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Pune (Maharashtra) : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh accused Pakistan of waging a "proxy war" against India in the form of terrorism, assuring that the neighbouring country will be defeated in its prospect. Singh made the statement while reviewing the passing out parade of 137th course at National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune on Saturday. File image of Rajnath Singh. ANI "Pakistan has chosen the path of proxy war in the form of terrorism. But I am saying it with full responsibility that Pakistan will get nothing except defeat in this proxy war," said Rajnath Singh. He said that Pakistan has been exposed at the global platforms on the issue of terrorism and is now "isolated". "The way Pakistan has been exposed and kept isolated on global platforms for its terrorism, the credit goes to the successful strategic approach by Prime Minister Narendra Modi," he said. The defence minister further said that Indian Armed Forces, Central police force...

Uddhav Thackeray to face floor test today Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Agadhi alliance government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance faces an all-crucial floor test in the state assembly today.  The floor test will be held in the afternoon, a Vidhan Bhavan official told PTI . Governor BS Koshyari has asked Thackeray to prove majority by 3 December. NCP MLA Dilip Walse Patil was on Friday appointed as pro tem speaker of the Assembly. He replaces BJP MLA Kalidas Kolambkar who was earlier this week appointed to the post. Polling for first phase begins in Jharkhand The first of the five-phase polling began in 13 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand on Saturday. The voting commenced at 7 am and will end at 3 pm, Election Commission officials said. A total of 37,83,055 electorate, including 18,01,356 women and five third-gender voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first phase across six districts. The fate of 189 candidates, including 15 wom...

07:06 (IST) 13 Assembly seats in fray today A total of 37,83,055 voters — including 18,01,356 women and five third gender voters — of Chatra (SC), Gumla (ST), Bishunpur (ST), Lohardaga (ST), Manika (SC), Latehar (SC), Panki, Daltonganj, Bishrampur, Chhatarpur (SC), Hussainabad, Garhwa and Bhawanathpur constituencies will decide the fate of 189 candidates in the first phase. 07:02 (IST) First phase to begin voting from 7 am The five-phase Assembly elections for Jharkhand will begin today (30 November 2019, Saturday) with 13 seats in the state going to polls today. The polling will begin at 7 am and conclude at 3 pm Jharkhand Election 2019 Voting LATEST Updates: The five-phase Assembly elections for Jharkhand will begin today  (30 November 2019, Saturday)  with 13 seats in the state going to polls today. The polling will begin at 7 am and conclude at 3 pm, the Election Commission said. A total of 37,83,055 voters — including 18,01,356 women and five third ge...

Manika (ST) Assembly Elections 2019 | Part of the Chatra Lok Sabha constituency and Palamu division, Manika covers the area under Latehar police station (excluding Latehar (NAC.) and village panchayats of Pochra, Luti, Kaima, Kura, Bishnupur, Mungar, Nindir, Laharpur and Zalim, Barwadih, Garoo and Mahuadanr police stations in Latehar sub-division. Manika is one of the nine blocks in Latehar district comprising 84 villages under 15 panchayats covering 338.86 square kilometre area. It also falls under the Maoist-affected region. In the upcoming Assembly election, there are 7,416 electors who fall in the 18-19 age group comprising 3,910 males and 3,506 females in the Manika (ST) Assembly constituency. The 81-member Jharkhand Assembly will go to polls in five phases between 30 November and 20 December and the counting of votes will take place on 23 December. Manika(ST) votes in the first phase on 30 November. The present term of the Jharkhand Assembly which began on 6 January 2015 ends...

Colombo: Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday assured that his country will take steps to release the Indian fishermen's boats which are in the island nation's custody. Addressing media after holding talks with Modi, Gotabaya said, "Prime Minister Narendra Modi and I discussed several important topics this morning. The discussion was  extremely cordial and reassuring. Among these the cooperation in regard to the security of our two countries took priority." "We discussed in length the fishermen issue. We will take steps to release the boats belonging to India in our custody," he added. Indian fishermen are apprehended by Sri Lankan authorities on a regular basis for allegedly breaching International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), the imaginary line in the waters between India and Sri Lanka. During his address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that New Delhi and Colombo have agreed to have a constructive and humanitarian approach in this...

The burnt body of a woman veterinary doctor was on Thursday found at Shadnagar outskirts in Telangana's Ranga Reddy district, near Hyderabad reported ANI.  As per the preliminary probe, the police suspect that the doctor was sexually assaulted before being charred to death. The body was later identified as 27-year-old government veterinary doctor. CNN-News18  reported on Friday that Telangana home minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali, seemingly blaming the victim, wondered: "Why didn't she dial 100 first? Had she called the police instead of her sister, she might have been saved." The New Indian Express reports that a driver and cleaner of a lorry have been detained in connection with the case. "We received a complaint in Shamshabad Rural Police Station from her sister. She had gone to a hospital for treatment and while returning her vehicle's tires got punctured. This morning, she was found brutally murdered and burnt at Shadnagar outskirts," ACP of Shadn...

Lohardaga(ST) Assembly Elections 2019 | Eponymous to the district name of Lohardaga, the Lohardaga Assembly constituency covers the areas falling under Lohardaga, Kuru and Kisko police station in Lohardaga sub-division. Falling under the South Chotanagpur Division of Jharkhand, Lohardaga(ST) Assembly constituency is also part of the Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency. Lohardaga is also part of the dreaded Red Corridor and is one of the 18 districts with a Maoist presence in Jharkhand. Lohardaga as a district came into existence after Ranchi was split into three districts namely Ranchi, Lohardaga and Gumla way back in 1983. According to the official district website , there is a reference in Jain texts to Lord Mahavir’s visit to Lore-a-Yadaga, which means ‘river of tears’ in Mundari. It claims that Lohardaga may be made up of two Hindi words, Lohar meaning ‘blacksmith’, and Daga meaning centre’, which makes the literal meaning of Lohardaga as ‘centre of iron mining’. It is located in...