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Kejriwal to meet PM Modi today, invite him for swearing-in ceremony

February 12, 2015

New Delhi, Feb 12: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor and Delhi chief minister-designate Arvind Kejriwal will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday and invite him for his swearing-in ceremony at the Ramlila Maidan on Valentine’s Day.

kejri seawringAAP leaders said Kejriwal had sought a meeting with Modi after the party won a historic mandate in the Delhi assembly elections.

"We had sought time from the Prime Minister, Kejriwal will be meeting him... at 10.30am. He will also extend an invitation to him for the oath ceremony on February 14 (Saturday)," a party source said.

Kejriwal's meeting with the PM comes a day after he met Union home minister Rajnath Singh and urban affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu, and sought full statehood for Delhi.

Speaking to home minister Singh, Kejriwal also underlined the need for "constructive cooperation" between the central and the Delhi governments and noted that political differences should not come in the way of taking the city forward.

Kejriwal may also raise the statehood issue in his meeting with Modi and invite key other members of his team to the oath-taking ceremony on Saturday when the former social activist will be sworn in as chief minister, exactly a year after he resigned from the post. The AAP chief had quit on February 14, 2014, after a controversial and brief stint.

Kejriwal is also planning to invite his one-time colleague and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi, who was the BJP's CM candidate in the Delhi polls. Bedi too had congratulated Kejriwal asking him to make Delhi a world-class city.

The AAP won 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi House on Tuesday, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed a distant second place with merely three seats. The Congress, reeling from a string of defeats since it was routed in the Lok Sabha polls, did not even open its account.

In the run-up to the Delhi polls, the battle for the city-state saw a fierce war of words between the PM, who added thunder to the BJP's campaign, and Kejriwal, who lost to Modi in Varanasi in the April-May general elections.

But, Modi congratulated Kejriwal after the AAP's poll triumph and promised him Centre's co-operation in the development of Delhi.

While Kejriwal would like Modi to attend his swearing-in ceremony, it is to seen whether he will be present, as the PM already has a date with Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar.

According to the PM's scheduled programme, Modi will share stage with Pawar in the latter's stronghold of Baramati on Saturday while inaugurating the new Krishi Vigyan Kendra building, a project approved by the NCP chief when he was the Union agriculture minister in the UPA government.

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July 31,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 31: People offered Eid-al-Adha namaz while ensuring social distancing norms at mosques in Thiruvananthapuram and Mallapuram on Friday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had on Thursday announced that the Eid-al-Adha prayers can be offered in mosques of the state on Friday with a limited number of people due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kerala is celebrating the festival of Eid-al-Adha on Friday.

Eid al-Adha or Bakrid, also known as "Sacrifice Feast" is marked by sacrificing an animal, usually a sheep or a goat to prove their devotion and love for Allah. Post the sacrifice, devotees distribute the offering to family, friends, neighbours and especially to the poor and the needy. 

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January 1,2020

New Delhi, Jan 1: The new Army chief Lieutenant General MM Naravane on Wednesday said that India needs to pay more attention to its border along China and asserted that the force is capable of dealing with any security challenge.

"We have been giving attention to our western front in the past. The northern front now also requires an equal amount of attention... The Army is capable of tackling any dangers to the country," General Naravane told reporters after receiving the first Guard of Honour as the Army chief.

"In that context, we are now going in for capability development and enhancement of our capacities even in our northern borders which includes the northeastern part of our country," he said.

On the border dispute with China, the Army chief said that continuing peace along the border will pave the way for a solution.

He said: "We have been able to maintain peace and tranquility along borders and I'm sure that situation will prevail. By maintaining this, we will be able to set the stage for the eventual solution."

General Naravane said that operational readiness and modernisation will be among the top priorities of the Army under his leadership.

"Our priority will be to be ready to meet any challenge and to be operationally prepared at all times. This will happen as a result of modernisation. We will continue to build our capability especially in the North and Northeast region of our country," he said.

He said that the Indian Army will pay special attention to respect human rights. "We will also pay special emphasis on raising security awareness among ranks and file and pay special attention to respect human rights," the Army chief said.

Assuring the country on security, he said, "All three services — the Army, the Navy and the Air Force — are ready to defend the country."

He extended wishes to people in the new year and hoped that the country will make huge progress in this decade.

General Naravane took over as the 28th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) on Tuesday, succeeding General Bipin Rawat who has become India's first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS).

General Naravane was previously the Vice Chief of Army Staff.

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June 20,2020

New Delhi, Jun 20: With the highest single-day increase of 14,516 COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's coronavirus count stood at 3,95,048 on Saturday.

The death toll has gone up to 12,948 in the country with 375 persons succumbing to the infection.

According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of cases includes 1,68,269 active cases, 2,13,831 cured/discharged/migrated and 12,948 deaths.

Maharashtra with 1,24,331 cases continues to be the worst-affected state in the country with 55,665 active cases while 62,773 patients have been cured and discharged in the state so far. The death toll due to COVID-19 stands at 5,893 in the state.

The number of confirmed cases in Tamil Nadu also crossed the 50 thousand mark on Saturday and reached 54,449.

The national capital is the third-worst affected by the infection in the country with the count reaching 53,116 today.

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