Modi, KCR like twins, 'jumla' brothers: Sibal

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December 2, 2018

Hyderabad, Dec 2: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday said that there is a "political match-fixing" between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are like 'twins' and 'Jumla' brothers.

"Congress and TRS criticise each other on the stage but actually they support each other. Like match-fixing in cricket they are involved in political match-fixing among themselves, which the people of the state know very well," said Sibal here while addressing media persons.

"Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has always supported the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rao are like twins and 'jumla' brothers. Rao has not spoken a word on the rising fuel prices, Rafale deal as he doesn't want to displease the BJP," added the Congress leader.

He said that 75 per cent of Telangana population is living below the poverty line and 75 per cent of farmers have taken the loan from the private money lenders as the banks and the state government have failed to provide them with the loans.

Sibal said that the TRS government led by Rao has reneged on its promises and has done nothing for the state due to which Telangana has plunged into poverty and debt. "Where is the development in Telangana? Thousands of schools were closed in the state during the rule of TRS," he said.

"Not only this. The dropout rate is the highest among girls in the state. 19 lakh youth are unemployed. TRS failed to open 100-bed hospitals in assembly constituencies and super-specialty hospital in every district as has been promised," added Sibal.

Telangana Assembly elections are on December 7 while the counting of votes will take place on December 11.

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With highest single-day spike of 49,931 cases, India's COVID-19 tally crosses 14 lakh mark

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July 27,2020

New Delhi, Jul 27: India's COVID tally on Monday crossed 14 lakh mark with the highest single-day spike of 49,931 cases reported in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

The total COVID-19 cases stand at 14,35,453, including 4,85,114 active cases, 9,17,568 cured/discharged/migrated, it added.

With 708 deaths in the last 24 hours, the cumulative toll reached 32,771.

India had crossed 13 lakhs COVID-19 cases on July 25.

Maharashtra has reported 3,75,799 coronavirus cases, the highest among states and Union Territories in the country.

A total of 2,13,723 cases have been reported from Tamil Nadu till now, while Delhi has recorded a total of 1,30,606 coronavirus cases.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 5,15,472 samples were tested for coronavirus on Sunday and overall 1,68,06,803 samples have been tested so far.

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2838 Pakistanis, 914 Afghans, 172 Bangladeshis given Indian citizenship in last 6 years: Fin Min

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January 19,2020

Chennai, Jan 19: Amid ongoing nationwide protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said that as many as 2838 people from Pakistan were given citizenship during the last six years.

"In the last six years, as many as 2838 Pakistani refugees, 914 Afghan refugees, 172 Bangladeshi refugees including Muslims have been given Indian citizenship. From 1964 to 2008, more than 4,00,000 Tamils (from Sri Lanka) have been given Indian citizenship," Sitharaman said at 'Programme on Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019' event here.

She added, "Till 2014, over 566 Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were given Indian citizenship. During 2016-18 under Modi government, around 1595 Pakistani migrants and 391 Afghanistani Muslims were given Indian citizenship."

The minister, further, said, "It was also during the same period in 2016, that Adnan Sami was given Indian citizenship, this is an example."

Sitharaman added that people who came from East Pakistan have been settled at various camps in the country.

"They are still there and it's been 50-60 years now. If you visit these camps, your heart will cry. The situation is the same with Sri Lankan refugees who continue to live in camps. They're barred from getting basic facilities," she said.

Asserting that the government is not snatching away anyone's citizenship, the BJP leader said: "This Citizenship (Amendment) Act is an attempt to provide people with a better life. We are not snatching away anyone's citizenship, we are only providing them that."

"The National Population Register (NPR) will be updated every 10 years and is not involved with the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Some are involved in raising false allegations and triggering people unnecessarily without any base," she added.

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Hello Madam,

What Are you ?? Are you a Finance Minister or External Affairs Minister ??

when someone asked about the economy which well related to your ministry you won't even open your mouth,

but now you are talking about a matter which is not at all your business...

What a pefect figure given by our short time finance minister. Hope she wil feed them from her person income wthout ONION.

Stupid, dont know even what they talk.

It is not snatching anybody's nationality. You dont have right to do it.

The subject is not snatching, the subject is disccimination while giving nationality.

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"Come Bless Your Son": Arvind Kejriwal Invites Delhi to Oath-Taking Ceremony

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February 16,2020

New Delhi, Feb 16: Just an hour ahead of the swearing-in ceremony, Arvind Kejriwal invited the people of Delhi again for his oath-taking ceremony at Ramlila Maidan today.

Referring himself as "son of Delhi", the AAP convener today tweeted saying, "Delhiites, your son is going to take oath as Delhi chief minister for the third time. You must come to bless your son".

The AAP national convener will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Delhi for the third time in a row.

Arvind Kejriwal is scheduled to take oath along with other ministers at Ramlila Maidan.

On Saturday, Kejriwal, through a tweet, has said that autorickshaw drivers, students, teachers, doctors, labourers, etc will be the "chief guests".

The guest list put out by the AAP includes ''Delhi ke Nirmata''- people who contributed to the development of the city during the last five years.

These include Sumit Nagal, a Delhi government school student and an international Tennis player, Laxman Chaudhry an auto driver, Manu Gulati a teacher and "one of the many architects of Delhi Governance Model", Dalbir Singh a farmer, Ratan Jamshed Batliboi - the architect of the famous Signature Bridge among others.

By winning 62 seats by cashing in on the plank of development, his party nearly repeated its 2015 performance, sweeping the Assembly polls in the face of a high-voltage campaign by the BJP, which had fielded a battery of Union Ministers and Chief Ministers in its electioneering, spearheaded by Home Minister Amit Shah.

The BJP marginally improved its tally, managing just eight seats from its 2015''s tally of three seats. The Congress failed to open its account in the second successive election.

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