Digest for domestic stories for week Oct 7 - Oct 13, 2017

SaturdayNew Delhi: The Congress today said Rahul Gandhi was theunquestioned choice of all its workers across the country totake over as the party...
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SaturdayNew Delhi: The Congress today said Rahul Gandhi was theunquestioned choice of all its workers across the country totake over as the party president and hoped that their desireswould be fulfilled once the intra-party poll was over.

Dwarka/Chotila/Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Moditoday said yesterday's changes in the GST regime giving reliefto small and medium businesses have been hailed across thecountry as they kindled the festive mood of Diwali a fortnightbefore it is celebrated.

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said India isemerging as a powerful country on both economic and securityfronts and no nation, including any neighbour, can destabiliseits security.

SundayVadnagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched anintensive immunisation drive from Gujarat's Vadnagar today,saying no child should suffer from any vaccine-preventabledisease.

New Delhi: Rebel JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav today slammedthe Centre over the state of the economy and incidents of cowvigilantism, while also hitting out at Bihar Chief MinisterNitish Kumar for choosing the path of power than following theparty's philosophy.

Hindon (UP): The Mi-17 helicopter crash in Tawang, inwhich seven military personnel were killed, may have beencaused due to the disengagement of the chopper's tail rotor,Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa said today.

MondaySrinagar: In a double breakthrough, security forceskilled three top Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including itschief recruiter Zahid, in an encounter in Shopian and a topJaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) commander in the Baramulla district ofJammu and Kashmir today, police said.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said thereis scope for further reforms in the country's energy sector ashe met CEOs of top global and Indian firms to explore ways toraise domestic output and cut imports.

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Amit Shah's son Jay today filed adefamation case against news portal 'The Wire' over a reportclaiming his firm's turnover grew manifold after the partycame to power, as the row set off by the article escalatedwith the Congress demanding the BJP chief's ouster.

Tuesday Lucknow: Scores of children of a school in Shamli weretaken ill this morning, apparently after inhaling toxic gasemitted by a nearby sugar mill, officials said.

New Delhi: Lack of timely decision making in the lastdecade resulted in gaps in the Indian Air Force and thegovernment is committed to fill them, Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman said today.

Amethi (UP): BJP chief Amit Shah today took on Congressvice president Rahul Gandhi in his Lok Sabha constituencyAmethi, questioning him over development in the "Nehru-Gandhifamily bastion" despite his three generations getting electedfrom here.

WednesdayNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj todaysaid the government will issue visa to a Pakistani woman whorequires medical treatment in India for her kidney ailments.

New Delhi: The newly constituted Economic AdvisoryCouncil to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) wants the government tostick to its fiscal consolidation road map and has suggestedthat stimulus to the industry should not be at the cost offiscal prudence.

New Delhi: In a first, the government today appointed anayurveda expert the secretary of the AYUSH department.

ThursdayNew Delhi: A creaky Wagon R, used by Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal till the 2015 assembly election and whichhelped cement his position as the "aam aadmi", was todaystolen from outside the Delhi Secretariat, police said.

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi todaytook a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarksdubbing the opposition as "pessimists" and said "pessimistsare going global".

Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court today acquitted Nupurand Rajesh Talwar in the 2008 murders of their teenagedaughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, saying that neitherthe circumstances nor the evidence was enough to hold themguilty.

FridayNew Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh todaysaid ex-president Pranab Mukherjee had every reason forgrievance at being ignored for prime ministership despitebeing more qualified but knew "I had no choice" in the matter,and that smoothened their relationship.

New Delhi: Close on the heels of the Dokalam standoff,organisational changes are likely in some of the key Armyformations besides steps to boost infrastructure along thenearly 4,000 km-long Sino-India border including around theareas of dispute.

New Delhi: Eleven Indian crew members went missing todayafter their cargo ship sank in the Pacific off thePhilippines, prompting Indian missions in the Philippines,Japan and China to launch a search for them. PTI TRSTRS.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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