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Bus catches fire near ISBT Kashmere Gate

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): A massive fire broke out in a bus near Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) Kashmere Gate, opposite Hanuman Temple in Delhi on Tuesday. Three fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the fire. No injuries or causalities have been reported so far.

LS polls: Amit Shah slams Congress for promising amendment in AFSPA Act in their manifesto

Thoothukudi (TN) Apr 02 (ANI): While addressing a rally in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi on the issue of Congress party election manifesto promising to amend Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act-AFSPA, BJP president Amit Shah came down heavily on the party and said, "I want to ask Congress president, the Congress has proposed to tone down AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir. Do they want to demoralize the forces and their personnel?"

LS polls: Omar Abdullah welcomes Congress' promise to amend AFSPA Act

Baramulla (Jammu and kashmir), Apr 02 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday supported Congress party for their promise to amend Armed Forces Special Powers (AFSPA) Act in their manifesto. He said, "I wish Congress would have supported this when I was the chief minister of the state, some leaders of Congress party created controversy that time and tried to fail my efforts. I welcome this thing."

Salim-Sulaiman enthral audience on AAI's Annual Day celebrations

New Delhi, April 02 (ANI): The Airports Authority of India (AAI) celebrated its 24th Annual Day with much pomp and grandeur at the Siri Fort Auditorium in capital New Delhi on Monday. Kick starting the celebrations with Ganesh Vandana followed by Sufi songs, the evening was dedicated to the musical extravaganza by Bollywood singers Salim-Sulaiman. Popular music composer and singer duo enthralled one and all present in the audience with their famous compositions and other marvellous Bollywood songs. Leaving their seats, the present audience danced their hearts off as the duo, with their band, sang songs of celebration and dance. Chairman's Dinner was hosted on Sunday where various awards were given away by AAI Chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra. Apart from awarding various airports for commendable services and customer satisfaction, other awards like Chairman's Excellence Award and Sports Award were also presented on the occasion. Addressing the officials of the Airports Authority of India,

Congress was involved in Bofors and now BJP govt is involved in Rafale: Mayawati

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Apr 02 (ANI): While addressing a public rally in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said, "The way PM Modi's government implemented GST and demonetisation, in haste, that affected small businesses and also led to increase in unemployment. Congress was involved in Bofors and now BJP government is involved in Rafale."

Facebook will finally answer 'Why am I seeing this?' in your news feed

New Delhi April 02 (ANI) - Facebook will make things easier for you to understand the next time you come across something weird on your timeline and fail to make sense of it. In its official blog, Facebook explained that it is making improvements to the "Why am I seeing this ad?" tool by adding more details about the advertiser and whether there is another marketing partner running the ad. More importantly, the tool is now being extended to include posts in the feed as well. The next time you see an unusual post in your feed, go to the drop-down menu on the right of the post and tap on the "Why am I seeing this post?" You will be provided with a better explanation as to why you are seeing what you are seeing. It is the first time that Facebook has built information on how ranking works directly into the app. With the new feature, you will be able to understand if the post you are seeing in your feed is because of your past interaction with a friend, page, or groups. Within the explanat

Congress releases party manifesto for Lok Sabha election 2019

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): Congress on Tuesday released its party's manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019 in the national capital. The manifesto was titled 'Congress will deliver.' The event was attended by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former finance minister P Chidambaram, Congress general secretary for East UP Priyanka Gandhi and other party leaders. The three issues mentioned in the manifesto are unemployment, farmers' distress and women issues. P Chidambaram was the head of the manifesto committee. The Lok Sabha election is scheduled to start from April 11. Rahul Gandhi asserted that this is not a manifesto to be made in closed rooms but this should reflect the wishes of the people of India.

LS polls: Congress manifesto reflects the wishes of Indians, says Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): While addressing party members at the manifesto release for upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said, "When we started this process about a year back. I said this is not a manifesto to be made in closed rooms but this should reflect the wishes of the people of India. I also said that whatever is going to be in this manifesto has to be truthful, I do not want a single thing in this manifesto that is a lie because we have been hearing large number of lies spoken everyday by our Prime Minister."

Congress never put post-independence golden years to good use: CM Adityanath

Gorakhpur (UP), Apr 02 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed youth of state through a public rally in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Addressing the rally he said, "In the initial 17 years of independent India, the way one family handled the country, if that beginning was good then probably India also would have been a super power. Congress never put those golden 17 years to good use."

Youth participate in Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry recruitment rally

Srinagar (JandK), Apr 02 (ANI): Despite critical situation in Jammu and Kashmir, hundreds of youth showed their affection towards the Indian Army by participating in Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JKLI) recruitment rally in JKLI's Regimental Centre in Srinagar's Rangreth. This recruitment rally was conducted specially for ex-army persons' relatives, who served the Indian Army in JandK. Army received massive response in the recruitment rally. On April 1, at least four Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists have been gunned down by the Army in an anti-terror operation in JandK's Pulwama district. Three security personnel were also injured in the operion in the south Kashmir district.

Congress fields gold-medalist Discus thrower Krishna Punia against Rajyavardhan Rathore

Churu (Rajasthan), Apr 02 (ANI): International gold-medalist Discus thrower and Congress MLA from Sadulpur Krishna Punia will be contesting from Jaipur rural constituency. She will be fighting the upcoming Lok Sabha polls against Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore. Speaking to ANI, Punia said, "He used to play in his AC room, I am from a rural background, I am a farmer's daughter. I have sweated it out in every season."

LS polls: Will provide 150 days employment instead of 100 under MGNREGA, promises Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): While addressing party leaders at the election manifesto release for Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, "Prime Minister had spoken about MGNREGA. He mocked and said it is a bogus and useless scheme. Today everyone knows how much it helped the country. So now we want to guarantee jobs for 150 days, instead of 100 days, under the scheme. We waived off loans within 2 days and we thought there should be a separate budget for the farmers."

Lok Sabha polls: Priyanka Gandhi's children will be next crusaders of 'Garibi hatao,' says Dinesh Sharma

Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 02 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma criticised Congress party for its 'garibi hatao' slogan that has been used for generations and said the children of Priyanka Gandhi in future would raise the same slogan. "Nehru ji had said 'garibi hatao', Indira ji had said 'garibi hatao', Rajiv ji had said 'garibi hatao', Sonia ji said 'garibi hatao'. Her son said 'garibi hatao', now Vadra ji (Priyanka) will say 'garibi hatao'. Then her children Miraya and Raihan will say 'garibi hatao'," Sharma said at a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki.

LS polls: South India feels hostility from PM Modi, says Rahul Gandhi on contesting from Wayanad

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): Revealing his reason for contesting from Wayanad in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that there was a "demand" for him in South India because the region feels hostility from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rahul stated, "There was a demand for me. There is a very strong feeling in South India that they are not being carried by the current government. South India feels hostility from Mr Narendra Modi."

PM Modi slams Congress, BJD for keeping country's people poor

Kalahandi (Odisha), Apr 02 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday criticised the Congress and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) for the underdevelopment of Odisha and said that such parties conspired to keep the poor of the country poor for their vote bank politics. PM Modi also underlined the tragic incident of Dana Manjhi, a man in Odisha's Kalahandi, who walked 10 kilometers carrying his wife's body due to absence of ambulance in his village. "Parties like Congress and BJD conspired to keep the poor of the country poor, they deceived the poor. They treated them as vote-bank, and because of this don't know how many Dana Manjhis don't even get ambulance," PM Modi said at a public rally in Odisha's Kalahandi.

Four civilians injured in Pakistani shelling along LoC in Poonch

Rajouri (JandK), Apr 02 (ANI): Atleast four civilians were injured in Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mankote sector of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. The shelling took place on Monday night. The injured civilians were rushed to a district hospital in Rajouri and are undergoing treatment. Medical officer Dr Riaz Ul Haq said, "Four patients were admitted in the hospital last night. A 14-year-old was seriously injured in the incident. The condition of all four patients is stable and better now."

Politicos react on Omar Abdullah's statement on 'separate PM for Kashmir'

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): While speaking to ANI on the statement made by National Conference president Omar Abdullah to have separate Prime Minister for Kashmir, Janata Dal (United) JD(U) national spokesperson Pavan Varma said, "I think Omar Abdullah statement has been made in JandK catering to his constituency and with the express purpose drawing support locally, because India has one Prime Minister, there are concession made to the state of JandK including article 35 A and article 370, but in our state there is no place for two Prime Ministers." While speaking on the same issue, Congress national spokesperson PL Punia said, "Omar Abdullah is a leader of one party, it's a ridiculous statement. India has its uniform constitution from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and there is no question of changing it."

Congress manifesto includes probe into Rafale deal: Congress leader Bhalchandra Mungekar

New Delhi, Apr 02 (ANI): Congress leader Bhalchandra Mungekar on Tuesday said that his party will investigate the alleged irregularities in the Rafale deal on day one of coming to power, and the same has been mentioned in its party manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections. "When we will come to power, on the first day we will initiate an inquiry into Rafale deal and we have included this in the manifesto," Mungekar told ANI.

I'm only servant, all work has happened only because of your one vote: PM Modi in Odisha

Kalahandi (Odisha), Apr 02 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Odisha today for his Lok Sabha election campaign. Addressing the rally he said, "24 lakh houses in Odisha have got free electricity connection. After 70 years of independence, 3000 villages of Odisha got electricity for the first time. All of these things weren't done by Modi, India's voters are the ones who made it happen. Modi is only a servant, all the development work has happened only because of your one vote."

Jilted lover shoots at two women, one dead in UP's Meerut

Meerut (UP), Apr 02 (ANI): One woman died and another one is critically injured after being allegedly shot by jilted lover in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut. The accused went to the victim's house and started firing, while one died on the spot and her sister was rushed to the hospital. Meerut Senior Superintendent of Police Nitin Tiwari said, "The accused went to the victim's house and used a pistol to fire at the victim and her sister. The police have also recovered a knife, which was used for attacking the victim. The deceased's body has been sent for postmortem, while the injured victim is currently in ICU. Investigation is currently underway in this regard."