Category: NATIONAL

PATNA: 8 people have died and more than 20 are injured in Bihar after nine coaches of the Seemanchal Express derailed on Sunday. The mishap occurred in Vaishali at 3:52 am today.The Railways has said preliminary investigations suggest that the derailment of Seemanchal Express in Bihar was caused due to rail fracture of CMS crossing at Baruni. The train was running between Jogbani and Anand Vihar Terminal.Railway officials said 11 coaches of the train were derailed. Teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have reached the spot to carry out relief and…

NEW DELHI: The Budget 2019 will be presented by Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal in the absence of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who has gone to the United States for treatment. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced today in his Interim Budget 2019 speech that there would be no tax till Rs 5 lakh income for individuals taxpayers. “Around 3 crore middle-class taxpayers will get tax exemption due to this measure,” said Piyush Goyal. So those with income up to Rs 5 lakh and another Rs 1.5 lakh in investments…

By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: 30th January 1948 was not any other day in the modern history of India. It was the day when fanaticism won over the non-violence. A preacher of non-violence, peace and co-existence was killed by a fanatic in the name of religion and jingoism. Whenever this day will come, this debate over violence and non-violence is bound to be raised. And it is good if we keep discussing and mulling over it from time-to-time. Mahatma Gandhi was a visionary who had seen India as a secular…

NEW DELHI: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 71st death anniversary. “On Martyrs’ Day, we gratefully remember Mahatma Gandhi and the countless freedom fighters who sacrificed their all for our Independence,” President Ram Nath Kovind tweeted on Martyrs Day. Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also paid their homage to Mahatma Gandhi.Army chief General Bipin Rawat, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba and Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa were also present…

NEW DELHI: George Fernandes, a former Union Defence Minister in the Vajpayee government who was elected nine times to the Lok Sabha, died on Tuesday in New Delhi. He was 88.Fernandes breathed his last at Max hospital in Delhi. Georgre Fernandes had been living with Alzheimer’s disease and his last stint was as a Rajya Sabha MP between August 2009 and July 2010. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to express their condolences. PM Modi wrote that George Fernandes represented the best of India’s…

By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: India is considered a future economic super power. Might be it a reality if all things happen well in the right direction. Since the last seventy years of gaining independence from the British colonial yoke, it will be imprudent to say that nothing has changed. We have witnessed phenomenal growth since the economic liberalisation of the country. Most revolutionary changes came in the fields of communication, roads and electricity. Almost a major part of India is accessible now from the main towns and cities…

By: Barnali Bose, Editor-ICN Group KOLKATA: Voting may be defined as a formal expression of preference for a candidate for office or for a proposed resolution of an issue. In 1948, The Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly recognized the integral role that transparent and open elections play in the governance of a country. It states that everyone has the right to take part in the government of his/her country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the…

By: Subhashini, Asstt. Editor-ICN  NEW DELHI: Right from the very beginning of the formation of new government in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approach has been putting the agenda of economic diplomacy on the front seat. Keeping in view the importance of economic diplomacy, Modi has kept his diplomatic relations program rather busy. His quality of making these programs worthwhile by enriching them with a personal touch is also something that leaves a mark on people’s minds. Important Foreign Relations Modi’s first brilliant diplomatic move was to invite the Head of…