"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a subsidy of Rs 200 on domestic cylinders for the mothers and sisters of the country on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan and Onam.
Speaking in Lok Sabha during no-confidence motion debate in Lok Sabha brought by the Opposition, Shah said PM Modi PM Modi's government is the only one that won the trust of most of the people.
Top BJP leaders from the state, who were having a discussion with the Home minister over a breakfast meeting, discreetly left the place as soon as Pandian arrived so that the two could have a free and frank chat without being constrained by the presence of ‘others’!
"From 2015-2019, there has been a 30% decrease in the number of naxal incidents, a 32% decrease in encounters, and a 56% decrease in death of security personnel. I thank Odisha government and Naveen babu for extending cooperation to us to curb Naxalism," Shah added.
As part of the visit to Odisha, Shah inaugurated the 51-kilometre-long 4-lane stretch on National Highway (NH) 53 connecting Kamkhyanagar and Duburi.
According to sources, Shah will arrive in Bhubaneswar on Friday night and attend a government programme on Saturday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is also scheduled to attend the event.
Shah assured the depositors that no one can stop their money now and that they will get the refund in 45 days after registering on the portal.
Earlier, the NCB Bhubaneswar zonal unit was working as a sub-zone under Kolkata. Now it has been upgraded into a full-fledged independent zone that will cover the entire Odisha. The staff strength, which was only 15, will be increased to 100 in the coming phases.
He said cases against drug peddlers have increased by 181 per cent -- from 1,257 cases between 2006 and 2013 to 3,544 between 2014 and 2022.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has convened an all-party meeting on June 24 in New Delhi to discuss the situation in Manipur which has witnessed sporadic violence since May 3.
The other four yatras will be launched from Kamal Nath's pocket-borough Chhindwara, another will be started by BJP's powerful tribal politician and current MP forest minister Kunwar Vijay Shah from Jabera in Damoh district.
As per reports, ahead of the crucial 2024 elections, several key leaders of the BJP are set to hold massive programmes in Odisha as part of their month-long ‘Jan Sampark Abhiyan’.
Addressing a rally at Siddhpur in Gujarat's Patan district, Shah accused Rahul Gandhi of persistently speaking against India, despite the country witnessing substantial changes under the Narendra Modi administration.
In a tweet, Shah said: "Four major new policy decisions empowering the Urban Cooperative Banks have been approved: The UCBs can now open new branches without the prior approval of the RBI.
The protesting wrestlers were manhandled and detained by Delhi Police and their arrangements at the protest site were dismantled.
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