Kailashahar (Tripura): A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan allegedly shot dead three colleagues with his service weapon before committing suicide early today at a border outpost at Maguruli in Unakoti district, police said. Officer-in-charge of Irani police station, Swapan Debbarma said, a constable — Sishu Pal — came to deposit …
Read More »Karnataka polls: BJP vows farm loan waiver if it wins
BJP continued its focus on the farming community, not just to earn the backing of one of the biggest support bases but also reinstate its chief ministerial candidate B.S.Yeddyurappa’s image as a pro-farmer leader Dharwad, Karnataka: Taking a leaf out of its Uttar Pradesh state election manifesto, the Bharatiya Janata …
Read More »PM Modi says India is marching ahead from women development to women led development
prime Minister Narendra Modi said, India is marching ahead from women development to women led development. He said, Government has given prominent portfolios to women and it has always been its effort to give equal opportunities to women. Mr Modi was interacting with office bearers and karyakartas of BJP Mahila …
Read More »Kathua report: CBI inquiry recommended
New Delhi: GIA, the Group of Intellectuals and Academicians have recommended a CBI probe into the Kathua rape incident. An 8- year- old girl was allegedly raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district in January 2018. The GIA submitted a report today to Minister of State in PMO …
Read More »Ordinance to criminalise Triple Talaq in the making
NEW DELHI: With the controversial new legislation seeking to criminalise instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat) stuck in Parliament because of Opposition obstruction, the government is considering taking the ordinance route to promulgate it. While the Muslim Women Protection of Rights in Marriage Act was cleared in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition blocked …
Read More »For Jinnah Portrait Hanging Since 1938, Hindutva Activists Attack AMU Students
Aligarh: Scores of students at Aligarh Muslim University were injured Wednesday afternoon after armed activists from the Hindu Yuva Vahini descended on the campus with police backing to violently demand that a portrait of Mohammad Ali Jinnah – which has been hanging inside the students’ union hall for 80 years …
Read More »Karnataka: Campaigning intensifies for Assembly polls
Campaigning is intensifying for the 12th of next month’s Karnataka Assembly elections. BJP National President held a roadshow in Davangere today, during which he sought votes for his party candidates. Union Minister Sadanand Gowda campaigned in Bengaluru and asked voters to elect BJP to end, what he called, a …
Read More »Water conservation ust be a social, collective responsibility: PM Modi in Mann Ki Baat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, water conservation must be a social and collective responsibility. Sharing his thoughts in the 43rd edition of Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio today, Mr Modi said, water conservation has been a way of life for our forefathers and they devised newer …
Read More »Casting Couch exists even in Parliament: Renuka Chowdhary
New Delhi, April.24 (PMI): Casting Couch was not confined to cinema field alone but also exists in Parliament, former Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhary. Reacting on Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan’s controversial statement on Casting Couch in film industry, Renuka called upon the people to launch a movement against Casting Couch. …
Read More »PM Modi to launch Gram Swaraj Abhiyan tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan at Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of National Panchayati Raj Day tomorrow. The scheme will focus on training, building infrastructure, stepping up initiatives for e-governance under the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project. During the occasion, …
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