Amit Shah reviews J&K security

New Delhi (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a high-level meeting here in the national capital.

The meeting started at 3 pm at the North Block office of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, J&K Lt Governor Manoj Sinha, Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director General of Police Jammu and Kashmir Dilbagh Singh and other senior officers from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Armed Police Forces attended the meeting. Director Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, R&AW chief Samant Kumar Goel, National Investigation Agency DG Dinkar Gupta and Central Reserve Police Force Director General SL Thaosen also attended the meeting. Similar meetings have been chaired by the Home Minister from time to time to review the status of J-K where several civilians and security force personnel are being targeted by militants over the years and several personnel have lost lives in such attacks.

Senior officials of the Government of India, including the officers from J-K also attend the meetings.

The Home Minister in his three-day visit to J-K in October last year had also reviewed the security situation in the Union Territory. Shah also held a review meeting in New Delhi on December 28, 2022, over the security situation and development aspects of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

NITISH ALLY JITAN RAM MANJHI MEETS SHAH, TRIGGERS BUZZ

New Delhi (PTI): Bihar CM

Nitish Kumar’s ally Jitan Ram Manjhi set political circles abuzz following a meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday, more so as the development came amid the JD(U) leader’s talks with several opposition leaders as part of his effort to forge an alliance against the BJP. Manjhi, a former chief

Dissent will be pacified soon: K'taka CM

Mangaluru (ANI):

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday expressed confidence in resolving dissidence in the party stating that senior BJP leaders were engaged in attempts to convince leaders who are disgruntled on not being tickets to contest the upcoming Assembly polls.

“Change is normal, it happens. We will persuade those who are upset. The discontent in the party is being rectified. The workers are strong, there will be no harm from this and the party’s dissension will be eased in most parts,” he said. “The high command is talking to the

Bommai Escapes Minor Fire Incident

Udupi: Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday, escaped an accident in Udupi, after a minor fire broke out near his helipad in Udupi, the police said. The incident occurred at a temporary open field in Udupi, where CM Bommai’s helicopter landed. The CM left for the Kollur Mookambika temple when the incident took place. As per the police, the smoke candle reportedly fell on the ground due to the pressure from the rotors, after which the fire spread on the grass around 300 metres from where the helicopter landed.The police officials told reporters that the fire was minor in nature and was quickly brought under control.

to power,” he said.

disaffected. I have spoken to all the leaders. We are confident that the difference will be resolved soon. Savadi is a senior and has been in politics for a long time. There is also pressure from people for a place, it takes time,” he added.

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TRIAL NOT FAIR, NO NEED FOR MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT: RAHUL GANDHI’S LAWYER

Surat: Rahul Gandhi’s lawyer on Thursday argued in a court in Gujarat’s Surat that the trial in a defamation case over the Congress leader’s “Modi surname” remark was “not fair” and there was no need for maximum punishment in the case. The lawyer made the argument during a hearing currently underway on Gandhi’s plea for a stay on his conviction in the defamation case. A metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat on March 23 sentenced Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail after holding him guilty for his remark “How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname”, made during an election rally on April 13, 2019.

ATTACK ON UNION MINISTER: SC SETS ASIDE HC ORDER

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Calcutta High Court order for a CBI probe in the alleged attack on Union Minister Nisith Pramanik’s convoy during a visit to his constituency in West Bengal in February this year and directed a fresh adjudication of the PIL filed by senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on the issue.

Tamil culture and people are eternal, global in nature: PM

New Delhi (ANI): minister, however, sought to quell any speculation. He asserted that he has sworn to remain with Kumar and rejected any possibility of joining hands with the BJP, saying that it has spoken against the existence of small parties like his. The Dalit leader heads the Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and his son is a minister in the RJD-JD(U)-

Highlighting cultural heritage of Tamil language and community, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday said that Tamil culture and people are both eternal as well as global in nature.

Prime Minister took part in the Tamil New Year celebrations at the residence of Union Minister L Murugan in Delhi.

Addressing the gathering, PM Modi said, “Tamil culture and people are eternal as well as global.

Congress government in the state. Manjhi’s meeting with Shah was on his party’s demand that Dashrath Manjhi, whose single-handed feat of digging a road through the mountains over two decades, immortalised in local folklore and on celluloid after his death, be awarded the ‘Bharat Ratna’ — India’s highest civilian honour.

K’TAKA MUSLIM QUOTA: SC AGREES TO HEAR PLEA

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to list for hearing a plea challenging the Karnataka govt’s decision to scrap four per cent reservation for Muslims in the state. A bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud took note of the submissions of senior advocate Kapil Sibal that all the defects of the petition have been removed.

CENTRE IN SC: DATA ON ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS “WRONG”

New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday refuted in the Supreme Court the figure pertaining to alleged attacks on Christian institutions and priests, terming the data “wrong” and claiming the petitioners wanted to keep “the pot boiling” to sully the image of the country abroad. The top court was hearing a PIL filed by Peter Machado of the National Solidarity Forum, Rev. Vijayesh Lal of Evangelical Fellowship of India, and others claiming violence against members of the Christian community. A bench was earlier told by the PIL petitioners that from 2021 to May 2022, 700 cases of violence against members of the Christian community were reported and a majority of those arrested were followers of the faith.

Claiming that Congress has no candidates for 60 to 65 constituencies, Bommai alleged that the party is now mulling inducting leaders from other parties.

“Congress does not have a competent candidate, they will not come

Earlier, denied a ticket for Assembly polls, State Minister and sixtime BJP MLA S Angara on Wednesday said that he would not campaign for the party and announced his exit from political activity.

From Chennai to California, from Madurai to Melbourne....you will find Tamil people who have carried with them their culture and traditions.

Be it Pongal or Puthandu, they are marked all over the world. Puttandu is a

Priyanka sounds poll bugle in Chhattisgarh

Jagdalpur (PTI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday sounded poll bugle in Chhattisgarh, asking the people of the state to repose their faith in her party again and hitting out at the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Speaking at a gathering at Lalbag Maidan in Jagdalpur city, the headquarters of the Bastar district, she said Bastar, earlier known for Naxalite violence, has now become a “brand” and “you (tribals of the region) have got identity across the country and abroad because of your handicrafts, other arts and processed food products.” Assembly polls are due in the Congress-ruled state this year. During the event, titled ‘Bharose Ka Sammelan’, she and Chief Minister Bhu- pesh Baghel launched the Adivasi Parab Samman Nidhi Yojana under which financial assistance will be provided to Gram Panchayats in the scheduled areas for organising tribal festivals, fairs and religious programmes. festival of innovation in antiquity.” PM Modi said Tamil is the world’s oldest language and every Indian is proud of it. He said Tamil literature is also widely respected. “The Tamil film industry has given us some of the most iconic works to us,” he said.

RSS to hold route marches in Tamil Nadu on Sunday

Chennai (PTI): Permission has been granted to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to hold route marches on April 16 in 45 places across Tamil Nadu, the state police said on Thursday.

The ‘traditional’ rallies would be held in 45 places including Chennai, Vellore, Hosur, Salem, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tiruvannamalai, Arani, Coimbatore, Mettupalayam, Palladam, Karur, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Tiruchirappalli and Madurai, an RSS spokesperson said.

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govt websites prone to attack by Indonesian hacker

New Delhi (ANI): Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) on Thursday issued an alert to all the States and the UTs about a possible cyber attack from a suspected group from Indonesia allegedly targeting 12,000 government websites across the country, top sources said. Ministry of Home Affairs’ I4C wing alerted the States and the UTs following their findings about the Indonesian cyber attack group hatching a conspiracy to implement their ill intentions.