Ajay Dake, a sixth standard student from Maharashtra has become the toast of his school as Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded his “exceptional art talent” after receiving his sketch from him. Ajay, a student of the Bal Vidya Mandir High School in Parbhani, around 500 km from the state capital Mumbai, made a sketch of the prime minister and sent it to him, not expecting that he would receive a reply. He was in for a pleasant surprise when he received a letter from PM Modi, in which the PM lauded his “exceptional art talent”. Ajay sent a sketch of…
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Trinamool Congress MLAs and ministers have lost faith within the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal , state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters, he asked that if TMC MLAs are unable to trust the party then how the folk will. “Didi has failed in disaster management of the state and now’s busy with the disaster management of the party. Now, such meetings are going to be more frequent as many have lined up to hitch BJP,” Ghosh said, pertaining to an emergency meeting at the chief minister’s residence after TMC heavyweight Suvendu Adhikari’s resignation. He…
Security Advisor Ajit Doval has met Defence Minister of Maldives Mariya Didi and held a cordial and detailed discussion on deepening bilateral partnership with the key island nation within the Indian Ocean . Doval’s talks with Didi was a part of a trilateral maritime dialogue among India, Sri Lanka and therefore the Maldives being held here within the Sri Lankan capital. Sri Lanka is hosting the fourth national security advisor trilateral meeting on maritime security cooperation with India and therefore the Maldives. The meeting is happening after six years – the last meeting was held in New Delhi in 2014.…
As the farmers walk into the national capital protesting the Farm Bill, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday lauded the farmers of the state for not participating in the demonstration against the three agricultural laws passed by the Centre in September. While addressing a meeting in Gurugram, Khattar said most of the protest was politically motivated and that Punjab government has indulged in such an act of sponsoring people to go on protests against the Centre. Khattar added that during the past three days he wanted to discuss with his Punjab counterpart Captain Amarinder Singh about the farmers’…
Some groups of farmers from Uttar Pradesh gathered at the Ghazipur border with their vehicles on Saturday afternoon, lending support to the agitation by their counterparts from Punjab against the Centre’s new agri laws. A senior Delhi Police officer said that around 200 farmers arrived at UP Gate (Ghazipur border) as part of ‘Delhi Chalo’ march call given by farmer organisations in Punjab and police officials were talking to them. The protesting farmers have parked their vehicles in line at the designated spot to avoid any inconvenience to the public and ensure a smoth flow of traffic, he said. “The…
The CBI on Saturday carried out a massive search operation at 45 locations in four states after registering a case against alleged coal pilferer Anup Manjhi who was suspected to be acting in collusion with two general managers and three security personnel of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL), officials said. The searches were spread across West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, they said. The CBI registered the case on Friday against Manjhi, ECL General Managers Amit Kumar Dhar (of then Kunustoria area now Pandaveswar area) and Jayesh Chandra Rai (Kajor area) besides ECL Chief of Security Tanmay Das, Area Security…
The Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Council headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to commence the J&K Communication and Connectivity Infrastructure Policy (JKCCIP) in order to enhance telecom and internet connectivity to fulfil objectives under the National Broadband Mission. The approval was granted at a meeting of the council held under the chairmanship of Sinha, the official added. To further ease the laying of telecom infrastructure in the union territory which includes both overhead (mobile towers) and underground (optical fibre) infrastructure, the new policy includes ‘Rights of Way’ (RoW) provisions, which ensure hassle-free approval of RoW permissions in a speedy and…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah who arrives in Hyderabad on Saturday morning will start his day with a visit to the Bhagyanagar temple that stands abutting the 429-year-old Charminar. State BJP president Bandi Sanjay known for his provocative speeches has already declared that his “Vijay Yatra” or victory lap after winning the mayoral election would start from there too. “They are asking, why Bhagyanagar temple? I say, why not Bhagyanagar temple? Is it in Pakistan? They say it will lead to India-Pakistan clashes? Why? Are you saying the temple is in Pakistan. If they say yes, then we will carry…
Barely a couple days ago, there has been an attempt at hurting religious sentiments of Hindus by destroying the idols of Gods in a temple in Delhi by unknown miscreants. There has been yet another such incident to hurt the Hindus. Hindus worship cows and there has been a deliberate attempt thwart religious sentiments of Hindus. Several cows have been barbaric killed and were found dead with their heads cut off on Ghazipur road in Delhi. A video is of the gruesome incident is doing the rounds. The details in the video are disturbing as it can be seen that…
As the farmer’s agitation entered into third consecutive day, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar appealed to farmers to end their protest and said that they were ready for talks. The farmers from Haryana who protested against the Central law, entered Delhi breaking all barricades. “The government has always been ready to discuss issues with farmers. We have invited farmers’ organisations for another round of talks on 3rd December. I appeal to them to leave agitation in view of COVID-19 and winter,” told the agriculture minister. After two days of face-offs, authorities allowed the farmers, some of whom threw stones and…