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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Sai Hira Global Convention Centre in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh on 4 July at 10:30 AM via video conferencing, the prime minister’s office said in a statement.  The inauguration ceremony will witness the presence of prominent dignitaries and devotees from around the world.

NEW DELHI : The leaders’ summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) takes places on Tuesday under the chairmanship of India, with a likely push for inducting Iran and possibly Belarus as new members. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the virtual summit is set to be attended by President Xi Jinping of China, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan, President Vladimir Putin of Russia and the leaders of a number of Central Asian countries. The previous summit took place in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in September last year.

S Jaishankar said on Monday. Interacting with the students of NIT Delhi as part of the BJP's mega public outreach to mark nine years of the Narendra Modi government, Jaishankar advised them to understand local and global developments.

Ajit Pawar and several lawmakers from his former party joined the provincial government. In a strategic move, Pawar, a senior member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), was appointed as the deputy chief minister for the Maharashtra government, while eight of the 53 NCP lawmakers also took their oaths to become part of the government. This comes at a time as BJP is striving to fortify their presence in key states after losing the assembly elections in some of those regions.

Delhi, an 'unidentified flying object', also known as a drone was reportedly seen hovering over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence on Monday morning, but police sources claim that they have not found anything suspicious. According to a police source, they received a call around 5am that a drone-like object was seen flying over the prime minister's residence.

Ajit Pawar and leaders like Praful Patel violated the party discipline by joining the Shinde-BJP government in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Sunday. Pawar denied there was a split in the party and claimed more than NCP's future, he was worried about the political future of those who have joined Ajit Pawar. He was, however, not sure about the number of MLAs and leaders with him but claimed that people were with him.

Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his remote control was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described the state's ruling party as «BJP's B-Team» and its new nomenclature, BRS, as 'BJP Rishtedar Party'. Gandhi alleged that the corruption charges against Rao and his party's leaders have made them subservient to the BJP, and asserted that he told all other opposition leaders that the Congress would not join any bloc where the BRS was involved.

corruption, mismanagement and politics" but time has changed now and the sector is poised to move towards prosperity due to reforms brought in by the Modi government, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Sunday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of creating a separate ministry for cooperatives has brought in transparency and accountability in the system, Birla said and hoped that cooperatives will usher in «a new era of social and economic transformation» in the country.

Congress Party's (NCP) Sharad Pawar «thanked» Prime Minister Narendra Modi and lay blame at the feet of the Enforcement Directorate for his nephew Ajit Pawar's move to become the state's deputy Chief Minister. The 83-year-old party president said that PM Modi had hurled allegations of corruption against the Congress-NCP. «Today, his party has joined hands and sworn-in (as Ministers) some people from the same party against whom Modi had pointed fingers.

Maharashtra, the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot talk about fighting corruption, senior TMC leader Babul Supriyo said on Sunday. Calling the BJP hypocrite in response to the political upheaval in the western state, Supriyo, a minister in the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, said leaders under the scanner of ED for corruption have been put into a «washing machine» manufactured by the BJP to remove their stains and blemishes.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, along with eight others from the party, joined the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government. While Pawar was sworn in as the deputy chief minister by Governor Ramesh Bais at a ceremony held in the Raj Bhawan in Mumbai, the eight other NCP leaders took oath as ministers.

Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar said that they will contest elections as NCP party only. The senior leader clarified in a press conference that the MLAs and him have supported the Shinde government as NCP. «Several people will criticise now a bit.

Sabarmati Riverfront has become the soul of social and cultural activities in Ahmedabad, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday as he virtually launched the 'Akshar' cruise on the river that cuts through the city. Addressing a gathering through video conference, Shah lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying when the latter was the chief minister of Gujarat, he took many initiatives which helped in increasing the tourist footfall in the state. Shah said when he shifted to Ahmedabad in 1978, he never went to see the Sabarmati river until the riverfront was constructed. The river was then nothing more than a pit of dirty water, he recalled. «As the then Gujarat chief minister, Prime Minister Modi for first time imagined a riverfront and planned for it, and it was constructed during his duration (as CM). The riverfront became known not just in Ahmedabad but also across the country and abroad and became a centre of tourism,» Shah said. «It has become a centre of various activities. Walkers take a stroll in the morning, senior citizens in the evening, and children and youth play here. Today, the riverfront has become the soul of social and cultural activities on both sides (of the river) of Ahmedabad,» he said during the virtual inauguration.

SGX Nifty, the Singapore Exchange Ltd.-traded futures on India’s key equity NSE Nifty 50 Index, will be known as GIFT Nifty from July 3, and all outstanding orders will be transferred to the GIFT City, the new financial hub in the western Indian state of Gujarat. The switch from SGX to the NSE International Exchange at GIFT or Gujarat International Finance Tech-City also highlights partial success of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led administration’s attempts to attract India-centric trading that had moved to global financial centers such as Dubai, Mauritius and Singapore to its shores.

Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra clinched the prestigious Diamond League title for the second consecutive time by throwing his spear to 87.66m on Friday but the coveted 90m mark eluded the star Indian javelin thrower yet again. Coming back from a one-month injury lay-off, Chopra's title-winning performance at the Lausanne leg in challenging conditions was below his own top-10 efforts but he still stamped his authority in the prestigious One-day meet. The 25-year-old Chopra, who had skipped three top events due to a muscle strain he sustained last month, had won the season-opening Diamond League in Doha on May 5 with his fourth career-best throw of 88.67m.

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that state is getting closer in becoming a major exporter of petrochemicals as the state has sent first consignment of methanol to Bangladesh. Sarma tweeted, “We are one step closer to establish Assam as a major exporter of petrochemicals. Today, we flagged off the first methanol consignment to Bangladesh from Assam Petrochemical Plant, which was inaugurated by Hon PM in April '23.” Sarma said that government is heavily investing in the petrochemical sector by increasing its stake in Numaligarh Refinery Limited, investing in new projects of Assam Petrochemicals Limited among others.

Himanta Biswa Sarma said that ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi donned the Asomiya Gamocha(scarf)the use of it has become widespread throughout country. As a gesture of the State government in expressing its gratitude and acknowledging the participants in the Mega Bihu event which created Guinness World Record, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma honoured the Bihua and Bihuwatis with citation and cash incentives at a function held at Moncotta in Dibrugarh today.

Teesta Setalvad and directed her to surrender immediately in a case pertaining to the alleged fabrication of evidence to frame innocent people in 2002 post-Godhra riots cases. The court of Justice Nirzar Desai rejected Setalvad's bail plea and directed her to surrender immediately as she is already out of jail after securing interim bail.

G Kishan Reddy has unveiled a postal cover on '9 Years of Telangana Statehood' and picture post cards showcasing 'Buddhist Heritage in Telangana — Bavapur Kurru' in Hyderabad. Speaking on the occasion, Reddy lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision and new initiatives that have helped transform India Post into a Multi Service Agency providing services to the citizens «on value-for-money basis».

Uniform Civil Code (UCC) row, BJP Kerala president K Surendran on Friday slammed Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan for his stand on UCC. Surendran claimed that CPI(M) has become a Muslim party as it opposed UCC. «CPI(M) has become a Muslim party.

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statement on 'suffering of Pasmanda Muslims' to demand reservation for the community. She asked the BJP to drop its opposition to reservation for Backward and Dalit Muslims and demanded BJP led state governments grant reservations to the community.