PM Modi in Srinagar Tomorrow in His First Visit Since Article 370 Was Scrapped

Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, India has moved from Fragile 5 to Top 5 economies in the world over the last 10 years. Shah said inflation had soared to double-digits during the Congress-led UPA regime from 2004-2014. The Modi government has contained inflation to below 5 percent, said Shah. He added that India has emerged from a dark spot to a bright spot on the global map now. 

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The Jharkhand government will provide a kilogram of pulses and refined iodised salt to consumers for free and approved child care leave for a maximum period of two years to women officers and single male government employees for two children up to the age of 18. The decision was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Champai Soren.

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Rajesh Kumar, an Army porter was killed in an explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Wednesday, officials said.The incident took place in the evening in Makri village of Nowshera sector.

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The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a court can take cognizance of a complaint for dishonour of cheque when it is filed within one month of cause of action. In the present case, a complaint was filed under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 as a result of a cheque drawn by the petitioner being returned unpaid by the bank due to insufficient funds in the account.

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A 42-year-old man has been arrested from Bengaluru for allegedly giving a bomb threat to Akasa Air as he wanted to delay a flight for his wife who had reached the airport late, Mumbai police said on Wednesday. Vilas Bakade, the accused, is an employee of a private firm in Bengaluru.

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Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal, who has skipped eight summonses by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the excise policy case, said the notices to him would stop if he joined the BJP. Kejriwal's reaction comes after the ED filed a fresh complaint before a Delhi court seeking his prosecution for skipping its summonses.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil multiple development projects and address a public meeting in Srinagar on Thursday during his first visit to Kashmir after his government abrogated the provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution, which gave special rights to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.

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The retail consumer price of CNG is being reduced by Rs 2.50 per kg across all geographical areas of IGL from 6 am on Thursday, March 7, 2024. The revised selling price of CNG in Delhi shall be Rs 74.09 per kg, while it shall be Rs 78.70 per kg in Noida, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad GA from 6 am tomorrow morning: IGL

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Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday said that the government will constitute a special fast track court soon to award punishment in a week's time to the culprits involved in the sexual harassment and murder of a nine-year-old girl in the town. Speaking to reporters here after laying the wreath on the body of the girl at her house, Tamilisai said she was moved by the grief and sorrow of the parents who had lost their child.

"I am of the firm view that the menace of drugs and narcotics should be eradicated totally", she said, adding that there was information that some persons in Puducherry had a nexus with the drug dealers in neighbouring Tamil Nadu. The Puducherry police had already arrested two people in connection with the murder of the girl, she said. "We would spare no efforts to bring the two beastly persons to book and also proceed against all those who have been in support of such criminals in Puducherry", Tamilisai said.

She claimed to have information on those indulging in drug menace and said they have a political background. "All the people backing drug peddlers in Puducherry will be arrested without fear or favour. A close vigil will be maintained on inter-state borders to prevent intrusion of drug mafia into Puducherry," the Lieutenant Governor said.

Opposition DMK leader and convenor of the party in Puducherry R Siva said that the failure of the police to protect the girl child was solely responsible for the offences unleashed against her. He said that the party would take out a rally here on Thursday to bring to focus the failure of the government and the police machinery in preventing offences against the girl.

Police officials in stations are playing a secondary role to the Ministers, he claimed. " We will seek the resignation of the Home Minister," Siva said, adding that the DMK has also called for a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Union Territory on Friday He said that under the garb of tourism, the cultural features of the people were being spoiled. "The functioning of resto-bars holding dances in the night have been causing a disturbance to the peaceful environment of Puducherry", Siva said.

The PCC president and Lok Sabha MP from Puducherry V Vaithilingam told reporters that the death of the girl was proof of the failure of police to ensure proper functioning of law and order. CPI (M) secretary of Puducherry R Rajangam urged the Home Minister of Union Territory A Namassivayam to step down from office as "law and order is in shambles" and security of young girls has become a question mark.

In a release today, Rajangam said that the prevalence of drug menace was not properly handled by the AINRC-BJP coalition ministry here. He said that instead of generating jobs for the youth, the government was keeping mum on reopening closed government undertakings like textile mills. 

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“They (BJP) have declared that they are (PM) Modi's pariwar. They all should have their head. If he were Hindu he would have shaved his head. His brothers shaved, why didn't he,” Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lalu Prasad Yadav's retort on PM Modi's reply to him that the 140 crore people of the country are a part of his family. Lalu was referring to the death of PM Modi's mother. 

CBI has filed a supplementary chargesheet in the Land for Job Scam case pertaining to the tenure of former Union Rail Minister and ex-Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav against three persons including the then Special Officer to Minister of Railways and two candidates, said officials.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a day-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh on March 9 to inaugurate several development projects, including the Sela Tunnel. The new tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity to Tawang, bordering China.

An accident happened during an emergency landing of a training institute's plane, which crashed. A female trainee pilot was flying the Cessna 172 aircraft, which went for an emergency landing due to engine failure. The plane slipped during landing at Guna's airstrip.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family "the biggest offenders of Bihar", accusing them of ushering in jungle raj in the state during its more than a decade-long rule. Addressing a rally in Bettiah, West Champaran district, Modi alleged that the youths of Bihar had been compelled to migrate in large numbers due to the misrule of the RJD-Congress combine. He asserted that it was only after the NDA took charge that the state began to witness improvements.

"The family responsible for jungle raj...they are biggest offenders (sabse bade gunahgar) of Bihar. Their misrule imperilled the future of an entire generation. Youths were forced to migrate to other parts of the country, while only one family prospered", said Modi. The PM also reacted to Prasad's barb that his attacks on dynastic politics stemmed from his having "no family" and said "had people like Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, Babasaheb Ambedkar and Karpoori Thakur been alive, these people would have attacked them, too, for not promoting their own families".

"Their main grouse against me seems to be that I have no family. For me, the entire country is my family. And today the entire nation is saying that it sees itself as Modi Ka Parivar", the PM said.

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“Roads and bridges help in development. Infrastructural development leads to the creation of job opportunitues. In Bihar, we have set up rail engine factories. The credit of the development is dedicated to the youth,” said PM Narendra Modi at a rally in Bihar this afternoon.

“The previous government in Bihar only cared about its family rather than the development of the state. We have to save Bihar from Jungle Raaj. Jungle Raaj has ruined the lives of Bihar's youth,” said PM Narendra Modi at a rally in Bihar this afternoon.

“Development of Bihar is the key focus,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, as he launched projects worth Rs 12,800 crore in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched projects worth Rs 12,800 crore in Bihar today. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Bettiah in Bihar this afternoon. 

"...PM Modi will not rest until the women in Sandeshkhali get justice...Women coming to today's meeting were stopped...This is an insult to them. CM Mamata Banerjee couldn't protect the women but is giving protection to Sheikh Shahjahan," said BJP MP Locket Chatterjee today at Barasat, North 24 Parganas, where PM Narendra Modi is visiting on an election rally. The PM met with five of the female victims of the Sandeshkhali violence today and assured them justice.

The Delhi High Court has set aside the suspension of seven BJP MLAs from the Delhi Legislative Assembly for an indefinite time. The BJP MLAs had challenged the suspension before the High Court. BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar said to ANI, "I see this as 'Satyameva Jayate'. We had moved a petition against our indefinite suspension. The suspension was revoked today. We had raised the voices of the people of Delhi...We were wrongly suspended. It was an important Budget session and we always raise the voices of the people of Delhi. So, finally, the High Court granted us this relief today..."

PM Modi inaugurated India's first underwater metro station in Kolkata, the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section.

Amravati MP Navneet Rana has claimed that he received a death threat via an audio message on her WhatsApp.

She said that she had filed a complaint at the local police station and a case has been registered under section 354, 354 A, 354 D ,506 (2) of IPC , section 67 of its act.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath travels in the priority corridor of the Agra Metro, virtually inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today.

He said, Uttar Pradesh Metro Corporation has been praised for the commendable work done by them in Kanpur Metro and now in Agra metro. Keeping public safety in mind, several parameters have been covered which serve the primary purpose and that is public safety..."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates and lays the foundation stone of multiple connectivity projects worth Rs. 15,400 crores, in Kolkata.

He also inaugurated India's first underwater metro station in Kolkata.

The Mamata Banerjee-led government last night moved the Supreme Court for arrested TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh's custody. This comes as the Bengal government refused to hand over the custody of the suspended Sheikh to CBI despite the Calcutta High Court's order, challenging the High Court's order.
 

The state government seeks an early hearing.

The Delhi Police has heightened security at the Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders because of the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march today.

Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said, "It is the 23rd day of the protest that was launched by the KMM and SKM (non-political). Like we announced earlier, farmers from other states will start marching towards Delhi from today. They won't come on tractor-trolleys and that's why I don't think anyone would be able to reach (Delhi) today. The situation would be clear by March 10."

On Wednesday, PM Modi will be inaugurating the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section of Kolkata Metro's East-West corridor, making it India's first foray into underwater metro services.

This tunnel will be built beneath the Hooghly River and will link Howrah Maidan and Esplanade, marking a significant milestone in the transportation infrastructure.