Category: NATIONAL

NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), today began its three-day conclave at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The conclave titled, “Future of Bharat: An RSS Perspective”, aims to engage with people and present the RSS perspective on the future of the country. He also said that the RSS is the most democratic institution that one can come across. “We never impose out ideology on anyone,” he added. The RSS chief spoke about the contributions and life of Dr K B Hedgewar, the founder of the RSS, and went on to praise…

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BHOPAL: Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched his party’s election campaign on Monday. He took part in a roadshow which started from Lalghati Chowk. The 18-kilometer-long roadshow will conclude at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd’s Dussehra Maidan.Security has been tightened in the city and an extra force of 1,500 policemen have already been deputed. The Congress sparred with the ruling BJP over posters that have been put up greeting Gandhi as a “Shiv bhakt” or devotee of Lord Shiva.’ Gandhi, who will arrive in the MP capital at 12.45 pm on Monday will embark on the roadshow in a secured bus…

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Petrol and diesel prices continue to remain on rampage as they further increased by 15 paisa and 6 paisa per litre on Monday. NEW DELHI: In the four metro cities, petrol is the most expensive in Mumbai.In Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, petrol was being sold at Rs 89.44 per litre, Rs 82.06 per litre, Rs 83.91 per litre and Rs 85.31 per litre, respectively. Diesel prices per litre, on the other hand, were Rs 73.78 (Delhi), Rs 75.63 (Chennai), Rs 78.00 (Kolkata) and Rs 78.33 (Mumbai).Petrol and diesel prices…

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By: Dr. Kumar Raka, Editor-ICN & Rebecca Brindza, Editor, ICN International A moderate intensity earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on Richter scale hit parts of Assam on Wednesday, Sept 12th morning. The tremors were felt as far as Patna in Bihar and Siliguri in West Bengal. The quake lasted for around 15-20 seconds. More than 125 individual seismic incidents of low to moderate intensity on the Richter scale have been recorded by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) alone in India since the beginning of the year 2018. The increasing seismic activity in the…

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The Vice President will attend an Indian Community reception hosted by the High Commissioner of India to Malta on Sunday evening. BELGRADE: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday addressed the National Assembly of Republic of Serbia. Naidu is in Belgrade as part of a three-nation tour to Serbia, Malta and Romania to boost ties with the Central European countries. While addressing the National Assembly, Naidu said, Economic reforms in India and Serbia in the 1990s have effectively converted some of the major challenges into opportunities. This year India and Serbia are celebrating…

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GUWAHATI: An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale has hit Kokrajar in Assam at around 10.20 AM Wednesday. Areas of the Northeast, West Bengal and Bangladesh felt light tremors. Earthquakes of magnitudes 5 to 5.9 on Richter scale are considered moderate earthquake which can cause slight damage to buildings. The Central Seismological Observatory in Shillong said the epicentre of the earthquake was two kilometres northwest of Assam’s Kokrajhar town and at a depth of 10 km.Tremors were also felt in Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. In Bihar, tremors were felt…

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By: Maryam Hedayat LIBYA: The world is just a ‘click’ away from us. Now everything and everyone is available at the touch of a button, Bored? Just a click and all your friends in front of you, shopping mood, click and the varieties and unlimited collection on your screen, want to play video games late night, click the button and vast collection of games available, want to have pizza, click and the pizza at your doorstep, problem in finding the answer of a question, just a click, the google will provide you the…

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By: Vijay Kumar Verma, Editor-ICN Group “Petrol hits record high” has become the most common headline in the media these days. Every day newspapers and channels bring about comparative details and the resultant woes of the masses but that has least impact on the shamelwss governments. Each and every increase in the international basic crude price brings a beam of gleam on the tax grabbing governments. Since it not only adds to the motor spirit prices but also  brings with it a bonanza for the central government as well the…

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NEW DELHI: The two-day national executive meeting, jointly inaugurated by BJP President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, is likely to set the agenda for upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections. The BJP passed on Sunday a resolution reaffirming the party’s commitment to build “New India” by 2022, and said the Opposition has neither a leader nor a policy while PM Modi is the most popular leader in the country. Union minister Prakash Javdekar said a lot of developmental work has been done in the last four years, and a New India will by formed…

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