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The move comes after the all-party meeting convened by Congress president Sonia Gandhi on January 13 called upon state governments opposing CAA and National Register of Citizens (NRC) to pass a resolution in the assembly against National Population Register (NPR) exercise. Key Opposition parties such as the Congress, Left and Trinamool considers the NPR - an exercise initiated during the Manmohan Singh government - is being used by the current regime as the stepping stone of CAA-NRC. … [Read more...] about All Congress-ruled states set to pass resolution against citizenship law

Our government is buying paddy at ₹2,500 per quintal. The Union Government refused to procure paddy from our State because we are paying bonus to the farmers. (There is a difference of ₹750 per quintal between the Union government’s MSP and the price offered by the Chhattisgarh government). We are selling paddy to the Union government as per their price and have paid ₹7,000 crore of bonus to the farmers. We will bring in a new policy on the lines of the Rythu Bandhu scheme of the Telangana government or the Kalia scheme of the Odisha government. … [Read more...] about Amit Shah, not Modi, running the show, says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel

NEW DELHI: Gandhi Smriti, the place where Mahatma Gandhi was killed by Nathuram Godse, has been ‘digitally transformed’ with vibrations of foreigners singing ‘Vaishnava Jana To’, LED screens with scaled-down photographs of his last journey and multimedia boards on the importance of Gandhi's ‘charkha and chashma’ (spinning wheel and spectacles). Gandhi Smriti director Dipankar Shri Gyan said, “The attempt is to create a more vibrant, interactive space for visitors of all ages and represent Gandhi’s life and values in an effective way.” He said the panels were getting ‘old’ and they were re-created on digital panels so that they are preserved for many years. The changes, however, have upset his family members who feel it is an attempt to ‘cleanse the place of his murder and make it all about celebrating his ideals’. Gandhi Smriti functions as an autonomous body under the culture ministry. For years, a part … [Read more...] about Mahatma Gandhi’s last journey photos scaled down

“The Prime Minister has always given top priority to the rights of women. The first programme that he launched was ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’. We don’t save our daughters to allow big shots to insult them later in life,” Ms. Gandhi had told PTI in an interview. … [Read more...] about #MeToo: Group of Ministers to look into cases of harassment

NEW DELHI: Smugglers are using the duty-free shop at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here to sneak gold into the country, forcing customs authorities to step up vigil. In its effort to check gold smuggling mainly by airlines crew and ground handling staff, the Customs is also considering regulating use of mobile phones inside the airport premises by them. Many such issues were discussed during a recent meeting by officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) with representatives of airlines, immigration, Central Industrial Security Force, Customs and Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), official sources said. The officials pointed out instances where passengers would hide gold in duty-free shop allegedly with the connivance of ground handling staff manning it. Later, the gold would be ferried out of the airport by one of the personnel working there, they said. There has also been a demand to regulate the use of mobile phones by ground handling staff and … [Read more...] about Airport duty-free shop being used for smuggling gold