People in Haryana are in a state of shock at the demise of their illustrious daughter, Sushma Swaraj, with the residents of Ambala Cantonment, where the former external affairs minister spent her childhood days, recalling her affectionate and caring nature. The veteran leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who brought a rare empathy and a human approach to India’s foreign diplomacy, passed away on Tuesday night following a massive cardiac arrest. She was 67. Swaraj was a member of the Haryana legislative assembly from 1977-82 and 1987-90 during the days of the then state governments headed by Chaudhary Devi…
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President Ram Nath Kovind declared the abrogation of the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, August 7. The move came after both houses of Parliament passed a resolution in this regard. “In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (3) of Article 370 read with clause (1) of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, the President, on the recommendation of Parliament, is pleased to declare that, as from the 6th August, 2019, all clauses of the said Article 370 shall cease to be operative…,” an official notification said.
Former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has been cremated with State honours at Lodhi Crematorium in Delhi. Top dignitaries and others who came to the crematorium to pay their respects are now vacating the premises. Sushma Swaraj’s mortal remains have been brought to the Lodhi crematorium in Delhi from the BJP headquarters. Her daughter Bansuri performed the last rites. Senior BJP leader LK Advani and his daughter Pratibha had an emotional moment when they reached at Sushma Swaraj’s residence to pay her their last respects, Advani was seen consoling Swaraj Kaushal, Sushma’s husband. Rajya Sabha condoled the death of former external affairs…
The government believes that the change in Jammu & Kashmir’s status will encourage private sector investment in the new Union Territory. Till now, officials say, provisions of Articles 370 and 35A have prevented business houses from purchasing land and hiring skilled manpower. According to official statistics, 10% of all central funds have gone to the state between 2000 and 2016 but private investment had been below par due to the special provisions. The change in administrative st ..
More than 24 hours after the Centre pulled off a political coup to end Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the “abuse of executive power” by the ruling BJP and said the move would have grave implications for India’s national security. Gandhi’s statement, voicing strong opposition to the way the government went about repealing the special status, comes at a time when an internal rift in the Congress has come to the fore over the stand taken by the party on the crucial issue. “This nation is made by its people, not plots of land,” he…
Rubbishing Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that he was at home of his own free will, an emotional National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday said he was arrested in his own house and no else was allowed to meet him in the last two days. “Whatever the Home Minister claims about my absence is a complete lie. It is baseless. I am totally jailed. They have stationed a DSP outside my house. I can’t even visit my daughter who lives a few metres away. There is a lock outside her door,” he said, breaking down on camera while speaking…
American electronics company RCA has just launched its latest Smart TV series in the Indian market. According to the product listing on Amazon India, the company has launched two different products. Both the products come with different screen sizes providing a total of five different variants. Taking a closer look, first product features 4K UHD resolution, while the second one comes with up to FHD resolution. To make the new series a competitive offering, RCA has priced the FHD Smart LED TV and 4K UHD models at a rather attractive price point. RCA Smart TV series RCA Smart LED TV with up to FHD resolution…
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has directed to introduce a ‘Single Window System’ for all types of permissions and no-objection certificates for construction of colonies and township development. The state government’s latest move is expected to help thousands of middle income group families to realize the dream of owning houses. The single window system will be set up in premises of office of collector where revenue, urban administration and town planning and other concerned department will deal with the application. Chief Minister has directed the housing and environment department to issue a detailed order within a month. Recently, Confederation of Real…
With chaos gripping Jammu and Kashmir, the Centre is chairing an urgent cabinet meeting in the National Capital, on Monday. All eyes are on the Cabinet meeting which will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and attended by Union home minister Amit Shah and other top leaders, shortly before the Parliament session. While Modi also held a meeting with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Amit Shah prior to the cabinet meeting at his residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg. Although no clarity has been offered on the matter by the Centre, a person familiar with the development stated…
Yuvraj Singh has been enjoying a brilliant run of form in the ongoing Canada Global T20 League and he continued his momentum in the tournament with a brilliant juggling catch during the match between Toronto Nationals and Montreal Tigers. The Nationals captain, who is well known for his fielding, showed off his juggling act to take a catch to dismiss Lendl Simmons. The ball was hit straight to him at mid-off and he showed great skill in balancing the ball three times before finishing the catch. Nationals went on to win the match by four wickets. However, it was not…