Telangana Council Chairman K Swamy Goud hit in eye during joint session

ALSO READ Telangana Assembly-Governor ESL Narasimhan-Congress-Disruption Congress disrupts Governor s address in Telangana Assembly Telangana Governor prorogues Assembly s 8th session Telangana Governor stresses upon reorganisation of police equipment Guv asks Centre to expedite process to accord special status to AP span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Congress MLAs disrupted Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan s speech in the Telengana Assembly on Monday.Congress MLAs threw papers at the governor while he was trying to address the joint session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council. During the disruption they tossed their papers at him too after tearing them and even threw their headphones; one of them thrown by MLA Komatireddy Venkat hit Swamy Goud the council chairman.Congress leader Komatireddy Venkat Reddy while talking to ANI about the protest in the assembly said It is our right to protest and raise slogans in the assembly. I have been an MLA for the last 20 years but have never seen such a condition where the MLAs are not allowed to protest .He alleged that the governor was making false statements in the assembly and therefore we had to raise our voice by holding placards. It is correct that we threw papers but as far as I believe papers wouldn t hurt a person so much. I didn t beat anyone with headphones and it is just a drama arranged by Harish Rao to get us suspended .He added that it was very unfair that there were 50 police men who came to stop us and were and pushing us as we were protesting. My leg got a mild fracture as a result of this but I can t blame anyone for this incident. The main intention of opposition party is to suspend us and that is the reason they are showing all these Deputy Speaker M. Padma Devender Reddy after visiting Swamy Goud in hospital said It was an unexpected thing what happened in the assembly. I just checked the condition of Swamy Goud. His right eye is completely swollen and the dressing has been done to his eye. Doctors asked to admit him in hospital for observation of his condition. We haven t filed any complaint against this .(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

RS:Upset with Yajnik's candidature,Guj Mahila Cong chief quits

ALSO READ Mahabharat over Modi s Ramayan jibe at Renuka BJP won t win 2019 LS elections says Trinamool leader Amid Congress uproar Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm TDP MP Ramesh suspended from Rajya Sabha Cong playing divisive politics; Rajya Sabha MP span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Gujarat state women s wing president Sonalben Patel stepped down today after the party nominated state spokesperson Amee Yajnik as one of the two candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls. Earlier Patel had expressed her displeasure over Yajnik s name saying the latter was not an active member of the party and that her selection was not justified. Patel who headed the women s wing for two terms has sent her resignation to All India Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev and requested that she be relieved from the post on personal reasons . I would like to thank the Indian National Congress and its dynamic leadership for having given me an opportunity to serve the Congress party as the president of the Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress for two consecutive terms Patel stated in her resignation letter. She said some young talent could replace her. Due to personal reasons I would like to be relieved of the responsibility as the GMCC president with immediate effect stated Patel. While Patel could not be contacted for a comment party spokesperson Manish Doshi said Patel was not happy with the selection of Yajnik as a Rajya Sabha nominee. She had said Yajnik is not an active member of the Congress and is a parachute candidate Doshi said adding that Patel s allegation was baseless. Yajnik a lawyer cum rights activist today filed her nomination papers for the March 23 polls a day after the Congress announced her candidature along with veteran tribal leader and former MP Naran Rathwa. A total of seven candidates--two from the Congress and three from the BJP--submitted their nominations on the last day of filing of papers today for the four seats falling vacant from Gujarat. The BJP fielded Union ministers Purshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandavia apart from former MLA Kiritsinh Rana. Rest two candidates filed their nomination papers as Independent. Tomorrow is the last date for scrutiny of nominations while March 15 is the last day for withdrawal of candidature. In the 182-member House the ruling BJP has 99 MLAs while the opposition Congress 77. Both the parties are in a position to send two candidates each to the Rajya Sabha as the minimum number of votes required per candidate is 38.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday launched a fierce attack on the BJP accusing it of destabilising the northeast in its blind quest for power . Still reeling from a dismal show in the recently-concluded http://www.blogster.com/kkdigital/d4int-services-in-bangaloreassembly polls in Tripura Nagaland and Meghalaya senior Congress leader Randeep Surjewala tweeted up a storm and charged that the saffron party was forsaking the stability of the region so it can assume power at any cost and by any means . Tell tale signs of BJP s blind quest for power superseding the stability of region propagation of democracy nipping the separatist tendencies and ignoring core issues of region are already visible Surjewala tweeted. The Congress communications in-charge pointed out that the BJP was allying itself with regional parties whose ideology and demands it did not necessarily prescribe to or support thereby undermining the mandate of the people of the state. The BJP-IPFT combine decimated the Left Front in Tripura by securing 43 seats in the 60-strong assembly. In Tripura BJP aligned with IPFT whose election plank is division of state and now demands a tribal CM. Time for Modi government and BJP to address both issues. Does it stand for demand for division of state of Tripura? Would it reject the demand for a tribal CM? enquired Surjewala. Turning to Nagaland where Congress and BJP had till last month been part of the NPF-led government Surjewala called out the saffron party for switching sides at the eleventh hour to join hands with the fledgling NDPP floated by former chief minister Neiphiu Rio. In Nagaland BJP is in government with NPF yet fought election in alliance with its opposition party NDPP. NPF won 26 seats and NDPP won 18 seats. With both NPF and NDPP staking claim to form the government is Nagaland headed for another round of instability like in last 5 years? And Naga Accord? said Surjewala. He was referring to Nagaland Peace Framework signed by the Modi government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) in 2015 that brought an end to insurgency and made way for peace talks in the north-eastern state. Many regional parties had called for a boycott of the February 27 polls in the absence of clarity over the Naga peace accord. Congress President Rahul Gandhi has previously targeted PM Modi over the Naga accord and said it was nowhere to be found after nearly three years of being finalized. Surjewala then touched upon the sore spot of Meghalaya where the BJP with only two seats in hand once again outmaneuvered the ruling Congress by negotiating an alliance with other parties to form the government. Even after emerging as the single largest party with 21 seats the grand old party failed to retain power in the state it had ruled for the last 15 years. In Meghalaya as BJP assumes power with just 2 MLAs every discordant party that fought BJP and each other ideologically-politically-electorally is sewn up to form the government at any cost - NPP UDP PDF HSDP BJP Ind. Is this the answer to Meghalaya s aspirations and a stable government he railed. Meghalaya is the second state after Manipur and Goa where the Congress has not been able to forge a post-poll alliance with any of the regional parties despite emerging as the largest single party. BJP is following a dangerous game of destabilsation subversion and usurpation of power in North East unmindful of the stability security peace and progress. Hope Modiji had cared to learn from Rajivji who put Nation First and brought peace to the region by Assam and Mizo accords Surjewala said.
Written by Lalmani Verma | New Delhi | Updated: March 13 2018 8:49 am Naresh Agarwal with Pramod Tiwari (Congress) in Parliament Monday hours before joining the BJP. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal) Related News Delhi Confidential: Inside The DealNaresh Agarwal s Naachney Wali jibe at Jaya Bachchan upsets BJP: But it s nothing new for himPossibility of Samajwadi Party alliance with Congress in UP almost over: Naresh AgarwalIn 2016 when a bitter feud was in progress in the Samajwadi Party s first family with Akhilesh Yadav on one side and his uncle and then state party chief Shivpal Yadav on the other party leader Naresh Agrawal was seen as being at the centre of efforts to bridge the chasm and reunite the family. When Akhilesh took charge of the SP as national president Agrawal sided with him and was rewarded with the post of party national general secretary. On Monday when he joined the BJP Agrawal expressed his affection for SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav as well as his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav saying he could never leave them besides praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Over his political career of more than three decades Agrawal has had stints in the Congress SP and BSP before joining the BJP. He is currently an SP MP in Rajya Sabha. While he has won elections under two different parties. A seven-time MLA from Hardoi district in central UP Agrawal quit the SP Monday after the party chose to nominate Jaya Bachchan to the RS. Read | Rajya Sabha polls: Naresh Agarwal joining BJP spoils SP BSP s numbers game; here s how Hardoi is also from where the BJP has picked another former SP leader Ashok Bajpai as the RS nominee. Agrawal was elected to the Upper House in 2010 as the BSP nominee and was re-elected in 2012 as the SP candidate. This was his second stint in the SP after leaving in 2008 to join the BSP. Then Mayawati had appointed him party national general secretary and even fielded him in the Lok Sabha election from Farrukhabad 2009 which he lost. Piyush Goyal welcomes Agrawal to BJP. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal) When the BSP denied his son Nitin a ticket in the assembly elections he returned to the SP in 2011. Agrawal was first elected MLA in 1980 from the Hardoi seat under the Congress banner and again in 1989 as an independent. Soon after he joined the Congress again and won three successive assembly elections in in 1991 1993 and 1996. Read | Naresh Agarwal s Naachney Wali jibe at Jaya Bachchan upsets BJP: But it s nothing new for him He won the seat again in 2002 and 2007 this time with the SP. In the 2012 assembly elections Agrawal passed on his legacy to his son Nitin who was elected MLA from the same seat and was even made a minister under former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Nitin is presently SP MLA from Hardoi even as Agrawal Monday announced his vote would favour the BJP in the RS elections. The loss of Nitin s vote will hurt the SP which has fielded one candidate and has promised support to the BSP. Agrawal was also part of the Kalyan Singh-led BJP government after forming the Loktantrik Congress and was minister in the BJP governments led by Ram Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh. He was also power and transport minister in the Mulayam Singh Yadav government between 2003 and 2007. Agrawal who made comments about dance karne wali Monday has often made controversial remarks and been outspoken in Rajya sabha. In December 2017 Agarwal had raised a controversy when he said Kulbhushan Jadhav had been declared a terrorist by Pakistan and that the country would treat him like one. He issued a clarification later. In July last year Agarwal made controversial remarks which were later expunged about Hindu gods sparking a protest by the BJP in Rajya Sabha. Agarwal later apologised. For all the latest India News download Indian Express App More Related News From the gallery UP Gov stays mum on comments by SP leaders Tags: Naresh Agarwal
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ALSO READ Punjab minister submits resignation after corruption taint Modi cannot create wedge between me Congress: Amarinder Pb CM moots income tax self-payment by elected representatives Punjab CM ministers decide to pay their own Income Tax Punjab CM unfurls tricolour at R-Day parade in Patiala span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Members of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Ludhiana prayed for the well being of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on the occasion of his 75th birthday on Sunday. The INC members performed a yajna to mark the occasion. Today we conducted a yajna for Captain Amarinder Singh on the occasion of his birthday for his well being and long life. said President Congress of Ludhiana district Gurpreet Singh Gogi .Singh started his professional life on a heroic note when he served as a Captain in the 1965 Indo-Pak war.He defeated senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley by 1 02 000 votes in 2014 general elections and was also chosen as the President of Punjab Congress ahead of 2017 elections in the state.It was on Singh s birthday in 2017 when he got the best gift of his life after Congress won by a thumping majority with 77 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
NEW DELHI: An Indian-origin economist in Singapore is threatening to take the Congress to court over a tweet it posted of party president Rahul Gandhi s interaction at a university in the city state. Rahul Gandhi supports talks on J&K issue says bad political decision responsible for current turmoil The clip the party posted juxtaposes an audience question critical of the Congress with a second one - an audience comment really - heaping praise on it and then shows Rahul s answer - a rather humorous answer - to the second question. With political discourse hitting new lows everyday Congress President Rahul Gandhi shows how to gracefully handle https://t.co/lTl2pE5sDM Congress (@INCIndia) 1520521398000 The man who asked the first question is Prasenjit Basu an economist and author of a book called Asia Reborn: He s the one peeved that the Congress posted a video that shows his question but not Rahul s answer to his question. The video isn t exactly doctored but Basu calls it a classic fake-news video . The Congress didn t even censor Basu s critical question it just chose to highlight an answer that Rahul gave later in his interaction which referred to Basu s question. The author though believes the Congress is using his image to falsely advertise the party President. Withdraw this false video or prepare for prosecution in Singapore s courts! tweeted an irate-sounding Basu. @INCIndia This is a classic fake-news video. You are using my image to falsely advertise your politician showing a https://t.co/1lHHQUlIa4 Prasenjit K. Basu (@PrasenjitKBasu) 1520528683000 This was the question Basu asked: Why is it that during the years that your family ruled India India s per capita income was growing less than the world average? And yet in the years since your family relinquished the prime ministership of India India s per capita income has grown substantially faster than the world average? In its video clip of the interaction the Congress cuts after this to a comment about Jawaharlal Nehru and the Congress. I am a great admirer of your great-grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru and I think all the good things wherever India is today it s because of the Congress this audience member said. The clip then shows Rahul s rather humorous response to a comment even he recognised for its fawning tone. You are both going to extremes. I mean give me something in the middle. I mean he s (Basu s) saying I am the cause of every single problem. And you are saying I m the cause of every single solution. I mean this is crazy said Rahul. The Congress president then said that these extreme views reflected how polarised India has become. This conversation shows you the polarisation. That gentleman (Basu) thinks that nothing has ever been done by the Congress party. This gentleman (second speaker) thinks that everything has been done by the Congress party said Rahul as the audience burst out laughing. The Congress president also got in a dig at Basu as he explained that he believes India s success is due to its people and not because of the Congress or despite of it. Let me tell you what the truth is. India s success is hugely because of India s people. However anybody in this room who thinks that the Congress party is not part of that success thinks liberalisation wasn t a success...green revolution was not a success ...needs to write a new book he said very likely referring to Basu whose book was published in September last year. In his answer the Congress president also trained his guns on Narendra Modi and took a subtle dig at him by offering to hug Basu. The Congress has often been critical of what it calls Modi s hugplomacy - the PM s fondness for hugging other world leaders. I am proud to sit in a room and have a gentleman say this (critical comments) to me. Now there s something else... Mr. Narendra Modi would never do that. You would never have the ability to say what you said to me in front of Mr. Narendra Modi and am absolutely blazingly proud of that said Rahul. After this meeting I want to give you a hug and say you are very important to me he added.
Hours after inducting them to the Biju Janata Dal party chief and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik named editor and politician Soumya Ranjan Patnaik and educationist Dr Achyuta Samanta as his party s candidates for Rajya Sabha seats. His party will also be sending current Begunia MLA and party Vice President Prashanta Nanda to the upper house. Three RS seats would fall vacant with the terms of BJD MPs A U Singh Deo former hockey captain Dilip Tirkey and BJD-backed independent candidate AV Swamy coming to an end on April 2. Soumya Ranjan Patnaik son-in-law of late Indian National Congress Chief Minister JB Patnaik was with the BJP and then with Congress. Patnaik had been sacked soon after his brother Niranjan Patnaik had been removed from the post of PCC President in 2013. The influential businessman who owns the regional paper Sambad an Odia TV channel and radio station had then launched his own party Ama Odisha in 2013. He contested from the Khandapada constituency in Nayagrh district in 2014 but lost from a narro margin. Since then he has lent his support to issues like chit fund and farmers plight keeping up the pressure against Patnaik s government On Wednesday the editor who has served a term as Lok Sabha MP from the Congress said right now he it was important for people to consolidate around issues that mattered. Being a lone voice was of no use. Speaking to ET Patnaik said We have been giving far too much importance to parties and leaders and letting issues take a backseat. It is issues that I have prioritised and I think all political parties small and big must consolidate themselves around issues. Today am concerned about two important issues. Nationally I think the idea of India is in danger and any right thinking person must do whatever he can to consolidate in this fight to protect it. there has never been a more important time to fight for Odisha s interest whether it is for special category status or the Mahanadi river dispute. I think a regional party is the best platform to fight for the state s interest he added. Samanta whose organisation runs engineering and medical colleges and the county s single largest educational institute dedicated to tribal children Kalinga institute of Social Sciences also made his foray into active politics on Wednesday. Samanta enjoys considerable goodwill as a philanthropist and for the free education KISS provides to thousands of children. Naveen Patnaik s pro- people policy clean image and dedication to development of the weaker section inspired me to join BJD he told the media. Nominations for the three seats are to be filed before March 12 and polling is to be held on March 23. Naveen Patnaik s BJD occupies 117 of the state s 147 house assembly seats.
.story-content span .story-content p .story-content div color:#000!important;font-family: open sans Arial!important;font-size:15px!important ALSO READ Modi hosts party leaders for brainstorming for 2019 Lok Sabha polls Winning North East assembly elections critical for BJP s policy promises BJP and union of dissenters in the months leading to Lok Sabha elections Himachal results: As counting nears BJP Congress both claim victory Rahul Gandhi sworn in as Congress president hits out at PM Narendra Modi span.p-content div id = div-gpt line-height:0;font-size:0 Since 2014 the average percentage of votes the Indian National Congress http://www.bricksite.com/kkdigital has drawn in six of the seven northeastern states Meghalaya Tripura Nagaland Arunachal Pradesh Assam and Manipur has dropped 13.4 percentage points from 38.1% to 24.7%. The average number of seats it has won has nearly halved from 34.8 to 19.5 an IndiaSpend analysis shows. Ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power at the Centre in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections its average vote share in the northeast has grown 23.1 percentage points from 3.9% to 27%. From winning an average of 1.5 seats in the six states elections between 2009 and 2014 the BJP has won an average of 23.5 seats here since 2014. In the February 2018 elections although the BJP s vote share of 27% has been only a few percentage points higher than the Congress 24.7% the BJP with more seats and by swiftly forming coalitions with regional parties is now part of the government in all six states. Since the two national parties are yet to contest in Mizoram which is set to go to the polls later this year when its 2013 assembly term ends the state has not been included in our analysis. table th td font-size: 12px; font-family: arial; border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid black; table width:580px; th td text-align:center; padding:2px; th.center text-align:center; tr:nth-child(odd) background-color: #f9f9f9; tr:nth-child(even) background-color:#fff; th background-color: #1f77b4; color: #FFFFF0; font-weight: bold; Average Vote Share And Seats Of Congress And BJP Before & After 2014 BJP Congress Average Vote Share (%) Average Seats Won Average Vote Share (%) Average Seats Won Pre-2014 3.9 1.5 Pre-2014 38.1 34.8 Post-2014 27 23.5 Post-2014 24.7 19.5 Rise 23.1 22 Drop 13.4 15.3 Source: Election Commission of India A year before 2014 Congress vote share was between 24% and 36% Until a year prior to the BJP s win in the 2014 national elections the Congress had enjoyed a considerably larger vote share ranging between 24% and 36% while the BJP s had been below 2%. In the 2013 elections in Meghalaya where the Congress had been in power through one alliance or another since 1976 it had polled more than one-third (34.8%) of the votes. This is now down 6.3 percentage points to 28.5%. Although the Congress has emerged as the single largest party in the February 2018 election the BJP with two seats (it had none in 2013) has forged an alliance with the National People s Party (NPP) United Democratic Party Hill State People s Democratic Party and the People s Democratic Front to form the government in the Meghalaya. Its vote share has grown 8.3 percentage points from 1.27% to 9.6%. In Tripura where the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) had been in power for 25 years the Congress vote share of 36.5% had been the second-largest in the 2013 elections. Last week s results saw the party s vote share plummet 34.7 percentage points to 1.8%. In 2013 the party had won 10 seats; this year it has won none. The BJP s vote share in Tripura in 2013 was even lower 1.3% but has now grown 41.7 percentage points to 43% more than that of the CPM s 42.6% allowing the party to form the government with 35 seats (it had none in 2013) and in alliance with the Indigenous People s Front of Tripura (which has won eight). In Nagaland the BJP had already been in power through an alliance with the Naga Peoples Front (NPF) since 2003 but the Congress had enjoyed a larger vote share in state elections until now. In the 2013 elections the Congress had been the second largest party recording a vote share of 24.9%. This has now fallen 22.8 percentage points to 2.1%. The BJP in winning 12 seats has won 15.3% of the votes a 13.5-percentage-point increase from 2013 when its vote share was 1.8%. The party has now re-joined the NPF after briefly breaking away over a seat-sharing dispute before the February 2018 election to form the ruling alliance in Nagaland. A Year Before 2014: Vote Share And Seats Congress Vs BJP Vote Share (In %) State Post 2014 Pre-2014 Year Congress BJP Year Congress BJP Tripura 2018 1.8 43% 2013 36.5 1.50% Meghalaya 2018 28.5 9.60% 2013 34.8 1.30% Nagaland 2018 2.1 15.30% 2013 24.9 1.80% Seats Won State Post 2014 Pre-2014 Year Congress BJP Year Congress BJP Tripura 2018 0 35 2013 10 0 Meghalaya 2018 21 2 2013 29 0 Nagaland 2018 0 12 2013 8 1 Source: Election Commission of India 2014 onwards BJP vote share climbed 18-34 percentage points April 2014 when Arunachal Pradesh had its last state election a month before the Lok Sabha elections was the first time a shift in power in the region had become apparent. While the Congress had won 42 seats and gained a vote share of 49.5% it had failed to form the government as the BJP with 11 seats and a 31% vote share had quickly formed alliances with the People s Party of Arunachal and independents to wrest control. Although the Congress vote share had declined by just 0.9 percentage points from 50.4% in 2009 to 49.5% in 2014 the BJP s had risen 20.6 percentage points from 5.2% to 25.8%. Two years later in 2016 in the next state election held in neighbouring Assam the Congress party had seen a 8.4-percentage-point decline in its vote share from 39.4% in 2011 to 31% in 2016. The number of seats it had won was down by 52 from 78 in 2011 to 26 in 2016. The BJP s vote share meanwhile had risen by 18 percentage points from 11.5% in 2011 to 29.5% in 2016. From winning a handful of seats (five) in the previous election the national ruling party had now secured 60 seats firmly establishing itself in India s largest northeastern state. In the Manipur election of 2017 the Congress had emerged as the single largest party winning 28 seats seven more than the BJP s 21 but its vote share had actually fallen 7.3 percentage points from 42.4% in 2012 to 35.1% in 2017. The BJP s vote share had risen 34.2 percentage points from 2.1% to 36.3% during this time. The Congress had lost 14 seats from 2012; the BJP had only gained since it had had no seats in the previous assembly. Yet again despite the Congress winning more seats the BJP had swiftly mobilised an alliance with the National People s Party Naga People s Front Lok Janshakti Party Trinamool Congress and one defecting Congress MLA to form the government. 2014 Onwards: Vote Share And Seats Of Congress And BJP Vote Share (In %) State Post 2014 Pre-2014 Year Congress BJP Year Congress BJP Arunachal Pradesh 2014 49.5 31 2009 50.4 5.2 Assam 2016 31 29.5 2011 39.4 11.5 Manipur 2017 35.1 36.3 2012 42.4 2.1 Seats Won State Post 2014 Pre-2014 Year Congress BJP Year Congress BJP Arunachal Pradesh 2014 42 11 2009 42 3 Assam 2016 26 60 2011 78 5 Manipur 2017 28 21 2012 42 0 Source: Election Commission of India (Saldanha is an assistant editor with IndiaSpend.)

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NEW DELHI: India s industrial growth accelerated in January while inflation eased for the second month running in February providing a twin boost to the economy and suggesting overall economic growth could accelerate further from the five-quarter high recorded in the October-December period. Industrial production growth rose higher than expected to 7.5% in January from 7.1% in the previous month data released by the government showed on the back of strong manufacturing. The simultaneously released Consumer Price Index (CPI) showed a further decline in retail inflation to 4.44% in February from 5.1% in the previous month. This looks like an early sign of industrial revival said Devendra Kumar Pant chief economist at India Ratings a Fitch Group company. It looks like post demonetisation and goods and services tax (GST) implementation finally the industrial sector is gaining traction. India reclaimed the title of fastestgrowing major economy in the October-December quarter by recording 7.2% growth compared to China s 6.8%. BROAD-BASED REVIVAL This is the third successive month of 7%-plus industrial growth in India. The economy is forecast to grow 6.6% in the current year though with growth picking up the final number could be higher. Three successive months of growth is proof enough that we have recovered. This indicates sustainability to an extent said Madan Sabnavis chief economist at CARE Ratings. The data should bolster the government that faces an election next year http://www.dandyid.org/id/604621. In terms of industries 16 out of 23 industry groups in the manufacturing sector showed positive growth in January 2018. Overall the manufacturing sector grew 8.7% electricity 7.6% but mining was flat at 0.1%. Capital goods surged 14.6% compared with a 0.6% contraction in the year-ago period. Consumer durables contributed to the acceleration with 8% growth indicating a recovery in urban demand. Consumer non-durables sector was up 10.5% reflecting rural buoyancy. Visible improvement in industrial output which rose to 7.5% at the onset of the New Year as against 3.5% last year augurs well for the return of broad based recovery in industrial performance during the year the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) said in a release. INFLATION FEARS RECEDE The slide in inflation from a 17-month high of 5.21% in December to within sight of the Reserve Bank of India s target 4% rate should cause price worries to recede. This lowers pressure on the central bank to shift gears to a hawkish stance at the April review with a similar tune likely to extend into June said Radhika Rao India economist at DBS Bank. FY19 numbers will largely be rangebound between 4.5-5% providing the headroom to keep rates on hold in 2018. The central bank has kept interest rates stable after a 25 basis point cut in August. Stable interest rates will support growth. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point. The decline was due to the fall in food inflation to 3.26% last month compared with 4.7% in January. Fuel and light inflation was 6.8% in February against 7.58% in January while housing inflation was 8.28% almost unchanged form 8.33% the previous month. The RBI s Monetary Policy Committee last month expressed concern about continued inflationary risks citing high food and global crude oil prices and the government s decision to increase spending for the year starting April to support a struggling farm sector. Inflation in vegetables was 17.57% last month down from 26.97% in January and for fruits it was 4.80% against 6.24%. Milk and milk products were less expensive with an inflation print of 3.8% while that of cereals and products was 2.10% meat and fish was 3.31% and eggs at 8.51%. Inflation for the fuel and light category was at 6.80% in February against 7.73% in January.
Over 20 000 protesting farmers have reached India s financial capital. The farmers plan to gherao Maharashtra State Assembly and press for their demands. The state government has decided to appoint a six members committee to look into the farmers demands which includes a complete waiver of loans and power dues and implementation of the Ms Swaminathan Committee report. Track live updates here: CM Devendra Fadnavis says positive about farmers demand We're positive in fulfilling demands. Since the 1st day of the Morcha we tried to discuss various issues with them. https://t.co/WstKgK5YXT— ANI (@ANI) 1520842895000 Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi CM Fadnavis to accept farmers demand The mammoth #FarmersMarchToMumbai is a stunning example of people s power. The Congress party stands with the Farme https://t.co/bAylftUvEf— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) 1520840414000 Farmers delegation reach assembly to meet CM Farmers delegation reached #Maharashtra Assembly for the meeting with the State Govt formed committee to discuss th https://t.co/nmIFQ8hQwo— ANI (@ANI) 1520839704000 Maharashtra Minister assures to solve major issues There'll be a meeting with farmers at 1pm. I think we'll give solutions for 80-90% of their issues. We're serious a https://t.co/DwyxXDdQJn— ANI (@ANI) 1520839218000 Why are upset Maharashtra farmers marching to Mumbai? Here is the economics & politics of the row Sitaram Yechury is scheduled to address the farmers at Azad Maidan at 2 pm. Congress President Rahul Gandhi says farmers across India facing various issues This is not an issue of Maharashtra farmers alone but of farmers all over India: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on https://t.co/wTdFGJKyVM— ANI (@ANI) 1520832662000 High security around Assembly: Number of security personnel guarding Maharashtra State Assembly have been increased in view of farmers agitation to avoid any untoward incident Hasn t Maharashtra announced a loan waiver last year? Yes. Last year the Maharashtra government had announced a loan waiver of Rs 4 000 crore under the first phase of the farm loan waiver scheme. No traffic divers ion yet Amitesh Kumar Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) on Monday said that no road would be closed due to the protest march by the All India Kisan Sabha s farmers. Kumar said No road closure or diversions will happen due to Farmers Morcha now . Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has came out in support of the farmers who have reached here after undertaking a Long March to Mumbai from Nashik to press their various demands including full loan waiver. Azad Maidan in south Mumbai has turned into a sea of red this morning as thousands of farmers carrying red flags converged here after walking around 180 kms under blazing sun over the last six days. Latest visuals from Azad Maidan: #Maharashtra: Latest visuals of All India Kisan Sabha protest which has reached Mumbai's Azad Maidan. The protest w https://t.co/cwwemPKBZx— ANI (@ANI) 1520820981000 #WATCH: Visuals from Mumbai's Azad Maidan where members of All India Kisan Sabha have gathered to protest. https://t.co/peSzEucl3P— ANI (@ANI) 1520824233000 Maharashtra government to form six-member committee to look into farmers demands In the light of the ongoing farmers protest in Maharashtra the state government has decided to appoint a six members committee to look into the farmers demands. Farmers reach Mumbai plan to gherao Assembly today One of the biggest morchas to have been undertaken by farmers has entered Mumbai on Sunday. A morcha of 20 000 to 25 000 farmers plan to gherao Maharashtra Assembly and press for their demands. (With Agency inputs)
NEW DELHI: India strengthened their chances to qualify for the final of the Nidahas Trophy 2018 after recording a comprehensive six-wicket win against Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Monday. FULL SCORECARD India chased down 153 in 17.3 overs with nine deliveries to spare as the middle-order pair of Manish Pandey (42 ) and Dinesh Karthik (39 ) stitched an unbeaten 68-run stand for the fifth wicket. 4TH T20I: AS IT HAPPENED The contest was reduced to 19-overs-a-side after a lengthy rain delay. India lost openers Rohit Sharma (11) and Shikhar Dhawan (8) cheaply before Suresh Raina s dazzling cameo as he smacked two fours and as many sixes in his 15-ball 27 to offset the advantage Akila Dananjaya had given his team with the scalps of openers. KL Rahul (18) who replaced Rishabh Pant in the playing XI was looking good during his stay but was dismissed in an unlucky manner becoming the first Indian batsman and tenth overall to be out hit-wicket. When Rahul departed Sri Lanka had faint hopes with India 85/4 in 9.5 overs but a calm-headed display from Pandey and Karthik ensured India sailed in the chase. That India were left to chase a rather easy target was thanks to a late flurry of wickets with Shardul Thakur recording a career-best figures of 4/27. Sri Lanka looked set for a big total after they hammered 24 runs in the first two overs but kept losing wickets in a heap. The young attack led by Shardul and Washington Sundar (2/21) binding the hosts in the second half of the innings after they were sent in to bat. A pair of sixes kick-started the Sri Lankan innings but India hit back with two quick blows. Then in-form Kusal Mendis (55) who scored his fourth T20I fifty extended Sri Lanka s bright start after they lost Danushka Gunathilaka (17) and Kusal Perera (3) in the space of seven deliveries. With Upul Tharanga Mendis took Yuzvendra Chahal to the cleaners as the duo clobbered 17 from the leggie s second over. After 10 overs they were 94/2 with Kusal Mendis in red-hot touch. Vijay Shankar broke the stand with the wicket of Tharanga (22) but by that time the pair had added 62 runs. Stand-in captain Thisara Perera began with back to back sixes off his first two deliveries but Shardul exploited the knuckle delivery to the fullest during his spell to put an early break on his onslaught at 15 (6b). Chahal had some respite when he dismissed the dangerous Kusal Mendis in his final over of the night finishing well to end with figures of 1/34 after leaking 27 in his first two overs. Even though the hosts continued to find a boundary every now and then Indians kept chipping away. Shardul dismissed Dasun Shanaka (19) and Dushmantha Chameera (0) off consecutive deliveries in the last over but Suranga Lakmal survived the hat-trick ball. India after their second win in three matches climbed up to the top spot in the standings with four points. Brief Scores: India 153/4 (Manish Pandey 42 Dinesh Karthik 39 ; Akila Dananjaya 2/19) beat Sri Lanka (Kusal Mendis 55; Shardul Thakur 4/27)
00:07 (IST) That s it from us at Firstpost in our coverage of the fourth match of the ongoing Nidahas Trophy 2018 with India overpowering Sri Lanka to post a six-wicket win and move to the top of the points table in the process. We certainly hope we were able to keep you updated with the events of the game and that you will join us on Wednesday when India take on Bangladesh in a bid to seal their spot in the final. For now it s time for us to take your leave. Good night! Full Scorecard
15:42 (IST) That s all that we have for the moment in terms of live coverage of events. It was a power-packed performance from the Australians to go 1-0 up in the ODI series. India will have to bring their A-game to the ground when the two teams meet again on Thursday. But don t go anywhere. The Indian men s team is in action today too. Stay tuned to Firstpost for our live coverage of India vs Sri Lanka in the Nidahas Trophy.
India is underperforming the other Emerging Markets as we are underrepresented in tech and commodities which are pushing growth now explains SShankar Sharma of First Global talking to ET Now.Edited excerpts: It all started with this tug of war between bonds and equities which led to the sharp adjustment in global financial assets. Do you think the adjustment is behind us that we have the lows in place for 2018? We can get very intellectual about it saying that there was an issue with bonds and the relative levels of bonds versus stocks. Very simply my view is that markets have been running a lot. There had been no meaningful correction and it had to happen at some point. When it happens usually out of a million reasons you can always point to some reason -- trade war or bond yields or volatility went up suddenly. In my view it was frankly long overdue. But it is done and dusted with and it is behind us. Do you think we have the lows in place for financial markets in 2018? Definitely for the US market definitely for the emerging markets. If you look at the global equity markets US has been doing very well as has been Japan. On a relative basis emerging markets have been flat lining versus global equities. That trend is going to change for the better. Emerging markets are going to hit a purple patch. Largely on the back of very strong commodity prices if you go back eight years from let us say 2010 the relative emerging market bear market started and it still working its way down. That has more-or-less played itself out and you are going to see a big resurgence in emerging market numbers. But they are still very closely related to oil prices or steel prices or aluminium prices. There is a big virtuous cycle ahead of us for EMs that may or may not be so good for India. But leaving that aside for a minute EMs are going to have a very good time incrementally from here on. You are also going to see overall weakness in the dollar which will be an additional boost for assets moving away incrementally from dollar denominated assets to non-dollar assets. EMs are always the place where money can go. Overall I am very optimistic for 2018 without any doubt. Let us classify EMs into two categories -- emerging markets which are commodity importers and emerging markets which are commodity producers. Are you bullish on both the categories? That is a good question let me finesse this a bit more. EMs are broadly two large categories -- basically commodity producers and tech. So you have the South Koreas of the world the Taiwans of the world some part of China also because that has an increasing weightage of tech now. Of course you have financials in which India is dominating as also China. Overall my view is commodity centric markets will be rocking and that has been the view right from February 2016. We have had a conservation when markets were making lows and oil was I think hitting 27-28. My view was that was the bottom of the commodity cycle. Since then commodities have been terrific. Look at Brazil markets are up 80%. In dollar terms Russia will do very well. So commodities will do well tech is doing well India unfortunately has no presence in either. That is why we are seeing India underperforming. If you are seeing India at least the Nifty part of it leave out small caps out because I consider small caps to be of a different category altogether. I do not consider them really intrinsically part of India because this collection of small companies are doing very different kinds of things. Therefore just look at large caps. Large-caps are struggling in India because the two big drivers of large-cap performances across the world have been commodities and tech and we are totally under-represented on both. We have a bit of steel and we have virtually no tech because I do not consider Indian IT companies as tech companies at all. That s why you are seeing India lag. Of course there are domestic issues. Amongst all emerging markets India is the only one with tepid growth. It is 5% by old series and I consider the old series to be representative. The new series does not make any sense to me unless they rebase it going back several years. If you see Brazilian or Russian growth rate they have all been revised upwards while India has seen growth revisions which are downward. The relative delta that India was supposed to have been doing a lot better than it is doing while other countries which were not supposed to have been doing so well have been doing better. That relative differential gap between expectations has driven more money towards other EMs and quite rightly so. So while yes markets will do well India is in a little bit of a pickle on the large-caps the Sensex and Nifty aspect of it because it is underrepresented in tech and commodities. I remember that call on Tata Steel and steel in particular in 2018 when you specifically said that the best time to buy commodities is when there is bankruptcy and when there is blood on the Street. That was the time when some of the global commodity companies were going bankrupt. Now it looks like the excitement has just about started in the oil market. Chris Wood also seems to be acknowledging the fact that the bearish argument for oil are significantly diluted. It is a bull market in oil forget a bear market. The bear market got over a couple of years back. Anybody who still thinks oil is in a bear market will need to revisit those assumptions quite soon. My view is oil is going to be rocking. It is probably the best commodity trade out there and anything linked with oil will be automatically among the best equity trades out there. My view is you are looking at a 20 30 40 50 per cent kind of rise in oil over the next few months or years. I am very certain of that happening and that rightly or wrongly the Indian macros benefitted because of falling oil. There is nothing there to change India s macro except oil and that drove down all parameters which you are negative which were basically rates and inflation and the deficits on the twin side. Those will climb up. Bond yields are already looking very bullish. FD rates have gone up and relatively speaking you are looking at inflation creeping up. The entire virtuous cycle that we saw because of low oil will get reversed rightly or wrongly. I am not making any judgement call here. We took the good so we will have to take the bad. There is no case in India for a rate cut either case for a rate hike. I doubted the RBI will be brave enough for a hike but I do not think you are going to see anything which is going to provide a big tailwind to growth by way of interest rates. In India unfortunately we have a little bit of problem as far as macros are concerned. When you say that you expect India to underperform are you making a case that this year could be a negative year for Indian equities? No. When I say underperform I am underlining one aspect which is that I think we are still in a big global bull market. I do not see that ending any time soon. EMs will be in a terrific bull market and one interesting piece of data is that our emerging market index and I am sure that is true for the MSCI as well in dollar terms has still not taken out 2007 highs. Despite everything the fact is that we are still in a big bear market rally. A bull market will start when it takes out the 2007 highs and usually when that happens you are going to look at a 40-50% upside over the next couple of years. So the bull market is intact globally. In that context India will still be in a bull market but it may not do as well as other markets. If you have a 10-12% up year this year for global equities India might be up 8%. I am just speaking a number here. I am not making the call that we will be up only 8%. I am just giving an example that we will lag. At least the Sensex and Nifty part of the market will lag. But on the other hand I have been bullish on small caps for three-four years. If you look at the return differential between these two Nifty or the Sensex have given 12% or 12.5% since 2014. Small caps have given 45% compounded. That kind of return divergence has never happened in the history of India and I continue to believe that divergence will persist. So it is not a bear market. It is just that relatively India will probably lag EMs and will lag global equities.
New Delhi: India and the European Union will discuss next month resumption of the much-delayed Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) that hasn t progressed much over the past five years. Chief negotiators of the two sides will meet in April to explore the possibility and work out some roadmap for the negotiations. EU negotiators are coming in April to discuss how to take the talks forward said a person aware of the development. The BTIA talks hit a roadblock on the contentious issues of import duty on European cars and alcohol (wines and spirits) levied by India and recognition of India as a data-secure nation by the EU. India also wants a greater access for its professionals in the EU. Prior to the meeting the government plans to consult the industry on products of its aggressive interest or exports in which it wants tariff concession from the European Union. Stakeholders will also deliberate on the products they don t want opened up. While Germany is keen on automobiles France wants lower import tariffs on wines. A lot of time has lapsed since the last set of talks happened. We will have to see which all new issues have cropped up in the meanwhile especially on free movement of labour and data security front said an industry representative who will take part in the stakeholder meeting this week. India and the EU had started the BTIA talks in 2007 and 16 rounds of negotiations have taken place till now. Negotiations were stalled amid the prolonged downturn in Europe and its focus on concluding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement with the US. India then deferred talks after the EU had banned 700 generic drugs that were tested at Hyderabad-based GVK Biosciences. Brexit and the eventual apprehension of the EU to sign a BTIA separate from the Bilateral Investment Treaty with India further extended the delay. India s exports to the EU in the April-December period were 38 billion compared with 47.3 billion in 2016-17. In the same period India s imports from the EU were 35.2 billion and 42.3 billion respectively.
NEW DELHI: Persisting failure to build a robust defence production industry has ensured that India continues to remain in the strategically-vulnerable position of being the world s largest arms importer accounting for 12% of the global imports from 2013-2017. Arms imports by India increased by 24% between 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 periods as per data on international arms transfers released by global think-tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on Monday. India is followed by Saudi Arabia Egypt UAE China Australia Algeria Iraq Pakistan and Indonesia as the world s top arms importers. The largest arms suppliers to India from 2013-2017 were Russia (62%) US (15%) and Israel (11%). India remains the biggest buyer of weaponry from Russia and Israel. The US as part of its foreign policy to counter China s growing influence in Asia has notched up military sales to India worth 15 billion over the last decade and up by 557% between 2008-2012 and 2013-2017 to overtake several countries and displace Russia at the top spot for a couple of years. SIPRI on its part said Arms transfers are often used as a US foreign policy tool to forge new strategic partnerships. As part of its efforts to offset China s growing influence in Asia and Oceania for example the US has strengthened its ties with India Its arms deliveries to India rose by 557% between 2008-2012 and 2013-2017. China with its systematic drive to build a strong defence-industrial base (DIB) figures among the world s top-five arms exporters after the US Russia France and Germany. They together account for 74% of all arms exports. China s http://kkd4int.webnode.com/ biggest client are Pakistan which receives 35% of its exports and Bangladesh (19%). India however continues to wallow with a fledgling DIB with the armed forces sourcing 65% of their requirements from abroad. Successive governments have failed to drastically overhaul the DRDO and its 50 labs five defence PSUs four shipyards and 41 ordnance factories to ensure they deliver without huge cost and time overruns. Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaking at a function on Monday herself admitted that though defence PSUs and ordnance factories have a lot of potential they need to be revived revitalised and made a lot more dynamic . India has also made little headway in getting its private sector to take to defence production in a big way. The NDA government s much-touted Make in India policy with foreign collaboration has also come a cropper with no major defence production project actually taking off in the last four years. As was first reported by TOI last October at least six major mega projects worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore from fighters and submarines to helicopters and infantry combat vehicles are stuck at different stages. Similarly India has attracted just a measly Rs 1.17 crore as foreign direct investment in the defence production sector in the last four years.

After Republic Day Parade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Walks Down Rajpath To Greet People

New Delhi: Breaking far from lifestyle Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a protracted walk on the Rajpath to greet the spectators after the Republic Day Parade today amid cheers and chants of Modi Modi .Sporting a saffron purple and inexperienced coloured safa PM Modi waved at the group enthusiastically as he walked on the Rajpath along with his protection employees looking to maintain tempo with him and his motorcade following. CommentsClose X The cheers grew louder as he went near seating enclosures with the spectators waving back at him and jostling to get a glimpse of the prime minister.This is not the primary time that Prime Minister Narendra Modi went beyond the security cover to greet target market. Last 12 months after his Independence Day speech on the Red Fort PM Modi moved out of his protection cordon to shake arms with kids. NEW DELHi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stated India and the ASEAN will paintings towards further enhancing alternate that has touched USD 70 billion growing 25 instances in the remaining 25 years. Highlighting the importance records and verbal exchange generation he said it's going to forge new bond of virtual connectivity among India and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and assist connect remote regions. The nature of ASEAN-India partnership has developed extensively he stated whilst presenting a communicate on virtual monetary inclusion and funding promoting to deepen knowledge and cooperation in economic topics. Our alternate has grown 25 instances in 25 years. Investments are strong and growing. We will further beautify trade ties and paintings towards greater interplay among our enterprise groups Modi said on the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit right here. Trade between the 10-nation local block and India has grown to USD 70 billion 2016-17 he stated adding that investments among ASEAN and India are strong and growing. The ASEAN accommodates Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines Singapore Myanmar (Burma) Cambodia Laos and Brunei. With regard to statistics and verbal exchange generation cooperation the Prime Minister emphasised on a new region of cooperation through a local excessive potential fibre optic network to digitally connect far flung regions. India offers to undertake a pilot project on rural connectivity so that it will create digital village in Cambodia Laos PDR Myanmar and Vietnam. Success of this mission could be replicated in different ASEAN international locations he said. Modi also placed forth India s provide for a schooling programme for specialists from ASEAN countries on telecom and networking generation to percentage quality practices in policy regulation and technological improvement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday proposed to declare 2019 the Asean-India Year of Tourism . He become speaking on the second day of the Association of the South East Asian Nations-India commemorative summit which marks the 25 years of India s ties with the bloc.The change between India and Asean international locations has grown 25 times inside the remaining 25 years Modi stated including that he was hoping to in addition beautify change family members and paintings towards greater interplay among their enterprise communities.Asean is a multilateral organization with Thailand Indonesia Singapore Brunei Laos Myanmar Cambodia Malaysia the Philippines and Vietnam as contributors. Modi also introduced 1 000 fellowships for college kids and researchers from Asean nations at Indian Institutes of Technology. On Thursday the member countries met at the leaders retreat to speak about the topic Maritime Cooperation and Security . Counter-terrorism protection and connectivity https://www.intensedebate.com/people/kkfirstcry are the primary challenges that are on the summit s time table. Earlier inside the day the high minister held six bilateral conferences with Asean leaders Ministry of External Affairs Secretary (East) Preeti Saran stated according to ANI. India seeks to apply the summit to recognition on converting its Look East coverage to Act East . The summit is likewise being held at a time whilst nations inside the location are growing insecure approximately China s increasing aggressiveness in boundary disputes and navy show of power.Indonesian President Joko Widodo Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc of Vietnam Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia General Prayuth Chan-o-cha of Thailand State Counsellor Aun San Suu Kyi of Myanmar Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte the Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos and Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia might be leader visitors at India s 69th Republic Day parade on Friday January 26.Our exchange has grown 25 instances in 25 years. Investments are strong and growing. We will similarly enhance exchange ties and paintings toward more interplay amongst our business groups: PM @narendramodi on ASEAN-India ties PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 25 2018 India stocks the @ASEAN imaginative and prescient for rule based societies and values of peace. We are devoted to paintings with ASEAN international locations to enhance collaboration within the maritime area: PM @narendramodi PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 25 2018 Delighted to welcome you all to the ASEAN-India commemorative summit. Our shared voyage is going again thousands of years. It is India s privilege to host the ASEAN leaders. The leaders could be our honoured visitors at the #RepublicDay celebrations: PM @narendramodi PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 25 2018 Do you know the way this yr is distinctive and special asks Rahul Bajaj India s oldest delegate on the annual assembly of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Historically the plenary usually begins in the evening. But simply to adjust with Prime Minister Modi s frantic agenda they've agreed to do it on Tuesday at 11 am explains the Davos veteran of 39 years status outside the resort foyer as heads of governments heavy-hitting CEOs notion leaders liberals pop icons or even snow the maximum in a long time decided to descend upon the ski inns of Davos-Klosters. This is going to show how strategic India and Modi is to the WEF. This of course is apart from an Indian Prime Minister attending Davos after two many years. Modi pretty literally has been snowed below. If you notion January is a lean length in international international relations this year commenced with an unusually hectic calendar and ambitious moves an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and website hosting all 10 ASEAN leaders for the Republic Day celebrations as chief visitors to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the Asia Pacific membership. In between Modi has managed to squeeze in a whistle prevent at Davos that saw him giggle with sixty four global and Indian chief executives at a closed door non-public dinner; deal with the plenary session and the WEF s International Business Council of some other pinnacle 120 company leaders from around the globe and feature bilateral conferences with pinnacle leaders of Switzerland Canada and Zimbabwe. Such globetrotting supposed Modi skipping the finest foreign policy platform Raisina Dialogue (January 16-18) however in its 1/3 yr with professionals from historically opposite facets just like the US and NATO allies and Russia attending the brainstorming has accrued a good deal heft. More importantly it underscores the balanced technique being pursued by means of the Indian foreign policy status quo. India is at the worldwide centre level quips Chandrajit Banerjee director trendy Confederation of Indian Industry. Expectations are massive. The international is appreciative of its efforts and desires to engage. In February the Canadian kingdom go to might be important and a big enterprise political delegation may be visiting accompanied with the aid of the French head of kingdom. Modi is expected to host French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit coinciding with Macron s visit will see a number of other global leaders who've joined ISA. The Indian Ocean partnership will top Macron s ride. Modi is also predicted to go to Kathmandu the UAE Palestine and Oman in February while he's going to travel to London for his first Commonwealth Summit in April. The King of Jordan may come calling in February as nicely. Two months later Singapore the ASEAN chair in 2018 will possibly host Modi on June 1 http://freetexthost.com/mkbwvxbxnk  for the Shangrila Dialogue. A trip to China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit is likewise due. In the latter 1/2 of 2018 the PM travels to South Africa for the BRICS Summit; Argentina for the G-20 Summit and Singapore for East Asia and India-ASEAN summits. Annual conferences with key allies Japan and Russia also are due as are visits by the Saudi King and Iranian President (both in February-March). A senior government legit who did not want to be quoted said China is competing fiercely with India for impact inside the subcontinent and Pakistan is perpetually antagonistic. Modi s diplomatic blitzkrieg is a cunning firewall. BFFs

Republic Day 2018: Images, Wishes, Quotes, Messages, GIFs For Friends And Family

India is celebrating sixty nine years of being a Republic today. On January 26 1950 the Constitution become adopted as the governing record of India. For Indians the day is synonymous with the Republic Day parade that takes place every 12 months at India Gate inside the capital. In a first the Republic Day parade this year saw the presence of 10 heads of country from ASEAN as Chief Guests. Leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN - Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines Singapore Myanmar Cambodia Laos and Brunei - were hosted by way of India this year. The parade also blanketed participation from the military tableaux of states celebrating the diversity of India performances from college students and the most-awaited motorbike stunts by using 113 women from the https://form.jotform.me/80161314739454 Border Security Force (BSF). The President who presides over the parade addressed the state on the eve of Republic Day.While many humans could have made it to the India Gate lawns to witness the parade first hand maximum folks ought to be taking part in it from the consolation of our homes beaming with pride approximately the achievements of our usa. Children additionally rejoice the day before hoisting the Indian flag at faculty. On at the moment mainly a sense of patriotic fervor takes over all residents as anybody desires each other a Happy Republic Day.We ve rounded up some Republic Day photographs wishes messages that you may share along with your pals and own family:Be the trade which you wish to look within the world. Happy Republic Day! India s Republic Day 2018: Send those to your pals and circle of relatives to want them a Happy Republic Day.On this day allow s take an oath to construct our nation to be the satisfactory within the international. Happy Republic Day! In a primary 10 heads of nation from ASEAN are gift as chief guests at India s Republic Day paradeThis is a country of colors and religion. Let this Republic Day remind us of the paintings accomplished through our leaders for our secure and satisfied lives. Happy Republic Day! Via GIPHYAzadi ka josh kabhi kam na hone denge Jab bhi zaroorat padegi desh ke liye jaan luta denge.Kyonki bharat hamara desh hai Is par koi aanch na aane dengeHappy Republic Day!Our lifestyles is complete of colors... I hope this twenty sixth January will upload more colours into your life. Happy Republic Day! Thru GIPHYEast or West India is the high-quality! Here s wishing you a Happy Republic Day CommentsClose X Freedom in thoughts Faith in phrases Pride in our coronary heart Memories in our souls.Let s salute the country on Republic Day! While many people make it to the India Gate lawns to witness the Republic Day parade maximum of us enjoy it from the consolation of our homes.Republic day is a superb time to take a look at who we are and the way we got here. Hope peace reigns in every a part of the arena nowadays and every day. Our existence is complete of colors and I wish this twenty sixth January will upload more colours for your life. Happy Republic Day via GIPHYIndian hone par kariye garv Mil kar manaye loktantra ka parv Desh ke dushmano ko milkar harao Har ghar par tiranga laharao!Happy Republic Day!How well do you realize the history of your us of a? If you keep in mind yourself an expert take our Republic Day quiz. Answer 10 simple questions without the assist of GoogleClick for greater trending information The heads of kingdom and authorities of 10 ASEAN nations could be the chief guests at India s 69th Republic Day celebrations today signalling the significance Modi authorities attaches with the place. Heads of kingdom from Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippines Singapore Myanmar Cambodia Laos and Brunei will grace the event as leader guests. The Republic Day parade will take vicinity at the India Gate. This yr a newly-fashioned all-girls contingent of the BSF named Seema Bhavani will take part within the Republic Day parade. Around seven-hundred college students from visitor international locations can even carry out at the occasion. NEW DELHI: Marching contingents strategic defence weaponry and colorful tableaux were on show as India celebrated its 69th Republic Day with a grand parade watched via thousands of people along with ten ASEAN leaders who attended the event as leader visitors in a historic first. Signifying India s speedy growing strategic ties with ASEAN leaders of all of the 10 international locations of the effective bloc attended the parade at the majestic Rajpath which showcased the u . S . S navy may and cultural variety. Cold climate situations and dense fog did not dampen the keenness of lots of spectators who witnessed the almost one-and-1/2-hour-long parade that marched down the eight-kilometre stretch from the Rajpath to the Red Fort amid an extraordinary security cowl. The ASEAN leaders here to wait the India-ASEAN Commemorative Summit joined President Ram Nath Kovind and Modi on the Republic Day parade making it an unparalleled event. The parade was commanded by means of Lt General Asit Mistry General Officer Commanding Headquarters Delhi Area. The ideally suited commander of the Indian armed forces president Kovind took the salute at the parade. Myanmar s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte Thai Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha Singaporean Premier Lee Hsien Loong and Brunei s Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah have been many of the ASEAN leaders who attended the event. Indonesian President Joko Widodo Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Prime Minister of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith and Cambodian Premier Hun Sen also watched the grand parade. They were visible sharing mild moments with each different and taking pictures recollections of their cameras. Most of the ministers of the Modi authorities including Home Minister Rajnath Singh Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Health Minister J P Nadda Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan had been gift at the occasion. They were seen applauding the tableaux of their respective states. Congress President Rahul Gandhi additionally attended the parade. He changed into visible sitting in the middle rows and talking to senior Congress leaders and Leader of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad. India s former top minister Manmohan Singh Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and deputy leader minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia have been additionally gift on the event. There was a march beyond at the ceremony through the Army https://www.prodivnet.com/users/raj-nadh-1/ personnel carrying the ASEAN flag. The Army  employees also carried the flags of the ten ASEAN countries within the parade. Twenty 3 tableaux which include those representing diverse states ministries the All India Radio (AIR) amongst others rolled down the Rajpath. Tableaux from 14 states and union territories showcased the ancient artwork and cultural history of the united states. The spotlight of the parade become the motorcycle contingent Seema Bhawani comprising women employees of the BSF that showcased their abilities for the primary time on the parade. The Indian Army s T-90 tank (Bhishma) Ballway Machine Pikate (II/IIK) Brahmos Missile System Weapon Locating Radar (Swathi) Bridge Laying Tank T-seventy two Mobile Base Transceiver Station and Akash Weapon System had been also showcased on the parade. The marching contingent of the Army protected horse- set up columns of the 61st Cavalry the Punjab Regiment Maratha Light Infantry the Dogra Regiment Ladakh Scouts the Regiment of Artillery and 123 Infantry Battalion -- Territorial Army (Grenadiers). The marching contingent of the Navy comprising 144 younger sailors was led by using Lieutenant Tushar Gautam even as the Indian Air Force contingent comprising 144 guys changed into led via Squadran Leader Attal Singh Shekhon. The paramilitary and other auxiliary civil forces which include the Border Security Force additionally marched at the Rajpath. Camel Contingents Indian Coast Guard Sashastra Seema Bal Indo Tibetan Border Police the Delhi Police National Cadet Corps and National Service Scheme had been also most of the marching contingents at the parade. There had been a number of exciting Tableaux that rolled down Rajpath. This year the Indian Navy s Tableau showcased the subject Indian Navy Combat Ready Force for National Security . The Navy additionally showcased its Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant if you want to be commissioned in 2020 even as the Defence Development and Research Organisation exhibited the Nirbhay missile and the Ashwini radar system. The subject of the Indian Air Force Tableau changed into themed Indian Air Force Encouraging Indigenisation which displayed models of the Tejas Multirole Fighter Aircraft Rudra Helicopter Arudhra Radar and the Akash missile gadget. The tableau of All India Radio featured Modi s month-to-month deal with Mann Ki Baat turned into one of the many firsts this 12 months. An Income Tax Department tableau about unique anti- black cash drive launched publish-demonetisation that rolled down Rajpath turned into also at the listing of many firsts. On behalf of the central authorities sixty one tribal visitors from various components of the country were invited to witness the Republic Day celebrations. Fifteen of the 18 children who received the National Bravery Award also participated inside the parade. Three children including women have acquired the award posthumously. Of the 18 youngsters seven are ladies and 11 are boys. In the children s section over 800 boys and girls drawn from 3 schools in Delhi along side a set of faculty kids from Nagpur and Dimapur done colourful dances on one-of-a-kind topics. The grand finale of the parade become a incredible flypast by MI-17 and RUDRA armed helicopters along with a number of IAF aircraft. The flypast started with the Rudra formation comprising three ALH Mk IV WSI helicopters in Vic formation accompanied by way of the Hercules formation comprising three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft. Trailing them were the Netra that's an Airborne Early Warning and Control System Aircraft also referred to as Eye inside the Sky . Netra changed into accompanied by way of the Globe formation comprising one C-17 Globemaster flanked via Su-30 MKIs amongst others. Minutes before the parade commenced the top minister Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and chiefs of the Army Navy and Air pressure paid tributes at the Amar Jawan Jyoti the battle memorial at India Gate wherein an everlasting flame burns in reminiscence of people who laid down their lives protecting the frontiers of the country. As per way of life after unfurling the countrywide flag the countrywide anthem turned into performed accompanied by way of a 21 gun salute. A huge ground-to-air security equipment become installed place inside the country wide capital turning the metropolis right into a virtually impregnable castle. The ceremony ended with the gambling of the countrywide anthem and the discharge of thousands of balloons. Modi and president Kovind also waved to the crowd after the belief of the rite and were greeted with loud cheers. New Delhi: In a first leaders of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are the chief visitors of the Republic Day parade and ceremony at Rajpath near India Gate as India marks its 69th Republic Day. ASEAN is a nearby grouping of 10 Southeast Asian countries. In the visitor listing are Brunei s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Cambodia s Prime Minister Hun Sen Indonesia s President Joko Widodo Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith Malaysia s Prime Minister Najib Razak Myanmar s State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Philippines President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Singapore s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Thailand s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and Vietnam s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. The chief visitor at India s first Republic Day on January 26 1950 changed into the President of Indonesia and because then 5 other Southeast Asian leaders have leader visitors at the Republic Day parades.Here s a study Republic Day leader guests within the final decade:In 2008 France s President Nicolas Sarkozy visited India for the Republic Day Parade whilst India marked whilst India marked its 59th Republic Day.In 2009 Kazakhstan s President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited India for the Republic Day Parade while India marked its 60th Republic Day.In 2010 South Korea s President Lee Myung Bak visited India for the Republic Day Parade whilst India marked its 61st Republic Day.In 2011 Indonesia s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited India for the Republic Day Parade when India marked its 62nd Republic Day.In 2012 Thailand s Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited India for the Republic Day Parade when India marked its 63rd Republic Day.In 2013 Bhutan s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck visited India for the Republic Day Parade whilst India marked its 64th Republic Day.In 2014 Japan s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited India for the Republic Day Parade when India marked its 65th Republic Day.In 2015 United States President Barack Obama visited India for the Republic Day Parade while India marked its 66th Republic Day. CommentsClose X In 2016 France s President Francois Hollande visited India for the Republic Day Parade when India marked its 67th Republic Day.In 2017 United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited India for the Republic Day Parade whilst India marked its 68th Republic Day. Srinagar: Thousands of protection employees had been deployed in Srinagar and other district headquarters of Jammu and Kashmir to make sure a peaceful Republic Day amid a strike called through separatists. All programmes in the valley which include the primary occasion in Srinagar took place peacefully. The Republic Day capabilities at all district headquarters passed off peacefully a senior police officer said.In the wake of a strike referred to as by separatist groups there has been a complete clampdown in Kashmir. The separatists requested humans look at January 26 as Black Day prompting security forces to put in force curfew-like regulations to save you any protests.Mobile cellphone and internet offerings had been suspended in advance of the day s programmes. While blocking off net services has come to be habitual on Republic Day cellular cellphone offerings have been snapped in all the 10 districts of Kashmir Valley after a long time to save you security incidents.Earlier the police had issued an advisory to all protection formations warning approximately a possible suicide assault by using a non-Kashmir lady .A senior officer however stated the advisory become a knee-jerk reaction to unsubstantiated reviews that the woman had joined suicide squad of terrorist agencies within the valley.The predominant authentic function turned into held at Srinagar s Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in which Revenue Minister Abdul Rehman Veeri presided over the occasion.All roads main to the stadium have been sealed after intelligence inputs suggested the opportunity that terrorists or other anti-national factors may also try to disrupt the event officers stated.Security forces had laid down a multi-layer cordon across the stadium. The stadium hosted the parade for the first time because the everyday venue Bakhshi stadium is being renovated.Multiple checkpoints were set up near the stadium.The characteristic at the stadium became attended primarily with the aid of kingdom authorities officers and a few political people.Invitations had been no longer prolonged to most people because of a scarcity of area at the makeshift venue officials said. CommentsClose X Various wings of police and school kids participated in the parade. The students offered a colourful programme.(With inputs from PTI) Lucknow: Clashes erupted between groups in Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh on Friday over celebrating Republic Day police said. Representational image. AFP Over 36 youngsters from a network had taken out a bike rally with tricolours of their palms and were booed whilst passing thru a locality of every other community. There changed into a verbal altercation and then stones had been additionally pelted on them injuring humans. The irritated mob went on a rampage negative more than 12 automobiles and property a district official stated. Principal Secretary (Home) Arvind Kumar informed IANS the district management increased the security presence and the crowds had been dispersed. He also denied there has been curfew in Kasganj district as said in some sections of the media but introduced seeing that there has been heavy police presence and the scenario became annoying human beings have been asked to live indoors as a precautionary degree. There were reviews of firing as properly. Police stated three Scorpio SUVs Magic passenger shipping cars and a truck were additionally targeted with the aid of the mob at the Mathura-Bareilly highway. The unruly crowd also set afire a kiosk near a petrol pump. Fire tenders have been rushed to douse the fireplace. The District Magistrate (DM) and Superintendent of Police (SP) were patrolling the disturbed areas to make certain the violence does no longer spread in addition a senior officer at the nation police leader s headquarters stated. Mumbai: On Republic Day as Opposition leaders came collectively in Mumbai for a march to Save the Constitution the BJP organised a counter to it in the shape of a Tiranga Ekta Rally . The march that become first of all organised by using a few activists turned out to be a show of power by the opposition after NCP leader Sharad Pawar announced his participation and invited like-minded parties.The one-kilometre-lengthy march that culminated on the Gateway of India changed into additionally attended by using the Congress CPM CPI Trinamool Congress National Conference Samajwadi Party and other nearby outfits as nicely. Rebel JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav and Gujarat Patidar leader Hardik Patel too became gift.Although the event is being visible as another strive at building a united front to take on the BJP in parliament and test the ground for a coalition beforehand of the 2019 elections the members stated there has been no political move at the back of the gathering. This isn't always about politics this isn't about opposition versus authorities it s not about UPA vs NDA however it s approximately saving the Constitution stated Omar Abdullah. Asked why they felt the Constitution changed into under danger he replied Just have a look at the response to a film. Even youngsters visiting in school buses aren't secure. If you are unable to shield children because a person is glad with a film this is made sincerely not simply Constitution our very identity is beneath risk .Trinamool Congress chief Dinesh Trivedi informed NDTV The Constitution is underneath attack and that is why to rethink where we are going it's far our duty to salute the Constitution. At the moment there may be no political assertion. There may be differences amongst parties however that is approximately the kingdom. Today every body even the right and the left have come collectively Patidar leader Hardik Patel informed NDTV.Maharashtra Congress leader Ashok Chavan stated I see attempts being made by the government to sideline the Constitution. We will shield the Constitution and in this if the entire competition comes together there's not anything wrong in that. Mr Pawar stated the parties might meet in New Delhi on January 29 to chart a way forward. It might be a top notch disservice to the kingdom and the Constitution if we do no longer raise our voice he delivered.In another a part of the city the BJP launched a counter-attack led by means of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. They aren't looking to keep the Constitution however their own parties he said. CommentsClose X He took on Congress president Rahul Gandhi who had these days asked the prime minister to answer why the gulf between the rich and the bad became widening. Why have to Modiji solution? You must. It s your birthday party that ruled India for 60 years Mr Fadnavis stated.There had been tries at forging an opposition alliance after the Modi authorities came to electricity the final a success one being the approaching collectively of the JD(U) RJD and Congress in Bihar that brought about the BJP s defeat inside the 2015 meeting elections. But efforts to copy the model in Uttar Pradesh failed. And remaining 12 months the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) again to the NDA scuttling the chances of an opportunity formation in the run up to 2019. MUMBAI: The BJP on Friday held a rally to counter a march by means of top opposition leaders and termed the Constitution because the soul of the usa essential to its democratic lifestyles. The BJP s Maharashtra unit organised a Tiranga Yatra here and dubbed it as Samvidhan Samman rally to counter the competition s Save the Constitution (Samvidhan Bachao) march held earlier inside the day. The saffron celebration s rally started out from Chaityabhoomi and concluded at the Kamgar Stadium in Central Mumbai covering a distance of round 2.5 km. At the venue Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis addressed a meeting and launched a scathing attack on non-BJP events over their event that coincided with the Republic Day which marks the coming into force of the Constitution. Those who are protecting Save the Constitution rally are truely hypocrites. They see only holes in our Constitution that is the soul of the united states of america and essential to our democratic lifestyles he stated. While we are displaying genuine appreciate to the Constitution drafted by Babasaheb Ambedkar the competition parties are combating for their very own life Fadnavis claimed. He mocked the opposition events and puzzled the legislative electricity of some of them. People are clever and they understand their (opposition s) hypocrisy. Eighteen parties some of them now not having a unmarried MLA or MLC could not manage to assemble even 1 800 human beings he said. While you could see right here (at the BJP rally) a huge range of human beings not simplest from Mumbai however additionally other elements of Maharashtra have come on roads to show their cohesion with the Constitution. This suggests our patriotism and dedication towards serving the nation the chief minister stated. Fadnavis alleged that the competition parties were enacting a drama inside the call of the Constitution and seeking to disguise at the back of the statute book to masks their disasters . Whenever those human beings come to energy they take oath in the name of the Constitution and then loot the u . S .. What they need to mention? Is this so vulnerable that it could be tweaked or damaged? No. Not in any respect. Babasaheb Ambedkar has given us the world s maximum powerful Constitution he said. Before starting the rally BJP leaders and people visited Chaityabhoomi a memorial to Ambedkar the leader architect of the Constitution and sought his benefits. Fadnavis additionally spoke about his government s notion to construct a memorial to the Dalit icon at the Indu Mill land in Dadar. When those humans (Congress and NCP) were in strength they supplied the mill land to builders and did no longer trouble to give the equal for the Babasaheb Ambedkar s memorial. However while Modiji (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) took rate he passed over the Indu Mill land really worth Rs 3 500 crore inside three days to (the nation government) for the memorial he said. Fadnavis additionally highlighted his government s mega farm waiver scheme announced in June closing year and attacked the erstwhile Congress-NCP management for ignoring farmers. You human beings waived farmer loans of Rs 6 000 crore in over a decade at the same time as we waived farmer loans (until now) well worth over Rs 23 000 crore (inside years of coming to power). Companies and buyers throughout the globe have shown faith in Maharashtra. We have were given investment of extra than Rs 1 lakh crore inside the final -3 years he stated. Fadnavis who attended the World Economic Forum at https://kkmobik.wufoo.com/forms/mobikwik/ Davos stated Earlier no head of a overseas u . S . Used to take note of Indian leaders or prime ministers. But ever considering the fact that Modiji has started out representing India at the worldwide level there may be a scramble amongst global leaders to have a picture consultation with him Fadnavis stated. Mumbai BJP leader Ashish Shelar stated the competition events haven't any moral right to preserve Save the Constitution rally. They have to have held this type of rally while slogans like Bharat Tere Tukde Honge have been raised or when AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi opposed the singing of Vande Mataram Shelar said. PTI APM RSY AAR 01262044 NNNN