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PM Modi In Chennai And Hyderabad Today, To Flag Off Two Vande Bharat Trains
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a jam-packed schedule on Saturday as he will inaugurate a host of developmental projects and flag off two Vande Bharat Express trains in Chennai and Hyderabad.
PM Modi's first stop will be Hyderabad in Telangana at 11.45 am, where he will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of projects worth over Rs 11,300 crore besides flagging off the Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express.
Modi will also participate in a public meeting at Parade Ground in Hyderabad, PTI reported.
The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of AIIMS Bibinagar and five National Highway projects, worth more than Rs. 7,850 crore. AIIMS Bibinagar is being developed at the cost of more than Rs. 1,350 crore.
He will also lay the foundation stone of redevelopment of Secunderabad Railway Station, which will be done at a cost of Rs 720 crore.
The Secunderabad-Tirupati Vande Bharat Express is the second Vande Bharat train to be started from Telangana within three months. The train will reduce the travel time between the two cities by almost three and half hours and will be particularly beneficial for pilgrims visiting the Lord Venkateswara temple.
Karnataka Polls 2023: BJP To Finalise Candidates Today
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced on Friday that the BJP's State Election Committee has listed three names per constituency for the Assembly elections on May 10, and that the party's Parliamentary Board will meet in New Delhi on April 8 to discuss and finalise the list of candidates, news agency PTI reported.
This evening, the Chief Minister will depart for New Delhi.
"Tomorrow our Parliamentary Board meeting will take place there (in Delhi). After discussions tomorrow (on candidates) the Parliamentary Board will finalise," Bommai was quoted by PTI in its report.
Speaking to media, he stated: "Opinions have been gathered from constituency and district level, after which the State Election Committee has shortlisted three names (per constituency).. it will be discussed and finalised by the Parliamentary Board in Delhi." Ticket aspirants are waiting for the BJP to announce the list of candidates, with election date approaching.
Shiv Sena Leaders Will Visit Ayodhya Tomorrow
#WATCH | Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde along with Shiv Sena MPs and MLAs reach Lucknow airport.
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 8, 2023
Shiv Sena leaders will visit Ayodhya tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/jXMZWEgOKG
Assam Police Arrest Three Leaders Of PFI, CFI
3 leaders of proscribed Popular Front of India (PFI) and Campus Front of India (CFI) arrested in Assam: Police
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) April 8, 2023
Punjab Govt Offices To Operate From 7:30 AM Till 2 PM From 2nd May
Starting from 2nd May, all government offices will operate from 7:30am till 2pm in the state: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann pic.twitter.com/Twc5bid1P8
— ANI (@ANI) April 8, 2023
Congress Threatening Judiciary Because They're Frustated: Kiren Rijiju
This is not happening for the first time that Congress is threatening the judiciary. Even before the Emergency, the Congress people attacked the Judiciary. They are doing it now also because they are frustrated. We believe in the Constitution: Union Law Min Kiren Rijiju
CR Kesavan, Ex-Congress Leader & Great-Grandson C Rajagopalachari, Joins BJP
CR Kesavan, former Congress leader and great-grandson of India's first Indian Governor-General, C Rajagopalachari, joins BJP.
He said, "I want to thank you for inducting me into the world's largest political party-BJP, especially on a day when our PM is in Tamil Nadu."