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A family stands by a road amid dense fog in New Delhi | PTI
Aiming to safeguard the needy and destitute from the spine-chilling cold wave sweeping across the state of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has issued directives asking officers to ensure a sufficient supply of blankets and bonfires and to actively monitor the arrangement of night shelters, read a statement from Chief Minister's Office (CMO).
The 17th edition of the 'Pravasi Bharatiya Divas' convention will be held in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city from Sunday under the theme 'Diaspora: Reliable partners for India's progress in Amrit Kaal', an official said. More than 3,500 diaspora members from 70 countries will take part in the three-day convention, which is being organised in physical mode for the first time since 2019, he said. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on January 9 to mark the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi in Mumbai from South Africa on that day in 1915.
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Drone-mounted ground penetration radars have been deployed for the first time by the Border Security Force (BSF) to check for the presence of under-ground tunnels used by terrorists to infiltrate the India-Pakistan International Border in Jammu region, officials said.
The indigenously-made gadget was deployed recently as part of the below-the-earth tunnel detection exercise carried out by the force. These structures have also been used to smuggle narcotics, arms and ammunition.
The BSF has unearthed at least five under-ground tunnels in the about 192 km of the Jammu front (of the India-Pakistan IB) in the last three years.
Still open' to ceasefire agreement with Pakistan government, says TTP chief
The chief of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said his group is still open to a ceasefire agreement with the Pakistan government, according to media reports.
The TTP, which is believed to have close links to al-Qaeda, has threatened to target top leaders of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's PML-N and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's PPP if the ruling coalition continued to implement strict measures against the militants. However, the dreaded outfit insisted that it has not scrapped the ceasefire agreement with the government.
"We held talks with Pakistan mediated by Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan. We are still open to the ceasefire agreement," the Dawn newspaper quoted TTP chief Mufti Noor Wali Mehsood as saying in a video.
'They can poison me': Akhilesh Yadav refuses tea offered by UP police
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday refused to drink tea offered by the police officers at the DGP headquarters.
He asked his party worker to get tea from outside for him. "You never know, they may mix poison in my tea. I will drink my own tea and you people (cops) can drink your tea," he said.
Akhilesh Yadav had reached the DGP headquarters unannounced to protest the arrest of media handler of the party's Twitter account, Manish Jagan Agarwal, from Hazratganj. Agarwal was arrested on Sunday morning after three cases were registered against him for allegedly making objectionable remarks on Twitter through the party's social media handle.
PMO to discuss Joshimath crisis; Uttarakhand officials to join via video link
The Prime Minister's Office will hold a high-level meeting on the Joshimath crisis Sunday afternoon amid an alarm in the Uttarakhand region after deep cracks developed in several houses.
P K Mishra, the principal secretary to the prime minister, will hold the review meeting with the cabinet secretary, other senior officials of the central government and members of the National Disaster Management Authority, an official statement said.
District officials of Joshimath besides senior officials of Uttarakhand will also attend the review meeting through video-conferencing.
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First Published: Jan 08 2023 | 9:15 AM IST