POLITICS

Tomar to host millets-only lunch for MPs, PM to also attend
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The Prime Minister will also attend the lunch in the Parliament premises. Special chefs have been brought in from Karnataka to make specialities like ragi idli and ragi dosa, said sources. Rotis will be made out of ragi and jowar and will be served to the MPs to promote millet-eating culture, added the sources. Other food items include bajra and jowar khichdi, and bajra kheer.
'Congress is anti-Sikh': BJP on Tytler's inclusion in BJY
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BJP spokesperson R.P. Singh and Delhi BJP secretary Impreet Singh Bakshi said that "Congress is a party with an anti-Sikh mindset and today, by including Tytler in the list of participants from Delhi in the BJY, Congress has again proved that it is an anti-Sikh party". The BJP leaders have submitted that Congress has been continuously playing with the sentiments of Sikhs for the last 4 decades.
Maharashtra is with Marathi-speaking people in Belagavi, says Shinde-Fadnavis
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After the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi allies and other parties raised the issue on the first day of the Winter Session, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis spoke in the Legislative Assembly and Council, respectively, to reassert the government's position.
Modi to attend 'Veer Baal Diwas' event on Dec 26 at New Delhi's India Gate.
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Earlier this year, the Prime Minister had declared that December 26 should henceforth be declared as "Veer Baal Diwas" to pay homage to the courage of the 'Sahibzades', the four sons of Guru Gobind Singh, the last Sikh guru.
I am opening shop of love in the market of hatred: Rahul Gandhi
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The former Congress President said that the voice of the workers and common people should echo in the government, suggesting to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot sitting on the dais that the way the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' is being taken out, a 'padayatra' should also be taken out in every district of the state one day in a month. "If the government meets the people once in a month, the problems of the public will directly reach it," he said.
BJP leaders highlight rift between Kamal Nath, Digvijaya Singh
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The fresh such remarks were made by medical education minister Vishvas Sarang on Monday. In a video message, Sarang, who is MLA from Narela constituency in Bhopal, said the Congress has always suffered because of internal fights between top leaders. He took a dig at the opposition claiming that the Congress leaders do not miss opportunities to insult each other.
Kamal Haasan in Bharat Jodo Yatra: A move to join the DMK-Congress alliance?
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However, it is seen as a shrewd political move as he and his party have not been performing well in successive elections. Kamal Haasan himself lost from the Coimbatore South constituency in the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections and several senior leaders of the party resigned and joined other parties.
Govt saved 1.83 cr people through Vande Bharat Mission: Anurag Thakur
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Thakur said that in 2021-22, under one of the biggest victories of the government's rescue operations, 1.83 crore citizens were brought back home during the pandemic. Elaborating on the rescue operations carried out by the government over the years, Thakur specified that saving Indian lives in distress has been a paramount concern for the government and India has been at the forefront of the operations across the globe.
CBI raids educational institution owned by Karnataka Congress President Shivakumar
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The sleuths raided the National Education Foundation located in Rajarajeshwarinagar in Bengaluru and conducted verification of documents. Shivakumar is the chairman of the foundation and his daughter Ishwarya is the secretary. Shivakumar stated that CBI has conducted raids on his educational institutions.
Decrease in terror, extremist activities in Modi's tenure: Anurag Thakur
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Thakur, while addressing the media, said that a reduction of 168 per cent was recorded in the incidents of terrorism and claimed that there was a decline of 80 per cent in the extremist violence in northeast.
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