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In Rajasthan, now lodge FIR at SP office if police station denies it!
In a fresh decision, the Rajasthan government on Monday decided to begin registration of FIR's at Superintendent of Police's office, in case of concerned police stations not registering the complaint.The decision came after a high-level meeting with officials was convened by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today. In the meeting, it was decided that an FIR can be lodged at SP's office if a police station refuses to register the same in connection with any case. This facility will be made available to the public from June 1.The CM has also directed that a departmental inquiry must be done in connection with all the cases where a police station refuses to register FIR.The action by the Chief Minister is being seen in the light of an increasing number of complaints regarding non-registration of FIRs at the police stations.The meeting was attended by state police Chief Kapil Garg, additional chief secretary, Rajiv Swaroop and other senior police officers.
In a first, Badri-Kedar Temple Committee's chief to attend PM's swearing-in
President of Badri-Kedar Temple Committee Mohan Prasad Thapliyal on Wednesday left for national capital as Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited him for the swearing-in-ceremony, scheduled to be held at 7 pm in Rashtrapati Bhawan.Thapliyal is the first officer of BKTC, who received an invitation to the Prime Minister's oath-taking ceremony. The committee said the invite is an honour to them.BKTC chief said the invitation shows that Prime Minister Modi's government will work for the development of the Char Dham.He said he will invite Prime Minister Modi to visit Kedarnath and Badrinath temple again.Earlier this month, Prime Minister had visited Badrinath and Kedarnath temples and paid offerings to Lords Shiva and Badri. He also took stock of the Kedarnath re-development project and prayed for the welfare of the country.
Bhupesh Baghel, Naveen Patnaik to skip Modi's swearing-in
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced that they will not be attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Thursday due to prior commitments.The ceremony will be held at 7 pm in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan here."I want to congratulate PM Modi. Due to prior commitments, I will not be able to go for his oath ceremony tomorrow. I have sought time from PMO to meet him later," Baghel tweeted.Meanwhile, Patnaik conveyed his good wishes to the Prime Minister and his council of ministers and said he won't be able to attend the ceremony as he will be busy in the swearing-in ceremony of his cabinet ministers."The newly elected members of the 16th Vidhan Sabha will take oath tomorrow. As a leader of the house, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has to remain present during the occasion. Thus, he is unable to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister and his council of ministers tomorrow," an ...
Encounter breaks out between security forces, terrorists in Shopian
An encounter broke out between the security forces and terrorists in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir.The area has been cordoned off as the exchange of fire is currently underway.Earlier, three terrorists were killed in an encounter between the security forces and terrorists after a search operation was launched here.Further details are awaited.
Manmohan, Rahul, Sonia to attend Modi's swearing-in (2nd Lead)
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and United Progressive Alliance chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Thursday, party leaders said.
10 pc quota for EWS in govt jobs implemented in Delhi, BJP says 'our victory'
The Delhi government's Services Department has issued directions for implementation of 10 percent reservation for economically weaker sections in all direct recruitment, effective from February 1 this year. In January, ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared 10 percent quota in education and government jobs for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), a key demand of upper castes. A functionary of the Delhi government Wednesday said the decision was made by the Services Department which comes under the jurisdiction of Lt Governor in which the ruling party had no say. However, Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari said it was a victory of his party's struggle on the issue. In a circular of the Services Department, dated May 28, deputy secretary (services) Biju Raj, on behalf of the competent authority (Lt Governor), asked all the departments and other bodies of the Delhi government for compliance of the quota provision. "This is for ...
Cong convenes meeting of oppn parties on May 31 to discuss poll drubbing
After facing a drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress has convened a meeting of opposition parties in Parliament on May 31 to discuss the possible reasons for their defeat, sources said on Wednesday. The opposition parties may also discuss their strategy for the Parliament session which is likely to begin from June 6. This will be the first meeting of opposition parties after the constitution of the 17th Lok Sabha. Issue of alleged discrepancies in EVMs and VVPAT machines may also feature in the discussions. The meeting will be held a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet will be sworn-in in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. On June 1, the Congress Parliamentary Party will also hold its first meeting in Parliament's Central Hall. In the meeting, the Congress will elect the new leader of the parliamentary party and discuss its strategy going forward.
Karnataka Congress MLAs ask Rahul to continue as party chief
Congress MLAs in Karnataka Wednesday urged party President Rahul Gandhi not to insist on his resignation offer following the Lok Sabha poll debacle and continue to lead the party. The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) at a meeting here passed a resolution to this effect. It was moved by CLP leader Siddaramaiah and seconded by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President Dinesh Gundu Rao. Briefing reporters about the resolution, Rao said:"we want Rahul Gandhi to continue as the party president as his leadership is required for the Congress and for thecountry." "Yes the result may not have come in our favour, butGandhi's leadership is required for the organisation and in our way forward," he said, adding the resolution will be sent to him. Siddaramaih said Gandhi should continue as the AICC president and he alone should not take the moral responsibility. "All of us will take moral responsibility." "In today's situation, Congress and Rahul Gandhi's leadership is needed for
Mungantiwar hints at crossover of Congress leaders
Speculations about defection of some Congress leaders to the BJP in Maharashtra got strengthened Wednesday with Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar saying that "good people" in the Congress could be inducted into the saffron party. Taking potshots at the Rahul Gandhi-led party, which suffered back-to-back reverses in 2014 and 2019 polls, the senior BJP leader said the Congress has lost its utility in politics like "expired drugs". "There are some good people in the Congress who are like right people in a wrong party. There are some good people in the Congress who want to serve with dedication for people. Such people will be taken along in the BJP," he told reporters. Mungantiwar also said the tree plantation campaign of the Forest department which aims to plant 33 crore saplings, will be held between July 1 and September 30. Reports of some Congress and NCP MLAs possibly joining the BJP ahead of the Assembly polls, due in October this year, emerged after the NDA's ...
If Trump didn't commit any crime, report would have said so: Mueller
In a statement that may spell trouble for US President Donald Trump, Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday said that if his probe had found that Trump had not committed a crime, his report would have clearly said so, media reported.
Cabinet contenders greet Amit Shah ahead of Modi's swearing-in
Senior BJP leaders, who are likely to be re-inducted in the Narendra Modi government on Thursday, met BJP chief Amit Shah at his residence.
LDF govt will not change its stand on Sabarimala: Vijayan
Despite the perception Sabarimala issue was the reason for the LDF's drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan Wednesday said his government does not intend to change its stand and wound continue to protect women's rights. As the opposition Congress-led UDF, which won 19 of the 20 Lok Sabha seats, sought to taunt him in the state assembly over the LDF's poor showing, a visibly annoyed Vijayan said if opposing communalism was seen as arrogance on his part, he will continue it. He was responding to Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala who, during the discussion on demand for grant, said even CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury had offered to resign after the poll debacle. "The Left had to face a massive defeat. Even Yechury offered to resign yesterday. There is no need for Yechury to express the moral responsibility that our Chief Minister does not have. Even after the defeat the chief minister has been behaving like nothing ...
FIR against regional head of redBus for 'illegal' stoppages of buses
A regional head of redBus was on Wednesday booked for violating a government order directing the online bus booking portal to de-list from its website some drop and pickup points on highways here, the Noida administration said. The administration said that from May 2 no vehicles are allowed to stop on the Noida-Greater Noida Highway, the Yamuna Expressway starting from the Mahamaya Flyover to pick up or drop passengers in order to avoid accidents on these stretches. "It was found that several travels and bus operators were plying illegally after getting passenger bookings through redBus portal. These buses would also show drop and pickup points at Zero Point on Mahamaya Flyover, at Pari Chowk, and various other spots in Greater Noida, which is illegal," City Magistrate Shailendra Mishra said. A notice on e-mail was issued to redBus on May 15 and its regional head, Sachin Gapat, was also apprised about the violation over the phone and asked to de-list these points from the website but .
B'desh President first foreign dignitary to arrive in Delhi for Modi's swearing-in
Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday became the first foreign dignitary to arrive here to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that is set to take place on Thursday."First esteemed guest to arrive! President of Bangladesh, Md. Abdul Hamid arrives in the capital to participate in the oath-taking ceremony of PM @narendramodi and the Council of Ministers tomorrow. Other #BIMSTEC members, #SCO Chair and PM of Mauritius will be joining in tomorrow," Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.Leaders from all BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member-states have confirmed their attendance for Modi's swearing-in ceremony. The bloc's member nations include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand besides India.Apart from the Bangladesh President, President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena, President of Myanmar U Win Myint, Prime Minister of Bhutan Lotay Tshering, .
PM Modi meets Jaitley after his decision to opt out of new govt
Hours after Arun Jaitley announced decision not to seek a ministerial position in Modi 2.0 government due to health reasons, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday visited him at his residence, a move that reflects the importance attached to the senior leader. Though Modi in his first term as Prime Minister had visited Jaitley's residence for 'unofficial' meetings with groups of senior editors, this is perhaps the first time that he visited the residence of a minister for an unscheduled engagement. Modi, who along with his new Cabinet are to be sworn-in on Thursday evening, drove to Jaitley's official residence in the national capital at 850 pm and was with him for close to 25 minutes, officials said. Modi enquired about Jaitley's health and well being, they added. Specific details about the meeting was not known immediately but the visit was possibly to convey a message that Jaitley is valued, appreciated and wanted by him and his government. Neither Jaitley, who had tweeted his ...
Advance warning of impending terror attack in Lanka not taken seriously: Senior official
Advance warning about an impending terror attack in Sri Lanka was "never a main point for discussion" during national intelligence coordination meetings, a senior police official Wednesday told a parliamentary probe panel on the Easter Sunday bombings. A parliamentary select committee was appointed to probe the events leading to the April 21 attacks and any lapses by those responsible following reports that India had alerted the Sri Lankan defence establishment on the impending attacks. Testifying before the committee, Sisira Mendis, a retired senior police official who is now the chief of national intelligence, said that prior information received was never a main subject in the discussions at the national intelligence coordination meetings. "It was never a main point for discussion," Mendis told the committee. More than 250 people were killed in coordinated suicide bomb attacks carried out by the local Jihadi group National Thowheed Jammath (NTJ) which is linked to the ISIS. Mendis .
Jaitley instrumental in ensuring 'seminal reforms': CEA
Arun Jaitley's deft navigation of landscape ensured "seminal reforms" like GST and bankruptcy code, Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said Wednesday. A day before the swearing-in ceremony of the new government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he does not want to be a minister in his new government due to health reasons. "I think his ability to navigate and pull out such a difficult reform (GST) is extremely creditable and of course even the bankruptcy reforms...these are the seminal reforms he will be remembered for," Subramanian told reporters late Wednesday. He added that Jaitley was instrumental in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and his leadership of the GST Council was appreciated by everybody. Ending days of speculations, Jaitley posted on Twitter the letter he wrote to Modi requesting recusal from being a part of the new government on health grounds. Soon after BJP won a massive majority in the Lok Sabha elections, ...
Cong goes into overdrive to save coalition govt in Karnataka
As the Lok Sabha election debacle pushed the ruling coalition in Karnataka into a greater turmoil, the Congress Wednesday went into an overdrive to avert a potential existential crisis to the one-year-old H D Kumaraswamy ministry. Rushed here by the party high command on a damage control mission, Congress general secretary K C Venugopal met Kumaraswamy, senior party leaders and ministers and attended a legislature party meeting to save the coalition from an intensified BJP onslaught. CLP leader and Congress-JDS coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah said no one would leave the Congress and there was no disgruntlement either. "All of us are together.This government is strong and will survive. If BJP tries to destabilise the government, they will be biggest fools," he told reporters after the CLP meeting, attended by 72 Congress MLAs, with two rebels Ramesh Jarkiholi and R Roshan Baig giving it a miss. Two other missing lawmakers-- Ramalinga Reddy and Byrati ...
President, Prime Minister congratulate Pema Khandu as he takes oath as CM
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated BJP leader Pema Khandu after he sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday.President Kovind, in a tweet, conveyed his best wishes to Khandu and congratulated him on taking oath as the Chief Minister of the state."President Kovind congratulated @PemaKhanduBJP on taking oath as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. The President conveyed his best wishes for fulfilling the aspirations of the people and carry forward the development journey in Arunachal Pradesh," reads a tweet on the official handle of President of India.PM Modi also congratulated Khandu and said he was looking forward to working together for the citizens of the state. He also conveyed his best wishes to the CM for taking the state to newer heights"Congratulations to the dynamic @PemaKhanduBJP on being sworn in as the CM of Arunachal Pradesh. Best wishes to him and his team in taking Arunachal Pradesh to newer heights of growth ..
Goa Congress MLAs, leaders pass joint resolution, urge Rahul not to resign
The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee and the party's legislative unit on Wednesday passed a joint resolution urging Congress chief Rahul Gandhi not to resign from his post, following the party's recent debacle in the general election, while promising him unequivocal support to rebuild the party.