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rapport built by the Narendra Modi government with other countries after coming to power in 2014 helped in building ties and also in rescue operations abroad, Union minister General V K Singh (retd) said here on Sunday. Speaking at the Sagar Manthan conclave organised by Panchjanya magazine in south Goa, Singh referred to various rescue operations carried out by India in war zones to bring back its citizens. He said, unlike its predecessors, the Modi government sent delegations to the UN-affiliated countries in various regions, a move that helped change their perception of India.

Amit Shah on Sunday expressed hope the 2036 Olympics will be held in the Sardar Patel complex coming up close to the imposing Narendra Modi cricket stadium here. In October, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said during an event in Mumbai that the country would submit a bid to host the Olympics that year. The Gujarat government has engaged the services of some of the finest firms to create sports infrastructure to ensure it can host the event.

Sarbananda Sonowal visited CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology (CSIR-NEIST). The Minister assured complete support for an approximate investment of Rs 200 crores to build capacity around the medicinal plant sector of the region. This amount is aimed at creating infrastructure that will strengthen the medicinal plant storage for commercial purpose, boosting research and development of the local herbs and plants for medicinal purpose as well as providing a platform for traditional healers to further their treatments to a wider section of the society.

HD Kumaraswamy may spring a surprise by choosing to contest from Mandya in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as pressure is slowly building up on him. Mandya district, with seven assembly seats, was such a stronghold of the JDS that it won all the assembly seats in the 2018 assembly polls. But a series of electoral reverses for the regional party in its own pockets of Vokkaliga dominance is also one of the factors fuelling demands for the ex-CM to contest from here. The regional party has got into the election preparedness exercise after party’s national president HD Deve Gowda, along with Kumaraswamy & others, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, cementing the bonhomie the two parties have established. Kumaraswamy, who is also the JDS Karnataka president, had said he would not contest the LS polls while announcing that the seat sharing pact with the BJP would be finalised next month.

Vande Bharat express train from Katra to Delhi starting from December 30 will have stops at Udhampur and Kathua railway stations, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. Union Minister said that the train will have stops in Udhampur and Kathua, besides coming as a huge relief, provide ease of travel, ease of business and overall ease of living.

Amit Shah on Sunday heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' campaign, saying it was singularly instrumental in lifting 60 crore people out of poverty. Waxing eloquent on the Centre's flagship campaign, which is aimed at taking the country towards self-reliance, Shah said the focus of the initiative is to make trade, industry and businesses and the 140 crore people of India 'Atmanirbhar'. "PM Modi has outlined his vision of an 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'. It is a visionary idea and campaign.

Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata, nearly 1 lakh people from diverse backgrounds collectively chanted sacred verses from the Bhagavad Gita. Adorned in traditional attires, people from various age groups and societal status congregated at the iconic venue and recited the verses from the holy book alongside revered sages.

Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the Surat Diamond Bourse, which will have facilities like international banking, safe vaults, jewellery mall and create about 150,000 new jobs, during his visit to Gujarat. He also inaugurated the new terminal building of Surat Airport, which can handle 1,200 domestic passengers and 600 international passengers. A total of 146 MPs -- 100 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya Sabha -- were suspended for creating a ruckus and disrupting proceedings in both Houses, while they were demanding a statement from Union Minister Amit Shah about the Parliament security breach incident.

Lokkho Kanthe Gita Path: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the “Lokkho Kanthe Gita Path" programme in a message on December 24, 2023. PM Modi expressed admiration for the program, which is set to take place at Parade Ground in Kolkata, emphasizing the commendable nature of the initiative that aims to have one lakh people recite the Gita. The message by PM Modi highlighted the praiseworthy objective of the “Lokkho Kanthe Gita Path" initiative, according to ANI.

Gaurav Dayal, Commissioner of Ayodhya has said that in the meeting held on Saturday, arrangements were reviewed for the upcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the holy city on December 30, where he will inaugurate the airport and railway station and also conduct a roadshow and public gathering. «All facilities are available in hospitals. The Chief Minister is also reviewing it. For high-end services, we will keep a backup plan from here to Lucknow.

BJP has set its sights on an «overwhelming» win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking key organisational leaders to work towards boosting the party's vote share by 10 per cent, sources said. Addressing the BJP's national office-bearers and state presidents on the concluding day of the two-day brainstorming meet on Saturday, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the BJP's performance should leave the opposition «stunned», the sources said.

Hijab ban order imposed by the previous Basavaraj Bommai-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state, and said that no politics should be done on what people prefer to wear and eat. While there has been no official document reversing the ban on Hijab in educational institutions of Karnataka, several BJP politicians slammed the proposal of reversal by CM Siddaramaiah. Siddaramaiah on Friday announced that his government will withdraw the ban order on the Hijab imposed by BJP and said that no politics should be done on what people prefer to wear and eat.

investment potential were signed at a pre-Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit event held in Bharuch. The event, 'FutureChem Gujarat: Shaping tomorrow's Chemicals and Petrochemicals Industry', brings under one umbrella policymakers, practitioners, and national and international academicians to discuss future initiatives. «The way petrol and chemicals are being traded in Gujarat, Gujarat is moving towards becoming the hub of this industry. Therefore, today an MoU worth Rs 67 thousand crore has been signed to further advance this industry,» Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said, participating in the event. The event is particularly focused on the petrochemical sector of the state.

ISRO Chairman S Somanath has announced that Aditya-L1 will arrive at the Lagrangian point L1 on January 6. This point is 1.5 million km away from Earth. Launched from Sriharikota on September 2, India's first solar mission will perform an important manoeuvre upon reaching L1.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president JP Nadda held a brainstorming session on Friday with the party's office bearers for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The meeting was attended by heads of BJP's state units, its state incharges and several other office bearers. Both PM Modi and Nadda addressed the meeting and took stock of the organisational preparedness for the Lok Sabha polls.

Emmanuel Macron has confirmed that he will attend the 75th Republic Day parade in national capital Delhi on 26 January 2024. The confirmation makes Emmanuel Macron the sixth French leader to grace the prestigious annual event. Emmanuel Macron took to microblogging siter ‘X’, formerly known as Twitter, to declare his acceptance of the invitation extended to him by the Indian Government.

Emmanuel Macron will be the Chief Guest come January 26 after the European country accepted India's invitation to be a part of India's Republic Day celebrations, becoming the sixth French leader to attend the event US President Joe Biden reportedly declined India's invitation to be the Republic Day chief guest, citing reasons believed to be influenced by the State of the Union address, his re-election bid, and Washington's increasing focus on the Hamas-Israel conflict. Ties between India and France have grown steadily in recent years. In July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the Bastille Day parade as the guest of honour during the French National Day celebrations.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and state minister Ahmed Khan saying that at a time when their party is asking for donations, the two leaders are travelling in a 'private jet'. Responding to a question on the video of himself and Karnataka minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan travelling on a chartered flight, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah says, "Ask BJP people in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels in." The video was first posted by the Karnataka Minister Zameer Ahmad Khan himself.

Amit Shah will chair a high-level committee meeting in Delhi on Saturday where the Centre will take a call on Karnataka’s request for funds to take up drought relief programmes, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said. The CM, speaking to the media in Mysuru, expressed hope that the Centre would concede the state’s request as he got a positive response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah during his Delhi visit. Modi listened to him attentively when he explained about the acute drought situation and promised to provide necessary succour, he added. Siddaramaiah met the PM on Tuesday and Shah on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum seeking immediate release of Rs 18,177 crore to deal with the widespread drought. The CM had been upset that the committee had not met even once to discuss Karnataka's request despite the state suffering from acute drought.

South Asian nation, according to a report by Bloomberg. Hironori Kamezawa, the CEO of the bank, expressed confidence in India's economic growth, stating, "For India, economic growth is not something that will be a challenge; it's a sure thing," as quoted by the Bloomberg report.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Japan’s biggest bank, is looking to further expand in India after making key investments to tap the south Asia nation’s growth potential. “For India, economic growth is not something that will be a challenge,” Hironori Kamezawa, the bank’s chief executive officer, said in an interview.