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Upcoming Ayodhya airport to showcase the city's transformation
The construction is on in full swing and the work on the terminal building is 45 per cent complete while the runway is 65 per cent complete. The airport will have the capacity to handle 300 passengers at peak hours and will also boast of state-of-the-art facilities. They include three parking bays, apron, two taxiways, a runway measuring 2,200 x 45 metres and night-landing aids such as ILS and CAT-1 and DVOR.
Mosque's demolition erased 'symbol of slavery', says kar sevak-turned-BJP leader
"We are looking ahead to the opening of the temple," he says. Prakash was part of the movement launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party to build the Ram Mandir and went from Karnataka with his family to Ayodhya as a young man. Now, he is a senior leader in the state BJP. "First of all it was not Babri Masjid, it was a disputed structure and the dispute is over," he says. "There is an absolute sense of satisfaction today. If the issue was not to be raised, the court would not have taken the decision of handing over the property to the original owners. Our efforts did yield results," Prakash asserts.
Rohini Acharya trending on social media after donating kidney to father Lalu Prasad
Rohini Acharya, the second eldest daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav who donated one of her kidneys to her father, lives with her family in Singapore. The operation for the kidney transplant was successfully completed in Mount Elizabeth hospital in Singapore on Monday and both the donor and the recipient are healthy.
BJP top brass pitches for a truce in AIADMK, wants EPS,OPS & Sasikala together
Sources in the BJP told IANS that the saffron party wants former Chief Ministers, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS), O. Panneerselvam (OPS) and former AIADMK interim General Secretary V.K. Sasikala to come together and form a united AIADMK.
By arresting Advani in Oct 1990, Lalu delayed Babri demolition by two years
It was Lalu Prasad's government that arrested Advani, along with the president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Ashok Singhal, in Bihar's Samastipur district on October 23, 1990. The Rath had till then enjoyed a free run across the states during its journey from Somnath in Gujarat, from where it took off on September 25, 1990. It was scheduled to reach Ayodhya on October 30.
Sukhjinder Randhawa replaces Maken as Congress in-charge of Rajasthan
The party has appointed Kumari Selja as General Secretary Incharge of Chhattisgarh, Shaktisinh Gohil as Incharge of Haryana (in addition to Delhi) and Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa as Incharge of Rajasthan, the Congess said in a late night communique, adding that party president has made these appointments in the All India Congress Committee with immediate effect.
PM Modi seeks cooperation of all parties to make India's G20 Presidency successful
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal, among others. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde.
BJP to fare well in Central, North Gujarat; AAP may open account in South
This was revealed by an IANS analysis of ABP-CVoter Exit Poll with a sample size of 30,000 spread across 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat, where the second and final phase of Assembly elections concluded on Monday. The results will be declared on December 8, along with that of Himachal Pradesh where polling was held on November 12.
AAP looks poised to sweep MCD polls
According to India Today-Axis My India survey, in the 250-ward MCD, the AAP is projected to win 149-171 wards, followed BJP at 69-91, Congress at 3-7, while others may get 5-9 seats. In Chandani Chowk, which has 30 wards, 20 may go to AAP while BJP is projected to win 10 wards.
BJP set for historic seventh consecutive mandate in Gujarat
According to the findings, the incumbent BJP, which has already ruled Gujarat continuously for 27 years barring a brief revolt by Shankar Singh Vaghela, is projected win between 128 and 140 seats in the 182-member Assembly. Despite 27 years of anti-incumbency, the vote share of the BJP is expected to improve slightly from 49.1 per cent in 2017 to 49.4 per cent in these elections.
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