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Amit Shah reaches Varanasi to attend meet before UP assembly polls

Union Home Minister and former BJP president Amit Shah reached here on Friday and chaired a crucial party meeting to decide on the poll strategy ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections

Union Home Min Amit Shah to visit PM Modi's constituency Varanasi on Nov 13

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is slated to visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi on November 13 to attend Akhil Bharatiya Rajbhasha Sammelan, Home Ministry sources said.The Home Minister will chair the inaugural day of the two-day event in Varanasi beginning on November 13, said the sources.Shah's visit is significant in view of the upcoming high-stake assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as he is considered as the architect of the BJP's turnaround in the state after the party had been reduced to the fourth major electoral group in the 2012 polls.Soon after taking over as the BJP's national president, the party in 2014 had registered a historic win in 71 out of the state's 80 Lok Sabha seats.In his day-long visit to Varanasi, the Home Minister is likely to hold a brief meeting withThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders.The BJP, under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is seeking another round of victory in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections slated from 2022, where it .

PM Modi's move to cut excise on fuel brings big relief to public: Amit Shah

The Union home minister on Thursday lauded Modi's decision regarding the excise duty on fuel

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami meets Shah, senior BJP leaders in Delhi

Union minister Pralhad Joshi, who is also the party's election in-charge for the state, also participated in the meeting which is expected to last till late midnight.

Amit Shah inaugurates 4.18 km long elevated corridor in Gujarat's Ahmedabad

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel was also present on the occasion.

On 75th anniversary, call for Amul to help other cooperative sectors

The co-operative model will prove crucial in making agriculture 'atmanirbhar', said Amit Shah

Amit Shah attends 'Rashtriya Ekta Divas', pays tribute to Sardar Patel

Men's hockey team captain, Olympian Manpreet Singh and other athletes also participated in the parade at Statue of Unity in Kevadia today.

Country can move ahead only if we stay united: Modi on National Unity Day

On the occasion of National Unity Day, PM Modi said, "Strong foundation of democracy that developed in the society and traditions of India, prospered the sense of 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat'.

Amit Shah arrives in Dehradun to launch 'Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana'

Shah was received by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the airport.

Amarinder to meet Amit Shah on Thursday to discuss farmers' stir

A large number of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and UP, have been camping at the Delhi borders since November 26 last year, demanding the repeal of the three new farm laws

Sufism part of India's rich cultural heritage, says Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said Sufism was a part of India's rich cultural heritage. Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, had a meeting with Sufis and saints here. "Kashmir has been since beginning the focal point of India's rich heritage. Sufi culture is also part of that richness which is embodiment of peace and liberalism," he tweeted in Hindi. "Today, I met Sufi saints in Srinagar and held a detailed discussion for re-establishing peace and coexistence in Kashmir," he added.

Amit Shah extends J&K visit, will spend night with CRPF in Pulwama

Union Home Minister,Amit Shah on Monday decided to extend his 3-day visit to J&K in order to spend the night with CRPF troopers at the martyrs memorial in Pulwama district.

Would rather talk to J-K's youth: Shah on NC chief seeking talks with Pak

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at National Conference president Farooq Abdullah for seeking talks with Pakistan

Delegation of Kashmiri Pandits calls on Home Minister Shah in Jammu

A BJP-led delegation of three displaced Kashmiri Pandit organisations called on the Union home minister

PM Modi's personal efforts led to revocation of Article 370: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Sunday said the "discriminatory" Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, was scrapped because of personal efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfil the dream of Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee. In his first public rally in J&K after the August 2019 revocation of its special status, Shah said Modi restored the grassroots democracy and started a new phase of development in J&K where lakhs of people faced injustice under the garb of Article 370. "After a long gap, I have come to meet my brothers and sisters in Jammu. I was a bit tense because of the inclement weather and was not sure of meeting you. But by the blessings of the Mata Vaishno Devi, the sun came out and we came together," the home minister said at a public rally here. Heavy rains on Saturday had cast a shadow over Shah's scheduled public meeting. However, an improvement in the weather allowed the rally to go through and it was attended by thousands .

Nobody will be allowed to disrupt peace and development in J&K: Amit Shah

Asserting that the government is aiming to wipe out terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir and put an end to civilian killings, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said nobody would be allowed to disrupt peace and development in the union territory, which has a place in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's heart. He said Rs 12,000 crore worth of investment has already come to the union territory and the government aims at a total of Rs 51,000 crore by the end of 2022 to provide five lakh jobs to the local youth. Shah is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, his first after the Centre revoked the erstwhile state's special status and bifurcated it into two union territories of J&K and Ladakh on August 5, 2019. Addressing a public rally at Bhagwati Nagar here, Shah without naming the Congress, National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the three families are answerable to the people for their failure to develop Jammu and Kashmir over the past seven decades. "The new

Time for sidelining people of Jammu has come to an end: Amit Shah

The time for sidelining the people of Jammu has come to an end and now both Kashmir and Jammu will be developed together, Home Minister Amit Shah told a public rally here on Sunday. Shah is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, his first after the Centre revoked the erstwhile state's special status and bifurcated it into union territories on August 5, 2019. Addressing the rally in Bhagwati Nagar area, the home minister said no one will now be able to create any hurdle in the development of Jammu and Kashmir. He said Rs 12,000 crore worth of investment has already come to the union territory and the government aims at a total of Rs 51,000 crore by the end of 2022. If the youth join the development of Jammu and Kashmir, terrorists will fail in their sinister design, he asserted. The home minister said the government is aiming that no civilian gets killed in violence and terrorism is wiped out from Jammu and Kashmir. Shah arrived at the well-attended rally amid thunderous appla

Union Home Min Amit Shah reaches Jammu; inaugurates new campus of IIT

Amid tight security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday arrived here and inaugurated the new campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu, officials said. Shah, accompanied by Union ministers Jitendra Singh and Dharmendra Pradhan and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, reached Jammu airport from Srinagar and started his engagements with the inauguration of the new campus of the IIT-Jammu, they said. Shah is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, his first after the Centre revoked the erstwhile state's special status and bifurcated it into union territories on August 5, 2019. They officials said the new campus of IIT-Jammu, built at a cost of Rs 210 crore, has all the facilities like hostel, gymnasium, indoor games, along with higher education for the students. After inaugurating the new campus of the IIT-Jammu, Shah reached the Bhagwati Nagar area to address a public rally. Heavy rains lashed Jammu on Saturday, casting a shadow on the scheduled publ

Sibal slams Shah, says 'stop planned targeting of minorities in UP'

Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to Jammu and Kashmir and urges him to "stop strategically planned targeting of minorities in Uttar Pradesh".Taking to Twitter, Sibal said, "Amit Shah in J & K 'sought strategically planned protection of minorities'. Well done! Do the same in Uttar Pradesh. Stop strategically planned targeting of minorities.Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, asserted that no one can obstruct development in Jammu and Kashmir and strict action will be taken against those who want to disrupt the peace and harmony in the Union Territory.

Amit Shah to lay foundation stone of developmental works in Jammu today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Sunday participate in several events in Jammu.