There is no “Modi wave” in the country, only a “gussa (anger) ka wave”, says the Aam Aadmi Party.
AAP national spokesman Sanjay Singh said this here while describing the Bharatiya Janata Party as the AAP’s main political foe in the Lok Sabha election in Uttar Pradesh.
“Our main fight in UP is with the BJP,” he said. “There is no Modi wave in the country. It is a ‘gussa ka wave’ (against the Congress).”
(IANS)
Pakistani High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit was among four envoys who presented their credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee here today.
According to a Pakistani High Commission release, after the ceremony, Basit conveyed his warm wishes to the President from Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and hoped that the new government will engage fruitfully with Islamabad.
The High Commissioner said that Sharif was resolved to changing the bilateral narrative of conflict into a one underpinned by cooperation, mutual interest and mutual trust.
Advice under pressure to captain Darren Sammy from his deputy Dwayne Bravo helped craft an uncompromising sixth wicket stand that snatched the momentum away from Pakistan and propelled West Indies into the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 Championship.
As hopes of a semi-final birth began fading with the West Indies 84 for five at the end of the 15th over Tuesday, Bravo encouraged Sammy to keep his eyes on the ball and hit while abandoning strike rotation, reports CMC.
The accused Vengala Radha Krishna aged about 33 years, R/o Adagutta, native of Dhone Kurnool dist, and P Millu Singh, aged about 33 years r/o Kharkhana , native of Odisa state were arrested by Cyber Crime Police, Cyberabad on April 1, 2014 in two JOB OFFER FRAUD cases to the tune of Rs 3 lakhs and an amount of Rs 40,000 was recovered along with
Jamaica and India are to sign an agreement to have flood lights installed at Sabina Park.
The news comes after months of discussions between several government ministries and entities and officials from the Indian High Commission, CMC quoted a report from The Jamaica Observer.
Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) president Wilford Heaven declined to reveal details but has said an announcement will be made Tuesday.
Indian High Commissioner Pratap Singh and Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller are expected to be there at the time of the announcement at Sabina Park here.
In rare remarks, BJP’s Varun Gandhi praised estranged cousin Rahul Gandhi and the Congress leader quickly lapped up the praise leaving the BJP embarrassed after which he changed tack and said it should not be seen as an endorsement of any political party or candidate.
Varun, who is the BJP’s youth face in Uttar Pradesh, created a flutter when he said Rahul is doing good work through his self-help groups for ameliorating the status of women in his parliamentary constituency Amethi and added that he would like to do the same in Sultanpur district.
The Obama administration should conclude its years-long review of US policy on anti-personnel land mines with a decision to ban the weapon and join the international ban treaty, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
“It is nonsensical that the US has spent billions of dollars to clean up the mess caused by land mines but insists on the right to use them again in the future,” said Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch.
“Throwing money at the problem is not enough. A permanent solution is needed and the Mine Ban Treaty provides it.”
Veteran Congress leader S.M. Krishna Wednesday dubbed the “(Narendra) Modi wave” in Karnataka a cosmetic creation of a desperate BJP.
“There is no sign of Modi or BJP wave anywhere in the country, state and city unlike in the past when there were two natural waves in favour of our leaders Indira Gandhi in 1971 and Rajiv Gandhi in 1984.
“Whereas the ‘Modi wave’ is a creation of vested interests as it is not seen or felt on the ground,” the former chief minister of Karnataka told reporters here.
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee is heading for a huge trouble with almost all leaders belonging to the minority community threatening to quit the party complaining of inadequate representation in allocation of tickets for the ensuing Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
For the eighth straight day, a benchmark index of Indian equities markets touched a record high, closing 105 points up.
Wednesday’s new high surpassed the 22,485.77 points mark reached the previous day.
The new intra-day high touched by the 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) came after the Election Commission (EC) allowed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to announce new bank licences before the outcome of the general elections to be held between April and May.
The BSE benchmark Sensex today surpassed the 22,500-level to set a new closing high for the sixth day in succession on the back of persistent foreign capital inflows and positive global cues.
The barometer opened the day on a stronger note and spurted further to its all-time record of 22,592.10 intra-day, with realty, refinery, healthcare, capital goods, power and consumer durable counters attracting buying.
The Telangana Congress Committee is expecting lot of trouble in the coming few days over the allocation of tickets.
Following no headway in talks with the Telugu Desam Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party is exploring the options of having an alliance with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.
According to sources, BJP senior leader Ch Vidyasagar Rao is in touch with TRS Chief K Chandrasekhar Rao over the issue of possible alliance. Although BJP National Spokesperson Prakash Javedkar denied reports of talks with the TRS, he praised the latter and claimed that the TRS would definitely win in Telangana. These remarks triggered further speculation that the BJP was inching closer to the TRS.
Telangana Congress president Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Wednesday ridiculed the election promises of TRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan here, Ponnala accused the TRS chief of trying to mislead the people by building castles in the air. He said that some of the promises being made by KCR like providing aero-healthcare in agency areas was like chasing a mirage. He said KCR has been crossing all the limits in making promises only draw the people’s attention and get votes in the ensuing elections.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi neither has a car of her own nor does she have enough cash. And she has to repay a loan of Rs.9 lakh too.
This and more has been revealed in her affidavit filed before the returning officer of Rae Bareli where she filed her papers Wednesday for the Lok Sabha election.
In a detailed break up of her assets and wealth, the UPA chairperson has sworn that she has Rs.85,000 in cash and is under a debt of Rs.9 lakh.
She, however, has Rs.66 lakh in bank accounts and ancestral jewellery worth Rs.23 lakh.
They have decided to call time on their Twenty20 International careers after the ongoing World T20 here but Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene are still the players who can be the difference between winning and losing for Sri Lanka, coach Paul Farbrace said today.
At least six policemen were killed Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack at the country’s interior ministry office, the ministry confirmed in a statement.
“One suicide bomber wearing military uniform tried to enter alongside visitors to the ministry of interior building at around 2.30 p.m. (local time),” Xinhua quoted the ministry as saying in the statement.
“The attacker detonated his explosive jacket at the entrance after being identified. Six Afghan National Police (ANP) were martyred as a result of the blast,” it added.
The suicide bomber was also killed on the spot.
Expressing concern over “misuse” of religious places by political parties for electoral gains, a Sikh outfit in Jammu and Kashmir today appealed Election Commission of India to direct the state election authorities not to allow “exploitation of people” by invoking religion.
“We have written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner asking him to direct the state election authorities to stop the political parties from addressing people who assemble at religious places purely for religious purposes.
Kerala has bagged the “Best Green Destination” prize at India’s Best Awards for 2013, officials said Wednesday.
Kerala also picked up the “Best Indian State” prize at the awards presented by the Travel + Leisure South Asia magazine for the world’s top tourism and travel destinations and services.
The awards were presented by Portugal’s ambassador to India Jorge Roza de Oliveira in New Delhi Monday.
In its third year, India’s Best Awards are given on the basis of an online readers’ poll conducted over five months.
Ranjan Madugalle will officiate as match referee while Kumar Dharmasena and Ian Gould will be the field umpires in India’s World Twenty20 semifinal match against South Africa here on Friday.
Richard Kettleborough and Rod Tucker will officiate as on-field umpires while David Boon will be the match referee for the first semifinal between Sri Lanka and the West Indies at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium here.
Assam came back into the reckoning with a 35-run victory over Odisha in their East Zone league for the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament played at the JU second campus ground in Salt Lake today.
Pritam Das claimed 4/19 to be the wrecker-in-chief as the Assam medium pacer dented Odisha’s 138-run chase to be bundled out for 102 in 17.2 overs.
On a batting-friendly track, Odisha got off to a flying start with Abu Nechim conceding 15 runs in the first over but Arup Das (2/19) grabbed two in two balls in the next over to trigger a collapse.
Sri Lanka cricket team’s English coach Paul Farbrace feels that West Indies’ triumph in the last edition of the ICC World T20 will have no bearing when the two teams lock horns in the semi-final of the current edition at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium tomorrow.
Pakistan has resolved to change the bilateral narrative of conflict with India into a relationship underpinned by cooperation, mutual interest and mutual trust, the country’s high commissioner here Abdul Basit said Wednesday.
“Pakistan hopes the next government would move quickly and resolutely to engage fruitfully with Pakistan as desired by the people on both sides of the border and the Line of Control,” said Basit, the new high commissioner of Pakistan to India, after presenting his credentials to President Pranab Mukherjee at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Japan is planning to ease the ban on arms export, which they themselves implemented about 50 years ago. According to BBC, with the ease in ban, Japan can now develop arms and ammunitions with other partners and other markets can also get access to the market and technology. After World War II, Japan adopted a policy, which allowed participation in war only for self defence. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to reinforce national security and lift other self-imposed bans. Japan is keen on transparency in exports and stop third parties to use the export facility.
Forget military helicopters or life boats when a natural calamity strikes. A Japanese firm is on the job to build an all-electric, floating car that can reach low-lying, flood-prone regions in a jiffy.
Named ‘Concept One’, the vehicle from Japanese company Fromm would have a water jet generator to propel it through water-covered roads.
“The idea to build such a vehicle came after the company’s president Hideo Tsurumaki saw the tsunami devastation that hit Japan in 2011,” said a report in Grist.