PM Modi asked the MPs to form teams of two in each Assembly segment to seek ideas from people on how they envisage India when it completes 100 years of independence in 2047.
Year-long events proposed to mark 75 years of India's Independence have been suspended for an indefinite period due to latest spike in Covid cases, Delhi govt officials said.
Addressing the BJP's parliamentary party meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the festival will be held at 75 locations across the country for 75 weeks.
A 259-member high-level committee, headed by PM Modi has been formed to oversee preparations for the occasion. The members include CJI Bobde, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi among others.
Govt’s planned 25-day celebrations will include exhibitions on freedom fighters including Gandhi, Patel and Netaji. First PM Nehru missing in list of names.
The Modi government is also looking to dedicate projects to the country on or around 15 August 2022, when the country celebrates 75 years of Independence.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in her I-Day speech, alleged that the Modi government stands contrary to 'democratic system, constitutional values and established traditions'.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma called the incident 'unfortunate' and said that the Lt Governor should look into the 'serious lapse'.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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