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CPI-M urge Tripura DGP for protection of Left civic poll
Opposition CPI-M urged the Tripura director general of police Wednesday to arrange for protection of the Left candidates ahead of the December 22 election in 10 municipalities and alleged that the poll may be rigged by ruling BJP supporters. The notification for the election to the civic bodies was made by Tripura State Election Commission on November 26 and the filing of nominations for it began the same day. A four-member delegation of CPI-M, led by Deputy Leader of opposition Badal Chowdhury met Director General of Police (DGP) A K Shukla Wednesday and alleged that the situation was not conducive for smooth and peaceful elections in the state. The other members of the delegation included Jitendra Chowdhury, MP, Manik Dey and Narayan Kar, the two state committee members of CPI-M. The delegation in their memorandum also alleged that workers of the ruling BJP have already started threatening and intimidating the prospective Left candidates to force them to abstain from .
TRS is "B team" of BJP, Sangh Parivar: Rahul Gandhi
The TRS is the "B team" of Sangh Parivar and the BJP, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today and claimed the aim of K Chandrasekhar Rao's party and AIMIM is to ensure that his party is not able to defeat the BJP at the national level. Sharing dais with TDP boss and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for the first time after forging a 4-party alliance, Gandhi told an election rally in Telangana's Khammam that all promises made at the time of the bifurcation of AP would be fulfilled after a coalition of anti-BJP parties comes to power at the Centre. The Congress president described the Khammam rally, also attended by its other alliance partners for the Telangana elections-- CPI and the Telangana Jana Samiti - as "historic" in state and national politics. "First we will fight against Narendra Modis 'B team' (the TRS) and after that we will beat the 'A team' (the BJP- led NDA)," he asserted. "The name of TRS is not Telangana Rashtra Samiti, its Telangana .
PM Modi leaves for G20 summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday evening left for Argentina to attend G20 summit. During various sessions of G20 summit, PM Modi will also have informal BRICS meeting and bilateral meetings with various world leaders.Before emplaning, Prime Minister Modi addressed two rallies in Rajasthan. Earlier, he visited Singapore and Maldives, while the campaigning for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh assembly polls was at its peak.On the day of his arrival on November 29 in Argentina, Prime Minister Modi is slated to attend and address a "Yoga for Peace" event in Buenos Aires.On November 30, the Prime Minister is scheduled to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte. The Prime Minister may engage informally with other leaders as well.Prime Minister Modi will also engage in an informal Russia-India-China (RIC) meeting on the sidelines of G20 summit.Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale at a press conference said that Prime .
Naxalism, militancy are down: Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that in the past four years Maoist activities had come down to eight districts while militancy in the north-east has decreased by 80 per cent.
Cong 'mother of anarchy', development not in its DNA: Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday alleged that the Congress was the mother of "anarchy" and development was not in its DNA. The Congress is a hurdle in the path of development, good governance and nationalism, whereas BJP governments are establishing "Ram Rajya" by providing electricity, homes, LPG connections, better health care services and toilets, he said at an election rally in Rajasthan where polls will be held on December 7. The chief minister also alleged that the opposition party gave riots, terrorism, naxalism to the country and birth to corruption. "The Congress is the mother of anarchy. Development is not in its DNA. It is least bothered about the honour and pride of the country," Adityanath said. Reiterating that the Congress had served "biryani" to terrorists and treated them as their vote bank, he alleged that the party finds and connects with terrorists as well as hold events to honour them. It was during BJP's rule that everyday terrorists were ...
India reacts sharply to Imran referring to Kashmir at Kartarpur
India reacted sharply on Wednesday to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's reference to Kashmir at the Kartarpur Corridor function saying it was "unwarranted" and that he chose to politicise the pious occasion.
Italy backs dialogue with Assad
Rome, Nov 28 (IANS/AKI) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "can still be an interlocutor" in ending the country's almost eight-year-old civil war and in its transition to democracy, Italy's Foreign Minister Enzo Moavero Milanesi said.
Over 73% voting recorded in incident-free Mizoram Assembly polls (Evening Lead)
Over 73 per cent of the 7.68 lakh Mizoram voters on Wednesday exercised their franchise to elect a new Assembly, a top election official said.
'Kaamdar' vs 'naamdar' fight in Rajasthan: PM
Accusing the Congress leadership of losing touch with the ground reality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said those who cannot tell moong' from masoor daal' are now taking about farmers. At rallies in Nagaur and Bharatpur, Modi pitched the December 7 assembly polls in Rajasthan as a battle between him, a kaamdar who does the work, and a naamdar' (dynast), a jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He said Gandhi's close aides shamelessly called Naxals and Maoists revolutionaries, and referred to the death of a paramilitary jawan from Bharatpur in an encounter in Chhattisgarh. Will you forgive those who have insulted the martyr of Bharatpur? he said at the rally in the city. He said naamdar's people had called the Army Chief a street thug, recalling the row triggered months back by a remark by Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit against General Bipin Rawat. While talking upon the Ujjwala scheme, which provides free cooking gas connections to the poor families, Modi recalled how his
Oppn UDF slams Kerala govt over Sabarimala restrictions, CM justifies
The Congress-led UDF Opposition Wednesday lambasted the ruling CPI(M) over restrictions imposed by police at Sabarimala, even as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said it was to ensure a smooth pilgrimage for "real" devotees. Armed with placards and banners, the Opposition members tried to interrupt the proceedings of the House as soon as it met and demanded the withdrawal of the prohibitory orders invoked in and around Sabarimala 'Sannidhanam', the temple complex. Some members even tried to climb Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan's podium and argued with him, demanding scrapping of the Question Hour to take up the adjournment motion over Sabarimala, considering the gravity of the subject. As the protest continued, the speaker stopped the proceedings for around an hour before the beginning of the 'Zero' hour (members can, with prior notice to the Speaker, raise issues of importance during this time). Justifying the police restrictions at the Ayyappa temple, Vijayan said the CPI(M)-led LDF ...
Imran Khan's reference to Kashmir during pious occasion regrettable: MEA
India on Wednesday said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's reference to Jammu and Kashmir during the ground breaking ceremony of the Kartarpur corridor was "deeply regrettable" and asserted that he chose to politicise a pious moment. The Ministry of External Affairs said Jammu and Kashmir was an "integral and inalienable" part of India. "It is deeply regrettable that the Prime Minister of Pakistan chose to politicise the pious occasion meant to realise the long pending demand of the Sikh community to develop a Kartarpur corridor by making unwarranted reference to Jammu and Kashmir which is an integral and inalienable part of India," the ministry said. It added that Pakistan must fulfil its international obligations and take effective and credible action to stop providing shelter and all kind of support to cross border terrorism from territories under its control. Khan Wednesday laid the foundation stone for a historic corridor linking two revered gurdwaras on both sides of the ...
Farmers from across the country set to converge in Delhi for protest backed by Left outfits
Farmers from various parts of the country are set to converge here under the aegis of a Left-backed organisation to participate in a two-day protest from Thursday to press their demands, including debt relief and remunerative prices for produce. The two-day rally will be "one of the largest congregations of farmers" in the national capital in recent times, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) claimed on Wednesday The convenor of AIKSCC, Hannan Mollah, said that on November 29, farmers will start the march from different corners of Delhi - Bijwasan , Majnu Ka Tila, Nizamuddin and Anand Vihar to Ramlila Ground in the heart of the city. Leaders of different political parties barring the BJP will address the gathering on November 30 at Parliament Street, he said. The AIKSCC, which claims to be an umbrella body of 207 outfits of farmers and agricultural workers, said it has made elaborate arrangements for holding peaceful protest. "For the first time in the ...
Pakistan attempting to destabilise India: Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said that Pakistan is attempting to destabilise India through terrorist elements.Addressing a public meeting here, Singh said, "Pakistan is not mending its ways despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi trying his best to make cordial relations with Islamabad. Pakistan is trying to destabilise India through terrorist elements."Singh also stated that the situation would not improve unless the government of Pakistan takes right initiatives to eliminate the menace of terrorism. "If they will take steps in the right direction and under right command, we may also help them in getting rid of the menace of terrorism," he added.The Minister also slammed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for doing nothing except expressing his grief and regret over acts of terrorism."Pakistan is the land of terrorism as it gives shelter and patronage to terrorists. A terrorist attack took place on the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan but the Pakistan Prime Minister only ...
Naxalism came down to eight districts, says Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said in the past four years, Naxalism has come down to eight districts and the militancy in the North-East decreased by 80 per cent.
Non-BJP parties to meet on Dec 10: TDP chief
A meeting of non-BJP parties will be held on December 10 to form a front against the BJP-led NDA, said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP President N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday.
Germany urges France to turn UN seat into EU one
German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz on Wednesday proposed that France give up its permanent seat on the UN Security Council and turn it into an EU seat to allow the bloc to speak with one voice on the global stage. "I realise this will take some convincing in Paris but it would be a bold and smart goal," Scholz said in a wide-ranging Berlin speech on the future of the European Union. To lessen the pain of losing the powerful seat, France could become "the permanent EU ambassador to the United Nations", added Scholz, who is also Germany's vice-chancellor. France has been one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council since the body was first established in 1945 in the wake of World War II to prevent another large-scale conflict. The permanent members, which also include Britain, China, Russia and the United States, are the most influential countries in the 193-member United Nations because they hold the right to veto UN resolutions. Alongside the five permanent seats, the
ACB books officials in misappropriation case in J-K's Kishtwar
The Anti-Corruption Bureau registered a case against several officials of the Education department Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district for misappropriation of funds worth lakhs of rupees, a spokesperson of the ACB said. The FIR was registered against the then officials of education zone on the basis of a verification conducted into the allegations of misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 10.50 lakhs pertaining to cooking cost and honorarium to cooks, he said. He said the verification conducted revealed that during the financial year 2011-12 then ZEO Marwah Nazir Ahmed Farash, under a well-knit conspiracy hatched with his sub-ordinate then incharge accounts assistant Fiaz Ahmed, issued various cheques amounting to Rs 4.21 lakhs in his name from the official account of Farash out of the funds meant for mid-day meal scheme with the intention to misappropriate the same. The verification revealed that the said amount stands withdrawn by Farash, but the same .
Imran extends olive branch to India, says war not an option
Reaching out to India in a big way, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wedenesday said it will be madness to think of war between the two nuclear-armed states and that friendship was the only option even as he asserted that the Army and political leadership in Islamabad were on the same page on improving ties with New Delhi.
Senior woman Maoist leader arrested in Telangana
The Telangana police Wednesday claimed to have thwarted attempts by the banned CPI(Maoist) to carry out attacks on political leaders ahead of the December 7 Assembly elections in the state with the arrest of a top leader of the proscribed outfit. P Rupa, alias Sujatha, a divisional committee secretary who was allegedly involved in several offences in various districts of Telangana, was arrested Tuesday during a vehicle checking drive in Bhadradri Kothagudem district, police said. She is married to her colleague K Sambaiah, alias Gopanna, who is currently a Telangana state committee member and Bhadradri-Kothagudem and East Godavari district secretary, they said. Sujatha has been underground for the last 18 years and has committed offences like killing of innocent people, dacoity, and arson, officials said. During interrogation, she revealed that a meeting of Maoist leaders was held recently in which it was decided to carry out attacks on political leaders involved in campaigning, using
See Kartarpur in isolation, don't link with anything else: General Rawat
Amid Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan batting for friendly ties with India, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said the Kartarpur Corridor initiative should be seen in isolation while reminding of the Centre's stance of "terror and talks can't go together".