(UNI) “Build Ram Mandir, or Stay at Home” – is the new jibe from Shiv Sena to its ally BJP on the long pending Ram Temple issue at Ayodhya. “Action lena padega, Mandir banana padega….. nahi toh ghar baithna padega (You will have to construct the Ram Temple or else you will be forced to stay at home),” Shiv Sena spokesman and MP Sanjay Raut told a private TV channel at Pandharpur in Maharashtra on Monday. Shiv Sena is launching a mega campaign at Pandharpur for the early construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya on Monday. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray,…
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Amid tight security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bhubaneswar today to launch a slew of projects worth Rs 14,523 crore related to various sectors. He was received by Governor Ganeshi Lal, Chief Secretary AP Padhi, Union Ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Jual Oram, State Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera, Bhubaneswar Mayor Ananta Jena and other leaders . Modi will fly to IIT Bhubaneswar in a chopper to inaugurate the new campus in Aragul built at a cost of Rs 1660 crore, and then would lay foundation stone for Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) and unveil projects worth…
(UNI) Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday lashed out at the Congress for its continuous attack on the government over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and said those who oppressed India with a 31 per cent indirect tax and “consistently belittled the GST, must seriously introspect”. “Irresponsible politics and irresponsible economics is only a race to the bottom,” Mr Jaitley wrote in a blog piece, posted on Facebook. Seeking to answer some of the questions on GST raised from time to time, prior to the GST regime, the Minister tweeted, “India had the worst indirect tax system anywhere…
(UNI) Continuing his attack on the Narendra Modi government on demonetisation, senior congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said demonetisation was a crime against the economy of the country ‘After Dr Gita Gopinath’s new report, what have the quacks who proposed or defended demonetisation got to say? Demonetisation was a crime against the economy of the country,’the former Finance Minister said in a tweet on Sunday night. According to a research paper co-authored by eminent economist Gita Gopinath,’the government’s note ban decision shaved off economic growth by at least 2 percentage points for the October-December quarter of 2016…
(UNI) BJP President Amit Shah said on Sunday that upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls would end the politics of caste, creed, appeasement and favoritism and would prove to be last nail in the coffin of those indulging in such politics. Addressing the booth level party workers and leaders in Delhi, Mr Shah said that there were countless reasons to vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power again. He said, the BJP’s victory in 2019 polls would ensure that the country’s politics was free from these negative practices in politics. Mr Shah said, in Delhi, the contest would be mainly between…
(UNI) Legendary actor Manoj Kumar on Sunday took side of renowned actor Anupam Kher in criticizing to veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah’s statement over ‘rising’ intolerance in the country. In a post on social media, Mr Kumar said,’Agree with @AnupamPKher on Naseeruddin statement: There’s so much freedom in the country that you can abuse the army, badmouth the air chief and pelt stones at the soldiers. How much more freedom do you need in a country? He said what he felt like, it doesn’t mean it’s the truth.’ The reaction from Mr Kumar came a day after Mr Kher criticizing to…
At least 281 people have been killed and 584 injured with more than 10000 rendered homeless when a Tsunami struck off the Sunda Strait of Western Indonesia between Java and Sumatra destroying 611 housing units, 69 hotels, 60 shops and completely damaging 420 boats. Indonesia had not even recuperated from the recent havoc done by the earthquake, a major tragedy has again jolted the nation. As per Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency the tsunami occurred at 21:27 pm Jakarta time (2257 IST), on Saturday hitting coastal areas of Sunda Strait, including Pandeglang and Serang districts of Banten province and south Lampung…
କେଦାର ମିଶ୍ର ଓଡିଶା ରାଜନୀତିରେ କେନ୍ଦ୍ରମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ର ପ୍ରଧାନ ନବୁଝି ନଶୁଝି କିଛି ବି କହିଦେଉଥିବା ଜଣେ ସାଧାରଣ ବକ୍ତା ଭାବରେ ମନେରହିବେ। ଯେକୌଣସି ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗ ଉପରେ କିଛି ବି ମନ୍ତବ୍ୟ ଦେବାର ପ୍ରବଣତା ଯୋଗୁଁ ତାଙ୍କର କୌଣସି ବକ୍ତବ୍ୟକୁ ଜନସାଧାରଣ ଗମ୍ଭୀରତାର ସହ ନେଉନାହାନ୍ତି। କେନ୍ଦ୍ରରେ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ପ୍ରଭାବଶାଳୀ ପେଟ୍ରୋଲିୟମ ବିଭାଗର ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଭାବରେ ରହିଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ରାଜ୍ୟ ରାଜନୀତିରେ ଓ ଓଡିଶାର ବିଜେପି କ୍ୟାଡରଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ପ୍ରଭାବ ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ସୀମିତ। ତାର ଏକମାତ୍ର କାରଣ ହେଉଛି, ବକ୍ତବ୍ୟ ଦେବା ସମୟରେ ତାଙ୍କର ସହଜିଆ ସ୍ଵଭାବ। ବିଜେପୁର ଉପ ନିର୍ବାଚନ ସମୟରେ ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ଆଗଚଲା ଓ ଉପରକୁହା ଗୁଣ ଯୋଗୁଁ ବିଜେପିର ଶୋଚନୀୟ ପରାଜୟ ହୋଇଥିଲା ବୋଲି ବିଜେପିର ବହୁ ନେତା ଓ କର୍ମୀ ସ୍ଵୀକାର କରିଛନ୍ତି। ତେବେ ବିଜେପିର କେନ୍ଦ୍ରୀୟ ନେତୃତ୍ୱ ଉପରେ ଧର୍ମେନ୍ଦ୍ରଙ୍କ ଅଖଣ୍ଡ ପ୍ରଭାବ ରହିଥିବାରୁ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଖୋଲାଖୋଲି ବିରୋଧ କରିବାକୁ କାହାର ସାହସ…
(UNI) The Union Government has taken a number of initiatives for river development, rejuvenation and the work of development of Ganga river and its tributaries is undertaken by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation under National Mission for Clean Ganga. The average annual water availability of any region or country is largely dependent upon hydro-meteorological and geological factors and is generally constant. The average annual water potential in the country has been assessed as 1869 billion cubic meters. Due to topographical and other factors, the utilisable water availability is limited to 1137 BCM per annum, comprising 690…
(UNI) BJP President Amit Shah said on Sunday that upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls would end the politics of caste, creed, appeasement and favoritism and would prove to be last nail in the coffin of those indulging in such politics. Addressing the booth level party workers and leaders in Delhi, Mr Shah said that there were countless reasons to vote Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power again. He said, the BJP’s victory in 2019 polls would ensure that the country’s politics was free from these negative practices in politics. Mr Shah said, in Delhi, the contest would be mainly between…
(UNI) Odisha Government has decided to set up a High Performance Sports Academy which will have High Performance Sports Centers in nine different types of sports, Chief Secretary A P Padhi said here today. Inaugurating the Forest Sports Meet-2018 here today at Kalinga Stadium, Mr Padhi said steps are being expedited to start the operation of the Centers from coming financial year in the state capital. He said, Bhubaneswar has been designated as Sports Capital and Government is committed to promote various types of sports from Panchayat to International level events. He said, sports and games promotes team spirit, healthy…
Serbia, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania will create a joint organizing committee to apply for hosting the European Football Championship in 2028 or the World Cup in 2030, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Saturday. Earlier in the day, Belgrade hosted a meeting between the prime ministers of Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and the Serbian president. The delegations also included heads of national football associations and sports ministers. “Today we decided to form an initiative organizing committee consisting of 16 people, with four people from each country, and expressed our hope that through it, our countries will submit a joint bid to become…
(UNI) The India Greens, country’s first green party, has condemned the Modi Government’s notification giving mandate to intelligence, police and tax agencies to intercept messages on electronic devices like laptops, computer and mobile devices, etc. Describing the notification draconian and violative of Article-21 of the Constitution, the India Greens said in a statement issued here on Sunday by its Vice-President Prashant Tandon that “the Modi Government is converting democratic India into an Orwellian state where citizens will have no privacy, freedom of expression and dignity”. The party has demanded that the central government immediately withdraw the notification. “India Greens is…
(UNI) As per International Energy Agency (IEA), India is the third largest coal producer in the world during 2016-17 and there is no shortage of coal in the country. As on April 1, 2018, the vendible stock of coal was 55.6 MT and as on December 15, 2018, coal stock was 22.93 MT with CIL, official sources said. All India raw coal production has increased from 565.77 MT in 2013-14 to 676.48 MT in 2017-18. The all India coal production during April-November 2018 was 433.90 MT with a growth of 9.8 per cent over the corresponding period of the previous…
Industry body FICCI has welcomed GST Council’s decision of reducing the GST rates on 23 items and taking the landmark reform to the next level by indicating that the 28 per cent bracket is already moving towards a sunset, a statement here stated on Sunday. The council’s meeting was held on Saturday. With a reduction in the rates on more items in the offing in the next meeting of the GST Council next month and the indication that the remaining issues pertaining to GST application and administration will be resolved speedily, the tax reform is set to yield larger gains…
Amid speculations on a Mahagathbandhan before the 2019 polls the chief minister of Telengana, K Chandrasekhar Rao has arrived in Bhubaneswar but no source from the KCR camp has lent credence to such possibility. KCR who arrived in Bhubaneswar as State Guest is scheduled to visit Puri for the Darshan of Lord Jagannath. From here he is to visit Kolkata and meet the Bangal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. His visit to Odisha to be followed by Kolkata has fueled speculations about a non-BJP front for the coming polls in 2019.
(UNI) Most journalists were murdered during BNP-Jamaat regime in Bangladesh, speakers at a discussion on Sunday said Twenty journalists have been killed in Bangladesh since 2000, of them 14 were killed between 2000 and 2006, said Prof Abu Jafar Md Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan of Dhaka University, referring to the BNP-Jamaat regime. But investigations into those murders did not progress much, he said while speaking at the discussion, here. The period from 2002 to 2005 has been marked as the dark times for journalists in the southwestern region, said Gouranga Nandy, a journalist from Khulna. He said many of the journalists…
(UNI) The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has called for expediting the restructuring process within the Archaeological Survey of India and expeditious filling of its vacancies to facilitate the organisation to meet its challenges. In its 118th report on the action taken by the government on the recommendations of the committee in their 39th report, the PAC also recommended an expeditious setting up of state-level coordination committees for removal of encroachments upon monuments at the earliest without any further loss of time. It also recommended that the Culture ministry should set up an expert group to examine the feasibility for…
(UNI) Keeping rumours to rest that the Ram Vilas Paswan-headed LJP is on the verge of exit from NDA ahead of 2019 General Elections, the key constituents of NDA in Bihar — the BJP, JDU and LJP on Sunday agreed to contest the polls together with the saffron outfit and Nitish Kumar’s party contesting on 17 each while the LJP on 6 seats. In a joint press conference, BJP President Amit Shah announced that his party and the JDU will contest on 17-17 seats while the LJP on 6 seats in Bihar which sends 40 lawmakers to the Lok Sabha.…
(UNI) At least 10 Taliban militants have been killed following a NATO-led coalition forces’ airstrike in Afghan western province of Farah, local police said on Sunday. The strike targeted a militants’ hideout in Bala Buluk district’s Ab-e-Khurma village on Saturday, leaving 10 Taliban militants including their customhouse official named Mullah Nayazi dead. According to him, three vehicles and a quantity of arms and ammunition have also been destroyed in the sortie. No government troops or civilians have been hurt during the air-operation, he said. The Taliban militant group hasn’t make a comment on the report yet.
(UNI) Hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said he will show the Modi government on how to treat the minorities, hardliner BJP leader and Union Minister Giriraj Singh lashed out at Islamabad, saying a ‘terror nation’ need not lecture India on how to deal with minorities. “Ab Pakistan jaisa atanki bikhari desh Hindustan ko batayega ki minority ke saath kaise bartav kiya Jata hae (Now, a terror nation like Pakistan will teach India on how to deal with minorities),” Mr Singh tweeted. He also wrote that after Independence, the Hindu population in Pakistan came down to two per cent…