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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 61st edition of his monthly radio programme ' Mann Ki Baat ', on Sunday at 6 pm. The first address of prime minister's monthly programme in 2020 will be done on the Republic Day, according to the official handle of ' Mann Ki Baat Updates '. This timing of the programme has been changed for today from its usual 11 am to avoid a clash with the Republic Day function in the morning. The programme will be broadcast on the entire network of All India Radio and Doordarshan and Narendra Modi App at 6 pm on 26 January. In his last address on 29 December, the Prime Minister had urged people to take up tasks to uplift the poor and had stressed the need for buying indigenous products to support the artisans. He had, during the course of his address, also spoken about the Indian Space Research Organisation's plan to launch a satellite called Aditya to study the sun and had praised the women of Phoolpur for their

Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Police on Saturday arrested 10 people including a woman from Ghantaghar in Lucknow, where an anti- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) sit-in has been on since 17 January and booked 100 women, protesters, for allegedly violating prohibitory orders. A woman protestor claimed that police personnel suddenly arrived at the site and arrested volunteers. She alleged that the cops beat up senior citizens and hurled abuses at women. However, the police denied the allegations. "A case has been registered against 10 women and 100 unidentified women for violating Section 144 of CrPC, while protesting at Ghantaghar. Apart from this, eight persons have been arrested. They are Puja Shukla and seven male volunteers," Station House Officer of Thakurganj police station Pramod Mishra said. Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) prevents the assembly of five or more people at one spot. "Their allegations are baseless. The action was initiated against tho

Guwahati: Four powerful grenade explosions: three in Dibrugarh and one in Charaideo districts, rocked Assam on Sunday morning as the country celebrated Republic Day, police said. Click here to follow LIVE updates on Republic Day 2020 In Dibrugarh district, an explosion took place at Graham Bazar and another beside a gurudwara on AT Road, both under Dibrugarh police station. Another explosion rocked the oil town of Duliajan whose details are still awaited, police said. Another explosion rocked Teok Ghat under Sonari police station of Charaideo district, they said. Senior officials have rushed to the explosion sites and details of casualties are awaited, police added. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/2NX71BG Press Trust of India

Ranchi : The Jharkhand Health Department has issued an advisory to all districts and health institutions in the state to stay alert and report any suspected case of Coronavirus. Representational image. Getty Images The department has sent 'reporting formats' issued by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) to all the districts and health institutions to report any suspected case of Coronavirus, an official release said. The advisory also asked them to continuously monitor any suspected case of Coronavirus for 28 days, said an official release quoting Principal Secretary (Health) Nitin Madan Kulkarni. Kulkarni said that officials of all the districts and health institutions have been told about the advisory, standard operating procedures, and updates issued by the Union Health and Family Welfare department. Media reports on the disease are being monitored, he said on Saturday after a review meeting with health officials. The death toll in the deadly new coron

New Delhi : The Indian national flag was unfurled by the protesters at Shaheen Bagh in the national capital on the occasion of 71st Republic Day on Sunday. In the wee hours today, protestors demonstrating against the amended citizenship law sung the national anthem and read the preamble of the Constitution. Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi. ANI Protests have been going on at Shaheen Bagh in New Delhi for over a month against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC). Meanwhile, a petition was filed in the Supreme Court last week seeking appropriate directions to the police to open Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch, which has been closed since 15 December due to ongoing protests against the CAA. Follow LIVE updates on Republic Day 2020 Protests are going on across the country against CAA which grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and

Srinagar: Mobile phone services were snapped in Kashmir on Sunday as a precautionary measure for ensuring smooth passage of Republic Day celebrations in the valley, officials said. While mobile internet services were suspended hours after their restoration on Saturday, mobile phone connectivity was suspended in the early hours of Sunday, they said. Click here to follow LIVE updates on Republic Day 2020 Mobile phone services were snapped in Kashmir on Sunday as a precautionary measure for ensuring smooth passage of Republic Day celebrations in the Valley. Reuters Suspension of mobile phone and Internet services on Republic and Independence days has been part of the security drill in the valley since 2005 when militants used a mobile phone to trigger an IED blast near the venue of Independence day celebrations. Meanwhile, stringent security arrangements are in place for ensuring that Republic Day celebrations pass off peacefully. Security forces have been deployed along all the

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday announced a change in nomenclature of police medal for gallantry and police medal for meritorious service, removing the word 'Sher-e-Kashmir', a reference to former chief minister and National Conference founder Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah. "It is hereby ordered that the words 'Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry and Sher-i-Kashmir police medal for meritorious service' wherever appearing in the government order No.332(P) of 2001 dated 01.08.2001, as amended from time to time, shall henceforth be read as 'Jammu and Kashmir police medal for gallantry and Jammu and Kashmir police medal for meritorious service," Principal Secretary, home department, Shaleen Kabra said in an order. On the eve of Republic Day, three officers including the Inspector General of Police SP Pani were awarded Jammu and Kashmir police medal for meritorious service. Pani, who was recently relieved of the post of IGP Armed Ka

Editor's Note: This article was first published on 24 January 2020. It is being republished in view of the 71st Republic Day parade, where Brazilian President Jair Bolsanaro is in attendance as the chief guest. A resource-rich Brazil and an energy-hungry India, with no major dissonances in their worldview, congruity in middle-power status and facing similar challenges in their development curve, should be much more than just “strategic partners” locked in a buyer-seller relationship. That they aren't owed as much to baggage of history as lack of imagination from leadership. Click here to follow LIVE updates on Republic Day 2020 File photo of Jair Bolsonaro. Reuters Ever since Brazil opposed India’s move in 1961 to liberate Goa from Portuguese rule, the relationship between the two nations have been lukewarm at best and frosty at worst. Things didn’t change much even though trade relationship eventually developed, and diplomacy intensified. Ties still remained hostage to h

09:25 (IST) Constitution being attacked through 'deep-rooted' conspiracy, says Sonia Gandhi   Congress president Sonia Gandhi urged people on the eve of Republic Day to rise above personal prejudices and stand united to protect the Constitution and its values, claiming that they are being attacked through a "deep-rooted" conspiracy.   "A deep-rooted conspiracy has been hatched to set a discourse to divide countrymen based on religion, regionalism and language as also to subvert and undermine the Constitution. An unprecedented atmosphere of disturbance, fear and insecurity has been foisted upon the country. The common citizen is convinced that the constitutional values are no longer safe in the hands of the present dispensation," she said.   She urged people to rise above personal prejudices and parochial political gains, and take a renewed pledge towards nation building. "Today, the Constitution and its values are being attacked by way of a conc

19:07 (IST) WATCH: President Ram Nath Kovind addresses nation on eve of Republic Day in Hindi; speech in English to follow shortly 19:28 (IST) Roll-out of GST realised the vision of ‘One country, One tax, One market’: President Kovind The roll-out of the GST has realised our vision of ‘One country, One tax, One market’: President Kovind pic.twitter.com/pRtTTbE9S5 — President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) January 25, 2020 19:24 (IST) People have made welfare schemes into people's movements, says president Listing the successful schemes of the governemnt, Ram Nath Kovind said people have accepted the schemes and made them into people's movement. He listed PM Ujwala Yojana, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan as the successes of the governemnt. The Government has launched a number of welfare campaigns, and what is especially noteworthy about them is the fact that citizens have voluntarily turned them into popular movements: President Kovind — President of India (@rashtrapatibh

US diplomat Alice Wells on Friday urged New Delhi to "move swiftly to release the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir who have been detained without charge, while lauding the incremental steps taken by the Government of India on Kashmir, including the partial return of internet service in the Valley. The US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, who has just returned from a trip to the region besides attending the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, made the remarks while addressing reporters during a press briefing in Washington DC. At the briefing, Wells also described the visit by US ambassador Kenneth Juster and other foreign diplomats to Jammu and Kashmir as "a useful step". "I was pleased to see some incremental steps, including the partial return of internet service in Kashmir. And the visit by our ambassador and other foreign diplomats to Jammu and Kashmir is something that I know was extensively covered in the press. We see this a

US diplomat Alice Wells on Friday urged New Delhi to "move swiftly to release the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir who have been detained without charge, while lauding the incremental steps taken by the Government of India on Kashmir, including the partial return of internet service in the Valley. The US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, who has just returned from a trip to the region besides attending the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, made the remarks while addressing reporters during a press briefing in Washington DC. At the briefing, Wells also described the visit by US ambassador Kenneth Juster and other foreign diplomats to Jammu and Kashmir as "a useful step". File image of Alice Wells. AP "I was pleased to see some incremental steps, including the partial return of internet service in Kashmir. And the visit by our ambassador and other foreign diplomats to Jammu and Kashmir is something that I know was extensively cov