Month: June 2015

Discussed aerospace, defence, civil aviation with Gerwert: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he discussed initiatives in aerospace, defence and civil aviation during his meet with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus Defence and Space, Bernhard Gerwert.

Prime Minister Modi took to twitter to share his experience.

“Discussed initiatives in aerospace, defence and civil aviation during my meet with CEO @AirbusDS, Mr. Bernhard Gerwert,” he posted.

Earlier in the day, Gerwert recalled the Prime Minister’s visit to the Airbus manufacturing facility in Toulouse, in April, and the positive atmosphere and interest.

Police may approach court seeking lie detector test on Tharoor

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Investigators probing the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar may move a local court seeking lie detector test on her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

Six persons including three “prime witnesses” in the case were already put through lie detector (polygraph) test and sources indicated that the police may go for carrying out the test on Tharoor.

When asked about it, Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi said, he was not aware of any such move, but said it was upto the investigating officer to do what he deemed fit.

PM expresses sadness over Indonesia plane crash

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed sadness over an Indonesian plane crash in which 113 people are feared to have been killed.

“News of the plane crash in Indonesia is deeply unfortunate. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased and prayers with those injured,” the prime minister said.

All 113 people on board a Hercules C-130 military cargo aircraft were feared killed when the military plane crashed into a residential area in Medan city on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Tuesday, media reported.

Kejriwal says Modi ‘bullying’ AAP government

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday hit out at the “gundagardi” (bullying) of the Narendra Modi government, which he said was preventing his government from doing its work in the national capital.

He attacked Modi on various fronts, ranging from the black money issue to the tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party government and the central government over the posting of officials in the Delhi government and the Anti-Corruption Branch.

DS may join TRS

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Former PCC President and ex-minister D Srinivas is most likely to join the Telangana Rashtra Samithi soon.

While the rumours were doing rounds since Tuesday morning about Srinivas’ possible exit from Congress, the former PCC chief fired a letter to AICC President Sonia Gandhi complaining about the attitude of party General Secretary and incharge of Telangana affairs Digvijay Singh. The letter was disclosed to the media after DS met TRS Secretary General K Keshav Rao at latter’s residence on Tuesday.

KCR falls sick, skips Raj Bhavan dinner

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Citing ill health, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao skipped the dinner hosted by Governor ESL Narasimham at Raj Bhavan in honour of President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday evening.

Interestingly, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who skipped the official ceremony to receive the President at the Air Force Station, Hakimpet on Monday, attended the dinner. Both Deputy Chief Ministers of Telangana, Kadiyam Srihari and Mohammed Mahmood Ali, and other ministers and officials of Telangana Government were present at Raj Bhavan for the Governor’s dinner.

TDP leaders accuses KCR of damaging their party in Telangana

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TDP leaders on Tuesday accused Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao of hatching a conspiracy to weaken Telugu Desam Party in Telangana State.

Speaking to media person here, TDP Telangana unit president L Ramana and former minister E Peddireddy alleged that the ‘Cash for Vote’ case and other related developments were part of the conspiracy hatched by KCR to damage TDP. Accusing TRS Government of implicating TDP leaders in false cases, they said that their party would continue to fight for people’s cause and foisting of cases would not deter them from serving the people.

Ganga Jamuna Tahzeeb at IFTAR PARTY 2015 Organized by TDF, Canada

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Telangana Development Forum Canada has hosted an IFTAR party on June 27, 2015 at Pearl Banquet and Convention centre in Mississauga city which was a first of its kind in Canada by a Telangana organization and was a grand success. This culturally significant event brought together the Muslim brethren hailing from Telangana (Hyderabad) who are currently living in Canada and gave an opportunity to reassert their Telangana identity and reconnect with fellow Telanganites in this holy month of Ramzan.

Caught on camera: JK Health minister ‘Lal Singh’ touching woman doctor indecently

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Known for misbehaving with doctors since he took over as the Minister for Health and Medical Education for the first time in 2002, the Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Chaudhary Lal Singh once again caught on camera touching inappropriately a woman doctor at a government hospital in Lakhanpur on Tuesday.

According to reports a photo of the minister touching the collar of a female doctor while others watching went viral on Facebook and Twitter. The opposition demanded a stringent action against the minister for his inappropriate act.

‘Whole world knows PM isn’t letting me work’: Kejriwal

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA Government, saying the whole world knows that the former is not letting the AAP Government work in the capital.
“Today, the Delhi Government has two Home Secretaries, one is Narendra Modi ji’s Home Secretary, the other is the Delhi Government’s. Never before has it happened that a party which lost the elections so badly, which got just three out of 70 seats, has both the Home Secretary and the ACB Chief,” said Kejriwal.

Telangana CM skips governor’s banquet for president

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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday stayed away from the state banquet hosted by the governor in honour of President Pranab Mukherjee.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, and ministers from the two states attended the banquet hosted by Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan.

KCR, as Telangana chief minister is popularly known, along with the governor, had received the president when he arrived here on Monday on southern sojourn for 10 days.

Delhi assembly demands action against Tytler in 1984 riot case

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The Delhi assembly on Tuesday strongly condemned the killing of Sikhs in the national capital during the 1984 riots and passed a resolution asking the central government to register an FIR against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a riot case.

On the occasion, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced legal aid to the survivors of the carnage.

DU-BA-DU :Marriages are made here :The Hindu

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Du-ba-du programme ensures hassle-free marriages for Muslims in the region.

How many miseries lie in the small circle of a wedding ring! Striking the right alliance has become next to impossible, especially for middle class families. They can neither afford the luxury of meeting the high societal standards nor conduct a marriage below par.

Indigo will go for IPO, to Raise Rs 1,270 Crore

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InterGlobe Aviation said in a statement the IPO would include a sale of up to Rs 1,270 crore ($199.64 million) of new shares, and the sale of up to 30.15 million of existing shares.

Those selling existing shares include travel entrepreneur Rahul Bhatia and former US Airways CEO Rakesh Gangwal, who co-founded IndiGo back in 2006, according to the draft prospectus.

Budget carrier IndiGo, which operates a fleet of 96 planes, has grown to become India’s biggest airline by market share and now carries one in three of India’s air travellers.

Chief Minister Fadnavis’ Aide DELAYS ai flight by 50 minutes

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At a time when India’s repeatedly expressing its frustration with VIP culture, politicians and their aides appear to remain in thrall to special treatment. On Monday morning, an Air India flight from Mumbai to New York was delayed by nearly an hour on account of a member of the entourage of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Sources said that the politician’s aide, Praveen Pardeshi, arrived at the airport with an outdated passport. Passengers were then forced to wait for 50 minutes while the bureaucrat’s new passport was delivered to him, said sources.

Russia cracks down on Yoga classes to check occultism

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Close on the heels of India leading worldwide International Yoga Day celebrations, Yoga classes have been banned in a central Russian city by the authorities to check spread of ‘religious occultism’.

At the centre of the crackdown are two studios holding classes for Hatha Yoga a set of asanas or postures involving deep breathing and tough physical exercises, which as per Hindu mythology was first practised by Lord Shiva.

Jayalalithaa returns to assembly with over 1,50,000 MARGIN

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AIADMK general secretary and Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa was returned to the Tamil Nadu assembly on Tuesday by a record victory margin from the Radkhakrishnan Nagar constituency here.

Jayalalithaa polled 160,432 votes while her nearest rival, Communist Party of India’s (CPI) C. Mahendran, got just 9,710 votes — a victory margin of 150,722 votes.

The total electorate in the constituency was around 245,000, and the chief minister bagged more than 50 percent of that.

Gujarat HC junks 29-year-old plea saying Indira’s murder was ‘suicide’

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The Gujarat high court has dismissed a plea filed in 1986 which had sought to declare former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by two of her security guards as a ‘well-arranged suicide’ to facilitate her son Rajiv Gandhi to become Prime Minister.

The plea was filed 29 years ago but it came up for hearing for the first time yesterday and the high court immediately rejected it.

PM Modi expresses sadness over Indonesia plane crash

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed sadness over the news of plane crash in Indonesia.”News of the plane crash in Indonesia is deeply unfortunate.

My thoughts are with the families of the deceased and prayers with those injured,” the Prime Minister said on twitter.

At least 53 people have been killed after a military transport plane crashed in a residential area in Indonesia`s Medan city, said officials.

Petrol prices cut by 31 paise, diesel 71 paise

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Petrol prices were today cut by 31 paise per litre and diesel by 71 paise a litre in line with fall in international oil rates and rupee appreciation.

The cut in petrol prices comes on back of three successive increases since May, while this is the second reduction in diesel rates this month.

Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 66.62 per litre from tomorrow instead of Rs 66.93 at present. A litre of diesel will cost Rs 50.22 per litre as against Rs 50.93 earlier, Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest oil company, said.

Andhra CM, governor meet president in Hyderabad

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan on Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee here.

In their separate meetings with the president at Rashtrapati Nilayam at Bolarum, they understood to have discussed with him latest developments in the wake of cash-for-vote scam, telephone tapping and implementation of section 8 of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act.

AAP has become ‘Khaas Aadmi Party’: Maken

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Congress leader Ajay Maken on Tuesday slammed the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Government for going back on its pre-poll promises and said the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now become a ‘Khaas Aadmi Party’.

“What we are seeing is that AAP is destroying all pre-poll promises. It is no longer an Aam Aadmi Party, it has become ‘Khap’ now, which is ‘ Khaas Aadmi Party’. AAP promised that they’ll be the lowest VAT regime but in very first Budget session, they’ve increased it,” Maken told ANI.

The Delhi Assembly passed the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill today.

Govt to chalk out plan to check radicalisation of Kashmiri youth

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Alarmed by reports of growing radicalisation of Kashmiri youth, the government would soon chalk out a plan to thwart the designs of terror groups like ISIS to swell their ranks by indoctrinating them to choose the path of militancy.

In an internal communication, Home Secretary L C Goyal has entrusted this task to Special Secretary (Internal Security) Ashok Prasad, who has served as Director General of Police in the state.

The Home Secretary has asked for an urgent plan to prevent such radicalisation in the state.