India, Politics, 5th Mar 2019, News & Stories from India

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India Politics 05 Mar 2019

India, Politics, 05 Mar 2019

Launching a scathing attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Shah said Rahul, who criticised the Narendra Modi government and its achievements in the last four years, should reflect upon what the Congress did in the last 50-odd years. (Photo: FIle)

Terrorists will 'think twice' before attacking India: Shah

If the BJP will come to power again, we will throw out each and every infiltrator out from this country, Shah said.

05 Mar 2019 8:56 PM

The Congress chief also tagged a news report saying that the sanitation staff went back to their routine job of cleaning after their moment of fame with Modi. (Photo: ANI)

Modi lives for the camera: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul accused him of ignoring the problems of the sanitation staff in Prayagraj, where he washed their feet during the Kumbh Mela.

05 Mar 2019 8:42 PM

'I stand with them on their rights being taken away and tinkering with the Constitutional reservation,' Rahul said in a tweet in Hindi. (Photo: File)

Modi's false vows to tribals, Dalits forced them to take street: Rahul

Gandhi's remarks came on a day when tribal bodies as part of a nationwide shutdown are demanding the Centre secure their forest rights.

05 Mar 2019 7:55 PM

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday inaugurated the BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) under Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) on Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district of Assam. (Photo: ANI)

Indo-Bangladesh border: Rajnath Singh inaugurates smart fencing project in Assam

Earlier in the month of September 2018, two pilot projects of 'smart' border fencing in Jammu were operationalised.

05 Mar 2019 7:53 PM

Omar said , 'stop giving space to Modi to politicise Pulwama, Balakot. The way to do it is to keep the messaging focused on the economy, rural distress, unemployment, agriculture & all the other things BJP doesn't want discussed. (Photo: PTI)

Stop Modi from politicising aerial strike, raise real issues: Omar to Oppn

The Indian air strike in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26 came days after the suicide bombing in Pulwama.

05 Mar 2019 7:29 PM

Charging the opposition of doing politics over the strike, the Home Minister Rajnath Singh suggested the Congress to go to Pakistan and count the bodies if they want to know how many terrorists were killed. (Photo: File)

Forces job to target, not count bodies post attack: Rajnath on casuality row

Rajnath Singh said that the number of terrorists killed in the air strike by IAF on JeM camp in Balakot would be known 'today or tomorrow'.

05 Mar 2019 7:20 PM

RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary, Our workers will work hard to ensure the victory of the alliance on all seats in the state. (Photo: ANI)

RLD joins SP-BSP alliance in UP, will contest 3 Lok Sabha seats

RLD, which has a considerable support base in western Uttar Pradesh, is likely to contest Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, and Mathura.

05 Mar 2019 6:13 PM

Kejriwal tweeted, 'at a time when the whole country wants to defeat Modi- Shah duo, Cong is helping BJP by splitting anti-BJP vote.' (Photo: PTI)

'Delhi is ready to fight unholy Cong-BJP alliance': Kejriwal

AAP has accused Congress of forming an unofficial alliance with BJP.

05 Mar 2019 5:27 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi after concluding his two-day visit to Gujarat, marked his presence at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. (Photo: File)

I want to strike terrorism, they want to strike Modi: PM

Speaking at the public meet, PM Modi slammed the opposition for questioning the ability of the Indian forces post aerial strike.

05 Mar 2019 5:24 PM

The DMK has allocated 10 seats to Congress, 10 seats to other alliance partners and kept 20 seats for itself. (Photo: File)

DMK seals alliance deals, gives 10 seats to Congress, keeps 20 for self

On Monday, CPI and DMK had signed a poll pact for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

05 Mar 2019 4:07 PM

It was the popular 'Abki Baar Modi Sarkar that triggered the 'Modi wave' across the country during 2014 general elections. (Photo: PTI)

'Modi hai toh mumkin hai': BJP coins new slogan for 2019 polls

Modi was the one to bring the jingle culture in the ambit of political campaigning.

05 Mar 2019 3:11 PM

The access to the site was restricted, a message from the website admin said it will be back up soon. (Photo: screengrab of BJP's official website)

We'll be back soon: BJP website hacked, IT cell trying to resolve issue

The official website of the BJP reportedly got hacked with the doctored content posted on the site on Tuesday.

05 Mar 2019 2:28 PM

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday took a jibe at the new directive of Air India, which has asked its all cabin and cockpit crew to say 'Jai Hind' after every flight announcement made on board. (Photo: File)

Patriotism hasn't even spared skies: Mufti on Air India’s ‘Jai Hind’ directive

The directive comes days after Ashwani Lohani took charge as Chairman and Managing Director of Air India once again.

05 Mar 2019 1:11 PM

According to sources, AAP has now offered two seats to Congress in Delhi and open for alliance in Punjab as well. Congress, however, is holding out for three seats. (Photo: File)

After talks fail over seats, Congress rejects any alliance with AAP in Delhi

Congress’s Ahmed Patel and AAP’s Sanjay Singh were chief negotiators for the alliance formation.

05 Mar 2019 1:07 PM

Mayawati also hit out at the economic policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. (Photo: File | ANI)

Why 'guru' Modi silent on Shah's 250-terrorists-killed claim? asks Mayawati

At an event in Ahmedabad on Sunday, Shah had said the IAF air strikes killed more than 250 terrorists.

05 Mar 2019 12:59 PM

PM Modi said that his government aims to empower society to conduct more and more social works. (File)

Expecting everything from govt a trend now: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that asking the government to account for its work has now become a trend in the country.

05 Mar 2019 12:51 PM

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday referred to Pulwama attack as an 'accident' in a series of tweets to target Modi government. (Photo: File)

Diggy calls Pulwama ‘accident’, BJP retorts was Rajiv death accident too?

Singh sought to know from the government that reports about Indian Air Force’s strike in Balakot is true or false.

05 Mar 2019 11:13 AM

It further claimed that the TRS is attacking and jeopardising the future of technological companies serving TDP. (Photo; File)

Chandrababu Naidu's party says rival TRS, Telangana cops 'stealing' data

Chandrababu Naidu's party alleged that the TRS wants to extract important information and pass it to the opposition parties.

05 Mar 2019 10:05 AM

'All thieves are now united against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while in Jalna, too, thieves have ganged up against me,' he added. (Photo: Facebook)

'Will give you money to support me': Maharashtra BJP chief promising money for votes

'I will give you money to support me in the election... My opponents do not have money.... Will you support me?' Danve said.

05 Mar 2019 9:46 AM

Congress, JD-S Karnataka LS talks hit roadblock

The Congress on the other hand is not willing to give anything more than nine seats of the total 28 in Karnataka to the JD(S).

05 Mar 2019 12:40 AM

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