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Congress accuses KCR of running anti-women party
The Congress party has dubbed the Telangana Rastra Samiti (TRS) an anti-women party while alleging that Telangana caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) is benefitting his family members rather than common people of the state.All India Congress Committee (AICC) official spokesperson Kushbu Sundar while addressing the media said, "TRS is an anti-women party. Chandrashekar Rao talks about women empowerment in the state, while there is no woman in his cabinet. K. Kavitha, daughter of Chandrashekar Rao is the only woman Member of Parliament (MP) from the TRS, while the Congress has given 11 seats to women."She further said that atrocities against women in Telangana have gone up during the TRS regime.Continuing her tirade against KCR government in Telangana, she said, "The TRS government has failed to set up the medical centres in rural areas. Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao has become a commission man benefitting his family members rather than common people of Telangana."She .
Trump shields Ivanka over email row
United States President Donald Trump came out in defence of his daughter and senior adviser Ivanka after The Washington Post reported that she used a personal email account to discuss government business.Defending his daughter, Trump said that Ivanka used the personal email during the start of the administration in accordance with records retention laws, reported CNN. "The Presidential Record, they're all in the Presidential Record. There was no hiding," he said.The Presidential Records Act requires all official White House communications and records be preserved.According to emails released by a nonpartisan watchdog group, Ivanka used a personal email account to discuss or relay official White House business last year. The claims were investigated by The Washington Post which reported that Ivanka used her personal email address for the most part of 2017.Trump, who during his 2016 presidential campaign had criticised former secretary Hillary Clinton for a similar practice, said that ..
AMU following Taliban ideology: BJP MP
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP), Satish Kumar Gautam has stated that Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is being run on Taliban ideology.Gautam's statement comes after posters showing India's map without Jammu and Kashmir were put up on the campus of AMU.The BJP MP from Aligarh also wrote a letter to the Vice-Chancellor of AMU with a subject "AMU is being run on Taliban ideology".The letter reads, "It came to my notice through media that a map of India minus the state of Jammu and Kashmir and parts of the Northeast was displayed on a banner. The nation is aware that time to time some anti-national and anti-government elements are being glorified in the university. If a strict action was taken when the prayer meeting was held for slain Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Manan Wani in the AMU campus or other such incidents, then this should not have happened today."As per the details given by the AMU administration, the posters were made by the drama society for an ...
Former Congress leader DD Lapang to join NPP
Former veteran Congress leader DD Lapang has decided to join the ruling National People's Party (NPP) in Meghalaya soon.He made the announcement after Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and NPP state president WR Kharlukhi met him in his office on Tuesday.The former Meghalaya chief minister told media that he has taken this decision because he could not ignore the request of the people.Lapang resigned from the Congress party in September. Soon after his resignation, the NPP-led Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) appointed him as Chief Adviser to the government.
Congress to probe Ivanka Trump's private email use in WH
New revelations about the extent of Ivanka Trump's personal email use in the White House will be getting a hard look from House Democrats when they take power in January. The House Oversight and Government Reform committee began looking into private email use last year after reports by Politico revealed that Ivanka Trump's husband, Jared Kushner, and other White House officials had been using private email for government purposes in possible violation of the Presidential Records Act and other federal record-keeping laws. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the likely incoming chairman of the Oversight panel, said Tuesday that he will resume that bipartisan investigation, which was dropped by Republicans. And he will pressure President Donald Trump's administration to turn over records about the use of private email for public business by Ivanka Trump, Kushner and other senior officials. "My goal is to prevent this from happening again not to turn this into a spectacle the way ...
US will stand with Saudi Arabia: Trump
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday played down the importance of Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman's possible implication in the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said the episode will not affect the steadfast alliance of Washington and Riyadh.
Ahead of Thanksgiving Trump pardons two Turkeys
US President Donald Trump has pardoned two Turkeys ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday later this week, continuing a century old presidential tradition that began with Abraham Lincoln. The two birds, Peas and Carrots, from South Carolina would spend rest of their days at Gobbler's Rest, an agricultural education facility at Virginia Tech University. While Peas was selected for presidential pardon through a nationwide online voting process, Carrots was pardoned by Trump at a Rose Garden thanksgiving event held at the White House. At this time of the year we reflect on all of the many blessings of our lives," he said, segueing into the order of the day "when a lucky turkey gets a presidential pardon. That turkey is so lucky. I've never seen such a beautiful turkey." The First Lady, Melania Trump, accompanied her husband during the annual turkey pardon tradition. In his brief remarks, Trump said: "The winner of this vote was decided by a fair and open election conducted on the White House .
MP Polls: Akhilesh 'thanks' Congress for not forming alliance with SP
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said that he is 'thankful' to the Congress for not forging an alliance with his party in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh.Addressing the media, during the release of his party manifesto for Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, Akhilesh said, "I am thankful to the Congress for not forming an alliance with the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), now we can tell them their failures. It is because of their faulty policies that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in power today."The Samajwadi Party chief, however, asked the Congress party to form an alliance with SP, BSP and Gondwana Ganatantra Party to win more than 200 seats in Madhya Pradesh polls."We even today say that the elections are not over as yet. We are ready even today. They (Congress) should take Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Gondwana Ganatantra Party with them and I can say that they will win more than 200 seats in Madhya Pradesh," he added.Elaborating upon the ...
China blames 'excuses' for APEC discord, as U.S. ties sour again
BEIJING (Reuters) - The failure of the countries attending a major Asia-Pacific summit to agree on a communique resulted from certain countries "excusing" protectionism, a top Chinese diplomat said, in a veiled criticism of Washington that further sours China-U.S. ties ahead of a meeting of the G20 nations
Assad regime funds Iran's proxy terrorist groups, alleges US
Charging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime with funding Iran's proxy terrorist groups, the Trump administration on Tuesday announced that action would be taken against a deceptive international network in which the Iranian regime, together with Russian companies, sends oil to Syria. The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated nine targets in an international network through which the Iranian regime, working with Russian companies, provides millions of barrels of oil to the Syrian government. The Assad regime, in turn, facilitates the movement of hundreds of millions of dollars to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) for onward transfer to Hamas and Hezbollah, it alleged. US sanctions prohibit material support to the Government of Syria, including shipments of oil to Syrian government-controlled ports, as well as material support to designated terrorist groups. The designations include Syrian national Mohammad Amer ...
Dhabas not hygienic, JNU mulls food courts
The iconic "dhabas" of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) may soon be forced to compete with the food court-style restaurants, as the authorities are looking to open a number of them to fulfil the "demand" of students for hygienic food.
Trump signals at no strong action Saudi Arabia in Khashoggi's burtal muder
President Donald Trump Tuesday signalled that the US will not take strong action against Saudi Arabia or its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi and intends to remain steadfast partner of Riyadh in the interests of his country, Israel and all other partners in the region. He, however, said that the US intelligence agencies would continue to assess all information related to the murder and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist. "King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder of Khashoggi. Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event maybe he did and maybe he didn't!" Trump said in a statement, headlined "America First". Days after being briefed by the CIA Director, the US President said we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of ...
Cong MLA moves privilege motion against Puducherry Finance Secretary
Congress legislator T Jayamoorthy moved a privilege motion against Finance Secretary V Candavelou on Tuesday for releasing a press statement noting that a standing order of the chief minister was "not implementable". The notice was submitted at the office of Speaker V Vaithilingam. Jayamoorthy later told reporters that a secretary had no authority to declare a standing order of the chief minister as "not implementable" and such a claim of the secretary was a clear case of breach of privilege. The legislator sought action against the official. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy issued an order on November 17 declaring as null and void the secretary's circular on expenditure management issued in August this year. The secretary's circular restricted the delegation of financial powers of subordinate officers only to contingent and miscellaneous sanction of funds. The chief minister questioned the restrictions and declared the circular as "mischievous, improper and grossly illegal". Reacting to
BJP wins three mayoral seats in Uttarakhand
The ruling BJP in Uttarakhand Tuesday won three of the seven mayoral seats and was leading in one as counting for the urban civic body polls went on till late night. The BJP won Rishikesh, Kashipur and Rudrapur mayoral seats, while its mayoral candidate was leading in Dehradun. The Congress was leading in the race for mayor in Haridwar, Kotdwar and Haldwani. Results of a large number of seats are still awaited. Independents which included both Congress and BJP rebels did well in the wards, winning 28 of the 68 councillor seats in Tehri. They were followed by the BJP with 27 and the Congress with 13 seats. Voting was held for 84 urban local bodies, including seven municipal corporations, 39 municipal councils and 38 Nagar panchayats, on November 18. The civic body polls are a high stakes battle for the ruling BJP which is looking to match its own impressive showing in the Vidhan Sabha polls last year where it won 57 out of the 70 Assembly seats. It is significant for the Congress too ..
JNUSU accuses administration of clearing proposal to shut down dhabas on campus
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union alleged that the administration passed a proposal to shut down small dhabas on the campus after the varsity decided to explore the feasibility of establishing food courts on the campus. The varsity's Executive Council (EC), in its meeting Tuesday, took the decision to temporarily close one of the reading rooms in the main library building to improve fire safety measures. All other facilities in the library will continue to be available for the users, the varsity said. In response to the growing demands from the students for availability of clean and hygienic food, and also creating good ambience on the campus, the Executive Council has taken a decision to explore the feasibility to establish food courts at suitable locations, it added. This will facilitate students of JNU, who are from various parts of the country, to have a wide range of choice of food and provide a hub for networking and interactions, the varsity said. The Executive ...
Gote fields his own candidates in Dhule civic body polls
BJP legislator Anil Gote, who had last week announced resignation as member of the Maharashtra Assembly and the party, has fielded candidates for the upcoming Dhule Municipal Corporation polls under the banner of Lok Sangram, an outfit headed by his son. Talking to PTI, Gote said he has fielded candidates for all 74 seats of Dhule civic body under the banner of Lok Sangram. Gote also slammed the BJP saying despite an assurance about not giving candidature to criminals, the party has given tickets to 28 persons "against whom serious cases are registered". Tuesday was the last day of filing of nominations for Dhule civic polls that will take place on December 9. The civic body has a voter population of 4.46 lakh. Gote said Fadnavis asked him not to resign from the BJP membership and as MLA. He added that he would not resign as he has not indulged in any anti-party activities. "The BJP should be felicitating me because I am the only one who has stood by the principles of ...
'Will quit politics if allegation of offering money to Owaisi is proved'
In an open challenge to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, Congress' Maheshwar Reddy said that if the allegation of offering money to Owaisi is proved, he will quit politics.Reddy also called the allegations levelled by Owaisi on Congress 'baseless', and said the latter should quit politics if the allegations are not proved."I never met Owaisi, never talked to Owaisi, he cannot even recognise me. Just for sensation he commented that I wanted to offer Rs 25 lakhs. He is running medical colleges, banks and other businesses. How can I offer Rs 25 lakhs to a man who has thousands of crores of money? I am ready to quit politics if he proves the allegations, but is he ready to quit politics if wrong?" an agitated asked.Earlier in the day, Owaisi had claimed that the Congress party had offered him Rs 25 lakh to cancel his campaign rally in Telangana's Nirmal. In reaction he said, "what will you give us, we made the Taj Mahal and you will give us ...
Not retiring from politics, clarifies Swaraj
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday took to Twitter to clarify that she is not retiring from politics, but will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls due to her health constraints.Her clarification came after people assumed that Swaraj is retiring from politics as she had announced earlier in the day to not contest the next Lok Sabha elections.Opposition leader Shashi Tharoor also posted the best wishes for Swaraj on her Twitter handle.It was, however, her husband-Swaraj Kaushal's 'Thank You' note that stole many hearts. From a restricted Twitter handle, he equated Swaraj's decision with the retirement of athlete Milkha Singh and said that even the athlete stopped running at one time, and thanked his wife for her decision.Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Swaraj said that while it is the party that decides on such things, she, on her part, has made up her mind not to contest the 2019 General Elections. Citing reasons for not contesting, Swaraj said, "Ye mere
NIA files charge sheet in Nagrota terror attack case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against fourteen persons, including Maulana Abdul Rouf Asgar, Deputy Chief of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad and brother of Maulana Masood Azhar, in connection with the November 2016 Nagrota Army camp terror attack.The charge sheet was filed under sections 120-B, 121, 121-A, 302, 307 and 201 of Ranbir Penal Code (RPC), Sections 17, 18, 19, 20, 38, 39 and 40 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, sections 7, 25 and 27 of Indian Arms Act, sections 3, 4 and 5 of Explosive Substances Act and section 14 of Foreigners ActAn investigation conducted by the NIA revealed that four local Kashmiri Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) members namely Mohd. Ashiq Baba, Syed Munir-Ul-Hassan Qadri, Tariq Ahmad Dar and Ashraf Hamid Khandey (all arrested by NIA) had facilitated a group of three heavily armed Pakistani terrorists and transported them from International Border in Samba-Kathua sector to Hotel Jagdamba in Jammu and ...
Kejriwal attack: Delhi govt accuses Delhi police of 'lying on record'
Delhi Government on Tuesday accused the Delhi Police of lying on record after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was allegedly attacked by a 40-year-old man at the Delhi Secretariat on Tuesday.Stating that the security of Delhi Secretariat lies with the Delhi Police and Arvind Kejriwal led government further accused the police of numerous incidents of security breaches in the recent past.The statement also said, "Instead of owning up its serious lapses, the Delhi Police is spreading lies under political pressure. Delhi government will explore all legal options to deal with the situation."The following questions have been asked to the Delhi Police by the Arvind Kejriwal led government:1) Can anyone enter the Secretariat with a packet of chilli powder and matchbox unchecked?2) Is there any checking done of people entering the Secretariat?3) Is Delhi Police even aware what would have been the consequences had this attacker carried any other weapon with him?4) What was the compulsion of Delhi