India Political Highlights: Last 3 years have been difficult for developing nations, says PM Modi at Voice of Global South Summit

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India will establish a Global South Centre of Excellence, says PM Modi

To address geopolitical fragmentation, we urgently need fundamental reform of international bodies including UN Security Council, says PM Modi

Geopolitical tensions distract us from focusing on our development priorities, says PM Modi at Voice of Global South Summit

We want human-centric globalisation; developing countries are concerned about increasing fragmentation of international landscape, says PM Modi

We want globalisation that brings prosperity and well-being to humanity as a whole. In short, we want human-centric globalisation. says PM Narendra Modi at Voice of Global South Summit

Challenges of Covid pandemic, rising prices of fuel, fertiliser and foodgrains and increasing geo-political tensions have impacted our development efforts, says PM Modi at Voice of Global South Summit

Last 3 years have been difficult, especially for us developing nations. The challenges of the Covid pandemic, rising prices of fuel, fertiliser and foodgrains and increasing geo-political tensions have impacted our development efforts, saysPM Modi at Voice of Global South Summit

PM Narendra Modi attends Voice of Global South Summit virtually

Various departments have stopped payments of Delhi govt. This was done 3 months before MCD polls to hurt AAP, says CM Arvind Kejriwal

Cited 2018 SC judgment on transferred subjects, according to which various orders of LG are illegal: CM Arvind Kejriwal after meeting with LG

State police have succeeded in arresting the alleged fraudster, Santro Ravi. With his arrest, all speculations have been put to rest, says Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra

NIA & Jammu Police will investigate Rajouri attacks

Amit Shah addresses a press conference in Jammu

Team comprising of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, Election Commissioners Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel were on a two-day visit to Shillong to review poll preparedness for the upcoming Assembly elections

Amit Shah arrives in Jammu to meet Dhangri terror attack victim families

Union Home Minister Amit Shah Friday arrived in Jammu wherefrom he is scheduled to leave for Dhangri village of Rajouri to meet the families of those killed in the militant attack on New Year.

VCK party workers, protesting against Governor R N Ravi in Chennai, detained by police

VCK Party workers protest against Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi in Chennai

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan pays tribute to former Union Minister Sharad Yadav

Congress likely to take action against father-son duo over Maharashtra Council seat nomination

The Congress is likely to take action against Tambe father-son duo. The AICC nominated three-time MLC Dr Sudhir Tambe for Nashik Division Graduate seat of Maharashtra Legislative Council. However, he did not file papers and fielded his son Satyajeet Tambe as an Independent, who is likely to get support of the BJP.

Proud of Dravidian model and what we have achieved, says TN CM M K Stalin in Assembly

Request L-G to not support BJP's conspiracy to ruin Delhi's education system. Providing good education is sacred work: Manish Sisodia

L-G impeding govt work by seeking cost-benefit analysis. Will PM's visit to World Economic Forum be stopped on same pretext: Manish Sisodia

Sharad Yadav was tall leader of socialist movement: Kamal Nath

Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath on Friday expressed grief over veteran socialist leader and former Union minister Sharad Yadav's death.

“Deeply mourned the death of the socialist movement leader, former union minister and my colleague in public life, Sharad Yadav,” Nath tweeted. “His death is an irreparable loss to the fight for social justice,” the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister said. “He was a tall leader of the socialist movement and I have learnt a lot from him,” Nath added. - PTI.

Demise of Sharad Yadav Ji is irreparable damage to the country and the country's politics: Amit Shah

Delhi CM Kejriwal to attend weekly Friday meeting with L-G V K Saxena after gap of several weeks

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will attend his weekly Friday meeting with L-G V K Saxena at 4 pm after a gap of several weeks, officials said.

Sources said the chief minister will carry copies of Constitution and other laws for his meeting with the L-G at Raj Niwas, which is likely to see a serious discussion between the two over their powers and jurisdictions in Delhi. - PTI.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar pays tribute to former Union minister Sharad Yadav

Dhankhar's comments on judiciary: Cong cites Naidu's 2020 remarks that Constitution is supreme

Vscalating its attack over Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's comments on the judiciary, the Congress on Friday cited his predecessor M Venkaiah Naidu's remarks in 2020 in which he had stated that none of the three organs of the state can claim to be supreme as only the Constitution is supreme.

Dhankhar on Wednesday had said "one-upmanship and public posturing" from judicial platforms is not good and these institutions must know how to conduct themselves.

Stepping up the party's attack over the issue, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Mr. Chidambaram has pointedly countered the Vice President's assault on the judiciary by saying the Constitution and not Parliament is supreme. Just a year ago, Mr. Dhankar's predecessor Venkaiah Naidu-garu had said exactly what Mr. Chidambaram has." - PTI.

PM Modi to virtually inaugurate the Tent City in Varanasi & flag off world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas

I have learnt a lot about politics from Sharad Yadav: Rahul Gandhi

Vice Prez Dhankhar expresses sadness over death of Sharad Yadav

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday expressed sadness over the passing away of veteran politician Sharad Yadav and said he was a popular leader and an astute administrator who set high benchmarks in public life.

"Saddened by the untimely passing away of former Union Minister and veteran parliamentarian Sharad Yadav Ji. A popular leader and an astute administrator, he set high benchmarks in public life," Vice President Dhankhar said in a tweet.

"My deepest condolences to his family members and well-wishers. Om Shanti!" he said. - PTI.

Situation under control in Buxar's Chausa: Bihar CM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said the situation in Chausa in Buxar district, where a violent clash had taken place between farmers and police, was "under control".

Ten policemen were injured when around 1,000 villagers, including farmers, attacked the under-construction Chausa thermal power plant and torched around half-a-dozen vehicles on Wednesday, hours after police allegedly beat up locals during a raid, an officer said.

The law enforcers lobbed tear gas shells and fired in the air to control the mob.

Interacting with reporters during his 'Samadhan Yatra' in Darbhanga district on Thursday, Kumar, said, "I have spoken to the district magistrate of Buxar and things are under control." - PTI.

Governor R N Ravi’s outbursts dent BJP’s Tamil Nadu plans

For the past few years, BJP has been carefully structuring its political discourse in Tamil Nadu by priding over the Tamil language and linguistic identity of Tamils. It has also been skirting key ideological issues like Hindi and Hindutva.

These efforts by the BJP might come to naught if Governor R N Ravi continues to make controversial statements on the culture, linguistic identity and language, political analysts warn.

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PM Modi to flag off MV Ganga Vilas cruise in Varanasi today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the MV Ganga Vilas luxury cruise on the world's longest river voyage from Varanasi to Dibrugarh on Friday.

He will also lay the foundation and inaugurate several projects of inland waterways in Bihar, West Bengal and Assam on this occasion. - IANS.

Sharad Yadav's demise irreparable loss to Indian politics: Congress

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday condoled the demise of socialist leader and former Union minister Sharad Yadav and said he strengthened the politics of quality.

The Congress also said Yadav's demise is an irreparable loss to Indian politics.

Former party chief Rahul Gandhi said Yadav was a man of humble nature and he has learnt a lot from him. - PTI.

'Differences never resulted in bitterness': Lalu on 'bade bhai' Sharad Yadav

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad on Thursday condoled the death of former Union minister Sharad Yadav and asserted that their mutual differences "never resulted in any type of bitterness".

Prasad, who has engaged in electoral battles with Yadav in the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat, issued a video statement from his hospital bed in Singapore where he is recuperating from a kidney transplant surgery.(PTI)