Category: INDIA

By: Vijay Kumar Verma ( Editor-ICN Group) SHIMLA: Once again the potato farmers are forced to dump their crop on the roads in Uttar Pradesh as they allege that the government had failed to fulfill the promise of MSP and they were not getting even the cost of harvesting the crop and what to talk of pcaking, transportation and profis. Strange  as it may sound but the fact remains that successive governments have failed to protect the interests of the poor farmers who are left to play into the hands of…

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The announcement came on a day when the government told the Supreme Court that the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail benefits of various government schemes would be extended till March 31 next year. NEW DELHI: The Centre may extend the deadline for linking Aadhaar cards to various welfare schemes to March 31, 2018, Attorney General K K Venugopal told the Supreme Court on Wednesday.As of now, December 31, 2017 is the deadline for linking Aadhaar to avail benefits of various schemes like government scholarships, subsidised LPG cylinders,…

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NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is holding a press conference at National Media Centre in New Delhi. Addressing the media, Jaitley said that there has been discussions and reviews of the economy in the past few weeks within the ministry. He added that India has been the world’s fastest-growing large economy for the past three years. Arun Jaitley says between 2008 and 2013, public sector banks engaged in indiscriminate lending, which led to the rise in non-performing assets. In a presentation made at the briefing, Economic Affairs Secretary S.C. Garg said…

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Rahul Gandhi on Monday criticised the Narendra Modi government’s Goods and Services Tax, while campaigning in poll-bound Gujarat.  GANDHINAGAR: Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said thousands of youths in Gujarat, belonging to all castes, will not remain silent now and their voices cannot be “suppressed” or “purchased”. Rahul Gandhi said the GST has brought lakhs of small traders to their knees, a charge that the opposition has been levelling against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of a composite takedown of his handling of the economy.…

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Ro-Ro ferry service, which will reduce the distance between the two towns from 310 kilometres by road to 30 kilometres, his “dream project”.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the first phase of the Rs 615 crore ‘roll- on-roll-off’ (Ro-Ro) ferry service between Ghogha in Saurashtra and Dahej in south Gujarat. The PM launched the first phase of the service at a rally in Ghogha in the presence of CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel. While speaking at a public meeting in Bhavnagar after the inauguration, PM Modi…

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According to an international study published in The Lancet, pollution caused three times more deaths than AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis put together in 2015. NEW DELHI:Pollution killed 25 lakh Indians in 2015, the world’s highest number of deaths caused by air, water and other forms of pollution, according to an international study published in The Lancet.China stood second with 1.8 million deaths attributed to pollution. The study said almost all pollution-related deaths – around 92% – are in poor or middle-income countries.In 2015, nearly one in six deaths, an estimated…

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman celebrated the festival of lights Diwali with soldiers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman celebrated the festival of lights Diwali with soldiers. The PM was accompanied by Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Northern Command chief Lt General Devraj Anbu and Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen J S Sandhu in Gurez. Addressing the soldiers, the PM said that like everyone else, he too wishes to spend Diwali with his family.Last year, PM Modi had celebrated Diwali with ITBP personnel in…

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