AAP rank & file protests against Modi government

New Delhi (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers were heard raising slogans against Modi government outside Fatehpur Beri Police Station in support of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who appeared before the CBI for interrogation in connection with alleged excise policy scam on Sunday.

Later after Sisodia’s arrest, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said Sisodia is innocent and that his arrest was part of “dirty politics”.

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OF NEW CONGRESS: KHARGE AT PLENARY SESSION

Nava Raipur (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday said the party is facing several challenges, which it can meet but what is needed is unity, discipline and determination. In his concluding remarks at the party’s 85th plenary session here, he said the session may be ending but it heralds the beginning of a “new Congress”. “Today, we have many challenges before us, but none that the Congress cannot deal with. What is needed is unity, discipline and determination. Our strength lies in the strength of the party,” he said.

“Our conduct at the national level will have an impact on crores of party colleagues at every level,” he added. He said people’s aspirations and expectations change, new challenges emerge, but new ways are also found out.

CONG: WORK UNITEDLY TO ENSURE VICTORY IN POLL-BOUND STATES

Raipur: The Congress on Sunday gave a call to party leaders in poll-bound states, including Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka, to work with discipline and complete unity to ensure victory that will “set the tone” for 2024 Lok Sabha polls. In its five-point Raipur Declaration adopted at the party’s 85th plenary session here, the Congress declared that it is ready to work with like minded political parties on the basis of a common, constructive programme to preserve and protect the Constitution and address the challenges. “The coming year will see important state elections in Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana. Party workers and leaders must work with discipline, solidarity and complete unity to ensure our victory.

CONG WORKERS HAVE COURAGE TO FIGHT BJP: PGV AT PARTY’S PLENARY

The police reached her house and saw Avadhesh and the two sons lying in a pool of blood. The police rushed the three to the hospital where the doctors declared Avadhesh dead. The two children died during treatment.

“Manish is innocent. His arrest is dirty politics. There is a lot of anger among the people due to the arrest of of Manish. Everyone is watching ... our struggle will get stronger,” Kejri-

4 senior IAS officers in UP retiring on Feb 28; hunt on for new ones

Govt will have to deploy new officers wal tweeted in Hindi. Sisodia was summoned to CBI headquarters. “As per SB input and local intelligence, there was an apprehension of a large gathering of supporters, voters and leaders of AAP at CGO. All arrangements, including deployment of personnel, had been in place since Saturday,” an official said.

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TWO GANGSTERS KILLED IN FIGHT AMONG INMATES IN PUNJAB’S GOINDWAL SAHIB JAIL

Chandigarh: Two gangsters lodged in Goindwal Sahib Central Jail in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district were killed in a fight among inmates on Sunday, police said. Both were connected with singer Sidhu Moosewala’s killing last year, they said. They were facing other cases as well, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said. One inmate was injured in the fight, he said.

Raipur: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday said ahead of Lok Sabha polls, there are expectations from Opposition parties to unite but most expectations are from the Congress. She exhorted Congress workers to take the message of the party and the “failures” of the govt to public. “Now only one year is left for us, there are expectations from us, that we will unite. All the Opposition parties and people whose ideology is opposed to them (BJP), must fight unitedly. There are expectations from everyone but the most expectations are from the Congress,” she said.

Lucknow: Former UP Chief Secretary IAS Rajendra Tiwari Chairman UPSRTC, IAS Arvind Kumar ACS Infrastructure and Industrial Development IT & Electronics IAS Aradhana Shukla ACS Ayush, IAS Shakuntala Gautam Commissioner Labour will retire on February 28. With this, important departments like Transport, Industrial Development, IT, Labour, AYUSH will have vacant positions.

The Uttar Pradesh government will have to deploy new officers as soon as possible. Many officers are lobbying for these departments.

On the other hand, while transferring two

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IAS officers, the UP government has given IAS Prabhu Narayan Singh, Secretary, Revenue Relief, additional charge of Commissioner Consolidation, while IAS Uday Bhan Tripathi has been made Special Secretary, Urban Development, while IAS Sunil Chowdhary, posted in Urban Development, has been asked to wait.

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New Delhi: Union Minister of State Dr Jitendra Singh said on Sunday that the Government will promote Industrydriven Start-Ups to create wealth and jobs.

Addressing the 37th Foundation day of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) as Chief Guest at National Institute of Immunology, NII, Delhi, Dr Jitendra Singh called for equal stake with equal part- nership and responsibility by Industry to sustain the Start-Ups boom.

The Minister said, Start-Ups will become sustainable, if Industry from the very beginning will identify the theme/subject/product and invest matching equity with the Government. The Minister assured that funds will not be a constraint under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government to promote the “Innovation Eco-Sys- tem” in the country.

Giving the example of PM Narendra Modi’s idea of an Atma Nirbhar Bharat, where In- dia’s vaccine strategy brought together pharma, industry and academia in a partnership with an eye on meeting the current as well as possible future challenges, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the idea behind initiatives like this is to have a sustainable partnership in the long run and provide a sustainable source of livelihood to India’s youth. He added that the Government of India, led by Prime Minister Modi, is encouraging industrial outreach by extending all possible support.

The Minister also pointed out that last

WB: DECOMPOSED BODIES OF COUPLE, DAUGHTER FOUND

Aligarh: The body of a 15-year-old Dalit girl was found hanging inside her house here. A case of suicide has been registered and further action will be taken on the basis of the post-mortem examination, they said. The body was discovered by the girl’s family members when they returned.

BODY OF UP DALIT TEEN GIRL FOUND HANGING IN HOUSE Kolkata: Decomposed bodies of a couple and their daughter were found hanging in their accommodation in south Kolkata on Sunday, police said. The couple’s neighbours at Regent Park housing society had been complaining of a foul smell emitting from the residence locked from inside for couple of days.

MAN, GRANDSON KILLED AS TRUCK HITS AND DRAGS SCOOTY IN UP’S MAHOBA

Mahoba: In a shocking incident of another hit-and-drag case, a man and his grandson were killed after their scooty was hit by a truck that kept on speeding with the two-wheeler stuck under it for a distance. The incident is said to have taken place on Saturday on Kanpur-Sagar Highway. Both the man, and his six-year-old grandson died in the incident. A video of the incident went viral on social media.