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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Jaish-e-Mohammad planning to execute terror attacks in Ayodhya, reveal intelligence agencies
Banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is planning terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, according to intelligence agencies. Sources told Zee Media that a message of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar has been intercepted by intelligence agencies and the message sent via chatting app Telegram has revealed that Pakistan-based terror group is planning to execute attacks in Ayodhya. It is to be noted that Telegram is widely used by JeM and other terror groups for communication.
Woman Confesses Killing Cop Husband Before Haryana Minister, Case Registered
Ambala: A woman here handed over a letter to Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, “confessing” she killed her police officer-husband two and a half years back and saying that she wanted to be hanged for the crime, officials said on Tuesday.
‘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…
Economy ‘virtually destroyed’, CAA brought in to divert attention: Akhilesh Yadav
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticised the ruling BJP on Sunday, alleging that the new citizenship law has been brought in to “divert the attention” from the “virtually destroyed” economy and rising unemployment.
Bihar bandh turns violent, Assam, Bengal quiet
Train services were affected and roads blocked in Bihar on Saturday during a bandh called by the RJD against the new citizenship law while West Bengal, Assam and Meghalaya were peaceful.
Video Allegedly Shows Cop Firing At Protesters in UP, Police Deny
A vehicle torched allegedly by protestors during a demonstration against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), in Kanpur, Saturday, December 21, 2019. A fresh report and video purportedly from UP’s Kanpur suggests that state police shot at people protesting the Citizenship Amendment Act, despite the UP police’s claims that “nowhere did the police resort to firing”….
Railways may approach court seeking compensation for property loss due to CAA protests
The Indian railways is contemplating court action to seek compensation for loss to property due to violent protests against the passage of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act, a first for the national transporter. A high -level railways’ reform committee has urged the ministry of railways to file a civil suit for recovery of damage to…
‘Hum Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge’: Scores March in South Delhi in Support of Jamia Students, Against Police Action
New Delhi: Scores of people took out a march in South Delhi on Sunday in support of Jamia Millia Islamia students and those facing police action for violent protest against the new citizenship law. Holding placards, people shouted ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ and demanded scrapping of the contentious law during the march in Alaknanda area. A group…
Snipers, CCTV on routes: Security tightens for PM Modi’s mega Delhi rally today
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally on Sunday at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan, which is a little over a kilometre away from Old Delhi’s Daryaganj that was hit by violence on Friday during the protest against the amended Citizenship Act.
‘Situation on LoC can escalate’: Army chief amid spurt in ceasefire violations
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday said that the situation along the Line of Control can escalate any time and the country has to be prepared for escalatory matrix.
Bengaluru Protests: Police Outnumber Students, Detain 9 For Hours
Bengaluru: On Tuesday, the fists of students from different colleges were seen rising at Freedom Park in Bengaluru to the slogans of ‘azadi’ and ‘CAB down down’ to reject Citizenship (Amendment) Act and to express solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and Delhi University (DU) in their struggle against police brutality. Police detained at least nine students. Teresa Braggs, a third year media and communication student from a women’s university in Vasanth Nagar and Anahita Ananth, along with seven more students were detained. They had showed up at Town Hall prior to the scheduled time of the protest.