Friday, 30 November 2018

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PM Narendra Modi meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman: G20

Buenos Aires, Nov 30 Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed container Salman on the sidelines of the G20 summit here on Thursday and they talked about approaches to further boost economic, cultural and energy ties.

The two sides also held discussions on enhancing investment in technology, renewable energy and food security.

"Had a fruitful interaction with Crown Prince Mohammed receptacle Salman Al Saud. We examined numerous parts of India-Saudi Arabia relations and approaches to further boost economic, social and vitality ties," the prime minister wrote on Twitter.

"Deepening strategic ties. PM @narendramodi met with Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed receptacle Salman Al Saud on sidelines of #G20Argentina. Discussed enhancing Saudi investment in technology infrastructure, petroleum, renewable energy, food security, fintech and defence sectors," External Affairs Ministry representative Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

"As of late, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been a significant accomplice. The relationship has extended past the Indian people group to issues identified with the economy, vitality and security. All issues of two-sided and territorial intrigue will be examined," PMO sources said.

Later, the prime minister will meet UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. As indicated by the sources, the UN Secretary General has connected with the PM for the second time in two months.

They said the meeting implies the significance that the two pioneers connect to the issue of environmental change. This effort comes only seven days before the COP24 meet in Katowice, Poland.

"It reflects the respect in which the PM and his drives are held all around to lead the pack on issues of global importance," the sources said.

On the sidelines of the two-day thirteenth G-20 summit, Modi, Trump and Japanese Premier Shinzo Abe will hold a trilateral gathering in the midst of China flexing its muscles in the strategic Indo-Pacific region.

The trilateral, which would be a expansion of the bilateral meeting between Trump and Abe, is part of the series of meetings the US president would have on the sidelines of the G-20 summit on November 30 and December 1.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said on Thursday the trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Modi will be held towards the finish of the Trump-Abe talks.

"Looking forward to a wide range of interactions at the G-20 Summit, went for furthering sustainable development," Prime Minister Modi tweeted not long after he arrived here.

Modi will also meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the occasion, the Ministry of External Affairs had said on the eve of his departure.

He will be in Buenos Aires from November 29 to December 1.

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Gen Bipin Rawat: Army not yet prepared for ladies in battle roles

Pune, Nov 30 The Indian Army isn't yet ready to have women in battle jobs, Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said Friday.

The Army chief said there are a few different fields where the Army was thinking of inducting women.

"We are not yet prepared for that (women in battle roles) as offices must be made inside... Ladies additionally should be set up for that kind of hardships," he said.

"It is difficult. Let us not compare ourselves and Western countries, which are more open," Gen Rawat told reporters on the sidelines of the Passing Out Parade of the 135th course at the National Defence Academy (NDA) here.

There were plans to have women as interpreters, the Army chief said.

"Yes, we might be more open in our big cities, but our Army personnel are not coming from big cities only. They are coming from rural areas as well, where the intermingling, which is expected, is still not there," he said.

"Women officers are being accepted into all the three administrations. However, what we need to choose is whether some of them can be given lasting commission," Gen Rawat said.

The Army has taken a call that there are a few angles and fields where "we require some kind of congruity and permanency," he said.

"In a command-oriented army, male officers do not fit the bill everywhere. The Army needs dialect translators as military discretion is gaining ground.The essential necessity is understanding the dialect while conversing with different countries, military to military. So we are looking for ladies as interpreters," he said.

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Sensex closes possibly higher; posts weekly gain

Mumbai, Nov 30 The BSE Sensex pared starting gains Friday to end humbly higher at 36,194.30 points on profit- booking at higher levels amid mixed global cues.

Trading sentiment was mixed ahead of the two-day G20 summit in Argentina and expectation of oil creation cut in the up and coming OPEC meet, analysts said.

The 30-share Sensex settled 23.89 points, or 0.07 percent, higher at 36,194.30, while the more extensive NSE Nifty jumped 18.05 points, or 0.17 percent, to 10,876.75.

During the week, the Sensex increased 1,213.28 points and the Nifty rose 350.

Yes Bank, Wipro, Kotak Bank, M&M, Sun Pharma, Maruti, HDFC, Hero MotoCorp, Infosys, TCS, L&T, Bajaj Auto and HUL were among the top gainers, rising up to 6 percent.

Then again, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Vedanta, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, Coal India, Adani Ports, Tata Steel, Axis Bank, PowerGrid and SBI were among the top losers, falling up to 3 percent.

Segment astute, realty, pharma and IT lists ascended to 2 percent, while banking and metal stocks fell up to 0.55 percent.

Financial specialists likewise turned careful in front of the total national output (GDP) information planned to be released later in the day, dealers said.

Meanwhile, the rupee ascended for the fourth straight day, up 13 paise at 69.78 against the US dollar intra-day amid weakness in the greenback against some amid weakness overseas.

On a net basis, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) purchased shares worth Rs 823.47 crore Thursday, while domestic institutional investors (DIIs) were net purchasers to the tune of Rs 973.31 crore, temporary information accessible with BSE appeared.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei gained 0.40 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.21 percent, Shanghai Composite Index jumped 0.81 percent, while Korea's Kospi fell 0.82 percent.

In Europe, Frankfurt's DAX was down 0.67 percent, Paris' CAC fell 40 0.49 percent and London's FTSE shed 0.65 percent.

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Enforcement Directorate summons Robert Vadra in land deal case

New Delhi, Nov 30 The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Robert Vadra in the Bikaner land deal case on Friday.

The case relates to a land in Kolayat region of Rajasthan's Bikaner area which was meant to be alloted to those uprooted because of the armed force's Mahajan field terminating range. The ED had enrolled a criminal case under the PMLA in the issue in 2015 taking cognisance of FIRs documented by the state police after the nearby Tehsildar had griped of alleged forgery.

Vadra has been denying any wrongdoing even as the Congress had called the activity "sheer political vendetta".

The Rajasthan government had in January 2015 dropped the mutation (transfer of land) of 374.44 hectares of land, after the land department claimed to have found that the allotments were made in the names of "illegal private people".

The Tehsildar had said in the complaint that the government land in 34 villages of Bikaner, to be used for expanding the Army's firing range in the area, was "got" by the land mafia by preparing "forged and fabricated documents" in connivance with government officials.

ED speculates that huge money was laundered for this case by people buying land at cheap rates through forged documents.

The state government had, while dropping the transformations, said these were not issued by the Commissioner, Colonization, Bikaner.

The state police had also filed charge sheets in the 18 cases in a court in Kolayat.

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Supreme Court issues notice to Ramdev on book publisher's plea against Delhi HC order

New Delhi, Nov 30 The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to Yoga Guru Ramdev on a publisher's plea which challenged the Delhi High Court's verdict limiting the deal and publication of a book purportedly on his life.

The high court had passed the restraining order after Ramdev guaranteed that the book, titled 'Godman To Tycoon' had slanderous substance, as revealed by news agency PTI.

The apex court scheduled the issue for hearing in the first week of February 2019.

"We will issue notice to Respondent 1 (Ramdev)," PTI reported quoting a bench of judges Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta.

The publisher, Juggernaut Books, moved toward the apex court testing the high court's September 29 judgement.

Prior, Ramdev had filed the plea in the high court against the book saying the book, purportedly on his life, had abusive substance and hurt his economic interests and reputation.

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Sensex rises than 150 points, Nifty hits 10,900 mark

Mumbai, Nov 30 The benchmark BSE Sensex increased more than 150 and the NSE Nifty started the December subsidiaries arrangement by hitting the 10,900 mark in early exchange Friday on positive signs from other Asian bourses ahead of the two-day G20 Summit.

Rupee's rally to a three-month high also supported the upmove in the domestic stock market. The domestic unit gained 21 paise to 69.64 against the US dollar.

The 30-share list rose 175.75 points, or 0.49 percent, to exchange at 36,346.16.

In comparable development, the NSE Nifty ruptured the 10,900 check, and was exchanging 50.45 points, or 0.46 percent, higher at 10,909.15.

"Markets have been on an uptrend in November, with Nifty picking up 7-8 percent from 10,100 dimensions. This is its most elevated gain in multi month," said Rahul Mishra, AVP (Derivatives), Emkay Global Financial Services.

Rupee gratefulness and raw petroleum costs gave a decent help to the market, he included.

Pharma, saving money, realty and IT stocks were the greatest gainers on bourses in early session.

Brent unrefined, the international benchmark, was trading 0.42 percent up at USD 59.76 per barrel.

Top gainers include Yes Bank, Wipro, M&M, ONGC,

Infosys, SBI, Mauti, HUL, TCS, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid and Sun Pharma, ascending to 5 percent.

While, Tata Motors, Adani Ports, Vedanta, NTPC, Coal India, HDFC Bank, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, L&T and Kotak Bank were among the best failures, falling up to 3 percent.

On a net premise, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth Rs 823.47 crore Thursday, while residential institutional financial specialists (DIIs) were net purchasers to the tune of Rs 973.31 crore, temporary information accessible with BSE appeared.

Overseas, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 0.68 percent, Japan's Nikkei increased 0.23 percent and Shanghai Composite Index edged higher by 0.23 percent in early trade.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.11 percent, to 25,338.84, on Thursday.

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Army commander reviews security situation in Kashmir

Srinagar, Nov 30 The Army's Northern Command chief Lt Gen Ranbir Singh looked into the security circumstance in Kashmir and was advised about the ongoing enemy of militancy tasks in the valley, a defence spokesman said Friday.

The Northern Army Commander arrived in Kashmir Valley on Thursday to review the overarching security situation, the spokesman said.

"Joined by the Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen AK Bhatt, the Army commander visited units in south Kashmir and was advised by officers on the ground about the present circumstance and late counter terrorist operations," the representative said.

He said the Army officer complimented troops for their astounding accomplishments in taking out aggressor authority from south and focal Kashmir.

Lt Gen Singh also commended them for their devotion to obligation and elevated expectations of polished methodology and was energetic about measures and Standard Operating Procedures established by units and developments to minimise civilian causalities.

"The should be set up for meeting security challenges effectively was also reinforced. Lauding the excellent synergy amongst all security forces, he exhorted all ranks to maintain a safe, secure and peaceful environment for the people of the Kashmir," the spokesman said.

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Farmers start march towards Parliament from Ramlila Maidan; 3,500 cops deployed

New Delhi, Nov 30 Thousands of farmers from the nation over, who have been exploring nature at the Ramlila ground here since Thursday, started their walk to Parliament Street on Friday in the midst of substantial strategy organization, to press for their requests, including obligation help and gainful costs for their produce.

Over 3,500 police work force have conveyed on the course of the walk. As per a senior cop, extraordinary plans have been made in Central and New Delhi police districts.

Upwards of 850 police personnel, up to the rank of sub-inspectors, have been sent in the Central locale. They have been expanded by the presence of 12 police companies, including two of women, each containing 75-80 personnel, a police official said.

In New Delhi area, 346 police personnel, up to the rank of sub-inspectors, have been deployed and 600 personnel from other districts will also help them, the official said.

Nine police companies, alongside 71 officers, from the rank of reviewers up to extra DCPs, are also present.

Farmers from different parts of the nation, including Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh joined at the Ramlila ground on Thursday.

Traffic was disturbed in many parts of the city on Thursday as the farmers walked to the Ramlila ground in the core of the city on four different routes, beginning from Anand Vihar, Nizamuddin and Bijwasan railway stations and Sabzi Mandi.

Banded under the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC), which professes to be an umbrella assemblage of 207 associations of farmers and agricultural workers, many farmers arrived in the city on Thursday, on trains, buses and different methods of transport.

Kamla, a functionary of the All India Kisan Sabha's Delhi unit, said ranchers from close-by territories combined at Majnu Ka Tila on the edges of Delhi from where they walked in gatherings to Ramlila Maidan on Thursday.

Around 1,200 members from the National South Indian River Interlinking Agriculturalists Association reached the national capital in the early hours of Thursday conveying skulls of two of their partners who had committed suicide, their leader P Ayyakannu claimed.

The group from Tamil Nadu had undermined to march naked if they are not allowed to go to Parliament on Friday.They had last year staged protests at Jantar Mantar with the skulls of eight farmers who killed themselves owing to losses.

The AIKSCC has asserted that the two-day rally will be one of the biggest congregations of farmers in Delhi.

Five Gurdwaras in the Delhi district have extended their help to the farmers. Also students from different colleges turned out in vast numbers to loan support to the ranchers. The dissent likewise observed interest of various ladies farmers who went from different parts of the nation.

Volunteers, including specialists, attorneys, teachers and craftsmen, all turned out in expansive numbers to help the farmers. Around 600-700 volunteers of a solidarity group 'Country For Farmers' walked with the protesters from the four assembly points.

The AIKSCC was formed under the aegis of All India Kisan Sabha and other Left-affiliated farmers' bodies in June, 2017, following protests by farmers in states such as Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh for debt relief and remunerative prices.

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Thursday, 29 November 2018

NEWS HEADLINES FROM NEWS4EXCHANGE.COM DTD 29.11.2018

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Ram Nath Kovind: World sees India to be a famous power

Guwahati, Nov 29 The world considers India to be a famous power which is expected to play a prominent role in shaping the global paradigm with respect to international security, trade and trade, President Ram Nath Kovind said here on Thursday.

"I have just returned come back from a visit to Vietnam and Australia. I had exchanges with the pioneers of both these nations on various zones of shared interest...The consultations made one thing amply clear that the world takes a gander at India differently today," he said.

"India is seen as a eminent power, expected to play a prominent role in shaping the global paradigm with respect to global security, trade and business, and natural assurance. India's ascent in the worldwide request has numerous measurements to it and it draws vigorously from the capacities and valour of our military," Kovind said.

He said however India remains solidly dedicated to harmony, it is resolved to use all its strength to secure its sovereignty.

"Whenever an occasion demanded, our bold people in uniform have guaranteed that the country has dealt with the security challenges forcefully and effectively," he said.

Awarding the Standards to 118 Helicopter Unit and Colors to Air Defence College here, Kovind said both these units have a rich history of expert greatness and have released their duties with distinction.

The country praises them today for their magnanimous commitment, polished skill and bravery even with misfortune, he said.

"The unit has likewise contributed towards philanthropic help and alleviation activities amid cataclysmic events. The saying of the unit 'Aapatsu Mitram', which signifies 'companion in trouble', is without a doubt a well-suited one," he said.

Kovind said the Air Defence College has accomplished huge achievements in preparing in the previous 60 years.

The college provides professional training not only to officers of Indian Air Force but also to services and officers from friendly countries.

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Amit Shah: Illegal migrants will be expelled 'one by one'

Jaipur, Nov 29 BJP chief Amit Shah Thursday hit out at the Congress over illegal migrants from Bangladesh and said his government will try to expel them from the country one by one.

Addressing a public meeting ahead of the December 7 assembly elections in Rajasthan, he asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to clarify whether infiltrators ought to be permitted to remain.

The Bharatiya Janata Party president said the Congress can't create or secure the nation.

Amid the 10 years of the past Congress government's standard at Centre, there was no control on invasion, he said at the gathering in Karauli locale.

"Vote in favor of Vasundhara Raje in 2018 in Rajasthan and for Narendra Modi in 2019, Shah said.

I guarantee you that BJP government will work to throw out every single interloper from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and Assam to Gujarat one by one," he included.

He featured the careful strike directed by the Army in Pakistan-held domain over the Line of Control.

He said the BJP governments at the Centre and in Rajasthan had executed welfare plans covering all segments of society.

Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attempted to make the nation glad over the globe.

Congress is staring off into space about returning to control, he stated, requesting that the gathering take a gander at its execution in decisions since the BJP came to control at the Centre.

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Digvijay Singh: Congress will prevail upon 132 seats in MP

Bhopal, Nov 29 Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh Thursday asserted his gathering will win in excess of 132 seats out of the aggregate 230 in the state Assembly.

A record 75 percent voters exercised their establishment in the state elections held Wednesday, an increase of around two percent against the last polls held in 2013.

"We will win in excess of 132 seats and wrest control from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state following 15 years," Singh told journalists here.

"In the 2013 Assembly polls, there were around three percent counterfeit voters. This time around, we got the electoral list pruned before the elections," he said.

The Congress specialists have put their "body, central core" to win this poll, the previous chief minister of MP said.

"Actually, this time the workers invest each push to guarantee the Congress wins the polls. This election was battled between people in public and the government," he said.

In the keep running up to the elections, Singh had visited nearly the whole state in an offer to defrost contrasts inside the Congress.

The counting of votes will be held on December 11.

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Farmers from across India joining in Delhi for Kisan March

New Delhi, Nov 29 Thousands of farmers from the nation over began to join in Delhi on Thursday for a two-day challenge rally to press for their requests, including debt relief and remunerative prices for their produce.

Farmers, from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and different states, will walk on four different routes in the national capital, beginning at three noteworthy railroad stations Anand Vihar, Nizamuddin and Bijwasan and at Sabzi Mandi, their leaders said.

Every one of the marchers will pour in at Ramlila Ground in the core of the city before supper.

Farmers from Delhi, Punjab and Haryana began trickling in by 10:30 am.

Kamla, a functionary of the All India Kisan Sabha's Delhi unit, said ranchers have likewise touched base at Majnu Ka Tila, from where they will start marching in groups to Ramlila Maidan.

"We trust by 3 pm, farmers from the nation over will touch base at Ramlila Ground," said AIKS.

The two-day rally will be "one of the biggest congregations of farmers" in Delhi, the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee (AIKSCC) guaranteed on Wednesday.

The AIKSCC, which claims to be an umbrella body of 207 associations of farmers and rural laborers, said a cultural program would be held at Ramlila Ground on Thursday, the primary day of the protest, where prominent singers and poets from rural India would perform.

Police said they have made expand game plans for the rally on Friday, when the farmers will start their walk from Ramlila Ground to Parliament Street.

Support for farmers have begun pouring with activists taking to Twitter to request that the general public join the walk.

"Ladies farmers welcome us early today from Brijwasan as they are good to go to set out on #KisanMuktiMarch. Go along with us regardless of whether you are not an agriculturist. Join the hands that work to nourish us. Jai Kisan!," tweeted political extremist Yogendra Yadav.

Lawyer Prashant Bhushan also tweeted in solidarity with farmers.

"Over 3L farmers have submitted suicide in India in last 15 yrs,due to progressive govts selling out them. Tomorrow 1 lakh farmers from the nation over are marching to Delhi to request reasonable prices& freedom from debt. Let's stand in solidarity with them," he said.

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ISRO launches earth monitoring satellite

Sriharikota (AP), Nov 29 Adding another quill to its top, ISRO's workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 Thursday successfully injected into orbit India's earth observation satellite HysIS.

The 30 other co-traveller international satellites including those from the United States of America and Australia among others, will soon be placed into orbit.

The rocket lifted off majestically into shady skies in a burst of orange blazes at 9.57 am from the primary platform at this spaceport toward the finish of the 28-hour commencement.

The HySIS was set in orbit 17 minutes and 27 seconds after lift-off.

ISRO chief K Sivan and the space office's researchers poor into cheers as the earth perception satellite was infused into sun-synchronous polar circle.

The primary mission of the Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS), whose mission life is five years, is to think about the world's surface in visible near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.

It is the primary satellite of the PSLV-C43 mission, which is on its 45th flight.

The mass of the spacecraft is around 380 kg, and the satellite would be set in 636 km-polar sun synchronous orbit with a inclination of 97.957 degree, ISRO said.

The co-traveller satellites have been contracted for dispatch through ISRO's business arm Antrix Corporation Limited.

PSLV-C43, is the 'Centre Alone' version of PSLV. It is the lightest version of the launch vehicle.

This is ISRO's second launch in the month.

The space agency had launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-29 on board GSLV MkIII-D2 on November 14.

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ACP Prem Ballabh commits suicide by jumping off Delhi Police Police headquarters

New Delhi, Nov 29 An Assistant Commissioner of Police rank official, Prem Ballabh, allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the Delhi Police home office working in the national capital. The 55-year-old ACP allegedly hopped from the tenth floor of the building located near ITO in Delhi.

Police work force sent at the ground floor heard a loud thud and rushed to the spot. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead.

News agency PTI detailed that Ballabh was posted in crime and traffic unit of Delhi Police.

As indicated by data on Delhi Police official site, Ballabh was in 2016 respected with Police Medal for Meritorious Service.

The incident occurred at 10 am on Thursday when the police official jumped from the window of his office. News agency IANS quoted ACP Anil Mittal as saying the Ballabh was being treated for depression at the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital for the last 28 days.

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Wednesday, 28 November 2018

NEWS HEADLINES FROM NEWS4EXCHANGE.COM DTD 28.11.2018

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Rahul Gandhi: Vote a weapon, use carefully

New Delhi, Nov 28 Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday encouraged people in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram to practice their establishment in large numbers, saying "time for change" has come and electors should vote for prosperity and progress.

In two separate tweets for voters of Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh, he stated, "Vote is the greatest quality of democracy. Do cast your vote today, because it's time for change."

He told voters of Mizoram that their vote isn't only an established right, "it is a gift and a weapon. Use it wisely today. Vote for peace, prosperity and progress."

Voting is underway in the two states. While Congress tries to wrest power from BJP in Madhya Pradesh, it needs to hold Mizoram.

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Imran Khan: India and Pakistan will never battle a war, to try and consider it is foolish

Pakistan, Nov 28 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday borrowed heavily from cricketing nuances and literary works to feature the requirement for his nation to better relations with India. Talking soon after the establishing the foundation stone for Kartarpur Corridor, he said the two atomic outfitted nations will never battle a war against one another.

Cricketer-turned-politician turned-PM Imran said that cricketers who enjoy dangers and reprieve the standards will in general be more effective than the individuals who don't. He used the reference to clarify exactly why both Pakistan and India should give up off traditional rivalries. "Where Pakistan and India stand today, we have seen such a circumstance for a long time now. We will remain stuck along these lines except if we break the shackles of the past and quit pointing the finger at one another. There have been botches on the two sides. (In any case, We ought not live before. It should be used to learn lessons," he said.

Imran also attempted to mount a defence for Sidhu who was reprimanded in India for embracing Pakistan Army head amid his past visit. "I just don't get the reactions Sidhu got after his last visit. Here was a man who accompanied a message of harmony. Harmony is the thing that we all need. Both our nations are nuclear powers. There can never be any war between Pakistan and India and to try and consider it is absolutely foolish," he said.

Even as Imran calls for peace, India has kept up that two-sided talks can't take place till Islamabad stops supporting terrorism. And keeping in mind that the Pakistani PM kept up that there should be a political will in India to set up great neighbourly relations, he didn't address the issue of home-grown terrorism and the more than once settled truth that the nation's Army and ISI extends out clandestine and unmistakable help to terrorists.

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Rahul Gandhi to be in Udaipur on Dec 1

Jaipur, Nov 28 Congress president Rahul Gandhi would visit Udaipur division in the state to address elections rallies on December 1.

Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Bhilwara. The AICC president visited Ajmer dargah and Pushkar and tended to mobilizes at Jaisalmer, Jalore and Jodhpur on Monday.

The state is going to poll on December 7.

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Maharashtra assembly speaker's comment at Congress triggers protests

Mumbai, Nov 28 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Haribhau Bagde's comment on the Congress' "culture" triggered a wave of protests in the House, with the NCP also participate in the uproar and backing the grand old party.

As protests mounted, the speaker clarified that he didn't mean to disrespect anyone.

The speaker passed the remark in light of specific motions made by Congress MLA Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan who was trying to draw attention of the Chair to some issue.

Protesting the motions, members of treasury seats said they added up to offending the Chair, to which Bagde commented: "This is the way of life of Congress".

Joining the issue, Ajit Pawar (Nationalist Congress Party) said the speaker's comment was questionable since the Congress' commitment to the opportunity battle and country building can't be ignored.

"I was also connected with the party before," he said.

To this, Bagde said he didn't mean any lack of regard.

Unhappy with the speaker's explanation, the MLAs driven by Leader of Opposition Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil climbed the speaker's platform and shouted slogans against him.

In the midst of racket, managing officer Yogesh Sagar took up the calling consideration sees for discussion.

During a discussion on a motion on killing of tigress 'Avni' by a shooter in Yavatmal region as of late, NCP MLA Jayant Patil said the calling consideration see appears to have been given to empower state Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar to give a clarification on the controversy.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat (BJP) and presiding officer Yogesh Sagar asked Patil pull back the comments, saying they cast aspersions on the post of Speaker.

In his reply, Patil said he would reclaim his words gave the speaker also withdraws his remarks against the Congress party.

When Sagar said Patil's comments will be erased from the procedures, the NCP leader said he would rehash his comments.

Meanwhile, speaker Bagde took the seat and said the issue was among him and MLA Khan.

"I will check the proceedings and whenever observed to be objectionable, the comment would be erased," he said.

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Sushma Swaraj: Kartarpur corridor not connected with Pakistan

Hyderabad, Nov 28 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Wednesday said the Kartarpur corridor initiative isn't connected with the dialogue process with Pakistan and talks can start the moment Islamabad stops terror activities in India.

India has been asking for a corridor, which will encourage sans visa travel of Indian Sikh pilgrims to Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, for a long time and she said she was glad that Pakistan had the first time responded positively.

"In any case, that does not imply that bilateral talks will begin just on this," she stated, adding that terror and talks can't go into a single unit.

Swaraj, who is battling here in front of the Telangana elections on December 7, was addressing a press conference.

"The minute Pakistan stops terrorist activities in India, the dialogue can begin however the exchange isn't associated with just the Kartarpur passage," she said.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will on Wednesday establish the foundation stone for the much-anticipated passage connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur - the last resting spot of Sikh confidence organizer Guru Nanak Dev - to Dera Baba Nanak hallowed place in India's Gurdaspur area.

Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan is located across the river Ravi, about four kilometres from the Dera Baba Nanak shrine.

The Kartarpur corridor is required to be finished within six months.

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50% polling till 3 pm in Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Nov 28 The polling for 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly started on Wednesday morning. The voting started at 8 am and will continue till 5 pm in 227 seats, while in three assembly segments in the Naxal-affected Balaghat locale - Lanji, Paraswada and Baihar - voting timings are from 7 am to 3 pm.

Upwards of 2,899 candidates, including 1,094 independents, are in the shred for the 230 seats, but the main contest is between the Congress and BJP. The state has about 5.04 crore eligible voters.

This high-stakes electoral fight will witness the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looking at a fourth straight term and Opposition Congress fighting for a comeback. The result of this Assembly elections could prove as a precursor to the Lok Sabha 2019 elections.

Results will be announced on December 11.

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Tuesday, 27 November 2018

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PM Modi: Congress insulted voters by questioning BJP's huge win

New Delhi, June 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday blamed the Congress for offending voters of the nation by questioning the massive ...