India, All india, 5th Mar 2018, News & Stories from India

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India, All india, 05 Mar 2018

Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth addressed the public for the first time after announcing his entry into politics. (Photo: ANI)

TN needs a leader, will fill political vacuum in state, says Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth unveiled statue of ex-CM MG Ramachandran at the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute in Chennai.

05 Mar 2018 9:42 PM

Training guns on the BJP Banerjee elaborated, 'It is not crime to be poor. But if someone tries to buy the poor with the money and orchestrating riots then it is a crime. Someone says now their target is Bengal. And Bengal says, not for her interest but for the country's sake, our target is Lal Qila in New Delhi.' (Photo: File | PTI)

Red Fort our next target, BJP should not eye Bengal, warns Mamata

Mamata accused the BJP of communal riots and tension, announcing rewards and jobs for those who prevented it.

05 Mar 2018 8:28 PM

Six soldiers and a civilian were killed and 10 people were injured in the Sunjuwan Army Camp attack. (Photo: PTI)

Army guns down top JeM terrorist, mastermind of Sunjuwan attacks

Mufti Waqas was the mastermind of Sunjuwan and Lethpora attacks and a Category A++ terrorist.

05 Mar 2018 8:05 PM

'Like in Manipur and Goa, showing utter disregard for the mandate of the people. Obsessed instead with grabbing power, using big money to create an opportunistic alliance,' Gandhi said. (Photo: PTI | File)

Democracy demonetised: BJP win in Meghalaya unfair: Rahul

Gandhi alleged that BJP is 'obsessed' with 'grabbing' power and has shown 'utter disregard' to the mandate of people in the state.

05 Mar 2018 7:23 PM

Banerjee has taken a lead in defeating the BJP by talking to 'federal' parties. 'We are on track', TMC Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien said. (Photo: Twitter)

Non-BJP, Non-Cong front: Mamata reaches out to DMK chief Stalin

Banerjee pitched for regional parties to come together to take on the BJP after the results of assembly elections in Northeast.

05 Mar 2018 7:10 PM

The Union government of India had earlier told the Supreme Court that they are willing to agree with the measures to strengthen elections. (Photo: ANI)

SC orders EC to respond to PIL for over use of totalizer, data leak

The totalizer is a machine that is used in addition with the EVM meant to facilitate the counting of the votes.

05 Mar 2018 6:22 PM

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, 'These days the Congress has been asking too many questions about the NPAs. We have categorically said that not a single loan given under our rule has become NPA.' (Photo: ANI)

No loans given under Modi govt has become non-performing asset: BJP

Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the NPAs increased manifold under the Cong-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

05 Mar 2018 6:02 PM

However, Rizvi cautioned that a rift may crop up between the two communities if the matter is not resolved at the earliest possible. (Photo: ANI)

No possibility of Syria-like situation in India: Shia Waqf Board chairman

Earlier Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had said that any delay in resolving the Ram temple issue could result in a Syria-like situation in India.

05 Mar 2018 5:59 PM

According to a press release, K Chandrashekhar Rao's idea is that all those who have been thinking about the nation in various ways are to be made participants in the process of qualitative change in politics. (Photo: File)

KCR may initiate discussion to take non-BJP, non-Cong front forward

Telangana CM on Sunday said a non-Congress and non-BJP front should be formed in the country, for the betterment of farmers and Dalits.

05 Mar 2018 5:50 PM

A harrowing footage from Gujarat shows a speeding SUV lose control and turtle turtle, in the process crashing into a pavement leading to a petrol pump. (Photo: Screengrab | ANI)

Guj: Footage shows speeding SUV turn turtle, crash into pavement

The car, which was seen coming in at a high speed, turns upside down as it hits the pavement and drags along the concrete.

05 Mar 2018 5:36 PM

Noisy protests continued amid speaker PJ Kurien's remarks that 'You are all agitated on separate issues. I know each subject is very important.' (Photo: File)

RS adjourned amid PNB scam uproar, Oppn demands Nirav Modi's return

RS was adjourned amid uproar over Rs 12,700-cr PNB scam and other issues including TDP demanding special package for AP.

05 Mar 2018 4:19 PM

Rahul Gandhi's reaction came two days after results for assembly elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland were declared on Saturday. (Photo: File)

Cong respects NE mandate, will win back trust: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress lost Meghalaya and failed to score a single seat in Tripura and Nagaland during the recently concluded assembly polls.

05 Mar 2018 3:58 PM

A large contingent of the party members posed with smiles and holding up the victory sign for photos near the Prime Minister’s Office. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

BJP celebrates NE win, MPs, ministers wear Naga scarves in Parliament

BJP MPs and minister celebrated the party’s victory in the Northeast by wearing a Tangkhul Naga haora muffler in parliament on Monday.

05 Mar 2018 3:41 PM

Trinamool Congress members too were seeking to raise the same matter Nirav Modi is the alleged kingpin of the Rs 12,700-crore fraud at Punjab National Bank. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

LS adjourned as Oppn slams PM silence on PNB scam, AP gets special status

Congress members trooped into the Well with placards demanding a reply from the PM on Nirav Modi's whereabouts.

05 Mar 2018 2:18 PM

The Supreme Court was hearing the plea of Lt Col (retd) Karamveer Singh seeking to quash the FIR against his son Major Aditya. (Photo: File)

Shopian firing: Major Aditya Kumar’s name not in FIR; SC stays probe until Apr 24

SC said no probe would be initiated against Major Aditya till the next date of hearing on April 24.

05 Mar 2018 1:50 PM

The postmortem report confirmed that the victim died due to suffocation. (Photo: File | Representational)

UP: Unstable woman hides in 'Holika' bonfire, burnt to death

Seema Devi's (the victim) remains were found at the site two-days after the ceremony and sent for postmortem, SP Ratankant Pandey said.

05 Mar 2018 1:36 PM

Staff Selection Commission aspirants are protesting in New Delhi against the alleged leak of examination paper for combined graduate level exam – SSC CGL tier 2. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Centre orders CBI probe into SSC exam paper leak

Rajnath Singh said the govt has accepted demands of protesting SSC aspirants and has ordered CBI probe into the matter.

05 Mar 2018 1:29 PM

Earlier, a single judge bench of the Madras High Court had stayed the LOC issued against Karti Chidambaram and others in the graft case. (Photo: ANI)

INX Media case: SC to hear Karti's fresh plea against ED summons tomorrow

Karti has challenged the summons on the ground that the ED has no jurisdiction to issue such notices based on the FIR lodged by the CBI.

05 Mar 2018 12:26 PM

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday blamed the country’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, Maulana Azad and Sardar Patel for 'division' of united India. (Photo: PTI)

Farooq Abdullah blames Nehru, Azad, Patel for India’s ‘division’

Abdullah's comments drew strong reaction from Jitender Singh, who asked the NC chief to 're-read the history of the sub-continent'.

05 Mar 2018 12:17 PM

Opposition parties aim to seek answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on how the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and other banking scams took place under his watch and how the government failed to stop them. (Photo: PTI | File)

Oppn to corner Govt over bank frauds, 'personal vendetta' as parl resumes

The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha meets on Monday after a month-long recess in the session.

05 Mar 2018 11:52 AM

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