BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said the Modi government has ensured welfare of poor irrespective of their religious background and asserted that no major communal riot has happened in the states where his party is in power.
The reaction comes after BJP national president Amit Shah alleged on Tuesday that Mamata Banerjee's paintings were bought by chit fund owners for crores of rupees. In a counter attack, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, on Wednesday, dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah to prove the allegation against her. She said her only source of income was the royalty she received from her published books.
The meeting is expected to take up the issue of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in detail, among other issues, against the Narendra Modi government in Parliament as well as outside of it. The parties will also finalise on a date to take a delegation to the Election Commission jointly to take up the EVM issue.
Top leaders of various opposition parties will meet on Friday to discuss their future course of action on the issue of alleged tampering of EVMs and might also move the Election Commission thereafter, opposition leaders said.
The invitation was extended after the Pakistani delegation led by its Indus commissioner concluded a four-day site visit to the Chenab basin on the Indian side on Thursday.
India was particularly anguished over Pakistan's statement on Tuesday, sharing details of the conversation that centred around the Kashmir issue, they said. Though Pakistani leaders may have telephoned separatists in Kashmir in the past but perhaps, it was the first time in recent years that Islamabad put out a statement highlighting the talking points which New Delhi felt was a clear case of violation of the red lines, the sources said.
Dubbed the “mother of all underwater deals” because it will cost at least Rs 50,000 crore, the submarine project called “Project-75 India (P-75I)” was first approved by the defence ministry in November 2007 but has been languishing in general politico-bureaucratic apathy, files and committees ever since.
"During assembly elections, Amit ji could not visit some areas of Bundelkhand. We are hopeful that his visit will enthuse party workers to win maximum number of seats in the Lok Sabha elections,” said leader of opposition Gopal Bhargava.Dubbed the “mother of all underwater deals” because it will cost at least Rs 50,000 crore, the submarine project called “Project-75 India (P-75I)” was first approved by the defence ministry in November 2007 but has been languishing in general politico-bureaucratic apathy, files and committees ever since.
Dubbed the “mother of all underwater deals” because it will cost at least Rs 50,000 crore, the submarine project called “Project-75 India (P-75I)” was first approved by the defence ministry in November 2007 but has been languishing in general politico-bureaucratic apathy, files and committees ever since.
"I am in pain, today six months have completed since Kumaraswamy became chief minister. All kinds of things have happened in these 6 months, till now I have not opened my mouth but I can’t keep quiet now," Deve Gowda said.
Rajasthan recorded 1,911 cases and 75 deaths till Monday followed by Gujarat with 600 cases and 24 deaths. Delhi reported 532 people being infected with the H1N1 virus. No death has been reported in the national capital. Punjab reported 27 deaths and 174 cases, Haryana recorded eight deaths and 372 cases. Maharashtra recorded 82 cases and 12 deaths till Monday.
A report has been sought from the state's chief secretary and the director general of police over the alleged attack on Asish Chakraborty of Dainik Sambad and freelance journalist Sadek Mila.
CBI informed Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Amit Arora that lie detector test of controversial businessman Abhishek Verma, who volunteered to support the case by deposing as a witness, was conducted last December but that report could not be finalised due to non-availability of scientists. The court asked the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) to expedite the process of finalising the report and granted it two weeks time and listed the matter for hearing on March 8.
Making the announcement at militancy-hotbed Pulwama district in south Kashmir, Omar Abdullah said: "I do not wish to see the youth of the state behind bars without trial for months together. The parents crying for their children picked under the act."
Ousted CBI director Alok Verma may face departmental action for defying a government order asking him to join as chief of Fire Services, Civil Defence and Home Guards, officials said on Thursday.
Ahad Nizam, who filed the public interest litigation through his mother, said the game promotes violence, aggression and cyber-bullying. The court should direct the Maharashtra government to ban it, the PIL said.PUBG or 'Playerunknown's Battlegrounds' is an online game where two or more online partners play on the backdrop of a battlefield.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said the people in Ramgarh "took right decision on a right time" and the party will now focus on winning all 25 seats in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Chants of 'George Sahab amar rahe' (long live George Sahab), 'Jab tak suraj chand rahega, Goerge tera naam rahega' (Your name will be as immortal as the sun and the moon) also rent the air at the crematorium as his body was placed at a platform there for people to pay respect.
His statement comes against the backdrop of Dubai-based businessman Rajeev Saxena and corporate aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar getting deported to India. They have been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. In a series of tweets, Jaitley said "The UPA Skeletons are tumbling out by the day. Why did all defence purchases need middlemen?".
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced to raise the unemployment allowance for the youth of the state from March 1. "Girls will get Rs 3,500 and boys Rs 3,000 as unemployment allowance for two years," he said. Gehlot said that the Congress in its election manifesto had promised to raise the unemployment allowance for the youth.
India's foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale on Wednesday summoned Pakistan's envoy Sohail Mahmood in New Delhi and categorically told him that foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's telephonic conversation with separatist Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was a "brazen attempt" to subvert India's unity and violate its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
A Delhi court on Thursday granted ED a 4-day custody of Rajeev Saxena, a Dubai-based businessman wanted in the VVIP chopper case. Meanwhile, the ED produced Deepak Talwar, also wanted in the same case, in a Delhi court. Saxena and Talwar were picked up by Dubai authorities early on Wednesday and deported to India in the evening.
"The government's account of five years was given in the President's speech in Parliament. It is unfortunate that the government, through the president, tried to create credibility for its false promises," Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said at a press conference.
BJP wrests Jind in Haryana from INLD even as Randeep Singh Surjewala comes on the third position. Congress defeats BJP in Ramgarh in Rajasthan but is still short of majority in the western state.
those victims who were persecuted and were compelled to seek refuge in India.These people cannot be blamed since they were victims of circumstances," he said.
The JDU has constituted a three-member committee to negotiate the final seat-sharing arrangement with the BJP.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said that attempts are being made to break the society for political benefits and the Hindus need to unite to thwart these attempts. "The society is naive, it needs to be educated. The conspiracy to break the Indian society has been going on for years. If the Hindus stand united there is no power which can break it,” he said.
The UK, for its part, is believed to have assured India that Qureshi will not be on an official bilateral visit and no formal meetings are scheduled for him with the British government.
“I believe Imran Khan is open to suggestions and has a good understanding,” said Mirwaiz Qureshi.
The Chief of Army staff was in Goa to address the officers of the three services who are undergoing a course at the Naval War College at INS Mandovi. He met the officers and discussed the type of threats that the Indian Army faces in the modern battle arena, including assymetic warfare
While VHP pilloried Vajpayee ‘for not doing enough’ as PM to build the temple, Modi has maintained a good equation with the VHP, which had backed him for PM long before he was chosen.
The finance ministry had wanted to know the labour ministry’s intent behind the scheme and had sought clarifications on the proposal twice.
It also wondered why Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders were not holding the prime minister and other BJP leaders accountable for the delay in temple construction, instead of targeting judges hearing the case. "The construction of Ram temple should not become as complicated as that of Jammu and Kashmir, where no solution is in sight in near future," the Sena said in an editorial in its party mouthpiece 'Saamana'
In a Facebook post, minister of textiles irani said: "Unquestionably, he (Gandhi) is a congenital liar. The political system is increasingly realising that it is dangerous to even maintain social contact with him in terms of basic political courtesies."
Sardesai said Gandhi's gesture was nullified due to his "political gimmick", which was unfortunate, and that the Congress president's "utterances later made him look small".Hours after meeting Parrikar, who has been suffering from a pancreatic ailment, at the Goa Assembly complex in Panaji Tuesday, Gandhi said in Kochi that the former defence minister told him he had nothing to do with the 'new' Rafale fighter jet deal
