Arriving here days after being made BJP nominee for Varanasi Lok Sabha seat for the third time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was accorded a rousing reception at the Varanasi airport on Saturday.
BJP workers and locals lined up on the roads outside the airport from where PM Modi began a 28-km long roadshow during which he also stopped at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple to offer prayers.
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds a roadshow in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/1Ors42a6JQ
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Friday, March 8, 2024
Centre Says Probe On In Spanish Tourist's Gang-Rape Case, Several Arrested
Days after a woman from Spain was allegedly gang raped in Jharkhand, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said the matter is "under investigation" and several people have been arrested.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in response to a query on the case at his weekly media briefing here.
The tourist from Spain was allegedly gang raped in Jharkhand's Dumka district, police had said on March 2.
"As you know, the matter is under investigation. Several people have been arrested," Jaiswal told reporters.
In his response, the spokesperson...
Thursday, March 7, 2024
BJP MLA From Bengal's Matua Belt Mukut Mani Adhikari Joins Trinamool
In a jolt to the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, Mukut Mani Adhikari, a BJP MLA from the Matua belt in Bengal's Nadia district, joined the Trinamool Congress today and participated in a rally in Kolkata.
Mr Adhikari, who represents the Ranaghat Dakshin constituency for the BJP, expressed his dissatisfaction with the party's decision to field sitting MP Jagganath Sarkar again from Ranaghat.
"I think the TMC is the only platform where you can work for the masses. So I have decided to join them," he said.
During a TMC rally in Kolkata, Mr Adhikari...
बर्तन बैंक-गरिमा गृह और बैंणी सेना... मोदी सरकार के ‘स्वच्छ भारत मिशन’ में ऐसे योगदान दे रहीं महिलाएं
देश ‘स्वच्छ भारत मिशन' के अंतर्गत हर दिन नई ऊंचाइयों को छू रहा है. मिशन को ‘जन आंदोलन' बनाने में नारी शक्ति का विशेष योगदान रहा है. फिर भले ही मध्य प्रदेश में 60 महिलाओं द्वारा शुरू किया गया ‘स्वच्छता किट्टी समूह' हो या फिर ओडिशा में 6 लाख ‘मिशन शक्ति समूहों' से जुड़ी 70 लाख महिला सदस्यों की भागीदारी. ‘अंतराष्ट्रीय महिला दिवस' के मौके पर मिलिए शहरों में स्वच्छता का परचम लहराने वाली कुछ महिलाओं से:-
ओडिशा में 'मिशन शक्ति' से जुड़ी 70 लाख महिलाएं
ओडिशा में ‘मिशन शक्ति' स्वयं सहायता समूह और आवास व शहरी विकास विभाग के बीच साझेदारी के तहत महिलाओं और...
"नागरिकों को सरकार के फैसले की आलोचना करने का अधिकार" : सुप्रीम कोर्ट
सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सरकार के फैसले के विरोध और पाकिस्तान के स्वतंत्रता दिवस के अवसर पर शुभकामना देने के मामले पर सुनवाई करते हुए बड़ी टिप्पणी की. अदालत ने कहा कि 5 अगस्त को, जिस दिन जम्मू-कश्मीर से अनुच्छेद 370 को निरस्त किया गया था, इसे "काला दिवस" के रूप में बताना विरोध और पीड़ा की अभिव्यक्ति है. और यदि राज्य के कार्यों की हर आलोचना का विरोध किया जाना सही है नही है. सरकार की आलोचना को धारा 153-ए के तहत अपराध माने जाने पर लोकतंत्र, जो संविधान की एक अनिवार्य विशेषता है, जीवित नहीं रहेगा.
अदालत ने यह भी कहा है कि पाकिस्तान के लोगों...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
INLD Leader's Murder Probe Handed Over To CBI: Haryana Minister
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said the case of INLD leader Nafe Singh Rathee's killing has been transferred to the CBI by the state government.
"In the INLD leader's murder case, our police have been taking action and two accused were arrested," he said.
The Haryana home minister said that last month he had assured the state Assembly that the murder case would be handed over to the central probe agency. "And we have transferred the case to the CBI," he said.
Nafe Singh Rathee and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) worker Jai Kishan were...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Ex Mayawati Party MP Dhananjay Singh Convicted In Kidnapping Case
A local court here on Tuesday held former MP Dhananjay Singh and one other guilty of kidnapping 'Namami Gange' project manager Abhinav Singhal, demanding extortion, abusing and threatening him.
Additional Sessions Judge Sharad Kumar Tripathi, after hearing both the factions, held Singh and his associate Santosh Vikram guilty in the matter. The punishment will be decided on Wednesday.
Both Dhananjay Singh and his associate have been sent to judicial custody.
Giving details of the case, District Government Counsel (Criminal) Satish Pandey said that...
Monday, March 4, 2024
Dentist Poisons Teen Daughters, Then Dies By Suicide In Jharkhand: Police
A 40-year-old dental surgeon died by suicide after poisoning his two minor daughters in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Monday afternoon, police said.
The exact cause has not yet been established, but family feud is suspected to be a reason, a police officer said.
Raj Kumar fatally slit his wrist veins after poisoning his two daughters, identified as Anvi Raj (8) and Adhya Raj (5), to death in Bishnu Puri locality under Hazaribag Sadar police station, the officer said.
Raj Kumar's clinic was situated in the busy Nawabganj locality of Hazaribag...
Sunday, March 3, 2024
Each Rajasthan BJP Candidate Will Win By Over 5 Lakh Votes: Chief Minister
The BJP won all 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan for two consecutive times and each party candidate will go to Parliament with a margin of five lakh votes this time, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said.
60% of the tickets for the Lok Sabha elections have been finalised and the remaining tickets will be decided upon soon, he said.
Mr Sharma, addressing an event to mark the departure of LED raths for the 'Viksit Bharat Sankalp Patra', said the party is sending LED raths to collect suggestions from people for the party's election manifesto. A similar...