on Thursday.MGP has demanded Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to sack Guade within a period of four days from the Cabinet for his unruly behaviour.Speaking to ANI, Guade said: "See, the MGP is making a stunt of this
Patna: PM Modi to address NDA rally on March 3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing an NDA rally here on March 3, announced BJP ally JD(U)'s state president Vashisht Narayan Singh on Sunday."We will be organising a big political rally in Patna's Gandhi Maidan on March 3. I will not predict the number of people who would attend it but can say that it will be an unprecedented one in the region," said Singh while addressing a press conference here.Others who will attend the rally include Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Lok Janshakti Party's Ram Vilas Paswan and other senior leaders of NDA.Singh also said, "We will reach out to people with the details of public welfare works done by the government and urge them to participate in the rally," he said.BJP state president Nityanand Rai and LJP state president Pashupati Paras were also present at the press conference.On December 23, BJP president Amit Shah had announced that Ram Vilas Paswan-led LJP will contest on six seats in Bihar.Shah had also informed that his party ...