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I thank Telugu Desam Party for ‘Modi Go Back’ posters, I will go back to Delhi and sit on PM’s chair: PM Modi in Andhra

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I thank Telugu Desam Party for ‘Modi Go Back’ posters, I will go back to Delhi and sit on PM’s chair: PM Modi in Andhra

Making light of the ‘Modi Go Back‘ posters which were put up in Guntur ahead of his rally in Andhra Pradesh, PM Modi said that, I am thankful to the Telugu Desam Party because they want me to go back to Delhi and occupy my PM’s chair again.


“I have full faith in the crores of Indians that they will fulfil the wish of Telugu Desam Party and will make Modi sit back there,” PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took the battle to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo N Chandra Babu Naidu ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections during a rally at Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

Modi was visiting Andhra Pradesh for the first time after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) broke ties with the NDA government last year. The TDP, Congress and Left parties are protesting and large posters of “No more Modi” and “Modi never again” have already come up across the state.

Referring to Amravati as the Oxford of Andhra Pradesh, PM Modi said that the central government has selected Amravati under HRIDAY scheme so that the heritage sites here can be conserved and developed. “Amravati in Guntur has been a centre of India’s faith and spirituality since ages. Now it is becoming a centre of energy of new Andhra Pradesh and new India,” said the Prime Minister.

“Youngsters from different places come to fulfil their dreams. I congratulate the youth here, especially the ones who are going to vote for the first time in Lok Sabha elections this time,” PM Modi said highlighting the significance of the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.

Speaking further regarding the central government’s decision to build oil reserves in different places in the country to avoid the scarcity of fuel in the country in difficult situations he added that many cities across the country are being connected through a city gas distribution system. Only 55% of people had a gas connection before 2014 but now the number has gone up to 90%, said PM Modi.

Targetting Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, PM Modi said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister has lost his vision of development and has joined the opposition alliance in a competition to abuse him. Those who left the people of the country to live in smoke are now spreading the smoke of lies in the country, said PM Modi.

“He (N Chandrababu Naidu) said he would be the sunrise chief minister. But he seems interested in raising the profile of his son. He told me he would turn around the infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh. But he himself took a u-turn,” he added.

Taking a dig at Chandrababu Naidu, PM Modi referred to Chandrababu Naidu statements claiming his seniority while saying that Naidu was only in switching sides by deceiving his father-in-law NT Rama Rao. “It was due to the arrogance of the naamdaar family in Delhi that NT Rama Rao swore to rid Andhra Pradesh of Congress rule. The naamdaar family has always disrespected tall leaders” said PM Modi.

“NTR used to call those who used to insult Andhra Pradesh as dusht (crooked). Now the Chief Minister (Naidu) has become friends with them. Wherever NTR will be today, he would be aggrieved to see this. Chandrababu Naidu promised to realize the dreams and also to follow the footsteps of NTR. But today is he giving respect to NTR?” PM Modi questioned Naidu.

Modi also added that Naidu has deviated from his ideological path because he does not wish to face the truth. PM Modi said that Naidu is fearful of losing elections while he has installed his son in politics to create own wealth. “Your watchman has made him uneasy,” said PM Modi, pointing to himself.

PM Modi also said that he wants to remind Chandrababu Naidu that his aim is not to create wealth for ourselves but to create wealth for the nation and to ensure the efficient use of wealth and resources of the nation.

Clearing the air on the developmental funds and special status to Andhra Pradesh, PM Modi said that in the past 55 months Central govt has released adequate funds for the development of Andhra. However, the state govt never utilised the funds allocated in an efficient manner.

The Centre is working on every single point of the Andhra Pradesh Re-Organisation Act-2014 created during the bifurcation of the state, said the Prime Minister. “It is because of this that 10 out of 11 higher education institutions including IIT Tirupati, Anantapur Central University, IIM Visakhapatnam, AIIMS in Mangalagiri, have been started in the state,” added PM Modi.

PM Modi during his visit to Andhra Pradesh also laid a foundation stone for setting up new terminal of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited at Krishnapatnam and dedicated 1.33 MMT Visakhapatnam Strategic Petroleum Reserve facility of ISPRL, which will a give major push to gas-based industrial units in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring states.

PM Modi is scheduled to visit Raichur in Karnataka and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu after his Guntur rally today. PM Modi is all set to unveil development projects in the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad.

Cow smugglers clamp on a police official in illegal Rohingya influenced Mewat region of Haryana

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Cow smugglers clamp on a police official in illegal Rohingya influenced Mewat region of Haryana

As per a report by Navbharat Times, A canter carrying 8 calves broke a barricade near Shahpur Kheda area of Ferozepur Jhirka, in Nuh district of Haryana and also mowed down an Additional Superintendent of Police, injuring him badly. Nuh forms part of the Mewat region which cuts across Rajasthan and Haryana.

According to the report, the Police had gained the information about the canter carrying calves on the Kati Ghati road en route to Rajasthan, from an informer. At the barricade ASI Yashpal, Constable Jay Singh and other officers were stationed to stop the vehicle.

According to the report, the perpetrators also open fired at the police officials from a country-made pistol, during which the perpetrators tried to escape. Police fired back at the assailants and surrounded the vehicle. Following this, police were able to nab one of the perpetrators Mujib, who is a resident of the Punhana area of Nuh district. An FIR has been lodged at Ferozepur Jhirka police station.

“One cow smuggler has been nabbed with a country-made pistol. 8 calves have also been rescued from the canter. The absconding perpetrator will also be arrested soon” ASI Yashpal was quoted by the report. The resued cows have been sent to a cow shelter at Mewat area of Haryana.

Mewat region is notorious for cattle smuggling and organised crime and illegal Rohingya settelement. Earlier, too, many policemen were either injured or lost their lives by hands of cow smugglers. So much is the fear that at times even the police is afraid to take actions against the criminals.

Hindi becomes third official language to be used in Abu Dhabi courts

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Hindi becomes third official language to be used in Abu Dhabi courts

In a landmark development, Hindi has become the third official language to be used in the courts of Abu Dhabi, in a move designed to improve access to the judicial system.

UAE based media reported that foreign nationals will be able to lodge claims and raise grievances in labour cases in Hindi, which is spoken by many expat workers in the UAE.

This comes after a change in rules last year which required the plaintiffs to translate all court documents into English in civil and commercial cases, if the defendant was not an Arabic speaker.

The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department said the change would allow Hindi speakers to learn about litigation procedures and their rights and responsibilities without a language barrier. Interactive forms in Hindi will be made available on its website.

Yousef Saeed Al Abri, the justice department undersecretary, said this would help attract foreign investment and enhance Abu Dhabi’s reputation as a destination for skilled labour. “The adoption of multilingual interactive forms for claim sheets, grievances and requests, aims to promote judicial services in line with the plan Tomorrow 2021, and increase the transparency of litigation procedures through the provision of bilingual forms which allow foreigners to know the litigation procedures, their rights and duties without a language barrier,” Mr Al Abri said.

“This in addition to facilitating registration procedures to the public through simplified and easy forms and raising litigants’ legal awareness via interactive forms of the statements of claims, to ensure access to the legal materials related to the subject of the dispute”, he added.

Mr Al Abri said that the extension of the adoption of interactive forms in several languages comes under the directives of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Abu Dhabi Judicial Department Chairman. This is an extension of the bilingual litigation system introduced in November last year, when the translation of legal documents into Engish was mandatory if the defendant is a foreigner.

“The foreign investor receives the case files translated, thus contributing to the provision of a global judicial service that meets the requirements of residents in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi,” he added.

It may be noted that Hindi has the fourth highest number of native speakers in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. Apart from being spoken in most of North India, it is also used in several other countries, and spoken by the large Indian diaspora living in North America, Europe and the Middle East, South Africa and other places.

Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to formally join Congress on February 15

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Suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad to formally join Congress on February 15

Cricketer-turned-politician suspended BJP MLA Kirti Azad is all set to join hands with Congress on February 15, as per media reports. The three-time Member of Parliament from Darbhanga, Bihar, is expected to join Congress ahead of the upcoming elections in presence of the party president Rahul Gandhi.

The BJP had suspended Kirti Azad back in December 2015 who had been making public statements that there was corruption in the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) when Union Minister Arun Jaitley was heading it. Hours before he was suspended, another rebel BJP leader, Shatrughan Sinha had also come out in his support and demanded that Jaitley come out clean regarding the allegations.

Recently, when Congress President Rahul Gandhi had again used a maliciously cropped dissent note to accuse the Prime Minister to have indulged in corruption over the Rafale deal, Azad had come out in support of Congress President Rahul Gandhi and helped him spread the fake narrative.

Earlier, it was reported that Azad was also in touch with Aam Aadmi Party leadership who also wanted him to contest elections from an Aam Aadmi Party ticket.

Saradha scam: CBI continue to grill Kolkata Police chief, former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh to be questioned today

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Saradha scam: CBI continue to grill Kolkata Police chief, former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh to be questioned today

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) continued the questioning of Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar for the second day on Sunday. In addition to Rajeev Kumar, the CBI has also summoned former TMC MP Kunal Ghosh to appear in person at the CBI office in Shillong for interrogation in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam.

According to the reports, the CBI is likely to question Kunal Ghosh regarding his 91-page letter detailing the role of Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar in handling the ponzi scam probe after the main accused, Sudipta Sen and Debjani Mukherjee, both promoters of Saradha scam had fled to Kashmir.

Kunal Ghosh, who was the CEO of Saradha Media, an arm of the Saradha Group allegedly involved in a multi-crore chit fund scam had accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being the biggest beneficiary of Saradha scam.

The CBI had grilled the Kolkata police chief Rajeev Kumar on Saturday following the orders of the Supreme Court which had directed Rajeev Kumar before the CBI officials in connection with to question him regarding multi-crore Saradha scam.

Reportedly, three senior CBI officers had questioned Rajeev Kumar for nearly nine hours on Saturday for his alleged role in the tampering of crucial evidence in the scam. He was also questioned on his role in concealing the evidence in a heavily guarded CBI office. Rajeev Kumar led the special investigation team (SIT) formed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to investigation the chit fund scam before the probe was handed over to the CBI by the apex court.

Rajeev Kumar’s role is under the CBI’s scanner for deliberately withholding some crucial and incriminating documents that the SIT had collected in the chit fund scams probe. The Central Bureau of Investigation had also expressed fear over the destruction of evidence after the Kolkata police had taken charge of all evidence and seized all documents. The BJP had alleged that these documents point fingers at various TMC leaders and people close to Mamata Banerjee.

Interim CBI Chief M Nageshwar Rao said that a lot of evidence is being destroyed or being caused to disappear. Earlier, too, the CBI had claimed that the West Bengal government was obstructing investigation in Saradha Chit Fund scam. It has alleged that the “hostile” government is delaying the filing of the final charge sheet.

The state of West Bengal was amidst massive chaos last week after the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had resorted to ‘dharna’ politics to allegedly save herself from Saradha chit fund scam investigation. Mamata Banerjee had sat on ‘Dharna’ after Kolkata Police had forcefully detained eight CBI officials who had gone to visit police commissioner Rajeev Kumar to obtain crucial information regarding the Saradha scam.

Two arrested for TMC leader Satyajit Biswas’ murder who was earlier shot dead, party alleges BJP conspiracy

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Two arrested for TMC leader Satyajit Biswas’ murder who was earlier shot dead, party alleges BJP conspiracy

Two people have been arrested by West Bengal police in the murder case of Trinamool Congress Party’s leader and MLA from Krishnaganj Constituency of Nadia district Satyjit Biswas. The leader was attending Saraswati Puja function in Phulbari, where he was shot point-blank by unknown assailants, who immediately fled the scene leaving the murder weapon at the spot. An FIR has been lodged and the Officer-In-Charge (OC) has been suspended.

Biswas, after being shot at, was rushed to the nearest Shaktinagar district hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The murder has started a political slugfest between the TMC and Bhartiya Janta Party state leaders. TMC is continuously alleging BJP for pre-mediating the murder to make electoral inroads in the state.

“It is the handiwork of Mukul Roy. He is touring these days across the area to strengthen the BJP. He had earlier lashed out at Satyajit. We will fight it.” Gauri Shankar Dutta, TMC’s Nadia district president was quoted. An FIR lodged in the case, also names Mukul Roy. Mukul Roy was one of the founding members of TMC but had defected to BJP in 2017.

Dutta also claimed that the deceased leader was popular amongst the Scheduled Caste Matua Community, and was convincing the community to not vote for BJP. He also connected it to PM Modi’s recent rally at Thakurganj town, which had seen a large gathering of people from the Matua community, pointing towards growing support for the party.

BJP has vehemently rejected the charges and instead hit back at the incumbent CM Mamta government, for the deteriorating law and order of the state.


“This is extremely unfortunate, he was a known leader. Even in Joynagar, we have seen MLA was attacked and had a narrow escape recently. Every time they name BJP and later it comes out to be their factional feud.” BJP State President Dilip Ghosh was quoted by Indian Express. He also alleged TMC of harbouring anti-social elements and demanded a CBI probe in the case.

Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s group editor mocks Arunachal Pradesh culture

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Congress mouthpiece National Herald’s group editor mocks Arunachal Pradesh culture

Mrinal Pande, group editor of Congress mouthpiece National Herald, yesterday took to Twitter to mock the traditional Arunachal Pradesh headgear worn by Prime Minister Modi, showing disdain for the culture of the North East.


Responding to a tweet (now deleted) by a Twitter user Ashish Mishra, who had mocked PM Modi’s traditional Arunachal headgear by referring to PM Modi as a peacock, Pande responded with a picture of a rooster edited to make it appear as if it was wearing a suit.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu took to Twitter to explain that the headgear worn by PM Modi is a Nyishi tribal headgear.

Following this, the Twitter user later deleted his tweet.

However, Mrinal Pande was called out for her callous attitude towards the culture of Arunachal.


In August last year, in an attempt to mock Prime Minister Modi, senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor had called the PM Modi’s Naga headgear ‘outlandish’ which did not go down too well with many. Senior BJP leaders like Kiren Rijiju and Himanta Biswa Sarma had even demanded an apology from Congress for insulting the people of North East and the tribals.

Anti-Modi posters emerge in Guntur even as Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu calls for a protest against PM Modi’s visit

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Anti-Modi posters emerge in Guntur even as Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu calls for a protest against PM Modi’s visit

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Guntur, Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, posters have emerged opposing his entry into the state, reports ANI.

According to the reports, many anti-Modi posters have emerged across Andhra Pradesh ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state on Sunday. Some of the posters had slogans of  ‘No More Modi’ ‘Modi Is A Mistake’, ‘Modi Never Again’, among others. It has not yet been ascertained who has put up the posters.

Another image portrayed Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu with an arrow ready to shoot toward PM Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and other BJP leaders.

Chandrababu Naidu poster in Andhra (image: Navbharat Times)

Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has called the Prime Minister’s visit a ‘dark day’ and asked party workers to hold protests during the visit to the state.

“Tomorrow is a dark day. Prime Minister Modi is coming to witness the injustice that was done to Andhra Pradesh by him. Modi is weakening the states and constitutional institutions. PMO’s intervention in Rafale is disrespect to the nation. We will do peaceful Gandhian protests with yellow and black shirts and balloons,” said Naidu while addressing his party leaders.

Congress and left parties are also thinking of holding protests across the state to protest Prime Minister’s visit. They have announced that they will be protesting across the state with empty vessels.

Reportedly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit will address a public meeting titled ‘Praja Chaitanya Sabha’ at Etukuru bypass road near Guntur city on Sunday. PM Modi will also dedicate the 1.33 MMT Visakhapatnam Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) facility of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserve Limited (ISPRL) to the country. He will also inaugurate ONGC’s Vashishta and S1 development project located in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Offshore Basin and lay the foundation stone for setting up a new terminal of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) at Krishnapatnam.

In five years, I have made Amethi ready for a BJP win: Union Minister Smriti Irani

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In five years, I have made Amethi ready for a BJP win: Union Minister Smriti Irani

“Who will contest from where in upcoming poolls is something the party will decide but one thing is for sure that in five years, I can say I have made Amethi ready for a BJP win. When a farmer is given a futile land, which has not been irrigated in years, which has not been nourished and nurtured in years, this farmer can at least tell one thing that in five years, having put in tremendous hard work, I have made that seat ready for a BJP victory,” said Union Minister Smriti Irani at the Hashtag Social Media Summit on Saturday in New Delhi.

Coming down heavily on Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s insensitive remark on Air Force pilots, Irani said, “This is a man who sits on a public platform and says that if you are killed in a plane crash, this money can go to your family.” She added that this is not something to laugh about since apart from politics, if you look at it from humanity angle, it shows his mentality.”


“Okay, so you will die, we will send the money. That man (Rahul Gandhi) has given you a glimpse of his thoughts and mentality,” she added.

Irani was referring to the crass comment made by Congress President Rahul Gandhi while putting out false allegations regarding Rafale deal with help of a maliciously cropped dissent note which was published by The Hindu. Rahul Gandhi had held the cropped note and said that this document proves that Modi has stolen ₹30,000 crore and given to Anil Ambani. Addressing personnel from the Air Force, Rahul Gandhi said that this ₹30,000 crore could have given to fighter pilots when they die in a plane crash.

Banned by Mughal ruler Akbar 450 years ago, Panchkosi Parikrama restarted at Prayagraj Kumbh

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Banned by Mughal ruler Akbar 450 years ago, Panchkosi Parikrama restarted at Prayagraj Kumbh

The Panchkosi Parikrama in Prayagraj, which was banned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar around 450 years ago, was restarted on Thursday at the Prayagraj Kumbh 2019. After long efforts of the saint community and the administration, the Parikrama has been restarted. The Parikrama was earlier started by some saints but had to be discontinued in 1993 due to lack of management.

The Parikrama was started after performing the Ganga aarti with the chanting of Vedic mantras. Akhara Parishad President Mahant Mahendra Giri, Juna Peethadhishwar Avdheshanand Giri and General Secretary of Akhara Parishad Mahant Harigiri along with government officials took part in the worship.

The Panchkosi Parikrama involves the parikrama of the four ashrams of four Hrishis, Hrishi Durvasa ( in the east), Hrishi Bharadvaj (in the west), Hrishi Pandeshwar Mahadev (in the north) and Hrishi Parashar (in the south). On the first day of the three-day Parikrama, devotees visit Akhsyavat and Saraswati Kund followed by Bankhandi Mahadev and Maujgiri Baba. Thereafter devotees reach the Someshwar Mahadev Mandir visiting Surya Tankeshwar, Chakra Madhav and Gada Madhav on the way to it. The first day of the Parikrama ends with the darshan of Durvasa Hrishi and Shankh Madhav Mandir.

On the second day, the Parikrama reaches Kotwal Hanuman ji and then Dattatreya Mandir (Chetanpuri) followed by Pandeshwar Mahadev Mandir and Vasuki Mandir and concludes with bhajan-keertan. On the third and the last day of the Parikrama it concludes with the devotees collecting gangajal from sangam and performing abhishek in the ashram of Hrishi Bhardvaj.

On the demand of the Hindu saints, Yogi government decided the route of the Panchkosi Parikrama and the renovation work of the routes will be started to facilitate the Parikrama.

Apart from restarting the Parikrama, this Kumbh also saw the opening of the Akbar fort for devotees. Akshayvat and Saraswati Koop located inside the fort were made accessible to the devotees by the UP government last month. This is the first time Akshayvat and Saraswati Koop was opened during the Kumbh after Akbar had commissioned a fort at that location. The fort was constructed in such a way that it enclosed the famous Akshayavat tree and the Saraswati Koop deep well.

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