Category: India

Narendra Modi as PM will be a disaster for India: Manmohan Singh

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Breaking his silence over BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday launched a scathing attack on him saying it will be a disaster for the country if such a person became the Prime Minister of India. “Without going into the credentials of anyone, I think it will be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as the PM,” said Singh at his second press conference with media in his second tenure.He also took a dig at Modi over Gujarat riots saying, “Strong leader does…

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Opposition condemn Modi govt for politicising current situation with Pakistan

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Opposition leaders condemned the Narendra Modi government for politicising the sacrifices of the Armed forces on a day an Air Force pilot was declared missing in action after an aerial engagement with the Pakistani air force. Leaders of 21 parties, including Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar met for more than three hours to discuss the developing situation with Pakistan. They condemned the Pulwama terror attack by “Pakistan-sponsored terrorists of…

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Truth of Pulwama attack will come out if Ajit Doval is probed: Raj Thackeray

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Calling the CRPF jawans killed in the Pulwama terror attack “political victims”, MNS chief Raj Thackeray claimed on Sunday that the “truth” will come out if National Security Advisor Ajit Doval was questioned. “If NSA Ajit Doval is investigated, then all the truth about the Pulwama terror attack will come out,” Thackeray said in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. “At the time of the Pulwama attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy shooting for a film at Corbett National Park. Even after the news of the terror attack was flashed his…

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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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