Month: January 2022

Attempts being made to tarnish India’s image’: PM Modi at Brahma Kumaris event

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Brahma Kumaris and other international bodies can counter this by giving correct information to people across the world, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Attempts are being made to spoil India’s global image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Thursday, as he virtually inaugurated the ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav se Swarnim Bharat Ke Ore,’ an initiative by the Brahma Kumaris dedicated to the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.’ This cannot be brushed under the carpet by saying this is just politics. It’s a question of our country’s reputation,” he further said. Prime…

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar to contest against Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur

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Gorakhpur is the home turf of Adityanath and it is one of the oldest BJP bastions. Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad has announced that he will contest the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh from Gorakhpur. He will be in a direct fight with the current chief minister and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yogi Adityanath. On January 18, Azad who is a staunch BJP critic, said his political outfit – Azad Samaj Party – is open to stitching an alliance with others and maintained that his fight…

UP elections 2022: Dharam Singh Dhani quits Yogi cabinet. Then comes his photo with Akhilesh

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Dharam Singh Saini became the third minister to resign from the Yogi Cabinet just ahead of the high-octane elections following Dara Singh Chauhan and Swami Prasad Maurya.   The jolt to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh continues with Ayush minister Dharam Singh Saini resigning from the Yogi Cabinet on Thursday.  Dalit leader, four-time MLA from the Nakud assembly, sent his resignation to the UP governor and then, according to the sequence of the previous big-ticket switchover, Samajwadi chief Akhilesh Yadav tweeted a photo with Saini like he did with Maurya…

BJP, Apna Dal, Nishad Party to contest UP polls in alliance, announces JP Nadda

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Bhartiya Janata Party National President JP Nadda on Wednesday announced that his party will contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls jointly with Apna Dal and Nishad Party. The polls will be contested on 403 seats, he said. However, seat-sharing formula is yet to be finalised. The announcement was made after a BJP CEC meeting that was held in Delhi with Union Ministers Amit Shah, Anurag Thakur, UP CM Yogi Adityanth, BJP national chief JP Nadda, Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel and Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad attending it.  “Today a big change is being seen…

Goa election: Michael Lobo’s wife, his aide in new Congress list of candidates

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Goa election: Michael Lobo’s wife Delilah will contest from the Siolim constituency on a Congress ticket, according to the new Congress list of five candidates. PANAJI: The Congress on Wednesday announced its fifth list of candidates of five names that includes Delilah Lobo, wife of former BJP minister Michael Lobo, who along with her husband and supporters, recently joined the Congress as well as his aide Kedar Naik. Delilah will contest from the Siolim constituency while Kedar Naik will contest from Saligao. The Congress also named Moreno Rebello from the…

IFSCA inks MOU with Insurance Institute of India (III)

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The International Financial Services Centers Authority (IFSCA), with an objective of capacity building of professionals in the insurance sector in International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs), has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Insurance Institute of India (III). The Insurance Institute of India (III) in involved in devising and continuously upgrading the curriculums and imparting the training programs for the professionals in the insurance industry in India and abroad, to meet the needs of the ever-dynamic insurance sector. The certification by the institute is recognized by the insurance…

PM to inaugurate new Circuit House at Somnath on 21st January

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Circuit House at Somnath on 21st January, 2022 at 11 AM via video conferencing. The inauguration will be followed by the Prime Minister’s address on the occasion.  Somnath Temple is visited by lakhs of devotees from India and abroad every year. The need for the new Circuit House was felt as the existing government facility was located far off from the temple. The new Circuit House has been built at a cost of over Rs 30 crore and is located near…

BJP’s Varun Gandhi says unemployment grew in all poll-bound states

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BJP leader Varun Gandhi said there has been a rise in unemployment in all the five poll-bound states. In a tweet on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi drew focus on unemployment in the five poll-bound states — Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand. Varun Gandhi said the need of the hour is to focus on “incentivising job creation”. “Instead of political populism, we need to urgently focus on incentivising job creation,” Varun Gandhi said. Earlier, during his two-day visit to his constituency Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh,…

Deepika Padukone to perform her own stunts in SRK starrer Pathan

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Deepika Padukone will be seen opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the much-anticipated action-thriller, Pathan directed by Siddharth Anand. The actress made her Bollywood debut alongside the superstar in the 2007 film Om Shanti Om. Both SRK and Deepika will be seen performing high-octane stunts in the forthcoming film. The actress has previously displayed her action prowess in Nikhil Advani’s Chandni Chowk To China starring Akshay Kumar, where Deepika had to perform a few sequences that were deemed dangerous. Recalling her drive to do her own stunts, Nikhil said, “She’s very…

‘Welcome to BJP family’: Yogi Adityanath to new joinee Aparna Yadav

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UP polls 2022: Aparna Yadav’s induction into the BJP comes almost a week after more than a dozen MLAs of Uttar Pradesh’s ruling party, including three sitting ministers, joined the Samajwadi Party, which is headed by her brother-in-law Akhilesh Yadav. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday welcomed into the ‘BJP family’ Aparna Yadav, the younger daughter-in-law of Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch and former CM Mulayam Singh Yadav, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party earlier today, ending days of speculation over her joining the party. “Aparna ji, welcome to the BJP…