Monday, 23 December 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, a day before the final day of campaigning for May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, held a massive road show in the city, waving at a large number of enthusiastic crowd lined up on both sides of the route, despite overcast sky.
The 8-km roadshow from Kempegowda statue at New Thippasandra Road to Trinity circle was covered in about one-and-half hours.
According to state BJP sources, tens of thousands of people had gathered along the roadside.
Life started limping back to normalcy under the watchful eyes of army drones and helicopters deployed for aerial reconnaissance as curfew was relaxed on Sunday in parts of Manipur which witnessed bloody ethnic rioting over the last few days.
"Ray of hope due to efforts of 120-125 Army and Assam Rifles columns who are working tirelessly for the past 96 hours to rescue civilians across all communities, curb violence and restore normalcy has emerged with no major violence being reported and curfew, therefore being relaxed from 7-10 am today in Churachandpur followed by flag march by security forces immediately thereafter," a defense statement said.
Amid the raging "Bajrang Dal" row, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said his party's Karnataka polls manifesto did not state that the outfit will be banned but promised "decisive action" under law as a warning to all organisations that indulge in hate-mongering.
"For the sake of democracy and the future of Karnataka, we must stop the BJP from winning in Karnataka and using the victory to launch forays into the neighbouring states," Chidamabram said.
Farmers march to Delhi's Jantar Mantar to show solidarity with wrestlers protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha hold nationwide protests in support of some wrestlers protesting against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Several senior leaders of SKM from Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and western Uttar Pradesh visited Jantar Mantar with hundreds of farmers.
"We have intensified our patrolling in the border areas of Delhi, be it Ghazipur, Singhu or Tikri. We have also enhanced the number of pickets and are carrying out intensive checking of vehicles," another senior officer said.
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said only his "jacket" is famous and he changes it four times a day.
"Modi keeps saying what the Congress has done in the last 70 years. ‘Arre Bhai’, if we hadn’t done anything in 70 years, you would not have been the Prime Minister of this country. We brought independence. Mahatma Gandhi risked his life and gave us independence," the Rajya Sabha member said at a public meeting here ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka.
Next year's Republic Day Parade here could see all-women marching and band contingents with authorities working on such a proposal for the ceremonial event to be held at Kartavya Path, defence sources said.
The defence ministry, in March, had circulated an office memorandum to the three services and various ministries and departments on the planning for the 2024 parade, they said.
An integrated control room will be operational at Kolkata police headquarters in Lalbazar from Sunday in preparation for Cyclone Mocha in case it heads towards the city.
The control room will have representatives from different agencies like police, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, disaster management department, PWD, CESC and others.
“Once representatives from all the departments, including fire and emergency services, the National Disaster Response Force, Metro Railway, RVNL and others converge at the control room, separate worksheets will be drawn up depending upon the pathway of the cyclone,” said a senior police officer.
“Teams from the disaster management department will be stationed at the headquarters of each of the nine divisions of Kolkata police. They will move based on specific inputs and directions from the control room.”
The angry mob attacked the demonstrator with batons after he delivered a speech deemed blasphemous. Fatal blasphemy accusations are not uncommon in the highly conservative Muslim country.
An angry mob chased and attacked to death a demonstrator in Pakistan's ultraconservative northwest, after he delivered a speech they deemed blasphemous, police said Sunday. "The mob was so agitated that it became extremely challenging for the police to even recover the body," district police chief Najeeb-ur-Rehman told the French AFP news agency.
The People's Democratic Front (PDF), along with its two MLAs, has merged with the ruling National People's Party in Meghalaya, increasing its tally to 28 in the 60-member assembly.
The merger came a few days ahead of the May 10 Sohiong assembly bypoll.
"The PDF has merged with the NPP based on agreements assured by Chief Minister and NPP chief Conrad K Sangma in finding ways to resolve the interstate border issue with Assam and the inclusion of Khasi language in the Eighth Schedule," president Banteidor Lyngdoh told PTI.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan informed his fans that he may have to skip the Sunday meet-and-greet due to work commitments.
The 80-year-old has been meeting his admirers every Sunday in front of his residence Jalsa in Juhu for almost 40 years and makes sure to notify fans about the change in the schedule if any.
"Going certainly not for the GATE at JALSA tomorrow, for .. there is work on location which can only be given permission for on a Sunday... There shall be effort of course to return in time for the 5:45 pm at Jalsa... But there could be a delay or a non appearance, so a warning in advance to keep away," Bachchan wrote.
