India, Politics, 9th Jun 2019, News & Stories from India

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India Politics 09 Jun 2019

India, Politics, 09 Jun 2019

The deaths took place on Saturday during a clash between workers of the two parties in the city of North 24 Parganas. (Photo: ANI)

Bengal police stop BJP leaders from taking bodies of workers to party office

BJP MP from Hooghly, has threatened that the last rites will be done on the roads if the police don't allow them to move forward.

09 Jun 2019 7:47 PM

PM Modi thanked the people of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu for participating in the elections and forming the government of their choice in the two states. (Photo: ANI twitter)

Country saw our dedication, gave us second chance: PM Modi in Tirupati

PM Modi was welcomed by Andhra Pradesh CM YSR Jaganmohan Reddy at the Tirupati Airport.

09 Jun 2019 7:10 PM

‘The number of women Haj pilgrims going without mehram (male companion) has increased this year and stood at 2,340. Around 48 per cent of the two lakh Haj pilgrims from India are women,’ Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. (Photo: AP)

Record 2 lakh Haj pilgrims from India this year: Naqvi

Total of 725 PTOs will take Haj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. All PTOs will take 10,000 pilgrims on the rates decided by Haj Committee of India.

09 Jun 2019 5:39 PM

‘The prime minister has misunderstood the state in this regard; he may correct his statement since Kerala is a member of the scheme and signed the MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) on November 2, 2018,’ Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja. (Photo: ANI)

PM asks Kerala govt to join Ayushman Bharat, state says already member of scheme

The state had registered 17 lakh beneficiaries under the scheme and 1.46 lakh people were given treatment for various diseases.

09 Jun 2019 5:23 PM

The TMC can engage as many poll strategists as it wants, but that hardly matters as people have already made up their mind to oust the Banerjee government, Vijayvargiya said. (Photo: File)

Shah is the principal of college where Kishor is still a student: Vijayvargiya

BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said the people of Bengal have lost confidence in Banerjee.

09 Jun 2019 4:16 PM

The move largely benefited the lower income group whereby individuals with income up to Rs 5 lakh have to pay no taxes. (Photo: ANI)

Nirmala Sitharaman to hold first pre-budget meet with farm groups on Tuesday

Sitharaman, the first full-time woman finance minister, is set to present her maiden Budget on July 5 in the Lok Sabha.

09 Jun 2019 4:15 PM

JD(U) will fight the upcoming elections in J&K, Jharkhand, Haryana and Delhi alone. (Photo: PTI)

JD(U) to be part of NDA only in state, not centre

JD(U) during their National Executive meet, they decided that they will be BJP ally in Bihar and will not be part of NDA outside.

09 Jun 2019 3:56 PM

'A pragmatic language policy in which mother tongue and other languages are given due importance in order to help our youth excel in a multilingual world,' Naidu said. (Photo: File)

India needs pragmatic language policy: Venkaiah Naidu amid three-language norm row

The vice president remarks come amid controversy over the three-language formula proposed in the draft of Centre's new NEP.

09 Jun 2019 3:38 PM

'I know that the Prime Minister will not treat Kerala as he treats Uttar Pradesh. He came here and said that Kerala is alike Varanasi. But I know (it is not) because CPM is ruling here. He will not treat it as a normal state. The PM gives priority to BJP ruled states over states ruled by other parties,' Gandhi said. (Photo: ANI)

PM gives priority to BJP-ruled states: Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad

He also said that his party will put a fight against RSS and not let the BJP's ideological mentor remote-control the CPM-ruled state.

09 Jun 2019 1:59 PM

'The Singur movement by Mamata Banerjee was a mistake and completely wrong. It neither served the purpose of industry nor agriculture,' the former Trinamool leader said. (Photo: File)

A mistake: Mukul Roy on protest in WB that led to shift of Nano manufacturing plant

Mukul said, it neither helped the industry in the state nor did any good to the farming community.

09 Jun 2019 1:36 PM

‘Our mission is to make nationalist forces strong in the state and I will continue doing it. We will continue to boost the morale of our security forces,’ Raina also said. (Photo: Twitter | @RavinderBJPJK)

Ravinder Raina claims he's on Hizbul Mujahideen's hit list

'Pakistan and terrorists are cowards. They only know to backstab,’ Raina said.

09 Jun 2019 1:11 PM

The south Indian states, especially Tamil Nadu, opposed the reference to Hindi in the three-language. (Photo: Twitter)

HRD Minister to call meet with states on draft education policy

The 484-page draft NEP was prepared by a committee appointed by the government.

09 Jun 2019 1:09 PM

The Gandhi scion hugged her and held her hand when Vavathil and her family came to meet him at a guest house here in the morning. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Rahul Gandhi meets Rajamma during thanksgiving visit to Wayanad

As a trainee nurse, Vavathil had taken care of Gandhi at Delhi's Holy Family Hospital after his birth on June 19, 1970.

09 Jun 2019 1:02 PM

BJP's Mukul Roy alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has unleashed a "reign of terror" in West Bengal. (Photo: PTI)

After killing of workers, BJP delegation to visit Sandeshkhali in WB

The deaths took place on Saturday during a clash between workers of the two parties in the Basirhat city of North 24 Parganas district.

09 Jun 2019 1:02 PM

Tamil Nadu chief minister E Palaniswami (Photo: File)

AIADMK leader asks for change in party leadership after poor election performance

In the recently concluded parliamentary elections, the AIADMK won just one seat out of 38 represented by Tamil Nadu.

09 Jun 2019 12:27 PM

Text in Hindi language on signages at the BSNL office and the Post Office outside Trichy Airport was painted black on Saturday by unidentified people. (Photo: ANI)

Amid controversy over NEP, text in Hindi on signages painted black in TN

The incident comes after controversy erupted over three-language formula proposed in the draft of Centre's new National Educational Policy.

09 Jun 2019 11:36 AM

Speaking at the Hyderabad Management Association's 46th Annual Awards function in Hyderabad, the Vice President called for the 'disturbing trend' of lowered political discourse to be reversed. (Photo: ANI)

'Disturbing trend' of lowered political discourse to be reversed: Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu went on to say that the principles of management are equally applicable in aspects of public administration.

09 Jun 2019 11:13 AM

Four workers of the BJP were shot dead by members of the TMC in Basirhat's Sandeshkhali, BJP leader Mukul Roy has alleged. (Photo: File)

WB BJP to meet Amit Shah as 5 killed in BJP-TMC workers clash

Four workers of the BJP were shot dead by members of TMC while one party worker has also been killed in North 24 Parganas.

09 Jun 2019 9:52 AM

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