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Yogi govt made criminals beg for life: Amit Shah
Highlighting the Uttar Pradesh government's crackdown on criminals, BJP chief Amit Shah on Thursday said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set goons right by hanging them upside down and now they beg for their life."Yogi Adityanath ne gundo ko ulta latka kar seedha karne ka kam kiya hia (Yogi Adiyanath has set goons right by hanging them upside down)," Shah said at a rally here.He said, "Aaj gunde gale me patta lagakar ghumte hain (Now goons wander with collars around their neck). They say - please arrest me but do not kill me in an encounter. The BJP government has brought this change to the state."Uttar Pradesh government has been under widespread criticism for allegedly violating human rights norms while handling criminal of the state.The encounters drew the attention of several human rights bodies, including the United Nations, which in January this year expressed alarm about allegations of at least 59 extrajudicial killings by police in Uttar Pradesh since March 2017.The ...
My wife never lies, says Sidhu
Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday defended his wife's remarks blaming the state Congress leadership for denying her a ticket from Amritsar.
Mayawati, Akhilesh target Modi in Varanasi
In yet another personal attack on the prime minister, BSP chief Mayawati Thursday said how can one expect Narendra Modi to respect women when he cannot do so for his wife. Addressing an election rally here along with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and RLD's Ajit Singh, Mayawati targeted Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, saying the "government of guru and chela (disciple)" would be ousted from power on May 23, the day results of Lok Sabha polls would be announced. The BSP again alleged that women in the BJP are scared of their husbands meeting the prime minister fearing they might also "abandon their wives". "As the election is coming to an end Modi now remembers women and talk about giving them respect....How can one expect Modi, who cannot respect his wife, to do so for mothers and sisters," Mayawati said. She alleged Modi is also "troubling" West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In a press statement earlier this week, Mayawati had said, "I have come to know that in BJP, .
It's TMC healing touch vs BJP NRC vow in Basirhat
Known as one of West Bengal's most porous border areas with Bangladesh and a hub of illegal migration, Basirhat is set to witness a high octane electoral battle between Nusrat Jahan, Bengali screen actress and Trinamool Congress candidate, and Sayanta Basu, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary, in the final phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 19.
NY Mayor de Blasio enters 2020 presidential run
New York city Mayor Bill de Blasio jumped into the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, joining at least 22 other Democratic candidates for the party's nomination.
Priyanka dares BJP to clear stand on Pragya's Godse comment
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a swipe at the BJP for distancing itself from the party's Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate and Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's remark describing Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "deshbhakt" (patriot), and dared the BJP to "have the guts" to spell out its stand.
One in every four BJP candidates in Bengal a 'defector'
Making a feverish pitch for a spectacular show in West Bengal, the BJP has not battled an eyelid in fielding defectors from other parties in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, while ten per cent of its nominees are even non-Bengalis.
Omar Abdullah condemns killing of youth in J-K's Bhaderwah
NC vice president Omar Abdullah Thursday condemned the killing of a person who was allegedly attacked by cow vigilantes in Jammu and Kashmir's Bhaderwah valley, saying the frequency and severity of such violence has been a "dreadful hallmark" of the Modi-led central government. "I urge the incumbent administration to initiate a time-bound inquiry into the incident and bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to book," the former chief minister said in a statement. "Meantime I also urge the people to maintain traditional camaraderie and brotherhood. In this hour of grief, I pray for strength to the bereaved to bear the loss," he said. Curfew was clamped in Bhaderwah valley in Doda after members of a community attacked a police station and damaged several vehicles in protest against killing of a person who, they alleged, was targeted as he was involved in cattle trade. The Doda district administration, however, ruled out cow vigilantism as the reason behind the murder and said that ..
PM, Mamata locked in a blame game over vandalisation of Vidyasagar statue in WB
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were on Thursday locked in a blame game over the vandalisation of the bust of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in the violence at BJP chief Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata and traded barbs over building a new statue of the 19th century Bengali icon. As the bitter campaign in the TMC-ruled West Bengal that was curtailed by a day headed to a close tonight, Modi said his government was committed towards Vidyasagar's vision and promised to install his grand statue at the same spot in Kolkata. Rejecting Modi's offer, Banerjee said Bengal does not need BJP's money and that the state has enough to rebuild the statue. "We do not seek alms from the BJP." The prime minister and the Trinamool Congress(TMC) supremo also traded charges as to who was responsible for the vandalisation of the bust. While Modi said the bust was vandalised allegedly by "TMC goondas". Banerjee claimed it was BJP "hooligans" who had destroyed a heritage
BJP to suffer a net loss of seats this polls, says report
A report has claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to suffer a net loss of seats in the ongoing general elections but will emerge as the largest party.
Pragya's statement abominable, says KTR
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday dubbed as "reprehensible and abominable" BJP Bhopal candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's description of Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse as a "patriot".
Non-NDA govt may lead to 15% correction in Nifty: Report
NSE Nifty may see a correction of up to 15 per cent if a non-NDA government is formed at the Centre, a brokerage said Thursday. Citing opinion polls and its field visits to Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan, Swiss brokerage UBS Securities said that there is "no big wave visible either way with election activity perceptibly quieter than in 2014", and added that the ruling BJP may suffer a setback in UP and is likely to gain in WB. It can be noted that UP had delivered 71 seats to BJP's kitty in 2014 general elections, while it could secure only two seats of the 42 in West Bengal. It added that the positive impact of populist schemes is "not a given". With only a week to go for the results, the note also discussed possible scenarios and how the market will react to it. If a non-NDA government has to be formed, the NSE's benchmark Nifty will correct by 10-15 per cent, while NDA winning less than 250 seats in the 543-member House will lead to near term volatility till actual ...
Congress wants Modi's apology over Pragya's remarks on Godse
The Congress on Thursday condemned remarks of BJPs Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur describing Mahatma Gandhis assassin Nathu Ram Godse as a patriot and sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Former Australian PM Bob Hawke dies at 89
Bob Hawke, one of Australia's longest-serving Prime Ministers and a former Labour Party icon, died on Thursday at the age of 89 -- just two days before the May 18 general election.
Italy seeks Libya ceasefire at surprise Haftar talks
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte held talks with Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar during a surprise visit to Rome on Thursday, calling for an end to his month-long assault on Tripoli. "It was a fairly long meeting, a lengthy exchange of information," Conte told journalists. "I informed him of the government's position. We want a ceasefire and we feel that the political path is the only solution." Italian media reported that Haftar would head to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron after the previously unannounced visit to Rome. Conte said last week that he wanted to meet Haftar after talks with the UN-backed premier Fayez al-Sarraj on May 7. Haftar's bid to unseat Sarraj and take control of the Libyan capital has reached a military and political impasse after a month of fighting. The European Union on Monday called for all sides in the conflict to put down their arms and commit to UN talks, saying the offensive was a threat to international peace.
Disgusting, says Andhra CM on Pragya Thakur's comment
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said it was depressing and disgusting to hear that those who killed Mahatma Gandhi were being hailed as 'great patriots" by BJP candidates.
Ready to discuss issue of terrorism with India but New Delhi 'reluctant' to cooperate: Pak
Pakistan on Thursday said it was ready to discuss the issue of terrorism with India as it claimed that New Delhi is "reluctant" to cooperate on the matter, which is also a "primary concern" for Islamabad. Pakistan wants constructive engagement with India as per the policy of Prime Minister Imran Khan, Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal told media at a weekly briefing here. "Pakistan is also ready to discuss terrorism which is also a primary concern for Pakistan," he said. India has made it clear to Pakistan that terrorism and dialogue will not go hand-in-hand. Faisal said Khan wrote to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on September 14, 2018 reiterating "our principled position of resolving all outstanding issues, including the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, through peaceful dialogue". However, India, he said, has been "reluctant to cooperate on the issue of terrorism". His comments came ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting to be held in Kyrgyzstan on May ...
Military increasingly being drawn into political discourse is 'worrisome': Lt Gen Hooda
Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda, the main architect of the 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads in PoK, Thursday said it is "worrisome" that the military is increasingly being drawn into the political discourse and used to win political arguments. The Indian Army's former Northern Command chief also said the talk around politicisation of the military "is sort of exaggerated". " ...the military (is) being increasingly drawn into the political discourse, it's being used to win political arguments, it's being used as something which generates success in the elections. And that frankly is worrisome," Hooda said at an event -- "Dialogue on National Security", here. "For example, you saw the recent debate over 'my cross border strikes versus your surgical strikes'. What ultimately happened, a document was pulled out in reply to a RTI reply... to say that look this is what the Army headquarters is saying, that's where, I think, the worry is when too much political debate starts over ...
Boris Johnson says will stand as UK PM agrees to set exit date
Britain's Boris Johnson confirmed Thursday he will seek to become prime minister when Theresa May quits, reports said, as she promised to set out a departure timetable early next month. "Of course I'm going to go for it," the former foreign minister, ex-mayor of London and leading Brexit campaigner told a business event in Manchester, northwest England, the BBC and Sky News reported. The decision comes as little surprise as Johnson, one of Britain's most identifiable politicians known simply as "Boris", has long been known to covet the top job. But it effectively fires the starting gun on a race that already has more than a dozen runners and riders -- even though there is no official vacancy. May has promised to step down once the first stage of Britain's exit from the European Union is secured, but this has been put in doubt by repeated Brexit delays. At a meeting of senior members of her Conservative party on Thursday, May resisted growing demands to set out a detailed plan for her .
Repolling in AP a clear cut violation of people's representation act provisions: TDP
Telugu Desam Party on Thursday alleged that the decision of Election Commission to conduct repolling in 5 polling stations in Chandragiri Assembly Constituency is a clear cut violation of the provisions of the electoral law.After meeting the Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi earlier today, the TDP delegation comprising Minister N Anand Babu, MLCs Dokka Manikya Vara Prasad, P Ashok Babu, MLA T Sravan Kumar and party spokesperson Lanka Dinakar alleged that the EC is acting in favour of YSRCP and the decision was made based on YSR Congress Party's appeal.The meeting comes a day after EC has ordered repolling in 5 polling stations in Chandragiri Assembly Constituency on May 19.TDP, in a petition given to the office of CEO, also stated that the EC's act is undemocratic.Taking a dig at EC for its decisions, the TDP alleged that the decision to hold repolling was made after the poll conducting body received a complaint from YSRCP candidate Chevireddy Bhaskar ..