Congress president Rahul Gandhi today promised minimum income guarantee of Rs10,000 per month to every poor in the country, if his party was voted to power at the Centre in the Lok Sabha elections, saying he would definitely fulfill his promise as it was not like Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2014 Lok Sabha ‘Chunavi Jumla’ (hollow promise).
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Two security officers have been suspended in Sweden after footage emerged of them removing a heavily pregnant woman from an underground train in Stockholm and pinning her down on a bench. The incident happened after the woman, travelling with her young daughter, was allegedly caught without a ticket, according to an Euronews report. In the footage, which has been widely shared on social media, the guards are seen removing her from the train at Hotorget metro station in central Stockholm before pinning her down on a bench. The woman was taken to hospital following the incident but has since returned…
French President Emmanuel Macron is mulling over the possibility of holding a referendum in France in an attempt to resolve the socioeconomic crisis that triggered the wave of yellow vest rallies across the country, while officials have already launched preparations for the vote in case Macron gives the signal, the Journal du Dimanche newspaper reported on Sunday, citing sources close to the matter. According to the sources, Macron is thinking about organizing the referendum on May 26, the day of the elections to the European Parliament, and the chances that the vote will be held on this very day are…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid foundation stones of much-awaited All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and other projects in Vijaypur tehsil of bordering Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir. Modi on Sunday morning laid the foundation of dream project of Jammuites, the much-awaited AIIMS, to be established in Vijaypur tehsil on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, about 30 km from Jammu. The project will be completed by 2023. The Prime Minister, however, also laid foundations of a bridge over River Chenab at Sajwal (Pargwal-Indri-Pattan); Jourian, Jammu; Pollution Abetment Project on River Devika-Tawi; Campus of Northern Regional Centre, IIMC, Jammu…
Ambati Rayudu 90 off 113 and all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s 45 off 22 and two wicket spell helped India emerge victorious against New Zealand by 35 runs in the fifth and last ODI winning the series 4-1 here on Sunday. India opening pair Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan fell cheaply at 2 and 6, but managed to put up a challenging score of 252 in 49.5 overs before the Kiwis but in reply the hosts chasing a target of 253 were bundled out for 217 in 44.1 overs.
US Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, a member of Congress from the state of Hawaii, officially announced on Saturday her intention to run for president in 2020. Earlier in January, Gabbard announced that she had decided to run for president and intended to make a formal statement in the coming days. “Join me in building a movement for peace at home and abroad that will fulfill the promise of America for freedom, justice, equality, and opportunity for all. Today we kick off our campaign,” Gabbard wrote on Twitter. She also criticized the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, who, according…
Congress is to hold a nationwide protest on Monday against the shooting an effigy of Mahatma Gandhi at Aligarh on January 30, Organisational General Secretary KC Venugopal said here on Sunday. The party will hold a rally against the deeds of the Hindu Mahasabha at 1000 hrs on February 4 in all state headquarters with placards, in the places associated with the life of Mahatma Gandhi or near statues of Mahatma and will also highlight his messages. On January 30, when the nation commemorated the 71st anniversary of Gandhi’s assassination, the members of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha in Uttar Pradesh…
First Edition of Logix India 2019 concluded with a roaring success, huge participation and great fan following across the country and globe. The three-day mega event organised by Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) saw well over 3,000 business to business meetings along with parallel sessions on different issues, challenges and above all opportunities with regard to the logistics sector across India and the world. As many as 130 logistics companies and their delegates from 27 countries participated at this mega event and exchanged business prospects and opportunities to make Indian logistics sector global. Besides these, FIEO also signed MoUs…
Hundreds and thousands of people holding aloft the red flags today virtually clogged the city’s main roads and streets leading to Brigade Parade Ground to attend a Left Front rally, that aims to end the BJP and Trinamool Congress government at the centre and state respectively in 2019 parliament elections. Traffic at the main two railway stations – Sealdah and Howrah – was almost at snail pace as the people from the neighbouing districts arriving on trains and began to march to the meeting venue. The Left Front Brigade rally, the first of its kind in more than three years…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the highest level of the BJP leadership was indulging in the worst kind of political vendetta. Taking to her Twitter handle, Ms Banerjee said, “The highest levels of the BJP leadership are doing the worst kind of political vendetta. Not only are political parties their targets, they are misusing power to take control of the police and destroy all institutions. We condemn this.” In another tweet, she said, “The Kolkata Police Commissioner is among the best in the world. His integrity, bravery and honesty are unquestioned. He is working 24×7,…
Bollywood actress Vidya Balan revealed that she has hermonal problem as she worked more, she put on. She said when people tell her why not she workout she tell them f…k you. ‘I had to work out hard to get my baby’ the actress said in response to questions.
Inmates in the US federal jail cry for help banging windows for help from outsiders as they face below freezing cold in the cells. Authorities have said that adequate water and medical preparedness is kept in the cells to meet with the abnormal fall in temperature.
The BJP’s Schedule Tribe Morcha on Sunday lauded Meghalaya Chief Minister, Conrad Sangma for taking ‘very bold and fearless initiative’ against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and successfully ‘stalling/thwarting’ the Bill in Rajya Sabha. In a press statement, BJP’s Schedule Tribe Morcha (STM), National Secretary Hayithung Bill Lotha unanimously and overwhelmingly’ hailed Sangma as an ‘iconic North East Hero’. “Even before passing of the Bill in Lok Sabha on January 8 last, Sangma and AGP leaders were relentlessly meeting central leaders against the bill,” Lotha said. He said Sangma chaired a ‘historic meeting’ of 11 political parties to oppose the…
Father of Army man Aurangzeb, who was abducted and killed by terrorists in June last year by the terrorists in Pulwama and a retired Army General on Sunday joined BJP in the rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi here in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. PM Modi is on a day-long visit to all the three regions of the state to lay foundations and inaugurate developmental projects worth crores. Mohammad Haneef, father of Aurangzeb, joined the BJP along with Lt Gen (retd) Rakesh Kumar Sharma in the presence of the Prime Minister. Haneef on Saturday said that he liked…
Union Home Minister and BJP’s newly appointed chairman of the Manifesto Committee Rajnath Singh on Sunday committed a minor faux when he addressed Shivraj Singh Chouhan as the ‘mukhya mantri -incumbent CM’ of Madhya Pradesh and corrected himself however saying soon he will get back the post. Mr Singh referred to Chouhan, who was recently ousted from Madhya Pradesh citadel of power, as ‘mukhya mantri’ when he said the former Chief Minister will be the convenor for the party to interact with citizens and other stake holders on farmers welfare and agrarian issue. Speaking at the party function for the…
A day after a mammoth public rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in West Bengal, the Mamata Banerjee-led government has denied permission for chopper landing of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s rally in the state on Sunday. UP Chief Minister Office on Sunday said in a statement that the West Bengal government has denied permission for chopper landing of Mr Adityanath’s rally in West Bengal without any prior notice. Yogi Adityanath was scheduled to address a rally in south and north Dinajpur, West Bengal, on Sunday. The Trinamool Congress government refused to give chopper landing permission during his visit…
The ruling BJP on Sunday kicked off its much ambitious Mission 2019 – a month long ‘Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat – Modi Ke Saath’ – to enlist views of at least 10 crore families to prepare the road map for drafting of party’s manifesto in order to ensure a progressive and prosperous India. “It will be a people oriented programme and not merely a party programme. This campaign and people’s feedback will help ensure a strong and prosperous India,” Shah said at a function here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also tweeted seeking people’s suggestions and wrote: “What you all…
Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Saturday visited Rangapahar Military Station to review operational preparedness of Army Formations in the region. Eastern Command General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Lieutenant General MM Naravane received the army chief. General Officer Commanding Spear Corps Lieutenant General Rajeev Sirohi briefed him on his arrival on a two-day visit. The Spear Corps, besides undertaking extensive Counter Insurgency operations in North Eastern states is also responsible for operations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh. The Army Chief expressed satisfaction with the operational preparedness along the LAC and appreciated the conduct of people friendly…
Thirtieth National Road Safety Week will be inaugurated on Monday which will include a motorcar rally, among several other events, which would be flagged off to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari, and Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh L Mandaviya will inaugurate the Week, here. The event, which will take place at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan, Rajghat, will be…
In an apparent jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the appointment of Rishi Kumar Shukla as the New director of the Central bureau of Investigation, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday compared it with choice of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Defence as the offset partner in the Rafale deal. ”Merit according to Modi,” Rahul said in a tweet in which he posted a news report which said that the Rafale deal is a lifeline to Reliance group which is now promised a massive infusion of funds through defence holdings. It is seen as a reference to the appointment of Shukla…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday to lay foundation stones of two new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and 624 MW Kiru Hydroelectric project in Kishtwar. In Srinagar, Prime Minister is also likely to hold an interaction with the newly elected Sarpanches, a PMO announcement said here. He would also lay foundation stones for several development projects in the state including the University of Ladakh. The the first-ever university in the Ladakh region would be launched, an official announcement said here. Established under the University of Ladakh Act…
