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Parrikar chairs Goa Investment Promotion Board meeting at residence
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday chaired the Goa Investment Promotion Board (GIPB) meeting at his residence in Panaji to discuss and approve projects before the board.State Information Technology minister Rohan Khaunte, tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar and other officials were present at the meeting.On Monday, Goa Congress spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu claimed that Parrikar, who has not been seen publicly in the last few days, may not be alive.Deshprabhu's statement came a day after Goa's health minister Vishwajit Rane had revealed that Parrikar is suffering from pancreatic cancer.The ailing Goa Chief Minister was discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on October 14 after undergoing treatment for a pancreatic ailment.Parrikar's ill health has resulted in the Congress claiming that there is a leadership crisis in the state. The party has also been demanding that they should be allowed to form the government owing to the alleged lack of ...
Nothing finalised on seat-sharing with BJP: Upendra Kushwaha
Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) president Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday asserted that positive discussions were held with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the issue of seat sharing, however, nothing has been finalised yet. "We have made the Bharatiya Janata Party aware of what our party and supporters want for seat-sharing (in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls). They said we will hold discussions. Discussions were positive but nothing has been finalised yet," he said.Clearing the air regarding his meeting with former deputy chief minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav at Arwal Circuit house, Kushwaha said that it was a public meeting and was not pre-planned. "Media persons were also present there. Tejashwi Yadav came to my room at circuit house. I went for party-related work and Tejashwi Yadav was already present there. We met in presence of a lot of people," he said.Kushwaha also announced that his party would soon be declaring candidates for 66 constituencies for the upcoming
NHRC recommends disbursement of Rs. 5 lakh as relief in Noida fake encounter case
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday recommended the Uttar Pradesh government to pay Rs 5 lakh as relief to the next of kin of the Jitendra Yadav, a gym trainer who was allegedly shot dead by police personnel in a fake encounter in Noida on the night of February 3, 2018.The Commission has asked the Chief Secretary of the State to submit a compliance report along with proof of payment within six weeks after it receives the recommendations.The NHRC, on February 5, had issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged fake encounter. It also took suo moto cognisance on the basis of media reports about the incident.During the course of enquiry and response to its notices, the Uttar Pradesh government informed the Commission that allegations levelled against the police personnel were substantiated and a charge sheet was filed against one Sub-Inspector."Efforts are being made to arrest the remaining three accused police personnel including one Sub Inspector .
Journalists stage 'pakora protest' outside Pak Parliament
Disgruntled journalists of Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area chose a unique way to protest against their termination from their respective news organisations, by setting up a stall to sell 'pakoras' (deep-dried snack) outside the Pakistan Parliament.Mubarak Zeb Khan, a journalist with Pakistan's daily, The Dawn, posted pictures of the protest on Facebook and also shared a video of the same. Interestingly, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto was also clicked during the agitation.In the video, which is being widely circulated on social media, Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) president Afzal Butt was heard saying, "Yesterday, what had happened in Rawalpindi-Islamabad, in reaction to this, we decided that all the unemployed journalists will set up a pakora stall outside the Parliament House.""The stall will be here today and tomorrow. My dear friends, you can all come here to the Parliament House. This is being done so that a solution can be reached ...
Not afraid of defamation cases: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi lashed out at his critics saying no number of defamation can threaten or scare him. Upping the ante at an election rally in Khargone, the Gandhi scion said, "The truth will be laid bare out in the open in front of the people. You may slap any number of defamation cases against me. But you can't shun the truth."Rahul's statement comes after Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son Kartikey had filed a criminal defamation suit against the Congress President in a local court, accusing him of intentionally making a false allegation about his name being in Panama Papers during an election rally in Jhabua on Monday.Meanwhile, Rahul, while taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drew a comparison between the Prime Minister and absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi. "Nirav Modi fled after duping the Indian banks of Rs 35,000 crore. Lalit Modi was another scamster. The third thief is Narendra Modi. The magic of Prime Minister has worked ...
Rahul Gandhi ups his campaigning style, targets youth
New Delhi [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Upping the campaigning game ahead of the crucial state assembly elections, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has taken to the style of the 'aam-aadmi' (common man) to draw the attention of voters. From visiting restaurants to sharing ice-cream with children, Rahul Gandhi is grabbing eyeballs with his candidness.Even though this seems to be a refreshing break from the usual fever pitch campaigning, mud-slinging ahead of elections, it does not come as a surprise if one has been following the Congress president's campaigning tactics in the past few elections. From dawning jeans and T-shirts to frequenting ice cream parlours, the Gandhi scion left no stones unturned to make his presence stronger among the youth.Wearing a black T-shirt, Gandhi was recently spotted sharing his ice cream with children in the election-bound state of Madhya Pradesh, going for polls on November 28. The candid video was shared by the Congress on its official Twitter handle. This ...
Denmark accuses Tehran of plotting 'attack' on its soil
Denmark's intelligence service PET on Tuesday accused Tehran of plotting an attack against three Iranians living in the Scandinavian country, in response to a deadly attack in Iran in late September. "It was an operation by the Iranian intelligence service which, we believe, was planning an attack in Denmark" against three Iranians suspected of belonging to the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz, PET chief Finn Borch Andersen told reporters. A Norwegian of Iranian origin was arrested on October 21 and placed in custody, suspected of planning the attack and spying for Iran. The suspect was detained in Sweden, according to the Swedish security service Sapo. At the end of September, Tehran had accused Denmark, the Netherlands and Britain of "hosting several members of the terrorist group" that Iran accuses of being responsible for an attack in the mainly ethnic Arab city of Ahvaz in southwestern Iran. The September 22 attack, in which five commandos opened fire on a ...
Cong and NCP in talks with secular parties for alliance: Ajit
Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar Tuesday said his party and the Congress are in talks with all like-minded and secular parties to forge an alliance for future elections. Pawar said NCP chief Sharad Pawar and his Congress counterpart Rahul Gandhi jointly want that all secular parties should come together to defeat the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Replying to a query on a seat-sharing formula between the NCP and the Congress, the former deputy chief minister said, "We have mentally prepared ourselves 100 per cent to move ahead with Congress in any situation. We will decide accordingly". The NCP, which was part of the Congress-led governments for three terms before the UPA was defeated in 2014, had contested the last assembly polls separately. Pawar also said the leaders of the Congress and NCP are already in talks with Jogendra Kawade, Rajendra Gavai, Prakash Ambedkar--who all head Dalit outfits, besides with Raju Shetty of Shetkari ...
Lodi Gyari, Dalai Lama's voice in China and US, dies
Lodi Gyari, the Dalai Lama's right-hand diplomat who led rare negotiations with China that proved frustrating and fruitless, has died, former colleagues said. He was 69. The International Campaign for Tibet, which Gyari once headed, said he died Monday in San Francisco. It did not specify a cause of death. A jovial former journalist whose eloquent English complemented the sometimes humorously fragmented speech of the Dalai Lama, Gyari was effectively a foreign minister for the Tibetan spiritual leader. Basing himself in the United States, Gyari became a driving force in building broad support for the Tibetan cause in Washington. When China in 2002 reached out to negotiate with the Dalai Lama, Gyari headed a delegation that visited Beijing, the Tibetan capital Lhasa and other largely Tibetan areas. The visit was initially seen as a breakthrough that could open a way for reconciliation between China and the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet for India in 1959 during an abortive uprising against
BJP-led government in Goa stable under Parrikar: Sardesai
Though the Manohar Parrikar government in Goa is stable, coalition partners of the BJP should not be taken for granted in case any decision about leadership change is taken, a key ally of the saffron outfit said Tuesday. The Goa Forward Party (GFP), however, asserted there is no issue of leadership change with Parrikar at the helm of affairs in the state. GFP president Vijai Sardesai reiterated that the state government is stable under the leadership of Parrikar and maintained all coalition partners should behave responsibly. Sardesai told reporters here that in case any decision about leadership change is taken, everyone will have to sit and decide. "By and large we are together under leadership of Manohar Parrikar. He is there and we are listening to him. But any other decision is taken (about leadership change), then we will have to sit and discuss. Nobody can be taken for granted," he said. The BJP-led government has the GFP, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)
BJP attacks previous UPA on eve of Maha govt's 4th anniversary
On the eve of completion of four years of the Devendra Fadnavis government in office, the BJP in Maharashtra Tuesday said the ruling dispensation has "outperformed" the erstwhile "corrupt" Congress-led UPA regime on various fronts. State Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Raosaheb Danve Tuesday said his party's government has almost doubled the investment in the agriculture sector, compared to the previous ruling combine. "This government has outperformed the erstwhile 15-year-old regime of the Congress and the NCP which was full of corruption and administrative lethargy," he said in a statement. Danve said his party won all the elections--ranging from the village level to urban local bodies--held in the last four years in the state on the basis of the performance of the state government. He said the state government has so far completed 'Jalyukta' shivar works in 16,000 villages and more villages will benefit in the coming years. "In the last four years, our ...
Exclusive: Defense firms see only hundreds of new U.S. jobs from Saudi mega deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every time President Donald Trump mentions the $110 billion arms deal he negotiated with Saudi Arabia last year, he quickly follows up, saying "It's 500,000 jobs."
Close associates of Brahmpura accuse him of indulging in anti-party activities
Days after Akali MP Ranjit Singh Brahmpura quit his party posts, many of his associates accused him Tuesday of indulging in anti-party activities. Khadoor Sahib MP Brahmpura had relinquished all party posts on October 23 on health grounds. Brahmpura and several other 'taksali' leaders (traditional Akalis) had expressed anguish over the previous SAD-BJP government's decision to "pardon" DeraSacha Sauda sect chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a blasphemy case in 2015. Gurmeet Ram Rahim is now serving a 20-year jail term for raping two sadhvis. In a statement here on Tuesday, Bramhpura's associates said he had joined hands with anti-party and anti-panth forces to weaken the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), the party which had given "lot of respect" to him since his entry into the politics. When the party was in power, Brahmpura enjoyed all the benefits of the office but when it went out of power, Brahmpura levelled unfounded allegations against it and its leadership, they rued. They recalled ...
Goa Governor acting as "protector" of BJP-led government: Cong
The Congress in Goa Tuesday accused Governor Mridula Sinha of being a "mute spectator" to the "undemocratic acts" of the Manohar Parrikar government. The Governor was acting like a "protector of the BJP- led government forgetting her constitutional responsibility", Goa Congress spokesman Yatish Naik told reporters. "The Governor has completely failed to discharge her constitutional duty. She has become a mute spectator to the "undemocratic acts" and everything that is happening around. "She is acting as a protector of the BJP-led government and not as a protector of the state or its people," Naik alleged. The Congress took strong objection to the holding of a meeting of state-run Investment Promotion Board at the private residence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar near here Tuesday. "Holding a meeting at the private residence (of the CM) is the most unconstitutional and undemocratic act," Naik said. Naik said the BJPis known for not abiding by the Constitution and this .
Indian Army, PLA hold meet at Bum-La
The Indian Army and China's People's Liberation Army on Tuesday held military border personnel meeting on the Chinese side at Bum-La, a defence official said.
Mitra welcomes CPI(M)'s statement to vote in favour of Cong to
West Bengal Congress president Somen Mitra Tuesday welcomed the statement by CPI(M) politburo member Surya Kanta Mishra urging Left workers to vote in favour of Congress candidates to stop the BJP from returning to power in Chhattisgarh. Mishra, who is a secretary of Bengal unit of CPI(M), on Monday had said that in seats where the CPI(M) or Left parties do not have candidates in Chhattisgarh assembly elections, the party workers should vote in favour of the Congress as it is the only alternative against the "communal and anti-people" BJP. Assembly polls will be held in Chhattisgarh in two phases on November 12 and 20. "We welcome the statement from CPI(M). We will inform the our party leadership about it. But it was CPI(M) which had walked out of the alliance after 2016 assembly polls," Mitra said while reacting to Mishra's statement on Tuesday. The Congress and the CPI(M)-led Left Front had forged an alliance in Bengal during the 2016 assembly polls to fight against ..
JNUSU alleges no water supply given to varsity for last five ,
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Tuesday alleged that no water supply has been given to the varsity for the last five days and the administration has not acted on their complaints. The students' union will be holding a protest outside the office of the Delhi Jal Board in Jhandewalan in central Delhi on Wednesday. "There is a water emergency in JNU. From the past five days, no water has been given to JNU by Jal Board. JNU used to get 24 units of water but now we get five units or no water at all," the JNUSU said. They alleged that the administration has not acted on their complaints of water crisis. However, a varsity official said there is no water crisis and the varsity is getting regular water supply.
Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA, former legislator join Congress
A sitting MLA of the BJP and a former legislator of the party in the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh Tuesday joined the Congress in the presence of its president Rahul Gandhi at Indore. The state Congress made the announcement through a tweet on its official handle about the induction of sitting BJP MLA Sanjay Sharma and ex-MLA Kamlapat Arya. Sitting MLA from Tendukheda (Narsinghpur district) Sanjay Sharma and ex-MLA from Bhander (Datia district) Kamalapat Arya, both from BJP, joined the Congress in front of party president Rahul Gandhi, the state Congress said on twitter. It was a sort of homecoming for Sharma and Arya, who were in the Congress before they joined the BJP. The ruling party, however, sought to downplay the cross-over by its two leaders, saying such things happen before elections. When approached, state Congress Media Cell vice- president Bhupendra Gupta confirmed that Sharma and Arya have joined the main opposition party, which is out of power in Madhya ...
Real tribute to Patel would be to place his RSS ban order under statue: Cong
The Congress on Tuesday said the "real tribute" to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel would be that his order banning the RSS should be placed at the foot of the 'Statue of Unity' in Gujarat. Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma, at a press conference, alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party does not have any idols of its own and highlighted that Patel was from the Congress and also a former president of the party. His remarks came a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the world's tallest statue the 'Statue of Unity' at Kevadiya in Gujarat. The 182-metre statue of Patel will be dedicated to the nation on his birth anniversary in Narmada District of Gujarat. "Probably Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not know that after the Bardoli Satyagraha, the Father of the Nation gave the title of Sardar to Vallabh Bhai Patel and on 4th February, 1948, Home Minister Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel had issued a hand written order banning the RSS. "My suggestion to the prime minister is...with the
Govt employees in Haryana asked to submit property return online
The Haryana government has decided that all government employees -- Class I, II and III -- would submit their property return online for the financial year 2017-18. The deadline for the submission of online property returns is April30,an official spokesman said here Tuesday. Detailed instructions for filing the property return is available online, he said. The departments could monitor the employees property return submission status on website. Meanwhile, Haryana State Information Commission Tuesday directed that theNational Informatics Centre developa portal and make it functional by February 15, 2019 on which immovable property returns of all Haryana Civil Services and other gazetted officers (Group A&B) of Haryana can be uploaded. The detailed annual property return reports should be available on the online portal from April, 1, 2019, the Commission has directed.