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Mulayam's 80th birthday celebrated by Akhilesh, Shivpal separately
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday celebrated the 80th birthday of party founder and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Omar slams Governor's money exchange, horse-trading remarks
National Conference (NC) leader and the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, slammed the reasons cited by the governor for dissolving the state assembly. Abdullah also criticised Governor Satya Pal Malik's remarks of money exchange and horse-trading."No one can blame us for money, we have 16 or 18 MLAs and we are just trying to save the state people and democracy," Abdullah asserted.The NC leader further said that one should question the governor that "who did horse trading and who bought MLAs.""This isn't justice to us. The allegation of money exchange and horse-trading were written by the governor himself. It is his duty to explain it to the people of the state. He should come forward with evidence, showing that who has used the money, and where it is," Omar stated.On Wednesday, arch rivals Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), NC along with Congress confirmed that they stitched up an alliance to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, which had been under ...
Sidhu welcomes Centre's move to build Kartarpur corridor
Punjab Cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has been pitching for opening of a corridor for Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan, Thursday welcomed the Centre's decision to develop passage from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur to the shrine in the neighbouring country. I welcome this auspicious step by the Union Cabinet, it will be a cup of joy for 12 crore 'Nanak Naam Laivas'. It will build bridges, burn animosity and will act like a soothing balm for two neighbouring countries, Sidhu said in a tweet. I thank the Govt of India from the core of my heart and take a bow! I request the Hon'ble PM of Pakistan @ImranKhanPTI Sahib to take reciprocal steps for opening the Kartarpur Sahib corridor and spread Baba Nanak's message of universal brotherhood and peace across the Globe, Sidhu said in another tweet. Sidhu is at present in Madhya Pradesh, campaigning for state assembly polls. The Union Cabinet Thursday cleared a proposal for building and developing the Kartarpur corridor to provide .
SAD welcomes Centre's move on Kartarpur corridor
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday welcomed the Centre's decision to approve construction of a corridor up to the Punjab border to facilitate the journey of pilgrims to the historic gurdwara Katarpur Sahib in Pakistan.
MoU between India, Tajkistan on youth affairs approved
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave its ex post facto approval to a MoU between India and Tajikistan on cooperation on youth affairs. The MoU shall be valid for five years.
Omar dares Ram Madhav on Pakistan links, BJP leader softens
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday dared BJP leader Ram Madhav to prove his allegations of Pakistani links of his party or apologize, forcing the latter to say he wasn't questioning anyone's patriotism.
SC dismisses petition seeking polls on ballot paper
The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a petition which sought the Election Commission of India (ECI) to be directed to hold 2019 Lok Sabha elections as well as State Assembly polls using the ballot system instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).The three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, and Justice M R Shah rejected the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO Nyaya Bhoomi.The Apex Court said it did not find any merit in the petition, henceforth dismissed it. The petition stated, "Every system and machine is capable to be used and misused. Doubts will be everywhere."In the past, representatives of several opposition parties including the Indian National Congress, Janata Dal-Secular, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and several others, even National Democratic Alliance ally Shiv Sena also stressed on EVMs vulnerability.In August, the demand for replacing the EVMs by paper ballots dominated the meeting of all ..
Among political parties, only CPI-M has ICC
A month after Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi asked all political parties to form an Internal Complain Committee (ICC), only the CPI-M has confirmed that it has done so.
Dissolution of state assembly 'undemocratic': J-K Cong
The Jammu and Kashmir Congress Thursday attacked Governor Satya Pal Malik over the "undemocratic" decision to dissolve the state assembly and alleged that he kept the House in suspended animation to "facilitate horse trading" by the BJP and its allies to form the government. The governor abruptly dissolved the state assembly Wednesday night, hours after the PDP staked claim to form a government with the backing of rival NC and the Congress. This was followed by another bid by the two-member People's Conference which claimed the support of the BJP and 18 legislators from other parties. "It was an undemocratic decision by the governor when three parties came together to stake claim for the government. It is simple murder of democracy in this sensitive state," Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir said It has sent a wrong message to the people, he added. Mir said demands by political parties in the past for dissolution of the state assembly were turned down even though they ..
TL polls: Cong alliance partners determined to make the grouping click
One of the things being hotly debated in Telangana is whether partners in the Congress-led alliance, which collectively had more vote share than the TRS in the last poll, would succeed in vote transfer among them. The ruling TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samiti) had 34.3 per cent vote share in the 2014 elections, while the Congress and the TDP recorded 25.2 and 14.7 per cent, respectively. TDP had an alliance with the BJP last time around. The Amit Shah-led party is going alone in the December seven elections to the 119-member Assembly, as also the TRS. The Congress, the TDP, the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) have forged "Prajakutami" (People's Alliance) to take on the TRS. The AICC In-charge of Telangana, R C Khuntia, said it's the "compulsion" that brought the parties of the alliance together and he expects the grouping to work with cohesion to put it across the TRS. "People are very unhappy with the way TRS and KCR (as caretaker Chief Minister K ...
India urges Pak to build corridor to Katarpur Sahib
India Thursday urged the Pakistan government to build a corridor to Katarpur Sahib to facilitate easy movement of Indian pilgrims to the shrine -- the final resting place of Sikh faith's founder Guru Nanak Dev. Kartarpur Sahib is situated in Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province and there have been demands to build a corridor linking it with Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India has approached Pakistan government to recognise the sentiments of the Sikh community and build the corridor, in keeping with the resolution adopted by the Cabinet Thursday to commemorate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev next year. "... We have approached and urged the Pakistan government to recognise the sentiments of Sikh community and build a corridor with suitable facilities in their territory to facilitate easy and smooth visits of pilgrims from India to Kartarpur Sahib throughout the year," he said. The MEA ..
Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee resigns
Days after stepping down from West Bengal Fire and Housing Ministry, Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee on Thursday tendered his resignation from the post of the city municipal corporation.
B'luru gets ready for 1st drone race contest in Tech Summit
The Karnataka government is organising a one-of-a-kind drone racing contest as part of a three-day 'Tech Summit' to be held in Bengaluru from November 29, state IT and industries minister K J George said Thursday. Another major attraction would be human code' hackathon, an effort of global coding communities to solve humanitarian problems. The hackathon will culminate at the summit, he added. The summit with the theme 'Innovation and Impact' will witness participation of 13 countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Estonia, Japan, Australia, Czeck Republic, among others. About 3,000 delegates and up to 5,000 visitors are expected to participate in the event. "The Karnataka government has always been on a continuous quest to encourage innovations and this summit is one step to ignite that spark and enthuse people about entrepreneurship," George told reporters here. The event also aims to leverage new technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, big data, ...
Sovan Chatterjee resigns from post of Kolkata mayor
Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sovan Chatterjee resigned from the post of Kolkata mayor on Thursday as directed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Chatterjee sent his resignation letter through a messenger to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) chairperson Mala Roy. Roy, accepting the resignation letter, held a high-level meeting at her office Thursday. "Received Mr Sovan Chatterjee's resignation from the post of mayor through his messenger. I have accepted it. The other formalities will be followed as per rules, after a Trinamool Congress councillors meeting convened by the party supremo Mamata Banerjee is held this evening." Chatterjee, who was holding two important portfolios of the housing and fire service department, had resigned from the cabinet on Tuesday. Accepting his resignation letter, Banerjee had asked him to also quit the post of mayor. The resignation letter had been forwarded to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi, the chief minister had stated. KMC Commissioner ...
Farmers march to Mumbai's Azad Maidan for land rights, drought relief
Thousands of farmers demanding compensation for drought and transfer of forest rights to tribals Thursday reached Azad Maidan in south Mumbai, eight months after a similar protest was held at the venue. The farmers and tribals who began the two-day march from Thane to Mumbai on Wednesday had halted for the night at the Somaiyya Ground in Mumbai's Sion area, from where they began marching to Azad Maidan Thursday morning. The morcha traversed through Dadar and the JJ flyover before reaching the Maidan, adjacent to the Mumbai municipal corporation headquarters. Magsaysay award winner Dr Rajendra Singh, also known as Waterman of India, was among the marchers. He blamed the government for drought, which he termed as "man-made". Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has invited the morcha leaders for talks Thursday afternoon at the Vidhan Bhawan, where the winter session of the state legislature in underway, a leader of the march said. The participants are mostly from Thane, Bhusawal
Decision to dissolve JK assembly 'unconstitutional,unethical'; murder of democracy: Manish Tewari
Terming the decision to dissolve the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly as "unconstitutional, immoral and unethical", Congress leader Manish Tewari Thursday said it was a "murder of democracy". Congress leader P Chidambaram also took a swipe at Governor Satyapal Malik's decision to dissolve the assembly, saying that parliamentary democracy was standing on its head. "As long as no one staked a claim to form government, J&K governor was happy to keep Assembly under suspension. The moment someone staked a claim, he dissolved the Assembly!" he tweeted. "The Westminster model of democracy is outdated. Like in all other matters, it is the Gujarat model that has appealed to the J&K governor," Chidambaram added. Tewari said that after the PDP, the NC and the Congress staked claim to form government, the governor's decision to dissolve the assembly without giving them a chance to form government and prove a majority "is murder of democracy and must be challenged". "Decision of J&K governor
Sabarimala protests part of BJP-RSS game plan: CPI-M
The agitation against the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala is part of an "all-India game plan of the BJP and RSS to stir up communal tensions and create communal polarization" ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the CPI-M has said.
EU hopes to clinch Brexit deal on Sunday
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's 27 national ambassadors will try on Thursday to finalise an outline declaration of future ties between the bloc and the United Kingdom ahead of a planned summit on Sunday.
India issues note verbale to Pak on Kartarpur corridor
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday issued a Note Verbale to the Pakistani government urging it to develop a corridor with suitable facilities in its territory from the International Border to Gurudwara Kartapur Sahib in order to facilitate easier access and smooth passage of India pilgrims through the year.The Note Verbale comes shortly after the Union Cabinet of India, in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, passed a resolution to celebrate the 550th Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Devji, which falls in the year 2019, throughout the country and across the globe, in a grand manner. During the meeting, it was decided that the Indian government will also urge the Government of Pakistan to recognise the sentiments of the Sikh community and develop a corridor with suitable facilities in their territory as well."The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India presents its compliments to the High Commission for the Islamic Republic o Pakistan in New Delhi .
Those seeking action against me are senseless: Kamal Nath
Close on the heels of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seeking action against him for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct, Congress leader and former Union Minister Kamal Nath said on Thursday that only those who were "senseless" would seek action against him.Kamal Nath, also Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief, said on Thursday, "Those who are demanding legal action against me for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct by inciting religious sentiments to appeal for votes have lost their senses in the politics of religion."It is worth mentioning that a delegation of the BJP on Wednesday petitioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) in New Delhi and demanded legal action against Nath for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct "by inciting religious sentiments to appeal for votes" in run up to the Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh."They have lost their senses in the politics of religion. They have come down to the politics of video and WhatsApp. I am ...