PM Modi slams ‘power-hungry’ Congress people

by Pabitra Mohan Senapaty

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the opposition parties over the criticism following his recent visit to the residence of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on the occasion of Ganesh Puja celebrations.

Bhubaneswar, Sep 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the opposition parties over the criticism following his recent visit to the residence of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on the occasion of Ganesh Puja celebrations.

Speaking at a special function at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar, PM Modi said, “Even at that time, the British who followed the policy of divide and rule, used to hate Ganesh Utsav. Even today, the power-hungry people who are busy dividing and breaking society are having trouble with Ganesh Puja. You must have seen that the people of Congress and its ecosystem are angry for the last few days because I participated in Ganpati Puja.”

“And what's more, in Karnataka where they have a government, they have committed an even bigger crime. These people put the idol of Lord Ganesha behind bars. The whole country is disturbed by those pictures. This hateful thinking and the mentality of poisoning society is very dangerous for our country. That's why we should not let such hateful forces move forward,” added the PM.

Notably, the opposition Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and many lawyers objected to PM Modi’s visit to the house of CJI Chandrachud raising concerns over the independence of judiciary in the country.

The Prime Minister during his address in Bhubaneswar also remembered Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s efforts in uniting the country on the occasion of Hyderabad Mukti Divas or ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. He said the whole country is celebrating the Hyderabad Mukti Divas on September 17.

“The foreign powers wanted to break the country while opportunists agreed to break the country into pieces. In that situation, Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel came forward and united the country by showing extraordinary willpower. Hyderabad was freed by curbing the anti-India fundamentalist forces there. Hyderabad Liberation Day is not just a date. It is also an inspiration for the integrity of the country, for our duties towards the nation, emphasised the PM.

PM Modi arrived in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday morning on a one-day visit to the state. He launched the mega social welfare programme, Subhadra Scheme and laid the foundation stone for several developmental projects during a grand programme at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar.

--IANS

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'Shall I Send Lawrence Bishnoi', New Chilling Threat To Salman Khan's Father

by Utkalika Mohanty

Mumbai, Sep 19: Famed Bollywood writer Salim Khan has received fresh death threats from an unknown woman who warned him of sending a dreaded gangster to eliminate him, a police official said here on Thursday.

This is the second time that Salim Khan -- the father of Bollywood megastar Salim Khan -- has been targeted with a death ultimatum in the recent past, just near his residence, Galaxy Apartment in Bandra West.

In the latest instance, the purported threat emanated from a man and woman sporting a ‘burqa’ and arriving on a scooter at the Bandra Bandstand where the legendary writer was on his morning walk, at around 8.45 a.m on Wednesday.

Feeling exhausted at one point, Khan sat down to rest on the promenade in front of the Windermere Building, and the scooterist couple arrived from the Galaxy Building side.

The duo accosted Khan and asked him, “Lawrence Bishnoi ko bheju kya?” (Should I send Lawrence Bishnoi?), before they took a u-turn and sped off from there.

Based on a complaint by his personal bodyguard, Deepak Borse, the Bandra Police Station has registered a case against the unknown couple and is investigating the matter, said Senior Police Inspector Sanjay Marathe.

In a statement, Marathe added that the police are scanning the CCTV footage in the vicinity and launched a hunt for the couple, though they have yet to be tracked.

This is yet another ultimatum in the series of threats received by the Khan father-son duo in the past few months, sending shudders in Bollywood circles.

It may be recalled that at dawn on April 14 this year, two unidentified persons on a motorcycle had opened indiscriminate fire at the Khans’ residence in Galaxy Apartment, though there were no injuries.

Later that day, the Bishnoi gang openly claimed responsibility for the attack and also termed it the ‘first and last warning’ to the Khan family, shocking entertainment circles.

The two accused -- Vicky Gupta, 24, and Sagar Pal, 23 -- were arrested from Bhuj town in Gujarat's Kachchh district, barely 325 km away from the India-Pakistan border.

--IANS

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Odisha’s Mohan Majhi Govt Records Milestone Achievements In First 100 Days

by Utkalika Mohanty

Bhubaneswar, Sept 19: Odisha’s first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government headed by chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi has recorded some milestone achievements in the first 100 days, keeping a tryst with its pre-poll promises.

The major accomplishments of the government include opening of the four gates of Srimandir, the abode of Lord Jagannath at Puri, unlocking of the Ratna Bhandar of Srimandir after four decades, hiking paddy’s minimum support price (MSP) to Rs 3,100 and rolling out its flagship women welfare initiative Subhadra Yojana.

In order to bring the governance closer to the people, CM Majhi reopened the Chief Minister’ Grievance Cell which had remained closed for 16 years. He, along with senior ministers and top officers, has started listening to people’s grievances every Monday.

Under CM Majhi’s rule, the bureaucracy has seemingly been more active. The CM’s presence in his office in the state secretariat for long hours and regular review of the progress of various projects and schemes have galvanised the administrative machinery starting from the top level to the grassroots.

In the Lok Sabha polls held early this year, the BJP won 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats and the state got three lawmakers — Jual Oram, Dharmendra Pradhan and Ashwini Vaishnaw — inducted into the Union council of ministers. These three top leaders have been playing well-supporting roles in the state’s development process.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while launching the Mohan Majhi government’s Subhadra Yojana on Tuesday here, said the double-engine government in Odisha has already started delivering and the state would soon emerge as one of the fastest growing provinces in the country.

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