Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday said that not a single bomb blast had taken place in the country in the last six years thanks to the strong security measures taken by Narendra Modi government. Javadekar was speaking ata function to mark the ‘Jan Aushadhi Divas’ atthe B J Medical College here. Later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the gathering through video conferencing. In his speech, Javadekar cited various schemes related to healthcare and said that providing affordable healthcare facilities for the poor is the ‘mantra’ adopted by the PM. “Various schemes and efforts taken by Modiji such as lowering…
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Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has taunted Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati saying that she has lost her way. He also said that one will have to work for the larger interest of the society to bring about equality. Only the speeches cannot improve the condition of the Dalits, their participation in power must increase. “Members of minority community, Dalits and backward classes are being targeted in the country. Their rights are being taken away. Our workers want that they too should get equal share in political power. Keeping this in mind, we are going to form a new political party…
Suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Tahir Hussain, an accused in the recent North East Delhi violence and in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer, has been sent to 7-day police custody by Delhi’s Karkardooma Court. Duty Magistrate Rakesh Kumar passed the order after Tahir Hussain was produced before him by Delhi Police which said that his custodial interrogation was required to unearth larger conspiracy, Tahir’s advocate Mukesh Kalia said. Absconding AAP councillor Tahir Hussain was arrested by Delhi Police on Thursday after a court in Delhi dismissed his plea seeking to surrender before it in connection with alleged…
Clashes erupted anew on the Greek-Turkish border Friday as migrants attempted to push through into Greece, while the European Union’s foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting. Greek authorities used tear gas and a water cannon to repulse an attempt by migrants to push through the border from Turkey in the morning, while Turkish authorities fired volleys of tear gas onto the Greek side of the frontier. Thousands of refugees and other migrants have been trying to get into Greece through the country’s eastern land and…
Tunisian media are reporting that two people on a motorcycle set off a blast near the US Embassy in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. The private Radio Mosaique said it was a suicide attack and reported that five police officers were wounded in the explosion Friday. That report could not be immediately confirmed. The station, which is usually reliable, said the two approached the police patrol as if to seek information before setting off an explosive device. Police taped off the area around the blast site, which was littered with debris. The flag of the United States could be seen fluttering…
Iran on Friday said the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic as authorities warned they may use “force” to limit travel between cities. Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour offered the figures at a televised news conference. He did not elaborate on the threat to use force, though he acknowledged the virus now was in all of Iran’s 31 provinces. Iran cancelled Friday prayers across its major cities. Elsewhere in the region, Iraq canceled Friday prayers in Karbala, where a weekly sermon is delivered on behalf of the country’s top Shiite cleric. Authorities…
Information Commissioner Bimal Julka was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on Friday, according to a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique. President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to Julka as the CIC in the Central Information Commission at a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said. The transparency watchdog has been functioning without a chief after Sudhir Bhargava retired on January 11 and is at a reduced strength of six information commissioners, against the sanctioned strength of 11 (including the CIC). There is a vacancy of five more information commissioners at the commission after Julka’s appointment as…
Former Brazilian football star Ronaldinho’s lawyer denied on Thursday that he and his brother had used fake passports to enter Paraguay. The World Cup winner and his brother were questioned for more than seven hours by the public prosecutor in Asuncion after allegedly entering Paraguay using forged documents. Ronaldinho had been invited to the Paraguayan capital by a foundation for needy children, and to promote his new book. The 39-year-old and his brother went to the prosecutor’s office in the morning alongside Paraguayan lawyer Adolfo Marin. “They decided voluntarily to stay and submit themselves to the public prosecutor’s investigations,” said…
Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for the day on Friday amid protests and sloganeering by members of the Congress and other Opposition parties over the Delhi violence. The House will reassemble on March 11 after Holi. As soon as the House met for the day, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu lauded the role of women in all spheres of the society, and added he chose to make the remarks today as International Women’s Day on March 8 was a holiday. Naidu also made an observation that the media should have highlighted the statement on coronavirus by Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in…
Responding to questions about the India-EU summit, Ministry of External affairs spokesperson told media persons that due to coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Brussels has been postponed. As a precautionary measure, it is better to be careful to avoid that delegates from the respective countries should not travel in each other’s countries owing to the recent coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. The MEA spokesperson also said the summit will be rescheduled to a mutually convenient date which is yet to be decided. The India-EU summit was expected to take place at the EU office in Brussels on March 13 of…