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BJP told me of the war before<br />
LS polls: Pawan Kalyan<br />
Amaravati : Actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan here on<br />
Thursday claimed, the BJP told him<br />
two years ago that there will be war<br />
before the Lok Sabha elections. Jana<br />
Sena chief revealed this while<br />
addressing an election rally in the<br />
Kadapa district. "I was told two<br />
years ago war will be coming. You<br />
can understand from this what kind<br />
of situation our country is in," said Pawan, a former ally of the<br />
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Voicing concern over the war-like<br />
situation between India and Pakistan, he said the terror attack on<br />
CRPF troopers led to this situation. Pawan said war was not a solution<br />
to any problem and could cause huge damage to both the countries.<br />
The actor slammed the BJP for behaving as if they were the<br />
only patriots. "Patriotism is not the BJP's right alone. We are 10<br />
times more patriotic than them," he said. Pawan, younger brother<br />
of superstar Chiranjeevi, also said Muslims do not need to prove<br />
their patriotism and asked Jana Sena cadres to foil any attempts to<br />
create communal disharmony in the society.<br />
"Muslims have equal rights in India. I don't know what is the<br />
status of Hindus in Pakistan but India keeps Muslims in its heart. It<br />
made Azharuddin captain of its cricket team and Abdul Kalam<br />
President of the country," he said.<br />
Putin calls Modi, conveys support<br />
in fight against terrorism<br />
New Delhi : Russian President Vladimir Putin called up Prime<br />
Minister Narendra Modi over phone on Thursday and conveyed<br />
solidarity of the Russian people with India's people in the fight<br />
against terrorism. He also expressed his deep condolences on the<br />
Pulwama terrorist attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.<br />
An official release said that Modi thanked Putin for Russia's<br />
steadfast support for India's efforts to protect its interests against<br />
cross-border terror attacks. He renewed India's commitment to<br />
strengthening bilateral cooperation in countering terrorism as a pillar<br />
of privileged and special strategic partnership.<br />
Both leaders agreed that all concerned should stop all support to<br />
terrorism. Both the leaders also agreed that the growing cooperation<br />
between the two countries will take their Special and<br />
Privileged Strategic Partnership "from strength to strength".<br />
President Putin reiterated the invitation to the Prime Minister to<br />
attend the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok later this year.<br />
Modi welcomed the invitation and underscored the significance<br />
of growing economic cooperation, including in the Russian Far<br />
East, between the two countries.<br />
CCEA approves support to<br />
tertiary health care programmes<br />
New Delhi : The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs<br />
(CCEA) on Thursday approved continuation of several tertiary<br />
healthcare programmes for non-communicable diseases and e-<br />
Health upto 2020 with an outlay of Rs 2,551.15 crore.<br />
These include strengthening of tertiary care cancer facilities<br />
scheme, the National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly,<br />
the National Programme for Prevention and Management of<br />
Trauma and Burn Injuries, the National Programme for Tobacco<br />
Control and Drug Addiction Treatment, the National Mental Health<br />
Programme, the National Programme for Control of Blindness and<br />
Visual Impairment and the Programme for Strengthening of e-<br />
Health and Telemedicine Services, an official statement said.<br />
Delhi Metro on red alert<br />
New Delhi, The Metro network has been put on red alert since 6<br />
p.m, the Delhi Metro<br />
Rail Corporation<br />
(DMRC) said here on<br />
Wednesday. The red<br />
alert indicates the highest<br />
level of security risk<br />
and is sounded only in<br />
extreme situations. The<br />
circular was issued<br />
apparently in the wake<br />
of ongoing escalation of military activities between India and<br />
Pakistan. “As advised by security agencies, the red alert has been<br />
declared in the entire DMRC network. Under the red alert, all station<br />
controllers are required to inspect entire station premises for any suspicious<br />
items/activity, including parking lots, and report the status to<br />
the control centre every two hours,” read the DMRC advisory.<br />
The CISF said security at all stations has been beefed up and<br />
extra vigil will be observed through the duration of the alert.<br />
“We will maintain extra vigilance on the movement inside the<br />
stations and surrounding areas,” CISF spokesperson Hemendra<br />
Singh told IANS.<br />
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BSP-SP flay Modi<br />
over video conference<br />
Lucknow : The BSP-SP on<br />
pointing out how ruling party over the issue and<br />
Thursday slammed Prime<br />
the IAF thwarted a said that when all Indians were<br />
Minister Narendra Modi for<br />
going ahead with party events<br />
and a video conference, purported<br />
to be the largest ever, even as<br />
Pakistani incursion<br />
on Wednesday and<br />
braveheart Wing<br />
Commander<br />
on the same page with regard to<br />
national security, it was "ironical<br />
and sad" that the BJP was mustering<br />
the support of its party<br />
tension between India and<br />
Abhinandan workers and trying to set<br />
Pakistan continued.<br />
Varthaman was records. The former Chief<br />
"At a time when India is facing<br />
hostility of war and country<br />
still captive.<br />
"The Indian<br />
Minister taunting the "suit-boot<br />
sarkar" claimed that the BJP<br />
needs firm leadership, Modi,<br />
instead of concentrating on matters<br />
of national security, is trying<br />
to serve political interest by about one crore people through<br />
government<br />
should put all the<br />
might at its command<br />
to ensure his safe release<br />
leadership would not stop "the<br />
celebratory mode" even though<br />
some party supporters were<br />
"angry and ashamed".<br />
addressing BJP workers," what the BJP said was the then only will the nation breathe<br />
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)<br />
supremo Mayawati said.<br />
The outreach programme of<br />
the ruling party titled 'Samvad'<br />
took place between Modi and<br />
"world's largest video conference"<br />
as part of the BJP's campaign<br />
for the Lok Sabha election<br />
scheduled in April-May. The 63-<br />
year-old Dalit leader took to<br />
a sigh of relief" she said. She<br />
termed Modi's action "ridiculous"<br />
and said it showed a<br />
"betrayal of national sentiments".<br />
Bharatiya Janata Party workers micro-blogging site Twitter and Samajwadi Party chief<br />
and supporters as he addressed vented her anger at the event Akhilesh Yadav also targeted the<br />
Tabu to be honoured at LA<br />
INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL<br />
Mumbai : National Award winning actress<br />
Tabu will be honoured at the Indian Film Festival<br />
of Los Angeles in April.<br />
Announcing the lineup of films and the other<br />
activities of the festival,<br />
Christina Marouda, IFFLA<br />
Executive Director, said in a<br />
statement: "We have been discussing<br />
honouring Tabu for a<br />
long time, and this year felt like<br />
the right time. Her work and<br />
personality embody everything<br />
that IFFLA is about -- being<br />
fearless, versatile, independent in spirit, unwilling<br />
to compromise, brilliant in the range of her performances,<br />
and simply beautiful." "With half of the<br />
festival's 2019 lineup directed by female filmmakers,<br />
this couldn't be a stronger celebration of<br />
women in Indian cinema," he said. While Tabu's<br />
recently released film "Andhadhun" will be the<br />
opening film of the festival, other female filmmakers'<br />
work will also be showcased on the occassion.<br />
With several feature, shots and documentaries --<br />
films will be shown in nine languages.<br />
'Taking The Horse To<br />
Eat Jalebis' by Anamika Haksar,<br />
'Jonaki' by Aditya Vikram<br />
Sengupta featuring veteran<br />
Bengali actress Lolita<br />
Chatterjee, 'Namdev Bhau In<br />
Search Of Silence' by Dar Gai,<br />
'The Sweet Requiem' by Ritu<br />
Sarin and Tenzing Sonam among others. The short<br />
film "Maya" featuring Kirti Kulhari and Naveen<br />
Kasturia will also be screened at the festival. The<br />
17th edition of the festival will be held from April<br />
11 to April 14 at Regal L.A. LIVE: A Barco<br />
Innovation Center in Los Angeles.<br />
China urges India,<br />
Pakistan to ease<br />
tension through talks<br />
Beijing : China on<br />
Thursday urged India and<br />
Pakistan to resolve their problems<br />
through dialogue in the<br />
wake of escalating tensions<br />
between them.<br />
"India and Pakistan are<br />
both friends of China. We<br />
urge the two sides to resolve<br />
their problems through dialogue,<br />
work in the same direction,<br />
and maintain communication<br />
to avoid an increase in<br />
tensions," Chinese Defence<br />
Ministry spokesperson Ren<br />
Guoqiang said at a press conference.<br />
"China wants to see peace<br />
and stability in the region,"<br />
Ren said.<br />
Amarinder reviews Punjab security<br />
with Army, cautions against rumours<br />
Chandigarh, Punjab Chief Minister<br />
Amarinder Singh on Wednesday reviewed<br />
security arrangements in the state with with<br />
top officials of the Army, the BSF, the ITBP<br />
and the Punjab Police and appealed to people<br />
in the border areas to be wary of rumours in<br />
the current tense situation between India and<br />
Pakistan. The Chief Minister, who had to<br />
delay his departure from Chandigarh for the<br />
border belt due to inclement weather followed<br />
by air space restrictions, said the situation<br />
was under control and the armed and<br />
paramilitary forces, along with the police<br />
and district administrations, were aggressively<br />
countering all rumours.<br />
Amarinder Singh said he would go<br />
around the border areas in the districts of<br />
Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Pathankot, Faridkot<br />
and Ferozepur over the next two days to<br />
instill confidence among people.<br />
He asked the police and security forces to<br />
sensitize the people about the situation, in<br />
wake of the Indian Air Force air strikes on a<br />
militant camp in Pakistan following the<br />
February 14 Pulwama attack on a CRPF convoy<br />
in Kashmir. The Chief Minister assured<br />
all possible help from the state government<br />
to the Army to tackle the situation and ensure<br />
that the border areas remain stable and<br />
secure. “The state is fully prepared to deal<br />
with any eventuality amid the escalating tensions<br />
at the LoC,” he said.<br />
Officials briefed the Chief Minister about<br />
the security measures undertaken at all the<br />
sensitive installations, including the Army<br />
bases and airports, in the region.<br />
“Adequate steps had also been taken to<br />
prepare the civil hospitals to handle any situation,<br />
which might arise in the current circumstances,”<br />
a government spokesperson<br />
said. Before leaving Chandigarh, the Chief<br />
Minister chaired a high-level meeting of the<br />
police and civil administration to take stock<br />
of the situation and discuss steps to maintain<br />
peace and order in the state, which shares a<br />
553-km-long border with Pakistan.