Tag: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday stressed on the importance of maintaining internal and external security to achieve Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India a $5 trillion economy. “Modiji wants to make India a $5 trillion economy and put it among the world’s top three. But economic progress is not possible […]

Silvasa: BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday once again lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in Jammu and Kashmir. Speaking at an event at Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Shah said the Congress has given up on “parampara” (tradition) of rising above […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah met a Kashmiri delegation at the North Block here on Tuesday. Twenty-two sarpanchs from Kashmir, who bravely contested the panchayat elections in spite of threat to their lives from terrorists, met Shah and other top officials of the Home Ministry. Shah will be listening to all of them […]

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said no “illegal migrant” will be allowed to stay in the country and that the NRC exercise in Assam was completed in “time-bound manner”. Shah, also the chairman of the North Eastern Council (NEC), was addressing chief ministers of eight northeastern states, in his inaugural address at […]

Guwahati: Dismissing apprehensions after abrogation of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah here on Sunday assured the people of northeast that there would be no change in the Article 371 as it was a “special” provision. He said there was a difference between Article 371 and Article 370, which was revoked by the Centre […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday urged people to nominate individuals who have been working with distinction or achieved exceptional achievements in different fields and disciplines such as art, science, social work and sports for the Padma awards. He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to making the prestigious Padma […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister and BJP President Amit Shah on Saturday kicked off the party’s “seva saptah” (service week) as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday celebrations. Shah, along with the Bharatiya Janata Party Working President J.P. Nadda, senior party leader Vijay Goel and Vijender Gupta swept the floors at the All India […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday greeted the nation on the occasion of ‘Hindi Diwas’ and asked citizens to increase the use of the language in their everyday works to realise the dreams of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. “India is a country of different languages and every language has its own […]

New Delhi: Announcing that ‘Hindi Diwas’ will be celebrated publicly from 2020, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that Hindi would achieve new heights by the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Shah also appealed to people to at least talk to their children in Hindi, saying any language will remain lively till the people […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 69 on Tuesday and was greeted by several leaders, including Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president and Home Minister Amit Shah. In his message, Naidu said the nation is making steady progress under Modi’s able leadership. Shah described Modi as a leader […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Modi government will not tolerate any breach of India’s territory and is ready to deal with any such acts strongly. Shah also asserted that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has been peaceful ever since the special status given to the state under 370 […]

Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has supported Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s call for ‘one nation, one language’ and said he didn’t believe English language was the only key to development. Addressing a function here on Monday, the Chief Minister said, “There are examples of successful countries, like Japan, Russia, Germany and France, […]

Bhubaneswar: They say, “Kanoon ke haath bahut lambe hote hain”, but certainly not for this 22-year-old girl from Bhawanipatna, who, along with her mother has been running from pillar to post seeking justice for her father’s death 20 years back. Ruksana alleges her father died of poisoning by her paternal uncles in 1999. Bereft of […]

Jamtara: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had shown Pakistan its place by abrogating the special status for Jammu and Kashmir and has also shown to the world that Kashmir is an inalienable part of India. “No one can raise an eye on Kashmir now,” Shah said. Amit […]

Ranchi: Seeking to put to rest the controversy over his remarks on Hindi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said he has never asked for imposition of Hindi anywhere in the country but advocated its use as the second language Shah said he has been repeatedly pitching for strengthening regional languages. “I too come […]