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Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda will flag off 'Parivartan Yatras' from Dantewada and Jashpur in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on September 12 and 16, respectively, a party leader said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend the culmination of these yatras in Bilaspur, he said. The opposition BJP will highlight the «failures» of the Bhupesh Baghel government on various fronts during the Parivartan yatras, which will be marked by organising rallies and road shows, the BJP leader said. These yatras will collectively cover a distance of 2,989 km across 87 of the total 90 assembly constituencies. «The first 'Parivartan Yatra' will be flagged off by Amit Shah after taking blessings of Maa Danteshwari in Dantewada (south Chhattisgarh) on September 12 at a public rally,» state BJP president Arun Sao said in a press conference. The 16-day Yatra will cover a distance of 1,728 km visiting 21 districts, he said. The second 'Parivartan Yatra' will be flagged off by J P Nadda in Jashpur (north Chhattisgarh) on September 16. This yatra will cover a distance of 1,261 km in 12 days in the Bilaspur and Surguja divisions, Sao added. «Both the Yatras, which will see 84 public meetings, 85 swagat sabhas (welcome gatherings) and seven road shows, will culminate in Bilaspur on the same day after covering a distance of 2,989 km across 87 assembly segments.

Former Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma is poised to enter Rajya Sabha from the state as the BJP leader is the only candidate to file the nomination for the September 15 by-election. The by-election was necessitated due to the death of incumbent MP Hardwar Dubey, who was also from the BJP.

Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Tuesday that the government of India has given another blow to the slavery mentality by replacing 'India' with 'Bharat' on the invitation card for the dinner to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan during the G20 Summit. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Dhami posted a picture of the G20 summit invitation and wrote, «Another blow to the slavery mentality. It is a proud moment for every countryman to have 'The President of Bharat' written on the invitation card for the dinner to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan during the G20 Summit.

Amit Shah on Tuesday accused the Congress of resorting to «minority appeasement» and said the BJP government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in contrast focuses on the welfare of tribals, Dalits, the poor and backward classes. Shah also expressed confidence that his party will win more than 150 seats in the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, which are due in November this year. He was addressing a public rally during a function organised to flag off the BJP's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra', a mass-contact programme, in Mandla of Mahakaushal region. Quoting former PM Manmohan Singh's statement that minorities must have the first claim on resources, Shah said the Congress was too much into «appeasement of minorities» but the situation changed when Modi became the PM in 2014. After becoming PM, Modi said that his government would work for the welfare of tribals, Dalits, the poor and backward classes who have the right to resources, Shah said. «Now, you have to choose between these two ideologies,» said the Union minister. Shah said that during 9 years of the BJP rule, the Modi government at the Centre has worked for these sections. The budget for tribal welfare has been increased to Rs 1.19 lakh crore by the Modi government from Rs 24,000 crore during the Manmohan Singh government, he said. The BJP is taking out 'Jan Ashirwad Yatras' from five different places in MP.

Ashwini Vaishnaw said that Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch would soon get a Vande Bharat Express. Addressing the public at Neemuch on Monday, the Railway Minister said, «It is time for Vande Bharat to run on this route. Your Member of Parliament (MP) Sudhir Gupta has already requested for the same.

G20 Summit on September 9 and 10, with leaders from 20 countries anticipated to participate in this significant event in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stated that this G20 Summit in India will be historic, as it will witness the largest gathering of world leaders. According to a report by News 18, more than 40 world leaders are expected to take part in the summit in New Delhi.

5 September. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had constituted three separate independent national juries of eminent persons to select the teachers. Each awardee will receive a certificate of merit, a cash prize of ₹50,000, a silver medal, and an opportunity to interact with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Reuters, the uncompromising positions on the conflict have resulted in a lack of consensus, to the extent that not even a single joint statement has been reached in the approximately 20 ministerial meetings held under India's G20 presidency this year. Consequently, it falls upon the leaders to navigate these challenges and attempt to find potential solutions.

G20 Summit, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the focus should be on the position taken by countries on key burning issues than on the levels of representations at the conclave. «At the end of the day, countries are represented by whoever they have chosen to represent them.

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu left for India on Monday to attend this year's G20 summit, as his country considers joining the bloc of major world economies, presidential spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended a special invitation to Tinubu, as Nigeria's membership is under consideration. «While Nigeria's membership of the G-20 is desirable, the government has embarked on wide-ranging consultations with a view to ascertaining the benefits and risks of membership,» Ngelale said in a statement. The G20 brings together 19 countries and the European Union, with India currently holding its presidency, which rotates annually among the members.

New Delhi has gotten a makeover ahead of this week’s summit of the Group of 20 nations

space startups in India in 2014 and that number has increased to more than 150 in 2023, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said here Monday, noting that currently, the country's space economy is valued at USD 8 billion and estimated to reach USD 40 billion by 2040. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology shared the information as he inaugurated the S20 Conference under the aegis of G20 at Amity University here. He said India's presidency of G20 is a matter of immense pride and under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India has attained remarkable achievements in science and technology. «In 2014, the country had 350 startups but today we have more than 1.25 lakh startups and 130 unicorns.

Narendra Modi has not taken a single leave, said the prime minister's office (PMO) in response to a Right to Information (RTI) query. The RTI filed by Prafful P.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government hopes the elaborate effort to make New Delhi sparkle — a “beautification project" with a price tag of $120 million — will help showcase the world’s most populous nation’s cultural prowess and strengthen its position on the global stage. But for many street vendors and those crammed into New Delhi's shantytowns, the makeover has meant displacement and loss of livelihood, raising questions about the government's policies on dealing with poverty. In a city of more than 20 million people, the 2011 census had the homeless at 47,000 but activists say that was a vast underestimate and that the real number is at least 150,000.

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railway projects including 15 new railway lines in Telangana with a total outlay of Rs 83,543 crore, Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters, the Union Minister alleged that due to the «non-cooperation» of the ruling BRS government, works on laying over 700 km railway tracks have been stalled. «We (the Centre) have asked the state government to speed up the land acquisition for railway projects.

Owaisi on Sunday said that the concept of «one nation, one election» will be a disaster for multi-party parliamentary democracy and federalism in the country, and it appears that the formation of a committee to look into it is just a formality. The Union government has formed a high-level committee under the chairmanship of former President Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of conducting simultaneous polls. «This is the notification appointing the committee that will look into #OneNationOneElection.

opposition parties are going to have «massive heartburn and sleepless nights» with Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the vision for the country's progress in the next 40-50 years while showing that his government's report card is «solid», the BJP said on Sunday. Hailing the prime minister's interview to PTI, BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said, «Modi ji proved that he is an all-rounder batsman who is hitting fours and sixes, and continues to do so while the opposition is getting out on a duck.» The prime minister's interview with PTI is the «living testimony» of 'Jo kaha woh kiya, aur abhi aur karna hai (Whatever he said, he did and more has to be done)', he added. «The prime minister's interview with PTI today is going to give a massive heartburn and sleepless nights to the opposition which is daydreaming of forming government in 2024,» Shergill told PTI when asked for a comment. The prime minister's interview shows that his government's report card is solid, he said. «He has laid the vision for the next 40-50 years for the nation,» he said, adding «Opposition would not be able to digest his interview because they can neither compete with Modi ji's agenda nor his work». Shergill said the prime minister's tenure is the «living example» of India's empowerment, strength and all-round progress. Modi's interview shows that in the last nine years, a «new story of development» has been written, he said. «Earlier people used to read about G20 in newspapers only.

Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1 are the outcomes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's progressive policy decisions, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday, asserting that ISRO now has the capacity to compete with NASA and Roscosmos in space expeditions. The lander module of Chandrayaan-3 — the third mission in the Chandrayaan programme developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) — touched down on the lunar surface on August 23, making India only the fourth country to accomplish the feat.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it is unfortunate to «paint fantasies» about a distant future when the country is going through a «tough time» and asserted that it is «too early to speak about super power because too many of our people are still super poor». The remarks by Tharoor came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an interview with PTI, said, «By 2047, I am sure that our country will be among the developed countries.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has «transformed our talent pool» to the advantage of a rising nation of 140 crore people. The Education Minister's comments came after PM Modi, in an interview with PTI, said, «For a long time, India was perceived as a nation of over one billion hungry stomachs.