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Delimitation, holding of polls needed for restoring J&K statehood: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the delimitation exercise and holding of peaceful elections in Jammu and Kashmir are important milestones in restoring statehood as promised in Parliament. The home minister's comments came after a three-and-half-hour-long meeting held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 14 political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, including four former chief ministers. "We are committed to ensure all round development of J&K. The future of Jammu and Kashmir was discussed and the delimitation exercise and peaceful elections are important milestones in restoring statehood as promised in Parliament," Shah said in a tweet. He said Thursday's meeting on Jammu and Kashmir was held in a very cordial environment. "Everyone expressed their commitment to democracy and the Constitution. It was stressed to strengthen the democratic process in Jammu and Kashmir," Shah said in another tweet. The four former chief ministers of the erstwhile state who participated .

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Centre to increase pace of Covid-19 vaccination in July-August: Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said the central government has decided to increase the pace of vaccination against Covid-19 in July and August

PM Modi holds meeting with ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met union ministers, including Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, at his official residence here, sources said. Earlier this month, Modi held about five meetings with union ministers in different groups apparently to take stock of the work done by their respective ministries so far. Besides Shah and Singh, union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal are also attending today's meeting, the sources said. While details of the meeting were not known, political observers feel this could be an exercise before an expected cabinet expansion and reshuffle.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar to meet Amit Shah again today

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his official residence in Delhi on Saturday at 11 am

Home Minister Amit Shah likely to visit Gujarat on June 20-21: Report

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit his home state Gujarat for two days on June 20 and 21

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BJP: As safe as a big bank

After West Bengal, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have recognised the next run on their bank might come in Uttar Pradesh

Shaky moments for Yediyurappa

No one in the party disagrees that of all BJP leaders, it is only Mr Yediyurappa who has a presence all over the state. But there are critics aplenty

UP CM Adityanath calls on Amit Shah; likely to meet PM Modi, Nadda tomorrow

UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Thursday met senior BJP leader and Union minister Amit Shah, and is also likely to call on PM Narendra Modi and party chief JP Nadda during his two-day visit, sources said.

UP CM Adityanath calls on Amit Shah; likely to meet PM Modi, Nadda

Adityanath is on a visit to the national capital

West Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari meets HM Amit Shah

BJP MLA and Leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah. In his first meeting after becoming the leader of opposition in the state assembly, Adhikari also met Union minister Mansukh Mandviya. He is also scheduled to meet BJP national president J P Nadda, party sources said. Adhikari may also have a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a source said. Adhikari had defeated TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a closely fought battle in Nandigram during the state assembly polls held in March-April this year. Adhikari's meeting with top brass of the BJP comes days after his presence in Modi-Mamata meet over cyclone Yaas review which had irked the TMC leader. According to sources, Mamata Banerjee had arrived late at the aforementioned meeting and left after submitting a report on the impact of the cyclone.

Assembly elections: BJP takes stock of state of affairs after setbacks

Party President J P Nadda held a discussion with senior party leaders and office-bearers over the weekend and parallel consultations were held last week by B L Santhosh

India rose to challenges posed by Covid-19, fought patiently: Amit Shah

India rose to the challenges posed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and under the leadership of Narendra Modi, the Centre and State governments patiently fought the virus

Lakshadweep crisis: Amit Shah assures BJP delegation on resolving concerns

A delegation of the BJP from Lakshadweep met party chief JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday and discussed the situation in the union territory and the concerns of the locals

Panned in pandemic time

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani (possibly) has been unable to communicate what the state government has been doing to counter the epidemic

Shah interacts with CMs of Odisha, WB, AP on preparedness for Cyclone Yaas

The cyclone is very likely to move slowly north-northwestwards, intensify further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours

Cyclone Yaas: Amit Shah to hold meeting with CMs of Odisha, Andhra, Bengal

Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a virtual meeting to review preparations in view of cyclone Yaas

Eye on 2024

Can Modi's third bid for power be made more challenging? If so, who will do it? And how? Especially if Gandhis and Congress fail to rise to that challenge

Cyclone Tauktae: Shah speaks to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan CMs

Cyclone Tauktae has wreaked havoc in several states