Page 586 - Politics
N.Korea's missile tests not breach of trust: Trump
US President Donald Trump has said that North Korea's recent missile tests were not a "breach of trust".
Withdraw Bharat Ratna from Rajiv Gandhi to heal wounds of Sikhs: HP BJP chief
Holding Rajiv Gandhi responsible for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Satpal Singh Satti Saturday said Bharat Ratna conferred on the late prime minister must be withdrawn to heal the wounds of the Sikh community. Issuing a statement here, Satti claimed that over 5000 Sikhs were burnt alive in the country including the capital Delhi and Rajiv Gandhi had justified it by allegedly saying that when a big tree falls, the earth shakes. "This statement of Rajiv Gandhi instigated Congress workers to kill Sikhs and no case was registered against the killers at Rajiv's behest... if some honest police officers registered a few cases, the Congress ensured that the culprits were released," he said. "It was due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar got life sentence for killing Sikhs," the state Bharatiya Janata Party chief added. Satti slammed Congress president Rahul Gandhi for appointing senior party leader Kamal Nath, who was
Sudan military calls for new talks: protest movement
Sudan's military rulers have invited protest leaders for a new round of talks on transferring power to a civilian administration, the protest movement said Saturday. The call came as thousands of demonstrators remain camped outside army headquarters in central Khartoum, vowing to force the generals to cede power just as they forced veteran president Omar al-Bashir from office exactly a month ago. Talks on the protesters' key demand for a civilian-led body to oversee a four-year transition have been deadlocked for days, with the military insisting on holding a majority in any new ruling body. "We received a call from the military council to resume negotiations," the Alliance for Freedom and Change said in a statement. Late last month, the alliance, which brings together protest organisers and opposition and rebel groups, handed the generals its proposals for a civilian-led transition. But the generals have expressed "many reservations" over the alliance's roadmap, They have singled out
Chinese envoy says trade talks with US have not broken down
China's leading envoy to trade talks in Washington says the failure to strike a deal in the tariffs war with the US was "just a small setback" and negotiations will continue despite increases in import duties on American imports from China. In comments to reporters before he left Washington for Beijing on Friday, Vice Premier Liu He said he was cautiously optimistic but that a deal would require the Trump administration to agree to end the punitive tariffs it has imposed on billions of dollars' worth of Chinese goods. In comments carried by China's state-run CCTV, Liu said the remaining differences are crucial ones having to do with principles, "and we will make no concessions on matters of principle." Still, he said he did not believe the negotiations had broken down. "On the contrary, I think it is just a small setback in the talks between two countries, which is inevitable," Hong Kong's Phoenix TV showed him as saying. Liu said it was "China's opinion that the tariffs are the ...
BJP will see reduced seat count in UP, draw blank in seven
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday claimed that BJP will see a reduced seat count in Uttar Pradesh and draw a blank in seven other states and the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are losing confidence about winning the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. She said BJP is looking at West Bengal for votes as it has fared badly in the last five phases of the Lok Sabha polls. "Where will BJP get the numbers from? In Uttar Pradesh its seat count will reduce from 73 to 13 or 17. In other states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Rajashthan, Punjab and Odisha the party will draw a blank. Its seats will reduce in Madhya Pradesh also", Banerjee claimed while addressing a public meeting here in support of Trinamool Congress candidate Nusrat Jahan. Modi is losing confidence, she said and urged the electorate not to vote for BJP. "In Bengal, Trinamool Congress should win all the 42 seats which will help it to have some control in the formation of the ..
US deploying missiles in M-E amid Iran tensions
The US is deploying additional Patriot missiles in the Middle East amid escalating tensions with Iran, the media reported on Saturday.
I will ensure Modi's defeat with a 'jhappi', love: Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi tore into the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government on Saturday charging them with "spreading hatred" and "favouring big businessmen at the cost of poor farmers and daily wage workers".The Congress president said he will ensure Modi's defeat in Lok Sabha elections with a 'jhappi' and love, while affirming that prime minister's remarks about his family do not affect him."The decision is yours. On one side, there is 'chowkidaar', lies and hatred, on the other hand, there is the Congress party. It does not matter to me, he can say whatever he wants about me and my family. I will take all the hate he will give me. I will ensure his defeat with love and hug. On May 23, people will ensure that hatred cannot be beaten by hatred but only by love," the Gandhi scion said at his campaign rally.Gandhi, once again, cornered Modi over notes ban and alleged that money allocated for employment scheme MNREGA was given to big businessmen."Modi ji introduced demonetisation and Ghabar .
Ahead of polling, ex-Delhi Minister Chauhan joins BJP
A day before the Lok Sabha elections in all the seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi, Congress leader and former Delhi Minister Raj Kumar Chauhan jumped ship to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday.
NYAY evidence of failure of Congress governments: Muralidhar Rao
The proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) of the Congress is "evidence" of the failure of its earlier governments, senior BJP leader P. Muralidhar Rao said on Saturday, while targeting the 55 years of rule by the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Senior Congress leader Rajkumar Chauhan joins BJP
Former Delhi minister and senior Congress leader Rajkumar Chauhan quit the party to join the BJP on Saturday, a day before the national capital votes in the parliamentary election. Chauhan was upset with the Congress after he was denied ticket from the North West Delhi Lok Sabha seat. Delhi Congress working president Rajesh Lilothia has been fielded by the party from the seat. The former four-time MLA and minister in the Sheila Dikshit government joined the BJP in the presence of its Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari and Union minister Vijay Goel. Chauhan said he believed in the policies of Prime Minister Natendra Modi and would work to strengthen bonds of his Khatik community with the BJP. Tiwari said the decision of Chauhan to quit the Congress "exposed" the party's policy.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Delhi's oldest voter to exercise his franchise
111-year-old Bachan Singh feels even a single vote should not be wasted as Delhi's oldest voter readies to exercise his franchise in Lok Sabha polls.Election Commission officers came to Singh's house to invite him to vote in the sixth phase of national elections. The poll commission will also provide him with pick and drop facility.Talking about the visit, Singh's daughter-in-law said: "He felt very nice. They talked to him and asked him many questions. They gave him a certificate, a bouquet, and a mug."Describing how her father-in-law religiously votes every election, she said: "Previously he used his cycle to go and cast his vote with his wife. He has only stopped using his cycle 2-3 years ago as weakness overpowered him. Even if the kids would go to vote later in the day, he would himself take out his cycle and go to vote early in the morning."His grandson Gulchand Singh said: "He always used to tell us to go vote. He made sure that no vote in our family is wasted."Bachan Singh, a
Army Lt Gen faces action for alleged corruption over misuse of govt funds
New Delhi (India), May 11 (ANI): Acting tough against cases of corruption, the Indian Army has carried out a Court of Inquiry into allegations of corruption against a senior Lieutenant General for misuse of government funds."A Court of Inquiry was ordered by the Army Headquarters under a senior Lieutenant General to probe the corruption charges against the officer after complaints were received that he had misused government funds for buying equipment worth over Rs 10 lakh for personal use," senior government sources told ANI here.As per allegations, the officer had used government funds meant for the institutions under him for buying air conditioners, furniture and other things for his personal use in an unauthorised manner, they said.As soon as the complaints reached the headquarters, a high-level Court of Inquiry headed by a Principal Staff Officer of Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat was ordered.PSOs are the senior most Lt Gens in the Army posted at the headquarters for assisting the ...
AAP sends legal notice to Gambhir, seeks apology from him for his tweets on Kejriwal
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday sent a legal notice to BJP candidate from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir, seeking apology for his tweet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.The notice has also sought Gambhir to publish the apology along with true and correct facts in newspapers and on social media, within 24 hours, failing which criminal proceedings would be initiated against him.Hitting out at Kejriwal on Thursday, Gambhir had tweeted: "I feel ashamed to have a CM like Arvind Kejriwal. I abhor your act of outraging a woman's modesty @ArvindKejriwal and that too your own colleague. And all this for winning elections? You are filth Mr CM and someone needs your very own jhadu (broom) to clean your dirty mind."Mohd Irsad, the lawyer representing AAP, states that the party finds the above tweets by Gambhir as offending.On Friday, AAP's East Delhi candidate Marlena accused Gambhir of circulating pamphlets with derogatory and casteist remarks against her. The AAP leader filed a complaint
Author of Time article Pakistani, maligning Modi's image: BJP
The BJP on Saturday slammed American news magazine Time, which featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover of its international edition dated May 20 with the headline "India's Divider in Chief", by saying the author of the article was a Pakistani national and that the neighbouring country's only agenda was to malign Modi's image.
Stage set for penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls
The fate of several Union ministers including Radha Mohan Singh, Harshvardhan and Maneka Gandhi, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia will be decided Sunday in the sixth and penultimate phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held in 59 constituencies in six states and Delhi. Elections will be held in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 seats in Haryana, eights constituencies each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, seven seats in Delhi and four in Jharkhand. Over 10.17 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to choose among the 979 candidates in fray. The Election Commission has set up over 1.13 lakh polling stations for smooth conduct of polls. The elections in this phase are seen as a big test for the BJP which had won 45 of these seats in 2014, with the Trinamool Congress bagging 8, the Congress two and the Samajwadi Party and the LJP one seat each among others. In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP had won 13 of the 14 constituencies in ...
SAD demands deployment of paramilitary forces in Bathinda LS constituency
The SAD Saturday urged the Election Commission to declare the Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency as hyper sensitive and demanded deployment of paramilitary forces to prevent the ruling Congress from using any "unfair means" to win the seat. The opposition party feared that the Congress could "misuse" police force to secure a win from the high profile seat. SAD's Harsimrat Kaur Badal is pitted against Gidderbaha MLA and Congress candidate Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, AAP's Baljinder Kaur and Punjabi Ekta Party nominee Sukhpal Singh Khaira. In a letter to the chief election commissioner, SAD senior vice president Daljit Singh Cheema accused the Congress of working on its "common minimum goal" of defeating Harsimrat Badal by using "all types of unfair means". He claimed that the top leadership of the Punjab Congress, including Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and state Finance minister Manpreet Badal, were using unfair means to take revenge for their defeats as the CM's son Raninder Singh and
Molestation charge ploy to malign BJP candidate: Mukul Roy
BJP leader Mukul Roy on Saturday termed the allegation of molesting a minor girl against party's Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha candidate Nilanjan Roy "a conspiracy to malign" him.
Theresa May to set date for resignation soon, says MP
Theresa May could be forced to set an exact date for her resignation as Conservative Party leader to make way for a new British Prime Minister in the coming days, a senior Tory MP has said. Sir Graham Brady, who chairs the influential backbench 1922 Committee of the Conservative Party, told the BBC that he expects a "clear understanding" of May's departure timetable once she has met the committee on Wednesday. "It would be strange for that not to result in a clear understanding (of when she will leave) at the end of the meeting," said Brady. The 1922 Committee has asked for "clarity" about her plans for the future, and she "offered to come and meet with the executive", he said. May has already announced back in March that she would step down as British PM once the Brexit process has been finalised but the pressure from within her party has only mounted for her to actually name a specific end date for her tenure. On why the PM had so far been unwilling to set a date to step down, Brady
HK legislators scuffle in Parliament, many hurt
Several lawmakers were injured and one was taken to hospital as legislators clashed in Hong Kong Parliament on Saturday over planned changes to the law allowing suspects to be sent to the mainland for trial, according to a BBC report.
Cong govt in Rajasthan tried to suppress gangrape news because of polls: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday accused the Congress government in Rajasthan of trying to suppress a Dalit woman's gangrape keeping the Lok Sabha elections in mind. The crime in Alwar provoked protests across the state after the woman's husband said she was raped on April 26 and the police informed on April 30, but the FIR was filed on May 7. "The Congress which is in power in Rajasthan has tried to suppress the news of the gangrape of a Dalit woman due to the polls in that state," Modi said at an election meeting in Ghazipur in eastern UP. He had alleged the police did not act quickly because of the elections. Rajasthan voted in the Lok Sabha polls in two phases on April 29 and May 6. The prime minister said that the Congress cannot give 'nyay' (justice) to the daughters of the country, indirectly invoking the name of the income support scheme that the opposition party has promised to launch if voted to power. Modi brought up Congress leader Sam Pitroda's "hua to hua" (it ...