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Manipur MLAs urge Amit Shah to restore normalcy in state after violence

The MLAs also reiterated their commitment to initiating decisive measures against these armed groups that have violated the established ground rules of engagement

Kapil Sibal attacks Amit Shah on 'who is ED director not important' remark

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday took a swipe at Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks that it is not important who the director of the Enforcement Directorate is, asking why did the government then give a third extension to the probe agency's chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra. Sibal's remarks came a day after the Supreme Court held as "illegal" two successive extensions of one year each granted to Enforcement Directorate chief Mishra, ruling that the Centre's orders were in "breach" of its mandamus in its 2021 verdict that the IRS officer should not be given further term. After the Supreme Court ruling, Shah said who the ED director is not important because whoever assumes this role will take note of the rampant corruption of a cozy club of entitled dynasts who have an anti-development mindset. In a tweet, Sibal said, "Sanjay Mishra (ED) Chief. Supreme Court held extension till November invalid. Amit Shah: 'ED is an institution which rises beyond any one individual...' Then why d

Shah attends meeting in Bhopal, to launch campaign ahead of MP polls

The BJP has decided to launch a special campaign in view of the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, due later this year, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired an important meeting of the party in Bhopal on Tuesday night. Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, Shah has announced to launch 'Vijay Sankalp Abhiyan' from Madhya Pradesh after deeply reviewing preparations for the polls, Madhya Pradesh BJP president VD Sharma told reporters after the meeting. Shah reviewed the current political situation in Madhya Pradesh and discussed poll strategies in detail at the meeting. He also took stock of the party's preparations for elections and analysed various aspects, Sharma said. Shah landed in Bhopal on Tuesday evening to attend the meeting. Union ministers Bhupender Yadav and Ashwini Vaishnaw, appointed as BJP incharges for Madhya Pradesh, and their cabinet colleagues Narendra Singh Tomar, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Prahlad Patel, also attended the meeting. BJP's national joint ...

WB governor arrives in Delhi, likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah

Governor Bose is likely to call on Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the widespread violence during the panchayat polls in West Bengal

Destruction due to rains: Shah assures assistance to Punjab, Himachal CMs

Incessant overnight rain turned many low-lying areas in Punjab into a horror story, with severe waterlogging and traffic snarls

LG seeks extension of Guj Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act to Delhi

Delhi Police vide its letter dated February 14, 2023, had requested that the provisions of the Gujarat Act be examined

MHA directed Central forces to arrive late in Bengal: Adhir Chowdhury

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday alleged the Union Home Ministry had directed the Central forces to delay their coming to the state to help ruling Trinamool Congress loot votes during the panchayat poll. He also alleged that the BJP in New Delhi and the TMC had reached an understanding and "in exchange for this favour" TMC chief Mamata Banerjee would "play spoilsport" in the fight of a united opposition against the saffron party in 2024 Lok Sabha elections. "The Central forces were late in coming to Bengal under the instructions of the Union Home Minister and the BJP in New Delhi. They have an understanding with the TMC in Bengal and that is the reason the central forces were late in coming. They gave TMC the opportunity to loot votes, that is because, in the future, Didi (Mamata Banerjee) will be a 'gaddar' (traitor ) to break the proposed opposition front," Chowdhury said. Chowdhury was speaking to reporters after paying a visit to

West Bengal guv flies to Delhi to submit report on poll violence to Shah

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday flew to New Delhi, where he is likely to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and submit a report on the violence that took place during the panchayat elections in the state, an official said. At least 15 people were killed in violence during polling in the state on Saturday. Bose is likely to meet Shah on Monday morning, the official told PTI. The state governor had visited various places, mostly in North 24 Parganas district, and taken stock of the situation on Saturday during the polling. He had met family members of an injured person and had also visited a hospital, where the person was undergoing treatment.

West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose to visit Delhi, likely to meet Amit Shah

Meanwhile, West Bengal State Election Commission on Sunday said the Police have confirmed 10 deaths in poll-related violence across the state

Amit Shah speaks to L-Gs of Delhi and JK, takes stock of rain situation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to the lieutenant governors of Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir and enquired about the situation in the union territories in the wake of the incessant rains, sources said. Shah also took an update from the Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha about the Amarnath pilgrimage which was suspended due to the heavy rains. In view of incessant rains in the capital, the Union home minister spoke to LG Delhi V K Saxena and took updates. The home minister also spoke to LG of the Jammu and Kashmir and took updates about Amarnath pilgrimage which was suspended due to heavy rains, a source said. Delhi recorded 153 mm of rain in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Sunday, the highest in a single day in July since 1982, the India Meteorological Department said. An interaction between a western disturbance and monsoonal winds is leading to an intense rainfall spell over northwest India, including Delhi which experienced the season's first "very heavy" rainfall. The Ama

Tamil Nadu Guv R N Ravi has 'purposeful meeting' with Amit Shah in Delhi

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Saturday had a "purposeful meeting" with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi, the state Raj Bhavan said. Ravi's meeting with Shah comes in the backdrop of the "governor vs government" differences with the ruling DMK in the state, including over the continuance of arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji in the state cabinet. "Hon'ble Governor Ravi had a purposeful meeting with Hon'ble Union Home Minister Thiru. Amit Shah in Delhi," the Raj Bhavan tweeted, along with a picture of the two. Ravi has crossed swords with the ruling DMK over a number of issues including the anti-NEET bill but the differences peaked with the arrest of Balaji last month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a cash for jobs scam. While opposing the continuance of Balaji in the MK Stalin-led cabinet, Ravi had dismissed him from the council of ministers last week in an unprecedented step, only to keep it in abeyance immediately. The ruling DMK had insisted that Ravi h

CM Jagan Reddy likely to meet PM Modi, HM Shah during Delhi visit today

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday during his Delhi visit to flag pending issues concerning the state, sources said. Reddy is also expected to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during his visit, they said. "The Chief Minister will be meeting the PM and HM to press for the unresolved and pending issues related to the state," the sources said. Leader of Opposition and Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu had also met Amit Shah and Nadda last month. However there was no official word and outcome of the meeting.

PM Modi has done politics of development: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel

"PM has done the politics of development," Bhupendra Patel said at the inauguration of Shri Motibhai R Choudhury Sagar Sainik School in Gujarat's Mehsana

KNO spokesperson Seilen Haokip's house set on fire in Churachandpur

More than 100 people have died and over 40,000 people have been displaced ever since the ethnic clashes began in the state on May 3

PM engaged cooperatives, corporates, NGOs to boost development: Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the pace of the country's development increased in the last nine years as Prime Minister Narendra Modi engaged cooperatives, corporates, NGOs and individuals to participate in the process. Shah was virtually addressing a gathering during the laying of foundation stone for a Sainik School to come up in Mehsana in north Gujarat under the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The Sainik School, coming up at Boriyavi village in Mehsana district, is part of the Centre's initiative to set up 100 such schools under the PPP mode. Shah said PM Modi gave a call to set up 100 Sainik Schools in partnership model, and the Motibhai Chaudhary Sagar Sainik School being set up in Mehsana under the PPP model will be the 20th such school to provide students a simple and easy path to enter the armed forces. The pace of development during the past governments was slow, he said. "In nine years of his rule, Prime Minister Narendra Modi not just worked for t

Efforts made by PM in 9 yrs to make India number 1 showing results: Shah

Amit Shah said that through this Akshar River Cruise, the Government of Gujarat and the Municipal Corporation have given a new gift to the citizens of Ahmedabad

Shah to visit UP today, to attend event marking Sonelal Patel's anniversary

The union minister has been invited by Apna Dal (S) president Anupriya Patel, the daughter of Sonelal Patel. Patel is part of the NDA and a union minister of state in the central government

Shah speaks to Gujarat CM over rains; govt to provide all possible help

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on the flood-like situation prevailing in the state, and said the Centre and the state government are standing with the people in this difficult time. Heavy rains lashed several parts of Gujarat, inundating low-lying areas in cities and villages and creating a flood-like situation. "Due to the heavy rains in Gujarat, the government is fully engaged in providing all possible help to the people affected by the flood-like situation in many places. I talked to the Chief Minister Shri @Bhupendrapbjp ji and inquired about the situation. NDRF and SDRF teams and local administration are engaged in helping people in these areas. The Central Government and the State Government are standing with the people in this difficult time, Shah tweeted in Hindi. Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed in Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Navsari, which

Sonelal Patel birth anniversary: Shah, Yadav to attend separate events

Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will attend separate events in Lucknow on Sunday to mark the birth anniversary of Sonelal Patel, a veteran Kurmi leader and founder of the Apna Dal. The birth anniversary celebrations of the late leader, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, assume significance. Shah will be the chief guest at the event being organised by the Apna Dal (Sonelal), which is an ally of the ruling BJP and is led by Sonelal Patel's daughter Anupriya Patel. Yadav will be the chief guest at the function organised by the Kamera Chetna Foundation, the social wing of the Apna Dal (Kamerwadi), led by Sonelal Patel's wife Krishna Patel. In a statement, Apna Dal (Sonelal) Uttar Pradesh unit spokesperson Rajesh Srivastava said they will mark the occasion as "Jan Swabhiman Diwas". According to him, the party's event at Lucknow's Indira Gandhi Pratishthan will be attended by Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief ministers Kesh

MSCS amendment bill to come up in Monsoon session: Co-op min Amit Shah

Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said a bill that seeks to amend the law on Multi-State Cooperative Societies (MSCS) to bring ease of doing business will come in the Monsoon session of Parliament, starting July 20. Speaking at the 17th Indian Cooperative Congress here on the occasion of International Day of Cooperatives, Shah said 26 states and Union territories have adopted the draft model by-laws for Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), which means there will be uniform by-laws in a major part of the country from September. He also said the government wants to frame a new cooperative law that will help in expanding the sector in the next 25 years. It is also planning to set up a cooperative university for which inter-ministerial discussions have been initiated. After the formation of a separate cooperation ministry on July 6, 2021, the minister said, many changes have become possible in the field of cooperatives, and changes will continue to happen in the ...