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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday warned the Block Land Revenue Officers (BLRO) against corruption in land-related matters and directed the state administration to take stern action if someone is found involved in corruption. Banerjee was speaking at an administrative programme in Siliguri during the last lap of her North Bengal visit. «I am not saying all officers are corrupt but due to some officials, others also earn a bad name.

Mohan Yadav, who was picked as the new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh by BJP MLAs on Monday, will take oath on Wednesday at Lal Parade Ground in the state capital Bhopal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states, and other senior leaders of the party will attend the swearing-in ceremony, Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Vishnu Dutt Sharma said. "Prime Minister Modi ji, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, several chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states and central ministers, among others, will attend the oath-taking ceremony," Sharma told reporters after taking stock of the preparations for the event.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said he will «rather die» than asking something for himself from his party. He will carry out whatever task the Bharatiya Janata Party gives him, said the four-term chief minister who would soon be replaced by Mohan Yadav following the party's resounding victory in the last month's assembly elections. «I wanted to say humbly that I would rather die than go (to Delhi) and ask for something for myself, this is not what I do,» Chouhan told reporters here to a question.

BJP) has appointed Mohan Yadav as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. While former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan belongs to the OBC community, Yadav's appointment is seen as a strategic move to gain support from the Yadav community in politically crucial states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Haryana. The BJP has faced challenges in winning over the Yadav community, which plays a significant role in the Samajwadi Party in UP and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar.

Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) to over 3,300 acres along with vibrant social infrastructure from current 886 acres is in the final stages of completion and is likely to be submitted by Gift Urban Development Authority to the Gujarat government’s Urban Development Department in the next few weeks. The second phase development plan with town planning schemes around the GIFT City is expected to be unveiled after the state government’s review and feedback from the public as per the statutory requirements. The development plan is expected to further the efforts to develop GIFT City, counted amongst Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream projects, in a global financial activity hub. «The expansion of GIFT City limits, the riverfront development, and the upcoming metro connectivity are pivotal steps in our journey toward an integrated and thriving metropolis.

Article 370 granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile on the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed unanimously the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, and Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to microblogging site ‘X’ to call the Supreme Court's verdict ‘historic’.

PTI quoted a State govt official as saying. According to details, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda, and other leaders of the party are expected to be presented at the ceremony. The former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vishnu Deo Sai was chosen as the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh by the party.

BJP headquarters in Bhopal. Mohan Yadav is reported to be backed by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Once sworn in, Mohan Yadav will serve as the 5th Chief Minister of BJP after Sunderlal Patwa, Uma Bharti, Babulal Gaur, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday brought an end to the looming suspense by officially designating three-time Ujjain South MLA Mohan Yadav as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. Jagdish Devda and Rajendra Shukla are set to be the Deputy CMs. «I am a small worker of the party.

India's bio-economy has grown eight times in the last eight years from USD 10 billion to USD 80 billion, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday, underlining that in the coming times, biotechnology will become the biggest foundation for medical treatment. The Indian biotech industry aims at growing to USD 150 billion by 2025 and USD 300 billion by 2030, he noted while virtually addressing an event «Biotechnology: The Path of Innovation and Wellness for Viksit Bharat» held at the at Vigyan Bhavan in Ahmedabad.

The domestic travel and tourism industry is now urging the Prime Minister's Office to prioritise initiatives that attract foreign tourists and boost overseas marketing and promotional campaigns. The Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO) said on Friday it has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention for the revival of the inbound tourism industry. «The letter has drawn the attention of the prime minister to the recently made statement in Parliament by Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy that only 85.9 lakh foreign tourist visitors visited the country in 2022 as compared to 3.14 crore in 2019,» said IATO president Rajiv Mehra. «It mentions multiple reasons for the decline in numbers such as withdrawal of incentives to the inbound tour operators on their foreign exchange earnings which were being used for overseas marketing and promotions; lack of trained tourism manpower in Indian embassies who are not able to do regular follow-ups with the foreign tour operators,» said Mehra. «Advance planning of at least one year is required and dedicated budgetary funds should be provided to the ministry of tourism for aggressive overseas promotions.

Rishi Sunak's team are in New Delhi this week to add momentum behind the ongoing round of negotiations for an India-UK free trade agreement (FTA), according to a UK media report on Saturday. 'The Guardian' newspaper reports that while there is no official comment from either side on such a visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is keen to finalise the FTA by the end of February before Modi sets off on an expected general election campaign trail. Both countries are heading into an election year in 2024 and signing off on a trade agreement with India will bolster Sunak's electoral pitch to voters showing signs of anti-incumbency towards his governing Conservatives.

India has had an «exceptionally difficult» challenge along the northern borders in the last three years and the country responded to it very resolutely and has been maintaining the kind of military deployment necessary for national security, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday on the lingering row in eastern Ladakh with China. He said this in an address at the FICCI, while explaining how the Modi government makes choices after choices with confidence however difficult and tough they may be. «It could even be what happens at our border.

2024 Lok Sabha elections and for the party, the assembly polls that just ended were a trial run that went as per its plans. The party is scaling up the strategy it employed successfully in the three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — where tough contests were predicted but the verdicts were one-sided in favour of the BJP. It has already started working on mass-scale worker and voter mobilisation across the country, to be completed before the campaign formally starts for the Lok Sabha polls, according to party insiders.

Narendra Modi. "PM Modi has set the target, that India would be No1 country by 2047 in all the sectors across the world," Amit Shah said while addressing the valedictory session of the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit on Saturday. He was quoted by PTI as saying, "The world is looking to India with hope today.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said India will become a USD 5 trillion economy by the end of 2025. Addressing the valedictory session of the Uttarakhand Global Investors Summit, Shah said India has grown exponentially on every front over the past one decade due to the farsighted and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Narendra Modi hailed India's robust economic growth, speaking at the 'Infinity Forum 2.0' conference at GIFT City via video link, he emphasised the pivotal role of transformative reforms conducted over the past decade in fostering this progress. 1. Modi hailed India's growth, citing a GDP surge of 7.7 percent in the initial half of the fiscal year as evidence of the nation's burgeoning economy.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on her 77th birthday. «Best wishes to Smt. Sonia Gandhi Ji on her birthday.

fracture due to a fall at his residence. The surgery was performed by a team of senior orthopaedic surgeons and other medical professionals at the Yashoda hospital here.

Narendra Modi retained his position as the world's most popular leader with an approval rating of 76 per cent, as per the data released by US-based consultancy firm ‘Morning Consult’ on December 7. Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is ranked second on the list with an approval rating of 66 per cent. Alain Berset, the President of the Swiss Confederation, bagged the third spot with a 58 per cent approval rating.

Leelavathi passed away. She was 85. According to a report by the Deccan Herald, she was admitted to a private hospital in Nelamangala on the outskirts of Bengaluru. She was suffering from various ailments pertaining to old age. Upon her death, her son Vinod Raj told a leading daily, “I am now left alone. Thankfully Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar got her admitted to the hospital." Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X, to mourn the late actress. Describing her as a “true icon of cinema,” he remarked that she showcased her versatility through a lot of diverse roles. “Saddened to hear about the passing of the legendary Kannada film personality Leelavathi Ji. A true icon of cinema, she graced the silver screen with her versatile acting in numerous films. Her diverse roles and remarkable talent will always be remembered and admired. My thoughts are with her family and admirers. Om Shanti,” reads his post.