Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: PM Modi Condoles Death Of 7 Army Personnel Who Died In Arunachal Avalanche
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the loss of lives of Army personnel in an avalanche in Arunachal Pradesh and said "we will never forget their exemplary service to our nation".
The bodies of seven Army personnel were found on Tuesday in a high-altitude region in Arunachal Pradesh, two days since they went missing after their patrol in the border area was struck by an avalanche, officials said.
The campaigning for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections came to a halt at 6 pm today in 58 assembly contituency seats. Only door to door canvassing would be permitted.
Seven Army personnel who were struck by an avalanche in high altitude area of Kameng Sector in Arunachal Pradesh on 6 Feb have been confirmed dead, their bodies retrieved from the avalanche site: Indian Army
PM should've presented facts & talked about developmental projects while speaking on President's address, but he attacked with his political speech, far from reality. His comments on Nehru Ji were indignified. I don't think the public accepts his version of COVID19: Sachin Pilot
Congress MPs walk out of Rajya Sabha as Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the House. Mallikarjun Kharge says, "We've walked out of the PM Speech on Motion of Thanks because instead of speaking on President's Address he accused Congress."
When Covid 19 began, it was being discussed what will become of India. It was also discussed what will be impact on world due to India. But due to the willpower and discipline of the 130 crore people of the country, efforts of India is being appreciated across the world
The Prime Minister focused on the Coronavirus hitting the country and said Covid is a pandemic, humankind had never seen such a crisis in the last 100 years. This crisis changes its forms and creates trouble for the people, the entire country and world are fighting against it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is replying to the Motion of Thanks on President’s address in Rajya Sabha. PM Modi began his speech read the responses made by the opposition leaders on President's address.
Kerala High Court upholds the order of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revoking the license & removing the name of Malayalam news channel 'Media One' from the list of permitted news channels, citing security reasons.
Karnataka High Court starts hearing of writ petition regarding the Hijab issue. The government advocate states that they have filed objections regarding the case.
Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu on Monday told Rajya sabha in a written reply that information regarding the number of COVID-19 related bodies claimed to have been dumped in the river Ganga is not available. The written reply was given in response to Trinamool Congress MP Derek O' Brien's question on the number of COVID-19 related bodies claimed to have been dumped in the Ganga river and measures taken to retrieve them as per protocols.
"The incidents of unclaimed/ unidentified, burnt or partially burnt bodies, found floating in the river or on the grounds, in the shallow depth, on the banks of the river Ganga was reported from certain districts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the media," said Tudu in the written reply to the Upper House.
Union Minister further informed that the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti (MOJS), had sought reports from the concerned State Governments on the bodies found floating and action taken or contemplated for ensuring their proper handling, management and disposal by the State authorities for ensuring the protection of the river Ganga.
Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Kumar Saha join Congress. They had quit BJP and resigned from their MLA posts of Tripura Assembly yesterday. Many MLAs are ready but perhaps they want to wait for a few more months due to technicality. Everyone is disillusioned with the party. I feel Tripura can go to polls along with Gujarat & Himachal, said Sudip Roy Barman after joining Congress
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also arrives at the residence of Rahul Gandhi in Delhi. Sudip Roy Barman and Ashish Kumar Saha are present here too. Both of them resigned as MLAs of Tripura Assembly yesterday and also quit BJP.
Government of Goa declares 14th February as a Public Holiday, being the Polling Day for Goa Elections 2022.
Supreme Court to resume its hearing today on a petition filed by MBBS students regarding postponement of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Postgraduate (NEET PG 2022) exam and extension of the deadline of completion of internship.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to release Bharatiya Janata Party's manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls today in Lucknow. "The Union Minister for Home and Cooperation, Amit Shah will release the BJP's 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' on February 8, 2022 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh," the party said in a statement.
The release of BJP's manifesto 'Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra' was postponed as a mark of respect to the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died of multi-organ failure on Sunday at the age of 92. As per highly placed sources in the party, BJP's manifesto may include issues of nationalism, development, good governance and development of Kashi Mathura.
Polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP had won a landslide victory, winning 312 Assembly seats. The party secured a 39.67 per cent vote share in the elections for 403-member Assembly.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Rajya Sabha today. He replied in the Rajya Sabha yesterday and targeted Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram over his criticism of the government's economic policies.
Referring to the defence sector, PM Modi said earlier it took years to make a decision concerning and when the decision was finally taken, the equipment will get obsolete but money was paid. "We have simplified the processes. The issues pending for years, we have tried to solve them.
Earlier, for any modern equipment, we had to look towards other countries, and purchases were sometimes made in a hurry. We were dependent on others for spare parts also. By remaining dependent on others, we cannot ensure the security of the country. We should have our own capability. It is a matter of national service to be self-reliant in the defence sector. Besides fulfilling the needs of the country, we are going forward carrying a dream of being a big defence exporter. I have confidence, it will be fulfilled," the Prime Minister said.
He said there were "many vested interests were involved in the process of defence purchases and would indulge in bribes". "I have challenged them and it is natural they are angry and it gets reflected," he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also address his first virtual rally for the Punjab Assembly polls today.
In his rally, Modi will address people from 18 Assembly segments of Ludhiana and Fatehgarh Sahib parliamentary constituencies, according to a statement issued by the BJP.
The party has set up LED screens all over the 18 Assembly segments. About 50,000 people are expected to watch the PM's address, it said.
The party has scheduled some more rallies of the PM for the coming days, the statement said.
Modi had visited Punjab on January 5 but he returned without dedicating development projects and addressing a rally as his convoy was stuck on a flyover due to a blockade by some protesters in Ferozepur.
The BJP is fighting the state Assembly polls in alliance with the Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and the Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt).
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