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Now get rewarded for countering narcotics in Punjab
Now you will be rewarded not only for seizure of drugs but also for conducting successful investigations in prosecution relating to narcotics in Punjab.
What is Shiv Sena doing about Ram temple issue, asks VHP chief
Reacting to the Shiv Sena's announcement that its leaders would visit Ayodhya on June 16 to offer prayers, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Sunday asked what the party, an ally in the BJP-led governments at the Centre and in Maharashtra, planned to do about the construction of the Ram Temple. VHP international president Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje said the Sena should offer the government "creative suggestions" which can pave the way for the building of the Ram temple in Ayodhya "as per Constitutional provisions". "The Sena should also say what it is doing in this matter (Ayodhya dispute)," Kokje said. "We have nothing to do with party politics on the Ram temple issue. But I believe that no party should play politics on this issue, because it is linked to the faith of millions of Hindus," Kokje told PTI, adding that his outfit was always in favour of building the temple at Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya under the purview of the Constitution. "The government should take all possible ...
We have ambitious target to win 75 Assembly seats in Haryana, says Chief Minister Khattar
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said that his party -- BJP -- has set an ambitious target of winning 75 seats out of a total of 90 in the coming Assembly seats in the state later this year."We have set a target of winning 75 seats in the coming assembly elections in Haryana. We are continuously winning polls in the state. So, we are confident to achieve the goal of winning 75 seats this time," said Khattar, while talking to media persons."The opposition parties are depressed after the losses they suffered in the recently concluded parliamentary elections. They have given nothing but misgovernance to the public when they were in power. The public will definitely see that and vote for us," he said.Asked if he would invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi for campaigning during the Assembly polls, Khattar said: "We will certainly be requesting our Prime Minister Modi to campaign for the party during the polls.""Haryana has about 20,000 polling booths. Our workers will be
MLAS defection: Indefinite fast by Vikramarkaenters second
The indefinite fast launched by Congress legislature party leader M Bhatti Vikramarka, in protest against the "illegal" merger of 12 party MLAs with the ruling TRS in Telangana, entered the second-day Sunday. Vikramarka said the fast had been taken up to safeguard democracy. Several Congress leaders including party MP Revanth Reddy, met Vikramarka at Dharna Chowk here, the protest venue. A health check up was also conducted on Vikramarka, party sources said. AICC in-charge of Congress affairs RC Khuntia had alleged that the merger of the 12 Congress MLAs with TRS is "illegal" and "undemocratic". Dismissing Congress' attack on his party, TRS working president K T Rama Rao had said there was nothing unconstitutional in what happened. He pointed out that TRS MLCs and MPs were admitted into the Congress in the past. In a dramatic turn of events, Telangana Assembly Speaker P Srinivas Reddy Thursday last recognised 12 MLAs of Congress as members of TRS, hours after they moved ..
Stand by Marathwada like Sardar Patel, Uddhav tells PM Modi
Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should stand by the state's Marathwada region like how the country's first home minister Sardar Patel did. Thackeray, speaking in Aurangabad, also made a reference to the Marathwada Mukti Sangram, a people's movement that demanded the region, at the time of Independence a part of the Hyderbad Nizamate, be merged with Maharashtra. The success of the Marathwada liberation movement, along with several others, is seen as part of Patel's exemplary contribution in assimilating hundreds of princely states into the Indian Union at the time of Independence. After a violent struggle, the arid Marathwada region finally got separated from the Hyderabad Nizamate on September 17, 1948. "Modi should stand with Marathwada the way Patel did during Independence," Thackeray said. Reviewing the drought situation in Marathwada, the Sena chief said several farmers have not benefited from the government's crop insurance .
India requests Pak to let PM Modi's flight pass through its airspace
India has requested Pakistan to let Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan where he has to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit on June 13 and June 14, said a senior government official. Pakistan had fully closed its airspace on February 26 after an Indian Air Force (IAF) strike on a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terror camp in Balakot. Since then, it has only opened two routes, both of them pass through southern Pakistan, of the total 11. "We have requested Pakistan to let the PM's plane fly over its airspace through one of the routes that has not been opened as yet. The PM has to attend the SCO meet on June 13 and June 14," a senior government official said. Pakistan had given special permission to India's then external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj to fly directly through Pakistani airspace to attend the SCO Foreign Ministers' meet in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on May 21. Apart from the two routes through southern Pakistan, ..
Modi hails Indian diaspora's contribution in projecting India's good image
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India's image has tremendously transformed in the last five years as he hailed the contribution made by the Indian diaspora to project a good image of the country through their hard work. Addressing the Indian community here during the second leg of his first foreign visit after re-election last month, Modi said that Indians were contributing to the change happening in every nation due to which the way the natives of the nation look at them is changing. "India's image in the world is tremendously changing. There is a very good image of India and the Indian diaspora here has done a tremendous work to prove it through their hard work. There are many Indians in every part of the world and I am sure there won't be any form of complaint against them," Modi said while addressing the gathering. He said that India has achieved a lot in the last five years and much more will be done in the coming years. "We have achieved a lot in the last five ..
Indian democracy strengthened by poll verdict: Modi
Indian democracy has been strengthened by the sweeping mandate in the general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday, adding that democracy is a part of Indian culture.
JD (U) to go solo in upcoming Assembly polls; to stay with BJP in Bihar
JD (U) will not contest the upcoming Assembly elections in alliance with the BJP, the party's top body decided in a meeting in Patna on Sunday.Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led party will go solo in the upcoming Assembly elections in Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand and Delhi, leaders who were part of JD (U)'s National Executive meet said."JD (U) is not in alliance with any party outside Bihar. We have discussed our plan to fight elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Haryana and Delhi. Leaders have been tasked with preparing grounds for contesting the polls in these states," JD (U) leader Gulam Rasool Baliyavi told ANI.Notably, no JD (U) leader was inducted in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new Cabinet and no BJP leader was made a minister in the recent expansion of state council of ministers.Encouraged with its stellar performance in Arunachal Pradesh state polls, the party has decided to strengthen its presence in other states.Maheshwar Hazari, another JD (U) leader, ..
JD-U to go it alone in Assembly polls outside Bihar
The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Sunday decided not be a part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance outside the Bihar.
Europe in 'no position' to criticise Iran: Zarif
European countries are in "no position" to criticise Iran, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Sunday ahead of a visit by his German counterpart Heiko Maas. Germany's top diplomat is due in Tehran on Monday, against a backdrop of Iranian pressure for Europe to uphold commitments made under a 2015 nuclear deal since abandoned by the United States. "Europeans are certainly in no position to criticise Iran, even about issues that have nothing to do with" the agreement, Zarif said in televised remarks to journalists. Iran signed the landmark accord with China, Russia, Germany, Britain, France and the United States, leading to sanctions relief in exchange for Tehran curbing its nuclear programme. But last year, US President Donald Trump walked away from the accord and Washington has since imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran. European and Western policies "have only caused damage in the region," Zarif said. "Now some countries like Germany have stopped selling arms to Saudi Arabia for
Singur: BJP brings trying times for Mamata at her ground zero
It was an unrecognisable Mamata Banerjee, far from the familiar feisty and firebrand leader that one has seen over the decades. The West Bengal Chief Minister was teary eyed as she rebuked local Trinamool Congress leaders for the party falling way behind the BJP in the recent Lok Sabha polls from Singur - the rural belt that had played a key role in catapulting her to power eight years back.
Tension prevails in WB's Sandeshkhali, police looking for 'missing' persons
Tension prevailed on Sunday in strife-affected Sandeshkhali in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas, with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress accusing each other of orchestrating Saturday's violence that allegedly claimed at least four lives. A huge contingent of police officers has been deployed in the village and its surrounding areas under the Nyajat police station in the district, where the violence broke out in the evening, to prevent the tension from escalating. While the BJP leadership on Sunday claimed that five of its supporters were killed in the clash, the TMC said that six of its workers were missing. The bodies of one TMC worker and two BJP supporters have been identified by family members at a local hospital. As of Sunday morning, police are carrying out search operations to trace the persons alleged to have gone missing in what has been deemed as the "worst political violence" following the 2019 general election. State BJP general secretary Sayantan Basu ...
Contribute to India's development: Modi tells diaspora
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the Indian diaspora to contribute to India's development and said the country's image had changed a lot in the last few years.
Terrorist hideout busted by Army in J-K's Kishtwar
A terrorist hideout was busted in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district on Sunday and household stocks and ammunition were seized, an Army official said. The joint search and cordon operation was launched by the Army along with Special Operation Group (SoG) in Panthna forests of Keshwan belt, PRO Defence, Jammu, said. During the search operation the militant hideout was busted a sleeping bag, a wooden bed, four steel boxes, a gas cylinder, packed fruit juice, noodle packets, wrist watch, three magazines and three blankets, he said. These items were recovered at Panthna-Keshwan about one-and-half km from the house of active militant Jammal Din, the PRO said.
Trinamool says BJP disrupting law, order in Bengal
A day after a violent clash broke out between the Trinamool Congress and BJP workers in Bengal's North 24 Parganas district in which eight people are feared dead, Trinamool Secretary General Partha Chatterjee on Sunday accused the saffron outfit of disrupting law and order in the state by resorting to vandalism and murder.
Want CCTV camera under AAP govt project? Give undertaking to provide electricity for device
People who want to get a CCTV camera installed on their house's outside wall under a Delhi government project will have to give an "undertaking" to provide electricity for the functioning of the device. The government will give subsidy to such people on the power consumed by the CCTV camera, according to legislators of the ruling AAP in the national capital. As per the government's decision, 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras will be installed across the city under the project, which aims to ensure women safety in Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators, in their respective constituencies, are distributing a form titled "undertaking" to people who want to install a CCTV camera on the outside wall of their house. The government will give the subsidy to such residents for the consumption of electricity in functioning of the CCTV camera, AAP MLA Surinder Singh told PTI. "There will be no burden on residents who want to get a CCTV camera installed on their houses wall as the government will give ...
Telangana Congress leader continues fast on merger row
The Telangana Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka's indefinite fast over what he calls the "undemocratic" merger of 12 Congress MLAs with the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) entered the second day on Sunday.
Action against terror took place in Kashmir, not in Pak: Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday slammed the Narendra Modi government's assertion of "hitting the enemy in his home", claiming that such actions against terrorists actually took place in Kashmir and not in Pakistan. Stating that cultural communalism had helped the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politically, he warned that one community standing against another was dangerous for the country's social harmony. During his Lok Sabha poll campaign, Prime Minister Modi had said "ghar mein ghus ghus ke marenge" (we will enter the terrorists' homes and eliminate them). He had made these remarks after the Indian Air Force targeted a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot following a suicide bomber belonging to the proscribed organisation ramming his explosives-laden vehicle into a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on February 14, killing 40 men. During a live chat with people on Facebook from his office here, Pawar noted that the public ..
Farewells, pension processes for hundreds of CAPF personnel held up due to govt indecision
Hundreds of retirements and subsequent pension procedures for personnel of various Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been stuck since May 31 as the Ministry of Home Affairs is yet to take a final decision over fixing a benchmark superannuation age in these uniformed services. The headquarters of the four major CAPFs -- the Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF),the Border Security Force(BSF), the Sashastra Seema Bal(SSB) and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP), here are continuously getting messages from their field units, seeking directions on the way forward. But they are being asked to "maintain status quo till the government takes a final decision," multiple officials in these forces said. A number of orders issued by these forces, which have been seen by PTI, state action on this front has to be kept on hold till "a final decision by the MHA and the Department of Personnel and Training". The ceremonial farewells and processing of retirement papers has been halted for ...