New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and unveiled the mega scheme – ‘Atal Bhujal Yojana’ – at the Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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‘PM Modi was right, no discussion on NRC right now’: Amit Shah
Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday backed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion that there is no pan-India discussion on National Register of Citizens (NRC) at the moment. The home minister emphasised there have been no talks on the subject either in Parliament or the Union Cabinet.
India’s balancing act to maintain ties with US, Iran
India played a balancing act in maintaining its ties with the United States and Iran, as External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Tehran soon after he and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held the second India-America 2+2 dialogue with their counterparts in Washington D.C.
‘Urban Naxals, Congress lying on detention centres’: PM Modi defends CAA
PM Modi on Sunday kicked off BJP’s Delhi poll campaign with a unity slogan, underlining that India’s stand out feature is its diversity.
Nitish Kumar lying on NRC implementation in Bihar: RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha
QUICKCLARITY News Service PATNA: Staging a sit-in dharna during the dawn to dusk Bihar bandh at Patna’s Dak Bungalow, former HRD Minister and RLSP chairperson Upendra Kushwaha taunted Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over the latter’s statement on NRC. “Nitish Kumar is lying before the people of Bihar having said that the NRC wouldn’t be implemented in the…
PM Modi to kick-off BJP’s Delhi poll campaign from Ramlila ground
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set tokick off the Bharatiya Janata Party’scampaign for the Delhi Assembly polls on Sunday, December 22, from Delhi’sRamlila ground even as thenation continues to be in a state of unrest due to the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Mamata Banerjee appeals to Modi to withdraw CAA for peace in country
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the Citizenship Amendment Act so as to restore peace in the country. “I will again appeal to the honorable Prime Minister to intervene so that peace is restored in the country, which is now on fire. This is needed…
‘No grounds to review 2017 verdict’: SC rejects Nirbhaya convict’s plea against death sentence
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the review petition challenging the death penalty given to Akshay Kumar, one of the convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya rape case.
CPI(M) Demands Kiran Bedi’s Removal for Attending Babri Demolition Skit
New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Tuesday demanded that Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi be removed from her post for being a part of a function in which a re-enactment of the Babri mosque demolition was performed. ‘After the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict in which the apex court said the Babri demolition was a grossly illegal…
Day after Amit Shah showered praises on Sitharaman, IMF signals slashing India’s growth estimates
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to significantly cut the growth estimates of the Indian economy in January. The Washington-based institution had come out with the prediction in October and will be reviewing India’s progress estimates in January next month. The predication made in October predicted India to grow at 6.1 per cent in 2019 and 7per cent in 2020.
SC Issues Notice To Centre On Pleas Challenging Citizenship Act; Refuses To Put A Stay On New Law
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued notice to the Centre on Wednesday over a batch of pleas challenging the Citizenship Amendment Act, but has refused to put a stay on the new law.
Imran Khan On Citizenship Amendment Act: Pakistan Won’t Accept Muslim Refugees From India
Geneva: Amid the ongoing protests over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that millions of Muslims could flee India due to the curfew imposed in the territory of Kashmir and the new citizenship law, creating ‘a refugee crisis that would dwarf other crises’, news agency Reuters reported. While…
‘Violent protests on CAA are unfortunate, distressing’: PM Modi
New Delhi, Dec 16: In his first reaction to the protests PM Narendra Modi has said, “violent protests on the Citizenship Amendment Act are unfortunate and deeply distressing”.
Unnao rape case verdict: Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar found guilty by Delhi court
A Delhi court Monday pronounced Kuldeep Sengar guilty of kidnapping and raping of a minor in Unnao in 2017. District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma, who reserved the judgment last week, had been hearing the case on a day-to-day basis since August 5 after it was transferred from a court in Lucknow on the Supreme…
Rioting must stop: CJI Bobde issues stern warning to Jamia students, SC to hear case tomorrow
The Supreme Court (SC) on Monday said it will hear all pleas related to the Jamia Milia Islamia clashes on Tuesday while issuing a stern warning to students to stop riots.
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