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Nama Nageswara Rao elected TRS leader in Lok Sabha
Nama Nageswara Rao was Thursday elected leader of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi in Lok Sabha. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the TRS Parliamentary Party, chaired by TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, party sources said. Nama Nageswara Rao was elected to the Lok Sabha from Khammam. Rajya Sabha member K Keshav Rao was elected as TRS parliamentary party leader, the sources said. Keshav Rao was also elected as the partys leader in Rajya Sabha.
Iran's top leader rules out talks with US
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday ruled out any negotiations with the US over the spiky issues between the two countries as he spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a meeting here.
Reorganisation in INLD, Om Prakash Chautala stays president
Ahead of the October assembly elections in Haryana, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) reorganised its national body, retaining jailed former chief minister Om Prakash Chutala as the party president. Ashok Kumar Arora, who had stepped down as the party's state unit chief after the drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections recently, has been made the senior vice-president, a party release said Thursday. "After extensive discussions with the state and district-level leaders and workers, the national body of the INLD has been reorganised. Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala remains the national president of the party," the party release stated. It added that Chautala would be assisted by Ashok Arora as the new senior vice-president of the party. Rajya Sabha MP Ram Kumar Kashyap, Sadhu Ram Chaudhary, Narayan Prasad Aggarwal, Brigadier O P Chaudhary (retd), Ashwani Dutta and Bhagi Ram will be vice-presidents. R S Choudhry, a retired IAS officer, will continue as the national secretary general with ...
Owaisi flays NDA govt over retail inflation, "record"
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Thursday hit out at the NDA government over "record" unemployment of youth in the country, retail inflation reaching a six-month high and other allegedly negative development parameters. "Record youth unemployment - Auto industry 'temporarily' shutting down production Inflation at 7 month high 50% of India facing drought-like situation Rural income growth in negative But Sensex is at 40,000! Kiska saath, Kiska vishwas?," he tweeted. Owaisi, Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad, is a bitter critic of the BJP and NDA government. His remarks "Kiska saath, Kiska vishwas" is a reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent comments, adding 'sabka vishwas' to the slogan of his first government 'sabka saath, sabka vikas'.
Imran Khan will be thrown out of stadium by spectators: Nawaz Sharif
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif on Thursday accused Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan of indulging in corruption and targetting his opponents for political benefits, claiming that the cricketer-turned-politician will be "thrown out of the stadium by spectators.""Imran Khan is a player who will soon be thrown out of the stadium by spectators. His Bani Gala residence is in the midst of corruption. He should be ashamed of himself," Geo News quoted Sharif as saying while speaking to reporters at Kot Lakhpat prison here.The former Pakistan prime minister called Khan "incompetent" and claimed that his "downfall is imminent.""We (PML-N) came into power through the public's mandate and they (PTI) do not have that. I am neither a seer nor a fortune teller. But I know that Imran Khan's downfall is imminent. Imran Khan is incompetent and to hide his incompetence, he is blaming the previous government. His incompetence has brought the country to the edge of destruction,"
Keshav Rao elected TRS parliamentary party leader
Telangana Rashtra Samithi's (TRS) senior leader K. Keshav Rao was Thursday unanimously elected as the head of the TRS Parliamentary Party.
US envoy pushes for 'peaceful' Sudan solution
A US special envoy was set to meet Sudan's top military ruler Thursday to push for a "peaceful" solution to the standoff between protesters and generals following a deadly crackdown on demonstrators. The diplomatic push comes after protesters demanding civilian rule called off a nationwide civil disobedience campaign and agreed to resume talks with the generals who ousted veteran leader Omar al-Bashir in April. Traffic jams returned to downtown Khartoum and some shops in the capital's famous gold market began to reopen on Thursday as more residents and office employees ventured out. Fewer troops and members of the feared paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who protesters and rights groups accuse of leading the June 3 crackdown on demonstrators, were on the streets, according to an AFP correspondent who toured parts of the capital. Several parts of the city suffered electricity cuts early on Thursday, while internet services remained erratic. "Today is my first day to work after the ...
Amit Shah could stay as BJP president till December, hints BJP
BJP on Thursday dropped hints that Amit Shah could stay as party president till December.Despite the massive mandate it achieved to form the government for the second time, Shah told party leaders that BJP has not reached its peak even after getting 303 seats in the Lok Sabha."The party will first go for the membership drive. Organizational elections will happen only after that," party leader Bhupendra Yadav told reporters at the party headquarters while briefing about Amit Shah's meeting with party leaders.When reporters repeated the same question about Amit Shah heading the party, he kept maintaining that the party would first have to complete the membership drive.Yadav also said that the party president said that BJP has not reached its peak, a statement he had made in August 2014 when he assumed the post of president after BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha elections."Amit Shah during his address said that it is the hard work of the party workers that out of 353 seats, on 220 seats, ..
China says UN rights chief 'always' welcome in Xinjiang
China said Thursday that the UN human rights chief had an open invitation to visit Xinjiang, a region where some one million mostly Muslim minorities are held in internment camps. Beijing's new ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Chen Xu, reiterated the government's denial of the existence of camps there, insisting the region had "vocational education training", especially for youth vulnerable to extremism. Chen added that he hoped the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, would "pay a visit" to the region. "Seeing is believing," Chen told reporters. "The invitation to the high commissioner is always there and we hope that we can find a time which is convenient to both sides." Bachelet said in March that she had not yet been given the green light by China for a fact-finding mission to Xinjiang following a request made in December. Her office was not immediately available to comment on whether talks on a prospective visit had progressed. China has come under
Party can go from defeat to victory under Rahul's leadership: Harish Rawat
A day after the Congress asserted that Rahul Gandhi will remain party president, senior leader Harish Rawat said the statement reflected the party workers' sentiment who believed that under Gandhi's leadership the party can go from defeat to victory. Gandhi was, is and will remain the Congress president, chief spokesperson of the party Randeep Surjewala had said on Wednesday, ending the speculation triggered by his insistence to quit the post for the time being. Surjewala's assertion came after an informal meeting presided by former Union minister A K Antony, in which senior Congress leaders discussed the party's strategy and preparations for the assembly elections in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Maharashtra later this year. Gandhi had offered to quit as the party chief during a May 25 meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), which was called to analyse the party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls, in which it managed to win just 52 seats. The CWC had ...
CSCs to restart Aadhaar related work within a week
People in rural areas will soon be able to access Aadhaar-related services at the common service centres following the UIDAI's authorisation to these centres to resume such services, a senior official said. Common service centres (CSC) stopped providing Aadhaar-related services after the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) withdrew authorisation from them following debates around data security of the 12-digit unique identifier. "UIDAI has authorised CSCs to start printing of Aadhaar cards. Users will be charged standard fees as prescribed by UIDAI. This work is expected to start in a week," CSC e-Governance Services CEO Dinesh Tyagi told PTI. There are 3.9 lakh village level entrepreneurs (VLE) that are running common service centres in rural areas across the country. VLEs provide government services like train ticket booking, passport application, birth certificate, registration for Ayushman Bharat scheme etc. "CSCs will also be able to update demographic details of ...
Congress in revamp mode; Priyanka Gandhi to tour UP
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): In the wake of the Lok Sabha electoral debacle, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has decided to be more active in Uttar Pradesh and plans to tour the state after two months, party sources said.On Wednesday, she held meetings with senior leaders, districts presidents, Lok Sabha candidates in Uttar Pradesh and coordinator among others in Rae Bareli, which her mother Sonia Gandhi also visited for thanks giving.It's likely that Priyanka will start touring from August, the sources said adding that Priyanka has decided to give two days a week in the state.During the meeting in Raebareli, Priyanka assessed the situation in the state. All the Lok Sabha candidates and district presidents were asked to tell the reasons for the loss. They were asked to give feedback which was documented by the secretaries present.Priyanka has said that all senior leaders were welcome to Delhi for party work and has told them that her staff will fully cooperate in this ...
PM Modi meets Chinese President Xi in Bishkek
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit here and discussed ways to further strengthen the bilateral relations. This is the first meeting between the two leaders after Modi's re-election following the stunning victory of the BJP in the general elections last month. "Deepening friendship with China. PM @narendramodi's first meeting on the sidelines of the SCO Summit is with President Xi Jinping. Both leaders are discussing ways to further strengthen bilateral relations," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted. Ahead of the meeting, China hinted that President Xi would highlight the need to forge a united front against US President Donald Trump's policies of trade protectionism and unilateralism using tariffs as a weapon. China and the US have been in an escalating conflict over trade for the past year. The scope of the battle has expanded in recent months as Washington has tightened ...
UP govt announces financial aid for kin of two CRPF jawans killed in Anantnag attack
The Uttar Pradesh government Thursday announced financial assistance for the kin of two CRPF jawans from the state who were killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his tributes to Satendra Kumar from Shamli and Mahesh Kushwaha from Ghazipur who were among the five CRPF jawans killed in the strike on Wednesday. "The UP chief minister has announced financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh to each of the families of the martyred jawans. In their memory, a road will be named in their native districts," a statement said. The government also announced a government job for a family member of each jawan. Adityanath said their death will not be allowed to go in vain. UP minister Suresh Rana will attend the last rites of Satendra Kumar, while another minister Neelkanth Tiwari will attend the last rites of Mahesh Kushwaha. The incident took place in the afternoon when motorcycle-borne terrorists fired at a CRPF patrol party at ...
Ex-MP CM Chouhan to head BJP membership campaign
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan here on Thursday was appointed convenor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) membership drive.
Modi in Bishkek : To meet Chinese, Russian Presidents
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on a two-day visit during which he will attend the summit of eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Telangana Congress to hold conference on impact of defections
In the light of 12 of its MLAs jumping ship, Congress in Telangana Thursday said it would soon organise a round-table with Constitutional experts to discuss the impact of defections. "We have decided to organise a round-table conference soon with Constitutional experts here on defections," Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader M Bhatti Vikramarka told reporters. Speakers belonging to the judiciary and media, among others, would also be invited to the event from across the country, he said. "We will take up in-depth discussion on defections, their impact and the damage because of political persons like these (referring to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao)," he said. Vikramarka attacked the 12 Congress MLAs who merged with TRS for their comments that they switched over to TRS because of shortcomings of state Congress leadership. "KCR made the MLAs who changed party to speak, like a don sitting somewhere... I strongly condemn their comments that they changed party because .
Congressmen create mayhem at budget session of Indore Municipal Corporation
Congress workers on Thursday stormed into Indore Municipal Corporation's budget session and BJP alleged they misbehaved with the city Mayor Malini Gaur and pushed BJP councillor Sudhir Dedge.Shankar Lalwani, MP, Indore said: "The ruckus that we have seen here is shameful and should not have happened.""They could raise their problems in the house but creating a ruckus is not the way. There is a proper procedure to raise any problem," he further added.The mayor has reached the police station to complain against the abusers.
BJP yet to achieve its peak, says Shah
The BJP with its best-ever Lok Sabha tally of 303 seats is yet to reach its peak, BJP President Amit Shah said on Thursday.
Tammineni Sitaram elected Andhra Assembly Speaker
Veteran legislator Tammineni Sitaram was on Thursday unanimously elected Speaker of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. Sitaram, who has been elected to the Assembly for a sixth term, currently represents Amudalavalasa constituency in Srikakulam district on behalf of the ruling YSR Congress. Pro-Tem Speaker S V C Appalanaidu announced the election of Sitaram in the House this morning. Leader of the House Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and other YSRC MLAs then escorted Sitaram to the Speaker's chair and congratulated him. Telugu Desam Party Deputy Leader in the House K Atchannaidu also followed Sitaram to the Chair. However, the YSRC legislators found fault with TDP Legislature Party leader N Chandrababu Naidu for not following the tradition of escorting the new Speaker to the Chair. Sitaram began his political career in the TDP and was elected to the Assembly in 1983, 1985, 1991, 1994 and 1999. He served as minister in Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet, holding Excise, Information and Public Relations, ...