Politics

Stone pelted at Kejriwal at a public rally in Deoli, AAP leader unhurt

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal escaped unhurt after a stone was hurled at him during a pubic rally at Deoli on Saturday. The stone thrown by a youth barely reached the dais. The youth was apprehended by the police and taken to the Neb Sari police station. Kejriwal while reacting over the incident said that stones don't scare him and the incident shows that the opposition parties who are behind these attacks are scared of them. Kejriwal had been slapped and 'attacked' several times during last year's election campaigning.

Dec 27, 2014

Rajnath Singh slams reports of PM Modi speaking to Pak PM about Dawood Ibrahim, calls the news 'untr

Lucknow, Dec 27 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed the reports of Prime Minister Narendra Modi having talks with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif about Dawood Ibrahim. The news surfaced after a web portal Newsmobile.in revealed tapes of Dawood Ibrahim's conversation thereby getting him traced by international agencies in Pakistan. Singh said that he has not said anything like this and that the news running is untrue and he has not idea from where the news surfaced.

Dec 27, 2014

Assam attack: Hundreds of people stranded in relief camps after attack leaves at least 80 dead

Alipurduar/Kokrajhar, Dec 27 (ANI): Hundreds of people are stranded in relief camps in Assam after tribal separatists killed at least 80 people, including women and children, early this week. The first round of attack began on Tuesday where militants fighting for a separate homeland for indigenous Bodo tribesmen targeted plantation workers. Survivors said they were forced to abandon their homes as there was no security in interiors. Government officials are also camping in these temporary shelters to look after their arrangements. Armed security personnel are guarding the camps. The Tuesday attacks on plantation workers were blamed on a faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland in retaliation for an offensive against them launched by security forces a month ago.

Dec 27, 2014

France issues snow and ice warnings

Meteo France, the country's national meteorological service, has put parts of the northeast and northern Alps on alert for snow and ice until at least Sunday morning.

Dec 27, 2014

Government officials with especially-abled kids exempted from compulsory transfer

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Science and Technology minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that the government has exempted officials with especially-abled children from compulsory transfer. Singh was releasing an e-book on governance. The e-book cites good governance initiatives taken by the department of Personnel and Training, which Sing heads. The Minister said the government would launch a pilot project in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra for training of state government officials to improve governance.

Dec 27, 2014

Restoration work of first astro turf in Kashmir nears completion

Srinagar, Dec 27 (ANI): Kashmir will soon boast of a football astro turf as authorities gear up to complete the restoration work. The newly constructed stadium in Srinagar was badly damaged in September in the worst flooding in more than a century. The state's sports council, which is carrying out the repairs, has laid the turf again. Officials say the stadium will be ready in a month's time to host international football matches. Manager of Jammu and Kashmir State Sports Council -Synthetic Turf Football Stadium, Sheikh Tulal, said the stadium will be thrown open to public once it gets the nod from FIFA (The Federation Internationale de Football Association). A football player, Dilbag Singh, said the stadium, once complete, will help the budding players in the state.

Dec 27, 2014

PDP seeks assurance from BJP over Article 370 and AFSPA, RSS says matter to be decided by central le

Nagpur, Dec 27 (ANI): RSS Ideologue MG Vaidya on Saturday said that BJP central leadership over PDP seeking assurance from BJP over Article 370 and AFSPA. Hinting that it is ready to do form government in Jammu and Kashmir with BJP, the PDP, which has emerged as the single largest party in the assembly elections, sought assurance from its prospective partners over contentious issues like safeguarding Article 370 and revocation of AFSPA. PDP had maintained that there are certain issues which form the core agenda of the party and therefore requires an assurance that these will be accepted by their potential alliance partner, whichever party it might be.

Dec 27, 2014

Assam violence: BJP lashes out at State Govt, calls its approach towards terror 'callous' and 'insen

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh on Saturday while addressing a press conference said that Assam government's approach towards terror is 'callous' and 'insensitive'. He added that the government has not done enough to fight against terrorism. He further stated that intelligence report was given to the government much ahead and that major alerts were given five time to the government. Slamming Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, Nath said that Gogoi's excuse of not having enough time to bring police to the area was a 'misleading statement'.

Dec 27, 2014

Kerala gets its very own wax museum

Kochi, Dec 27 (ANI): Kochi city in Kerala got its own wax museum this week. Brainchild of artist Sunil Kandallor, the museum displays wax statues of celebrities from across the world. Some of the popular faces that can be seen at this museum include Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, anti-graft activist, Anna Hazare, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, and many more. Speaking about the idea behind setting up a wax museum, Kandallor said that he wanted to offer something different to his hometown Kerala. Kandallor hopes to take this museum to the heights of internationally renowned museums like Madame Tussauds. A visitor said that Sunil's Celebrity International Wax Museum is very authentic and it had a promising future. Visitors to the newly opened museum seemed visibly awestruck as they posed for pictures with the statues of their favourite celebrities.

Dec 27, 2014

Anger mounts among Malaysian flood victims

Rescue teams struggle to reach inundated areas of northeast Malaysia as victims accuse the government of being slow to provide assistance after the country's worst flooding in decades.

Dec 27, 2014

Families of 43 missing Mexican students protest

Family members of 43 missing Mexican students demonstrate in Mexico City, pressing for answers over the fate of their sons.

Dec 27, 2014

Yangon votes for first time in 60 years

Residents of Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon go to the polls for the first municipal elections in six decades.

Dec 27, 2014

BJP launches 'Modi Calendar' for the year 2015

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): BJP on Saturday launched a calendar for the year 2015 featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Party President Amit Shah launched the calendar at BJP office in New Delhi. Talking about the same, party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said that this is a new initiative by the youth leadership of the party and represents 365 days of Modi in government with 365 pictures of the prime minister. He said that this is a new concept brought in and will prove to be an inspiration for youth and public.

Dec 27, 2014

Mamata Banerjee visits relief camps in WB, distributes warm clothes to Adivasis from violence hit Ko

West Bengal, Dec 27 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited Balapara and Changmari relief camps in the state and distributed warm clothes to Adivasis from violence hit Kokrajhar who have sought shelter there. Banerjee talked to the people and took stock of the facilities being provided to the dwellers. According to party sources, a total of 750 people are living in both camps and about 200 of them are children. Banerjee said that these people are victims of circumstances and need help by the government and others.

Dec 27, 2014

Kejriwal dares BJP to disclose source of funding

New Delhi, Dec 27 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is set to take part in a tea-party on Saturday to collect funds for the party, has challenged the BJP to disclose the source of its funding. The AAP has organized a tea-party at Safdarjung Enclave to raise funds ahead of the Delhi assembly elections. The party has claimed that all its supporters and believers of clean politics, who don't want black money in politics, are coming forward to help raise funds. The Bharatiya Janata Party, however, took a jibe at Kejriwal's fund raising tea-party by calling it 'chai pe kharcha'.

Dec 27, 2014