Day: September 27, 2023

Congress jabs BJP, CM Shivraj Chouhan over candidates list.  By fielding seven MPs, including three Union Ministers and a national general secretary besides the Chief Minister, the BJP had shown how ‘scared’ it was of the Congress, Randeep Surjewala said.  The BJP has so far named 79 candidates for the election to the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly.  The BJP has thrown open the leadership in Madhya Pradesh and deployed its big guns, several of whom have never contested assembly polls.  The Congress party trained guns at the Bharatiya Janata Party…

Several students were injured on Wednesday after security forces fired several rounds of tear gas shells to disperse a stone-pelting mob in Imphal’s Moirangkhom.  The students were participating in a rally that started from Hau grounds of the state capital protesting the kidnapping and killing of two youths, who went missing in July.  This comes a day after a clash between RAF personnel and locals left 45 protesters, mostly students, injured.  Effective from Oct 1, 2023, the entire area of Manipur, excluding the 19 police stations, has been declared as…

The main idea is that polls for Lok Sabha and all state assemblies across India will be held simultaneously. PM Modi has been a strong proponent of the ‘One Nation, One Election’ since coming to power in 2014. He has been citing the financial burden caused by the continuous election cycle and an obstacle to development work during polls. Kovind also voiced his support for the concept of simultaneous elections after becoming President in 2017. Pros Reduction in the cost of conducting elections  Easing the burden on administrative and security…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said anti-drone systems will be deployed along the international border to strengthen security.  Smuggling of arms, ammunition, and narcotics from across the international border to Punjab Jammu and Kashmir has been a major problem confronting the border guarding forces.  The home minister said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has been successful in cracking down on narcotics and terrorism.  He asked all the member states and UTs to pay special attention to collective priority issues such as cooperative movement…

BJP’s Maneka Gandhi says ‘ISKCON biggest cheat, sells cows to butchers’  BJP’s Maneka Gandhi has accused ISKCON, alleging that they establish cow shelters to receive government benefits but sell their cows to butchers.   In A video, widely shared on the internet, the former Union Minister and an animal rights activist is heard saying, “ISKCON establishes gaushalas and earns unlimited benefits for the same from the government, in the form of huge lands.”  “ISKCON is selling all its cows to the butchers and no one else does this more than…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday distributed appointment letters to nearly 51,000 newly-inducted employees in various government departments under the Rozgar Mela initiative.  ‘The country has resolved to become a developed India by 2047. In the next few years, we are going to be the third-largest economy. In this period, every government employee is going to play a huge role,’ said PM Modi.  “Our policies are based on a New Mindset, Content Monitoring, Mission Mode Implementation, and Mass Participation. In nine years, the government has implemented policies on a mission…