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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Rajghat - the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on Thursday morning to pay tributes to the Father of the Nation on his birth anniversary.Mr. Modi visited Rajghat ahead of the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.Mr. Modi had declared that the mission will be launched Oct 2 and that a “clean India” will be the best tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary in 2019.
Hard selling India with assurances of a business-friendly environment and a stable and simpler tax regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited top US business to come and invest in India.Addressing the US-India Business Council comprising 300 top US companies doing business with India here Tuesday, he promised to replace bureaucratic red tape with a red carpet.The role of the government should be that of a facilitator, Modi said wrapping up his five day trip to the US all through which he has made a strong pitch for investment in India with a promise of extensive use of technology better infr
Punching hard and defending well, India’s Laishram Sarita Devi was moments away from a gold medal bout at the 17th Asian Games, but a baffling decision by the judges left her in tears as controversy hit the ring here on Tuesday.Sarita, fighting South Korea’s Park Jina in the women’s lightweight (57-60kg) semifinal, was clearly the dominant fighter in the four rounds but referee Kheira Hammad Siri hoisted the hand of the Korean at the bell.The decision by judges Mohamed Braham (Tunisia), Albino Foti (Italy) and Mariusz Gorny (Poland) to award Park a 3-0 victory left the Indian
At least twelve persons were killed and 45 others injured when two speeding passenger trains collided near Gorakhpur late last night, a railway official said today.At least twelve persons have died and among the 45 injured, 12 are grievously injured, railway spokesperson Anil Saxena said.Krishak Express, travelling from Varanasi to Gorakhpur, hit Barauni Express, going from Lucknow to Barauni, from behind at a place, about 7 km from here at around 11 pm, Chief Public Relations Officer Alok Singh said.Singh said three coaches of Barauni Express were thrown off the track following the collision.
Towards the fag end of its term in office and before imposition of model code of conduct in Haryana for the October 15 assembly elections, the Hooda-led Congress government cleared a file that enables Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra to convert his prime residential property in Gurgaon into a guest house, possibly for commercial use. Sources in the government told Deccan Herald that Robert Vadra and one of his companies, Lambodar Art Enterprises, own two adjacent plots (Nos 29-30) in a private colony in Gurgaon. After his file pertaining to conversion of land use got the nod from t
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha reached the Naganathapura junction, off Hosur Road, at 10.30 am on Saturday waving victory sign at her supporters. Around 15,000 supporters cheered and wished her luck. However, the joy faded when news about the her conviction came out in the afternoon.Jayalalitha landed at HAL airport at 9.45 am and headed straight to the court at Gandhi Bhavan situated opposite Bangalore Central Prisons at Parappana Agrahara on Hosur Road. The City police had made arrangements for her brief stay at Hotel Leela Palace on Old Airport Road. However, the convoy with Z-plus
Bangalore city police breathed a sigh of relief on Saturday as no untoward incidents were reported after the final orders were pronounced in the disproportionate assets case against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalitha. The police had made fool-proof security arrangements to prevent any untoward incident.The City police, who had sleepless nights in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on September 23 and 24, had to be extra cautious this time round. A senior police official said that though Jayalalithaa also has ‘Z plus’ security, the arrangements proved to be a ne
Many people are named Jitu, but very few live up to its true meaning. Jitu Rai is among the few who has made it possible, emerging as a true winner.Born to a modest family in the remote Nepali village of Sankhuwasabha, Jitu’s rise has been so spectacular that today, despite the wealth of talent in the India, he has clearly become the face of shooting in his adopted nation.Enjoying the form of his life, the soft-spoken Naib-Subedar, whose career appeared wrecked in 2010-11 when he failed to live up to his early promise, has used every opportunity that life has presented to him to scale th
India today made it very clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived here on a five-day visit, was "ring fenced" and there was no question of anyone serving any summons on him and that an action in the matter was underway.India's strong reaction came a day after a federal US court issued summons against Modi on his alleged role in 2002 communal violence in Gujarat when he was the state chief minister.Even the White House downplayed the issue, with its Press Secretary Josh Earnest saying that it (lawsuit) was not going to have any impact on Prime Minister Modi's very importan
The civil rights body behind a lawsuit filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case has offered a reward of USD 10,000 to anyone who could serve him with the court summons.New York-based legal advisor Gurpatwant Singh Pannun told reporters here yesterday that American Justice Centre (AJC) is offering a reward of USD 10,000 to anyone who will serve the summons on Modi during his various public engagements in the city over the period of next two days.The reward will be given to the person who serves the summons and brings a pictorial and video proof t
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today said Pakistan "spoiled the talks" by talking to Hurriyat leaders just ahead of Foreign Secretaries of the two nations were scheduled to meet in Islamabad last month."New (Narendra Modi) government has given a new signal. So they (Pakistan) spoiled the talks, they spoiled the game," Swaraj told Indian reporters here after her meeting with the IBSA Foreign Ministers on the sidelines of the ongoing UN General Assembly session.Swaraj was asked to comment on Pakistan's National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz's remarks that ta
Indian men settled for a bronze medal after narrowly missing the silver in the 10m air pistol event at the Ongnyeon shooting range, continuing their good run in the 17th Asian Games, here today.Their latest shooting star Jitu Rai also entered the eight-man final as the second best qualifier, a day after clinching the 50m gold, to make it a satisfactory morning.Rai's precise shooting, that helped him garner 585 points and qualify with a point behind Kazakhstan's Rashid Yunusmetov, backed up by Samaresh Jung's 580 (who finished 9th) and Prakash Nanjappa's 578 (14th), albeit w
More than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the last week, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday.In the worst incident, as many as 500 migrants are believed to have died after traffickers rammed their ship off Malta's coast last week, an event that only came to light this weekend in testimony from two of nine survivors.The survivors said the traffickers ordered the migrants to change vessels in the middle of the Mediterranean. The migrants ref
Counting of votes began on Tuesday in three Lok Sabha and 33 assembly constituencies spread across 10 states where bypolls were held on September 13, with stakes high for BJP.The three Lok Sabha seats are in Vadodara (Gujarat), vacated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) and Medak (Telangana) while 11 assembly constituencies are in UP, nine in Gujarat, four in Rajasthan, two in West Bengal, five in Northeastern states and one each in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. 24 of these assembly seats were held by BJP and one each by its allies Apna Dal and TDP. After BJP's
When an active political leader like Pranab Mukherjee moved into Rashtrapati Bhavan, what he missed most was frequent interaction with the people.But as he completes two years in office on Friday, Mukherjee looks forward to making the President’s Office more “people-oriented” rather than an imposing high post.As his aides say, Mukherjee’s second year in office has kept pace with the President’s belief that the Rashtrapati Bhavan belongs to the nation and its people.An innovative programme was launched for the first time to provide residency in the Rashtrapati Bhav
India on Thursday made an emotional appeal to the Iraqi captors of its 41 citizens to release them as a “Ramzan gift” as members expressed concern in Parliament over the safety and security of the victims.External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj sent out an emotional message to the Islamist captors and reminded them that India had refused to send troops to the Gulf nation when it was attacked by the Americans.Replying to a calling attention motion in the Lok Sabha, Swaraj said of the 22,000 Indians in Iraq, more than 4,000 have been evacuated, while 15,000 citizens were safe in Kurd
In another horrifying incident, a seven-year-old girl was found hanging from a tree at Nandakumar in East Midnapore district of West Bengal on Thursday morning.Even as her parents alleged that she was sexually abused before being killed, an angry mob lynched one of the three accused.Senior police officials in West Bengal told reporters that a case of rape and murder has been initiated. Parents of the girl said she had gone out to buy puffed rice from a local grocery store on Wednesday around 7 pm. She went missing thereafter till her body was discovered on Thursday.The police say since the maiجميع الحقوق محفوظة لمدونة good tidings 2014
