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Terrorists behind Kishtwar killings will be neutralised soon: Ram Madhav
BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Tuesday said terrorists behind the killings of a senior party leader and his brother in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district would be neutralised soon. BJP state secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet Parihar were shot dead on November 1 by suspected militants in a dark, narrow lane leading to their house. The brothers were fired upon from close range. "Right now, our main challenge is to track down the terrorists (behind the killings) and neutralise them. That will be done very soon," Madhav told reporters in Kishtwar, 230 kilometres from here. "That (neutralising terrorists) is the important thing here. Of course, we will not allow these kinds of activities to create instability and violence in Kishtwar or Doda, the peaceful areas of Jammu region. That is our priority and we are focusing on that," he added. Madhav, accompanied by Union ministers J P Nadda and Jitendra Singh and state BJP president Ravinder Raina, visited Kishtwar to pay ...
Bangladesh EC rejects opposition demand for further deferral of polls
Bangladesh poll authority Tuesday rejected the opposition's demand to further defer the general elections, a day after it delayed the polls by a week to December 30. Last week, the Bangladesh Election Commission announced that the 11th general election will be held on December 23. The Jatiya Oikya Front (NUF) a political alliance of opposition parties that includes the main Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the Election Commission to defer the polls by a month. "There is no scope of delaying further the polls as the new Parliament must be formed by January 29," Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda said while briefing returning officers here. He instructed the election officials to carry out their duties "neutrally" and "without any fear". "We have considered a lot to set the date on December 30," Huda said. He said the Parliament will have to sit on January 29 after the election. "So, there is not enough time. We will need to publish gazettes for all 300 ...
In Chhattisgarh, Rahul Gandhi assures jobs, free treatment
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday told voters in poll-bound Chhattisgarh that, if voted to power, his party will provide jobs to the youth, free treatment in government hospitals and waive off farmers' loans."Chhattisgarh is a rich state - water, land, coal, mineral, it has everything. People of Chhattisgarh saw a dream of development. However, for 15 years the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken all money from the state and given it to few rich businessmen. The BJP leaders and ministers openly robbed the state," Rahul said in an eelction rally at Mahasamund, which will go to polls on November 20."Within 10 days after coming into power, the Congress party will waive off the loans of Chhattisgarh farmers. Secondly, you all were told that you will get bonus. Since last two years you have not been getting the same. Not only we will resume this practice, we will also compensate for the bonus of these two years, which BJP failed to do. They talk about MSP. Congress will get you
Modi doesn't know country run by people, not by one man: Rahul
Congress President Rahul Gandhi Tuesday launched a diatribe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "misleading" people on India's development. Addressing a rally here ahead of the second phase of polling in the state on November 20, Gandhi said as per Modi, development of the country began only after 2014, when he became the prime minister. "He (Modi) doesn't even know that the country is run by the people and not by a single man. He insults you by making such comments," the Congress president said. Demonetisation and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was aimed to break the back of small and medium businesses, Gandhi said. Congress will encourage youth to do business and get loan facility from banks, he added. The Congress is not against big industrialists, but if government gives them benefit, small and medium business should not be neglected, he said. "Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya fled the country with thousands of crores of rupees belonging
U.S.-China trade tensions will create 'domino effect': Malaysia PM
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Trade tensions between the United States and China will create a "domino effect" and prompt other countries to turn protectionist, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Tuesday.
Cong dismisses as 'manufactured lies' Dassault CEO's claims on Rafale deal
The political row over the Rafale jet deal escalated Tuesday with the Congress dismissing as 'manufactured lies' the claims by the Dassault CEO there was no wrong-doing and its chief Rahul Gandhi firing a fresh salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The nation needs a "fair investigation" and not "doctored explanations" on the fighter jet deal, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. He was responding to Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier's defence of the contract in a media interview. Trappier has claimed no wrong-doing in the Rs 58,000 crore deal asserting it was a clean deal. Trappier also claimed that his company had chosen Reliance as an offset partner. " 'Dictated Interviews' and 'manufactured lies' cannot suppress the Rafale Scam. First rule of Law - Mutual Beneficiaries and Co-accused's statements hold no value. Second Rule:-Beneficiaries and accused can't be Judge in their own case. Truth has a way of coming out, Surjewala said on Twitter. "Fixed match between ...
Mizoram: Where all parties have allied with BJP, all claim to be anti-BJP!
In this small hill state of just about 10 lakh people, parties' political equations appear as treacherous as its twisting and turning roads -- Both the ruling BJP and main opposition MNF are trying hard to prove their 'anti-BJP' credentials and both have had their own alliances with the saffron party. The sudden prominence attained by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for the November 28 elections for 40 assembly seats of this christian-majority state also contradicts a basic statistics of Mizoram's three-decade-old electoral history that the saffron party has never won an assembly seat so far. But the BJP is now the main target of poll campaigns mounted by the Congress as well as the Mizo National Front (MNF) -- the two parties that have always ruled Mizoram one after another. As the campaign gains momentum, both the Congress and the MNF are accusing each other of being the BJP's "real ally", by digging out old pictures, documents and meeting details from the past and splashing them ...
Trump preparing to remove Nielsen as Homeland Security Secretary
US President Donald Trump told advisers that he has decided to remove Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and her departure from the administration is likely to occur in the coming weeks, according to White House officials.
Note ban hurt the poor, benefited rich: Rahul in Chhattisgarh
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday launched a counter attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, saying the note ban hurt the poor and benefited the rich wearing "suit-boot". Addressing a rally here ahead of the second phase of polling in the state on November 20, Gandhi also charged the Modi government with ensuring benefit to Anil Ambani's company through the Rafale aircraft deal. The Modi-led government "snatched" Rs 30,000 crore from the poor and put it in the pocket of the industrialist, Gandhi said. The Congress, if propelled to power, would write off debts of farmers in Chhattisgarh within 10 days into government, he said. "He (Modi) said the note ban brought money out of pillows of people. He is right. But he did not tell from whom the money was snatched...all the poor people (had to) queue up (to exchange notes). Did any billionaire queue up? Did anyone in suit-boot queue up?" he asked. "India's prime minister helped turn the black money of
US security chief Bolton vows to 'squeeze' Iran
US National Security Advisor John Bolton vowed Tuesday to "squeeze" Iran "until the pips squeak", a week after a tough new round of sanctions came into force. President Donald Trump has dramatically increased pressure on Tehran, withdrawing from an international agreement aimed at ending its nuclear programme and introducing several rounds of unilateral US sanctions. The latest tranche of measures have been touted as the toughest yet, and aim to significantly reduce Iran's vital oil exports and cut off its banks from international finance. Speaking in Singapore ahead of a summit, Bolton said: "We think the government is under real pressure and it's our intention to squeeze them very hard. "As the British say, squeeze them until the pips squeak. "We are also going to significantly increase the enforcement of sanctions." The sanctions have been opposed by other parties to the deal aimed at ending Iran's nuclear drive - Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia -- who have vowed to ...
Rajasthan BJP MLA resigns over poll ticket denial
A BJP MLA whose name was dropped from the first list of candidates for the Rajasthan Assembly elections resigned from the party on Tuesday, a day after the resignation of state minister Surendra Goyal. Nagaur MLA Habibur Rahman said he has mailed his resignation to the party's state president Madan Lal Saini. "I resigned from the party's primary membership and forwarded the resignation to the party' state president today (Tuesday). There is discontent among my supporters against the party's decision to drop my name this time, therefore I took this decision," Rahman told PTI. He said he was in Delhi, where he will meet his supporters to decide the future course of action. A few other sitting BJP MLAs, who also did not make it to the list, expressed dissatisfaction over the party's decision. Ramganj Mandi MLA Chandrakanta Meghwal said she will contest the election as an independent candidate. "My name was dropped and the party announced some other candidate from my constituency. I have .
Judge: Sides in Florida recount should 'ramp down' rhetoric
After Republicans, including President Donald Trump, made unsubstantiated accusations of illegal activity, a judge on Monday urged the warring sides in the Florida recount to "ramp down the rhetoric," saying it eroded public confidence in the election for Senate and governor. The state's law enforcement arm and elections monitors have found no evidence of wrongdoing, but lawyers for the Republican party and the GOP candidates joined with Trump in alleging that irregularities, unethical behavior and fraud have taken place since the polls closed last week. "An honest vote count is no longer possible" in Florida, Trump declared Monday, without elaborating. He demanded that the election night results which showed the Republicans leading based upon incomplete ballot counts be used to determine the winner. Trump went on to allege that "new ballots showed up out of nowhere, and many ballots are missing or forged," and that ballots are "massively infected." It was unclear what he was ...
Debt-ridden Punjab all set for Rs 100-crore binge on luxury cars
At a time when the debt-ridden Punjab government is unable to pay salaries and pensions to its serving and former employees, or allocate funds for subsidies and social welfare schemes on time, it is all set for a nearly Rs 100 crore luxury ride.
Pak govt approves Rs1,700 crore bailout package to keep PIA afloat
The cash-strapped Pakistani government has approved a Rs1,700 crore bailout package for its ailing national flag carrier PIA which has been running into losses for years. The government on Monday approved the bailout package for the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to keep it afloat for the next two months, the Express Tribune reported. It is the first bailout package approved by the government of Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is also the minister in charge of the Aviation Division. Pakistan government is itself facing financial crisis and is seeking its largest loan package of up to USD 8 billion from the IMF to bail itself out from the severe balance-of-payments crisis that threatens to cripple the country's economy. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, chaired by Finance Minister Asad Umar, on Monday approved the Rs 1,720 crores 'dose of oxygen' the second in last six months.
Centrist Democrat Kyrsten Sinema flips Arizona Senate seat
In a year of liberal challenges to President Donald Trump, an avowed centrist scored the Democratic Party's biggest coup -- flipping a red state's U.S. Senate seat. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema won the Arizona Senate seat being vacated by Republican Jeff Flake. The race against Republican Rep. Martha McSally was tight enough that a winner wasn't decided until Monday, after a slow count of mail-in ballots gave her an insurmountable lead. Sinema's win achieves a longtime Democratic goal of making Arizona, with its growing Latino population, a competitive state. And she did it by pointedly not running against the president, or even critiquing his hardline immigration stance. "She didn't put the progressive bit in her mouth and run with it," said Chuck Coughlin, a GOP strategist in Phoenix. "She spit it out and did something else." Sinema targeted moderate Republican and independent women by painting herself as a nonpartisan problem-solver who voted to support Trump's agenda 60 percent of the ...
N Korean missile base revealed in satellite image
New images from a commercial satellite have revealed that North Korea has multiple undeclared operating missile bases.This comes after North Korea recently postponed high-level talks with United States on the denuclearisation of Korean peninsula.The images indicate that North Korea is moving forward with its ballistic missile program amid international pressure from countries like South Korea and the US, reported CNN.The existence of these undeclared bases has been known to the US intelligence agencies but US President Donald Trump has never openly acknowledged their existence or his knowledge of it.Following his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June, Trump had said that Pyongyang is "no longer a nuclear threat."The first summit between Trump and Kim was held on June 12 in Singapore, which saw the two sides signing a joint declaration.The North Korean leader assured, "complete denuclearisation of Korean Peninsula", while the US President pledged "security guarantees" to
Atishay receives work orders from District Election Office in M.P.
1. The Office of the Collector & District Election Officer, District ~ Bhopal (MP) for Preparation of Urdu Photo Electoral rolls, as per Election Commission of India guidelines, along with its multiple sets.
Denigrating Nehru is like throwing pebbles at a mountain: Shashi Tharoor (Exclusive Book Excerpt) (Nov 14 is Jawaharlal Nehru's 129th birth anniversary)
Alleging that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its followers lose no opportunity to denigrate Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has stated in a new edition of his 2003 book "Nehru: The Invention of India" -- scheduled to be launched on Tuesday evening by Sonia Gandhi -- that accusing Indias first Prime Minister of "every conceivable sin" is like "throwing pebbles at a mountain".
What's fishy at Nehru Memorial? A timeline of its making and unmaking (Nov 14 is Jawaharlal Nehru's 129th birth anniversary)
Jawaharlal Nehru, widely regarded as the architect of modern India, had deep affection and regard for literature and scholarship. The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML) here bears this out, but has been the subject of much controversy during the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led dispensation. Critics say that the government is "diluting" Nehrus legacy by changing the character of his memorial whereas the government has maintained that it is only "upgrading" it.
Union Cabinet condoles demise of Ananth Kumar
The Union Cabinet Tuesday condoled the demise of union minister Ananth Kumar, saying under his "stewardship" the BJP expanded inKarnataka and eventually formeda government of its own. The 59-year-old Bangalore South MP died at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Monday after battling lung cancer for several months. The special cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi also observed a two-minute silence in the memory of Kumar. The Cabinet noted that in his passing away, the nation has lost an experienced leader, an official statement said. According to a resolution passed by the cabinet, from a student activist, Kumar became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. "It was under his stewardship that the party expanded in the state of Karnataka and eventually formed the government of its own," the resolution said. The Cabinet also placed on record its appreciation of Kumar's services to the nation in different capacities and described his death as a loss of an experienced ...