Category: India

India to stop water flow to Pakistan: Nitin Gadkari

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India has decided to stop the flow of its share of water to Pakistan from rivers under the Indus water treaty, a move seen as an immediate fallout of a militant attack that killed 40 central reserve police force (CRPF) personnel in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district on February 14.Water resources minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted to convey the decision of the government to stop India’s share of water flowing to Pakistan. But the actual implementation of the decision may take up to six years as dams as high as 100 metres…

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3 Kg beef can be traced but not 350 kg RDX: Haroon Yusuf

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Delhi Congress working president Haroon Yusuf on Thursday created a controversy by alleging that three kg beef could be traced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but not 350 kg RDX, referring to the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad termed the statement “scandalous and irresponsible” “@narendramodi Ji can trace 3 kg of beef but cannot trace 350 kg of RDX #ModiFailsNationalSecurity(sic),” Yusuf alleged in a tweet. He later defended his tweet. “What I have said is reality.…

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In the backdrop of Pulwama attack, resolution on Kashmir situation likely in upcoming RSS meet

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The highest decision-making body of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological parent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will discuss the increase in number of terror attacks, locals joining terror outfits, and the situation in the Kashmir valley at its upcoming meeting in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, according to functionaries familiar with the matter. The meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), scheduled from March 8 to 10, will come weeks before the 2019 general elections. It also comes in the backdrop of the recent attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama,…

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Amid Kashmir tensions, Pakistani prisoner stoned to death in Jaipur jail

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A Pakistani national lodged in Jaipur central jail was allegedly killed on Wednesday in a brawl with other prisoners. “A Pakistani prisoner was allegedly murdered today in the central jail. The matter will be investigated by a judicial magistrate and also by the police,” Rajasthan Director General of Police Kapil Garg told PTI. The killing in Jaipur prison has been reported amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan after the Pulwama terror attack. An official said Shakrullah (50), who was from Pakistan Punjab’s Sialkot, was hit with a large stone…

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India at risk of communal violence before LS election: Dan Coats Director National Intelligence

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The comment on India’s upcoming general election is part of the US intelligence community’s assessment of worldwide threats in the year 2019 and was presented in the form of a written document to the powerful Senate Select Committee on Intelligence by Dan Coats, Director of National Intelligence. “Parliamentary elections in India increase the possibility of communal violence if Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party stresses Hindu nationalist themes,” Coats told members of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Coats and heads of other top American intelligence agencies…

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Uddhav Thackeray drives hard bargain with BJP’s Amit Shah, gets more seats than 2014 in poll pact

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Allies BJP and Shiv Sena, often seen taking potshots at each other, finalised a seat-sharing pact for 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Monday. The deal was reached after BJP president Amit Shah met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai. The BJP will contest 25 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra while Shiv Sena will fight on the remaining 23. “Shiv Sena and the Akali Dal are among our oldest allies. We had some differences but they are a thing of the past now. Our…

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Govt scheme beneficiaries may have to raise BJP flag on their houses

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Under the nation-wide campaign that was launched by the BJP on Tuesday, the five crore BJP workers and supporters in the country will have to put BJP’s flag at their houses to show support for the party for the Lok Sabha polls. The campaign will go on till March 2 The 8.5 lakh families that have benefitted from the central and state government schemes in Himachal Pradesh will be approached by the BJP under the “Mera Parivar, Bhajapa Parivar” campaign, to put up the BJP flag over their houses and…

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Four men held for cow slaughter falsely implicated: Police

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Four men arrested on charges of slaughtering cows, which led to the mob violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr earlier this month that had resulted in the death of a police inspector and another person, were falsely implicated by district convener of Bajrang Dal, Yogesh Raj, police said on Wednesday. Sarfuddin, Sajid, Asif and Nanhe, who were arrested on December 4 on the basis of a complaint lodged by Raj on December 3, will be released soon, officials said. Raj is a key accused in the violence in Syana area of…

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BJP has devil’s luck: Omar on timing of SC verdict on Rafale

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In a funny aside to the Supreme Court verdict ruling out a probe into the Rafale deal, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the order could not have come at a better time for the BJP. In a reference to the BJP’s recent electoral setback where the party lost three states, Abdullah felt this verdict would take the poll heat off the ruling party. Tweeting to his three million followers, complete with a smiley, Abdullah said, “The BJP really has the devil’s luck (relax I’m not calling you devils, it’s…

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Shaktikanta Das, MA in History is first non-economist in 28 years to be RBI governor

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Highlights * 14 of 25 RBI governors have been bureaucrats including 12 coming from IAS/ICS* Immediate predecessors of Shaktikanta Das were economists* Shaktikanta Das has got tenure as RBI governor till 2023 There are no fixed eligibility criteria for appointment of a person as the RBI governor. According to the RBI Act, appointment of governor is approved by the PMO on the recommendation of the finance minister. Shaktikanta Das is the 25th RBI governor and 14th career bureaucrat including 12 IAS/ICS officers to hold the position.With the appointment of Shaktikanta…

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