Category: NATIONAL

After completion of voting in 10 constituencies till 3 pm, 47.18 percent voter turnout had been recorded in the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2018. RAIPUR: PM Modi on Monday addressed a public rally in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur. Bilaspur is among the 72 seats that will see polling in Phase-2 on November 20 while 18 seats in Bastar and Rajnandangaon poll in Phase-1 today. PM Modi was first expected to fly to Chhattisgarh for the rally at noon  and then leave in the afternoon around 2 PM for his constituency in…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group SHIMLA: Today as the political parties begin to roll out their manifestos for the ensuing assembly elections in five states which are being viewed as a prelude to the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections next year, one wonders the ever appeasing tactics being employed by these politicians to weaken the country. The 70 years of Independence has seen introduction of newer appeasing and endless promises being framed by all the parties across the board. One above the other, the parties are out to dangle carrots…

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On November 8, 2016, the Centre had declared Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes as non-legal and introduced new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes. NEW DELHI: Congress party workers on Friday held a nationwide protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government’s demonetisation drive, which had its second anniversary on Thursday. Several Congress leaders, including former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Anand Sharma, Sushmita Dev, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Manish Chatrarh were reportedly detained by the police for protesting outside the RBI headquarters. Former PM Manmohan Singh described the policy as an “ill-fated and…

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RAIPUR: Addressing an election rally in Pakhanjore town of Kanker district, Rahul Gandhi said the common man was forced to stand in queues after demonetisation, while defaulters were allowed to flee abroad. I won’t make tall promises, but if Congress comes elected to power, it will waive off farm loans, said party president Rahul Gandhi. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi while addressing a rally in Dongargarh promised a Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of Rs 2500 for Paddy farmers in the state. Nothing in the history of the country has caused more damage…

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RAIPUR:PM Modi Friday raised the issue of ‘Urban Naxals’ in poll-bound Chhattisgarh during the election campaign in Jagdalpur. Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Chhattisgarh next week in two phases on November 12 and November 20. The first phase is to be held in the Maoist-affected constituencies of Bastar region that falls in the southern part of the central Indian state. Of the 90 Assembly segments in Chhattisgarh, 51 are general, while 10 are reserved for candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC) communities and 29 from Scheduled Tribe (ST)…

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PM Modi had celebrated the festival every year with soldiers and security personnel stationed at different parts of the country.PM Netanyahu extended his Diwali greetings in Hindi, to which PM Modi replied in Hebrew.  NEW DELHI: PM Modi is celebrating Diwali with the jawans of Indian Army and ITBP at Harsil in Uttarakhand. PM Modi offered sweets to the Jawans at Nilang valley at Indo-China Border at 11000 ft near Harsil Station. The PM Modi arrived in Kedarnath on Wednesday morning to seek blessings from the holy shrine at Lord Shiva’s…

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Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Congress state president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday said that they will contest the next Lok Sabha elections together against the BJP.  BENGALURU: Congress-JD(S) coalition in Karnataka today won 4 out of 5 seats where by-elections were held on Saturday. The three Lok Sabha seats where elections were held are Bellari, Shimoga and Mandya. The two assembly seats are Jamkhandi and Ramanagara.Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said he was confident of a better result in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The Congress party has…

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By: Dr. Dakter Esse, Editor-ICN KOHIMA: The Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is visiting Spear Corps Zone on 06 and 07 Nov 2018. On arrival at Chabua on 06 Nov 18, Nirmala Sitharaman was received by Lt General MM Naravane AVSM, SM, VSM, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command and Lt Gen Gopal R, General Officer Commanding Spear Corps.The Raksha Mantri thereafter proceeded to Dinjan where she was briefed by General Officer Commanding, Dao Division on the security situation in Upper Assam and operational preparedness along the LAC with China. She complimented the efforts…

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By: Dr. Mohammad Aleem, Editor-ICN Group NEW DELHI: Indian Railway is one of the largest railway networks of the world. It commutes more than two crore people from one place to another in a day. For every other Indian, it is like their lifeline. Time and again, it comes into news not only for good reasons but bad one also. Of late, in Punjab, a deadly accident had taken place during the Dussehra festival. Around sixty people had lost their precious lives and many dozens injured. It happened on a…

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