Await meeting of likeminded parties for LS polls: Bihar CM Nitish

New Delhi: Bihar

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said he was "waiting" for a meeting of like-minded parties for the Lok Sabha polls next year once Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ is complete. The JD(U) leader, who has the Congress as a junior ally in Bihar, maintained that he viewed the ‘yatra’ as a ‘niji’ (internal) program of that party, but looked forward to a collaboration in Lok Sabha of all seven constituents of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance).

The CM also said the JD(U) would not like to crackdown on its sulk- ing parliamentary board chief Upendra Kushwaha, whose claim of the party becoming "weak" he rejected.

"I am waiting for the yatra to be over and for a meeting of parties (opposed to the BJP) to be convened. There, we shall chalk out the strategy for the Lok Sabha polls which is, now, not far away,” Kumar told reporters here.

‘OUT OF SYLLABUS’: PM teachers and parents registered for Pariksha Pe Charcha, double of what it was in 2022.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today had a witty response when asked about the criticism he faces by the members of various opposition parties. Responding to a student at the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ event, the Prime Minister said “criticism is like purification in a democracy”. “The question is out of the syllabus. I have a conviction that criticism is an absolute condition and a Shuddhi Yagna for a prosperous democracy,” PM Modi said.

New Delhi (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday applauded the sixth edition of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ annual interaction by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with students, saying the programme was a “masterclass on self-management”. Shah said the interaction will enrich India’s young minds and motivate them to achieve their goals, and that solutions to time and stress management and cutting gadget dependency are the new mantras to enhance efficiency.

PM TO ADDRESS NCC RALLY IN DELHI ON JAN 28

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the annual NCC PM rally at the Cariappa Parade Ground in Delhi on Saturday. Modi will release a special Day Cover and a commemorative specially minted coin of Rs 75/- denomination, commemorating 75 successful years of NCC.

PM MODI’S ‘MANN KI BAAT’ ON JAN 29

New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will share his thoughts with the people of the country and abroad in the ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme on All India Radio at 11 AM on January 29. It will be the 97th episode of the monthly radio programme.

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Police personnel detain members of Bhim Army Student Federation for planning to screen the BBC documentary film ‘India: The Modi Question’, at Delhi University Arts Faculty, in New Delhi, Friday.

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday detained 24 students from the Delhi University’s Arts Faculty for planning to screen the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots, a senior police official said. The action comes days after a similar ruckus at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia over the documentary’s screening.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, "Around 4pm, some 20 people came outside the Arts Faculty gate to screen the banned BBC documentary. As it can cause disturbance of peace and tranquillity in the area, they were asked to disperse from there.” "When they did not, they were peacefully detained. A total of 24 people were detained," Kalsi said.

TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES WARNS STUDENTS

Mumbai (ANI): Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on Friday issued an advisory to students over the screening of the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating that the institute has not permitted any such screening and gatherings which may disturb the academic environment and jeopardize the peace and harmony in the campuses.

PROTESTING AGAINST BAN, STUDENTS SCREENS

New Delhi: Several student in colleges have vowed to screen the movie despite the ban that has been in place. A fresh row erupted down south after students at Madras University (MU) screened the film on their laptops defying the ban that has been in place by the government. They also demanded that the ban should be removed. Meanwhile, the BJP has called the movie propaganda and has slammed the makers.

Omar Abdullah joins Bharat Jodo