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SHILLONG, Sep 13: The personal and political journey of former five-time chief minister, Donwa Dethwelson Lapang -- fondly remembered as DD Lapang or "Maheh" -- was one marked by deprivation, determination and resilience. His early life bore similarities to that of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, selling tea along with his mother as they managed tea stalls at Iew Mawlong (Nongpoh) and Iew Umsning. Despite his education, he never shied away from hardship and even worked as a road labourer to suppor ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur on Saturday, his first since ethnic violence erupted in May 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from Opposition leaders, even as allies and local ministers welcomed the development initiatives launched during his tour of the Northeast. Reacting to the Prime Minister's visit, Congress MP Manoj Kumar said: "Now, people there should be asked, they can tell you better about the situation in Manipur over the past 2-3 year ...Read More >
Guwahati: Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur, coming two years after ethnic violence erupted in the state. Priyanka Gandhi, speaking to reporters in Wayanad, Kerala, said the delay in visiting the violence-hit region was "very unfortunate." She added, "He has allowed what is happening there to continue for so long, with so many lives lost and people facing immense suffering, before ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur a "pit stop", the Congress on Saturday alleged that the trip is "tokenism" and a "grave insult" to the people of the state. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused Modi of organising a grand welcome ceremony for himself and claimed that it "is a cruel prick" to the wounds of those still suffering. "In the words of your own...Where is your Rajdharma?" Kharge asked on X just before the start of Modi's Manipur visit. "Naren ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Manipur visit, two years after ethnic violence caused bloodshed in the state.Terming his visit a "farce, tokenism and grave insult to a wounded people", Kharge called out the PM's upcoming roadshow in Imphal a "cowardly escape from hearing the cries of people in relief camps!""Your 3-hour PIT STOP in Manipur is not compassion -- it's far ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for only planning to visit Manipur for 3 hours, calling it a farce, tokenism and a grave insult to a wounded people. Kharge said that the planned road show in Imphal and Churachandpur is nothing but a cowardly escape to not hear the plight of people in relief camps. Your 3-hour PIT STOP in Manipur is not compassion -- it is a farce, tokenism, and a grave insult to a wou ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (PTI) Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur a "pit stop", the Congress on Saturday alleged that the trip is "tokenism" and a "grave insult" to the people of the state. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused Modi of organising a grand welcome ceremony for himself and claimed that it "is a cruel prick" to the wounds of those still suffering. "In the words of your own... Where is your Rajdharma?" Kharge asked on X just before the start of Modi's Manipur ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for only planning to visit Manipur for 3 hours, calling it a "farce, tokenism and a grave insult to a wounded people." Kharge said that the planned road show in Imphal and Churachandpur is "nothing but a cowardly escape" to not hear the plight of people in relief camps. "Your 3-hour PIT STOP in Manipur is not compassion -- it is a farce, tokenism, and a grave insult to ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to embark on a three-day visit from September 13 to Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar to launch multi-crore infrastructure projects, participate in the birth centenary celebrations of Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika and attend the Combined Commanders' Conference. The PM's tour will begin at Aizawl in Mizoram, where he will lay foundation stones and inaugurate development projects worth over Rs 9,000 crore catering to a host of sectors, includi ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 13 (ANI): Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur, Dravida Munnetra Kazakham (DMK) MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi said that instead of "compassion", it was the upcoming 2027 assembly elections which reminded him of the state. "I note that the Indian Prime Minister has finally decided to visit Manipur, despite the state burning for over two years. Compassion has obviously failed, but the 2027 election preparations have succeeded in reminding him ...Read More >
New Delhi, September 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram on Saturday, during which he will inaugurate various development projects. Officials said the Prime Minister would first arrive in Mizoram's capital to inaugurate the 51.38-km Bairabi-Sairang railway project, making Aizawl the fourth capital city in the Northeast to be connected by rail after Guwahati, Agartala, and Itanagar. PM Modi, accompanied by some central ministers, will flag o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 13 (SocialNews.XYZ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin a two-day visit to Assam, Manipur, and Mizoram on Saturday, during which he will inaugurate various development projects. Officials said the Prime Minister would first arrive in Mizoram's capital to inaugurate the 51.38-km Bairabi-Sairang railway project, making Aizawl the fourth capital city in the Northeast to be connected by rail after Guwahati, Agartala, and Itanagar. PM Modi, accompanied by some central ministers, ...Read More >
12 IMPHAL: PM Modi begins a two-day trip to three states of the Northeast on Saturday, combining outreach with a Rs 36,000-crore development outlay focused as much on providing the healing touch to conflict-scarred Manipur as on giving the region an economic fillip. Modi is scheduled to arrive in the Kuki heartland of Churachandpur by helicopter from Mizoram, the first stop of his tour, to address a rally at the appropriately named Peace Ground and launch projects with a combined budget of Rs 7, ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 12 Sep: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram on Friday strongly criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Manipur, calling it "too little, too late" after two years of silence while the state burned. "The belated visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Manipur - after more than two years of burning, bloodshed, and displacement - is deeply disappointing. When the state was torn apart by ethnic violence in May 2023, when mothers and children were ...Read More >
Imphal: By rallying its MLAs ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, the divided BJP is projecting unity, reviving talk of forming a popular government in President's Rule-imposed Manipur. BJP's Northeast incharge Sambit Patra is holding a meeting of BJP legislators in Imphal and has also met NDA allies. The state has been under President's Rule since February. The BJP headquarters in Imphal is witnessing hectic parleys and movement of party workers. Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla ...Read More >
Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a two-day visit to the northeast Saturday, launching and laying foundation stones for development projects worth over Rs 36,000 crore across Manipur, Assam and Mizoram aimed at transforming the region into a strategic and economic powerhouse under Centre's Act East Policy.But it is Manipur, still scarred and socially fractured by ethnic conflict, that will be the emotional and political fulcrum of this tour.This marks Modi's first visit to Manipur sinc ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-day tour from Saturday, covering five states including Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, and Bihar, and inaugurating projects worth ₹71,000 crore in a major push for ease-of-living in India's eastern and northeastern regions. In focus will be the PM's visit to Manipur on Saturday, his first since violence broke out in the state in May 2023. He is set to inaugurate projects worth ₹8,500 crore in the state. "I will be attending p ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aiming to foster peace and development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil 31 projects worth Rs 8,500 crore in Manipur, a state hit by ethnic violence since May 2023, on Saturday. Manipur Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said on Friday the Prime Minister would lay foundation stones for various development projects worth Rs 7,300 crore from Peace Ground in Churachandpur, and would also inaugurate infrastructure projects totalling Rs 1,200 crore from histori ...Read More >
Imphal, Sep 12 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Manipur on September 13, his first trip to the state since ethnic violence broke out two years ago, and will interact with internally displaced people in Churachandpur and Imphal, besides inaugurating development projects worth Rs 8,500 crore. The Prime Minister's visit, which was officially confirmed by Chief Secretary Puneet Kumar Goel on Friday, comes amid repeated criticism by opposition parties for not visiting Manipur following ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as t ...Read More >
New Delhi: A day after the Centre extended the Suspension of Operation (SoO) with Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and United People's Front (UPF) for another year, the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), a civil society organisation, on Friday strongly opposed such a decision. "The extension of the SoO agreement despite the series of terrorist and criminal acts committed by these groups is a decision that runs completely against the interests of the indigenous people of Manip ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Governor R N Ravi, Chief Minister M K Stalin, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami, and leaders of political parties paid tributes to freedom fighter Dheeran Chinnamalai on his death anniversary on Sunday. "The nation pays humble tribute to the great patriot, visionary leader and fearless commander Dheeran Chinnamalai. With unmatched courage and strategic brilliance, he led relentless campaigns against the oppressive British East India Company, boldly challenging colonial ty ...Read More >
Amidst a backdrop of chaos, Parliament is currently experiencing significant turbulence. The opposition is pressing for an urgent dialogue regarding the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, while the government seeks to advance the National Sports Governance Bill and prolong President's rule in Manipur. The government is likely to push on Monday the passage of a key sports bill in the Lok Sabha, amid a continuing deadlock in Parliament as the Opposition's united demand for a discussio ...Read More >
The Rashtrapati Bhavan will not hold the change of guard ceremony on August 2, 9, and 16. This is because the Ceremonial Battalion will rehearse for upcoming events. These events include a guard of honour for the visiting President of the Philippines, Ferdinand R Marcos Jr. He will visit India from August 4 to 8. There will be no change of guard ceremony on August 2, 9 and 16 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, an official statement said on Thursday. The change of guard ceremony is a military tradition ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu separately within hours at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. It was not known the reasons behind the subsequent meetings of the Prime Minister and the Home Minister with the President. There have been no words either from the Prime Minister's Office or the Home Minister's office about the meetings other than two posts on 'X' from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. "Prime Minister Shri @narend ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Amid speculation that the Vice Presidential election may be held soon following Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah met President Droupadi Murmu separately at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday. The back-to-back meetings of the top government functionaries have triggered speculation about an impending cabinet reshuffle or a key political move linked to the Vice President's post. While no official details of the meetings were shared ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 3 (ANI): In a major crackdown on narcotics smuggling, officers of the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone-III, have seized 14.738 kgs of suspected NDPS hydroponic weed (marijuana) valued at approximately Rs 14.73 crore during operations on Sunday. The seizures were made across Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMI), resulting in the arrest of one passenger, as stated in the press release. The passenger was arrested under the provi ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu separately within hours at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. It was not known the reasons behind the subsequent meetings of the prime minister and the home minister with the President. "Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan," the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on 'X'. Hours later, the Rashtrapati Bhavan again wrote on 'X', ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The government has notified a new framework for the edible oil industry, imposing stricter registration and reporting requirements on producers to enhance transparency and oversight, according to an official release. The 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order, notified on August 1 by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 20 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu separately within hours at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. It was not known the reasons behind the subsequent meetings of the prime minister and the home minister with the President. There have been no words either from the prime minister's office or the home minister's office about the meetings other than two posts on 'X' from the Rashtrapati Bhavan. "Prime Minister ...Read More >
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