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Rahul Gandhi's claim on 'Modilie' is 'fake', no such word exists: Oxford Dictionaires
A day after Rahul Gandhi posted a meme on social media introducing a new word 'Modilie', which he claimed was a fresh entry in the English dictionary, the Oxford Dictionaries on Thursday dismissed the Congress President's claim as "fake" and said there is no such word.Oxford said it can confirm that 'Modilie' does not exist in any of the Oxford Dictionaries."We can confirm that the image showing the entry 'Modilie' is fake and does not exist in any of our Oxford Dictionaries," the Oxford Dictionaries posted on its official Twitter handle.Earlier on Wednesday, Rahul, took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi by posting on Twitter a screenshot of the entry in the English Living Dictionaries, which described 'Modilie' as a mass noun, that meant "to constantly modify the truth", "to lie incessantly and habitually" and 'to lie without respite'.Rahul claimed that the new word has been formed by a combination of the words 'Modi' and ...
Scary opposition scenario will lead to its rout: Jaitley
The "frightening and scary" scenario that the opposition promises will be responsible for its rout in the Lok Sabha elections, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday.
Banerjee criticises security issue at PM's Mathurapur rally
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised the security issue at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Mathurapur, insisting that other political parties, including TMC, also need security at the time of campaigning."We had a meeting yesterday, why was it cancelled? Can only the Prime Minister hold a meeting just because he has security? Don't we also need security? Don't we have any rights in democracy?" she told reporters here while responding to reports that the Special Protection Group (SPG) had written a letter to West Bengal DGP over security concerns at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally."They (EC) curtailed our campaign 24 hours ago and now we have to adjust our meetings," she added.The SPG had reportedly alleged that Banerjee was planning a "rally ambush", raising the possibility of clashes between TMC and BJP workers at the Mathurapur rally.While Modi addressed a rally in Mathurapur and another one in Dum Dum, Banerjee held a public meeting in ...
Karna CM, Siddaramaiah locked in twitter debate over Kharge
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's remark that veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge should have been offered the top post long ago has triggered a twitter debate between him and the ruling coalition coordination committee chief Siddaramaiah. Kumaraswamy's statement about Kharge had come at a time when there was growing clamour within the Congress for Siddaramaiah to become Chief Minister once again, resulting in a public spat between the Congress and JDS. Kumaraswamy's comment was even seen as an attempt to checkmate CLP leader Siddaramaiah, who had hinted on his ambition for the top job. In a measured response to Chief Minister's statement, Siddaramaiah Thursday said, PWD Minister and Kumaraswamy's older brother H D Revanna too has the capability for the top job. "What Kumaraswamy has said is right. Mallikarjun Kharge has capability not only to become Chief Minister, but even higher position. There are several people in Congress and JD(S) who have the capability to ...
Delhi court considers complaint against Kamal Haasan for 'Hindu extremist' remark, posts matter for Aug 2
A Delhi court on Thursday put up the criminal complaint case against actor Kamal Haasan for allegedly spreading hated between communities by referring to Nathuram Godse as 'India's first Hindu terrorist' for consideration of pre-summoning evidence.Metropolitan Magistrate at Patiala House Court Sumit Anand said the court will consider the matter on August 2.A criminal complaint was filed against Haasan for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by saying that Nathuram Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, was the "first Hindu terrorist in independent India."Vishnu Gupta, the complainant, who claims to be a founding member of Hindu Sena, had alleged that the Makkal Needhi Maiam chief's statement hurt religious sentiments and was to the nature of promoting enmity between Hindu and Muslim communities.Addressing a crowd in Tamil Nadu's Karur on May 13, Hassan had said, "I am not saying this because many Muslims are here. I am saying this in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue. The first ...
Cong demands Modi's apology over Thakur's Godse remarks, says insulting martyrs in 'BJP DNA'
Hitting out at the BJP over its Bhopal Lok Sabha candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's remarks calling Mahatma Gandhi's assassin a "patriot", the Congress Thursday alleged that insulting martyrs is in the "BJP DNA" and demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The opposition party also asked Modi to punish Thakur for her remarks. "It is clear, the BJP people are the descendants of Godse. BJP people say Godse was a patriot and martyr Hemant Karkare was a traitor. Culture of violence and insulting martyrs is the DNA of the BJP," Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said. "Modi-Amit Shah ji's favourite BJP leader, Pragya Thakur once again insulted the whole nation by calling Gandhi's killer, Nathuram Godse 'a true patriot'," he said in a statement. The BJP, through its leaders, is repeatedly launching "malicious attacks" on the Father of the Nation's thinking, path and ideology, Surjewala alleged. "This is a conspiracy to insult Gandhian principles. This is an ...
Afghan election workers must prepare for September poll: US
Election officials in Afghanistan should do more to ensure delayed presidential polls can take place in September, the US embassy in Kabul said Thursday. The election was initially slated for April 20, but as the date drew close it grew obvious that overwhelmed poll officials were unprepared -- owing to them still tallying results from a nationwide parliamentary ballot in October. Amid the push to finalise those results, officials first delayed the presidential election until July 20, and then again to September 28. Final results were only announced this week. In a statement, the US embassy urged the Independent Election Commission and Afghan authorities "do their part to take the decisions and actions necessary to give the Afghan people their voice at the ballot box this year." Among its recommendations, the embassy said the election commission should present a clear plan and budget request, as well as hire and train sufficient staff to complete voter registration and ...
NYC Mayor de Blasio is seeking Democratic nod for president
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president, adding his name to an already long list of candidates itching for a chance to take on Donald Trump. The mayor announced his run with a video released by his campaign. "There's plenty of money in this world. There's plenty of money in this country. It's just in the wrong hands," de Blasio says at the beginning of the video. He concludes: "I'm running for president because it's time we put working people first." In announcing his candidacy, de Blasio seeks to claim a role on the national stage that has eluded him as mayor of the biggest U.S. city. When he took office in 2014, de Blasio seemed briefly poised to become a leading voice for an emerging left wing of the Democratic Party. But liberal enthusiasm faded over his first term, partly because of political missteps at home and the emergence of bigger names elsewhere. He could face obstacles trying to distinguish himself in
BJP pulls up Sadhvi Pragya over Godse remark, demands public apology
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday strongly condemned the statement made by its Bhopal candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and said she should apologise publicly for terming Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse a 'true patriot'."We completely disagree with the statement made by Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur about the father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi ji. We strongly condemn this particular statement. The party will ask her for clarification, she should apologise publicly for this statement," BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao told media here.Earlier in the day, when questioned about actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan's remark that India's first terrorist was a Hindu (in reference to Godse), Thakur had said, "Nathuram Godse was a 'deshbhakt', is a 'deshbhakt' and will remain a 'deshbhakt'."The BJP candidate from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat had claimed that comments like these by Haasan would dent his electoral prospects. "People calling him a terrorist should instead look within,
Mizoram BJP protests against 'democracy violation' in Bengal
The Mizoram unit of the BJP Thursday organised a sit-in demonstration here to protest against what it called was "violation of democracy" by the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal. Carrying placards which read 'Save Democracy, Save Bengal', the BJP workers raised slogans against the TMC government, alleging that the Mamata Banerjee-led party obstructed poll campaigns by Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath. A press statement issued by the BJP here said similar protests were held across the country. In the statement, the party also claimed that "many of its leaders and workers were killed and injured while resisting violence unleashed by the TMC". "The TMC, led by Mamata Banerjee, had resorted to violent means to stop our political leaders, including party chief Amit Shah, from launching campaigns in Bengal. Such arrogance is against the spirit of democracy and the Indian Constitution," it said. The TMC-BJP rivalry touched a new low on Tuesday when the supporters of the two ...
Rahul Gandhi kept mum when PM called 'neech': Shah
BJP president Amit Shah Thursday accused Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of remaining silent after his party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar hurled abuses at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a rally here, he termed Aiyar "guru ghantal" (shrewd). "Mani Shankar Aiyar used abusive words against PM Modi but Rahul baba remained silent," Shah said. Aiyar had stirred a controversy recently through an article in a newspaper, reminding readers of his "neech aadmi" comment made against Modi in 2017. He was suspended from the party for his statement. "Can anyone tolerate abusive words against the prime minister," Shah asked voters. Referring to the Balakot airstrike, the BJP president claimed that while there was excitement in the country and people were distributing sweets, there was mourning at the offices of Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. "The glow on their faces had vanished as if their own had died," he alleged. Referring to Zakir Naik, Shah said the controversial ...
PDP worker who was shot at by terrorists succumbs to injuries
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) worker who was shot at by terrorists in Zaipora area of south Kashmir last week succumbed to injuries at a hospital here on Thursday."PDP worker Irfan Ahmad all of 21, a first-time voter and an upcoming cricketer succumbed to his injuries today. An only son of ailing parents, he supported them by running a pharmacy," PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti tweeted.Mourning the death of her party activist, Mufti said, "Killing someone for their political affiliation is unacceptable. His martyrdom won't be in vain."On May 8, Irfan and Muzafar Ahmad Bhat, another PDP worker, were injured after a group of terrorists abducted them from a medical shop in Zainapora area of Shopian, took them to a nearby orchard and fired at them. They were first rushed to a local hospital from where they were referred to S K Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) here.
KCR trying to split non-NDA parties, says CPI
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Thursday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao was trying to split non-NDA parties in the name of a Federal Front.
Sadhvi Pragya callls Godse 'deshbhakt', BJP seeks public apology
BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur on Thursday called Nathuram Godse, the man who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, a "deshbhakt" (patriot).
Pragya calling Godse a patriot shows BJP's real face: NCP
The NCP Thursday attacked the BJP over its Bhopal Lok Sabha seat candidate Pragya Singh Thakur's Nathuram Godse was a "patriot" remark, saying people can now see the "real face" of the Amit Shah-led party. The NCP also asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clear whether Godse, the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi, was indeed a patriot as stated by Pragya Singh. "Nathuram Godse, who has murdered Mahatma Gandhi, is being defended by BJP's candidate Pragya Thakur and is being called a patriot. People can now see @BJP4India 's real face through.@SadhviPragya_MP," Maharashtra NCP chief Jayant Patil said on Twitter. NCP general secretary Jitendra Awhad alleged that Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, belongs to the same fraternity as "terrorist" Godse. "Modi had bowed before Mahatma Gandhi's statue before the entire world. Now he should tell not only the country, but the world if Godse was a patriot," Awhad said. In an interview to a news channel in Madhya Pradesh, ..
Sonia Gandhi invites non-NDA parties for meet on May 23
Expecting BJP to fall short of majority considerably, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is convening a meeting of leaders of non-NDA parties on May 23, the day of counting of votes in the Lok Sabha elections, in a bid to keep the saffron party out of power.Gandhi is understood to have invited leaders of secular parties including NCP chief Sharad Pawa, DMK chief M K Stalin, RJD and TMC for the meeting on a day the results will be out.A team of four Congress leaders is said to have been formed for coordinating on the issue, sources said. The team, comprising senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, P Chidambaram, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ashok Gehlot, is said to be working on ways to stitch a post-poll coalition of like-minded parties, the sources said.Everybody is working hard to sway fence sitters and the Congress was also seeing a change in the tone of leaders like Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao. Rao has recently met Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and DMK chief M K ...
Mamata rejects PM's offer to install new bust of Vidyasagar
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday rejected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's offer to install a new bust of social reformer Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar at the same spot where it was vandalised saying that Bengal has the money for it. She said that it were BJP "hooligans" who had destroyed a heritage of the state by breaking the bust in the the violence during BJP Amit Shah's roadshow. It is a matter of shame for Bengalis that the bust of Vidyasagar was vandalised, she said at a poll rally at Mandirbazar in support of Trinamool Lok Sabha candidate C M Jatua. "Bengal does not seek alms from BJP. We have the money for a new bust of Vidyasagar, who was part of Bengal Renaissance. Don't you (BJP) feel ashamed saying that Bengal has been reduced to a state of being a pauper". Banerjee was referring to a comment by Shah at a poll rally at Canning earlier this week in which he had said that under Banerjee government "sonar(golden) Bangla has become ...
More they abuse, the more people love me: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the love of the people towards him increases with the abuses hurled at him, claiming that the opposition alliance in Uttar Pradesh is now sensing defeat. "All the 'mahamilawatis' including the SP and the BSP are in low spirits today seeing their impending defeat in the Lok Sabha elections,' he said an election rally in Chandauli. "As the dose of the rivals' abuses increases, the people are increasing their dose of trust and love too," he said at another meeting in Mirzapur. He also addressed a meeting in Mau, where he blamed Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress for the violence during BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Kolkata on Tuesday. Modi promised that his government will install a grand statue of Bengal icon Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in place of the one smashed during the violence. Thirteen seats, out of the 80 in Uttar Pradesh, will go to the polls in the last round of the election on Sunday. The Bharatiya Janata Party which won 71 .
Nyay will refuel engine of economy emptied by Modi: Rahul
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking "fuel out of the engine of the country's economy," Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said if voted to power, his party will refuel it through the proposed 'Nyay' scheme. Addressing an election rally here, the Congress chief said that the experts he consulted before proposing the 'Nyay' scheme in the party manifesto had told him it was necessary for restoring the purchasing power of the people "hit by demonetisation and GST". The party's proposed minimum income guarantee scheme, Nyuntan Aay Yojana (Nyay) assures up to Rs 72,000 a year or Rs 6,000 a month income to to 20 per cent of India's poorest families if it wins the Lok Sabha polls. "Narendra Modi has taken the fuel out of the engine of the country's economy. He puts in the key but it does not start the engine. Nyay scheme is the diesel for the engine of economy," Gandhi said, adding it will provide jobs to lakhs of youth with the opening of factories and shops. "We want to ...
Meghalaya govt approves setting up of Farmers' Commission
The Meghalaya government Thursday approved setting up of a commission to look into the problem faced by farmers. State cabinet approved the proposal made by the Agriculture Department to set up the Farmers' Commission in line with the resolution passed at the 'farmers' parliament', deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said. The 'farmers' parliament', first of its kind in the country, was organised here last December and was attended by scientists, bureaucrats, apart from farmers, to discuss issues related to the agri situation in the state. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma had then announced setting up of the commission to address concerns of the farming community. The deputy chief minister also said the government was planning to observe 2020 as a year for farmers. The state cabinet Thursday also approved a draft policy on persons with disabilities. The policy is as per the national policy for empowerment of persons with disabilities, Tynsong said, adding that it is in .