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PM-chaired meet of NDA CMs on Sunday, on agenda: Resolution on Op Sindoor, discussion on governance

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PM-chaired meet of NDA CMs on Sunday, on agenda: Resolution on Op Sindoor, discussion on governance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a day-long conclave of NDA chief ministers and deputy CMs in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss, among other things, governance and best practices in NDA-ruled states. Participants at the meeting will pass a resolution to congratulate the armed forces and Modi for the success of Operation Sindoor and another to laud the central government for its decision to conduct a caste enumeration in the next census, Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, the in-charge of the BJP’s good governance department, said in a statement. Around 20 chief ministers and 18 deputy chief ministers from all 20 NDA-ruled states will participate in the brainstorming session, the party said. BJP chief J P Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah will also attend. Story c...

‘My husband will soon be back’: wife of Poornam Shaw, BSF jawan detained in Pakistan, hopeful after call from Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the wife of Poornam Kumar Shaw, who has been detained in Pakistan since April 23, and informed her that he was in good health, the woman said on Sunday.“I am extremely thankful to our chief minister who has just called and spoken to me in detail. The CM said she had talks with top BSF officials and that they have confirmed that my husband is in good health. This assurance coming from her is a great relief,” Rajani Shaw told The Indian Express. “I had lost all hope,” Rajani said, emphasising the fear of having her husband held in a nation in conflict with India. “But yesterday, after the ceasefire, I got a bit positive, and I have full faith in God that my husband will return safely.” Story continues below this ad India and ...

Stolen Defence lands | The property mafia

In February 2024, Colonel Anuj Antal, the administrative commandant of the army cantonment in the border town of Ferozepur, Punjab, wrote to then governor Banwarilal Purohit, seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) enquiry and the registration of an FIR against district revenue officials for forging records pertaining to 15 acres of land belonging to the military. His allegation: that the piece of land outside the cantonment known as Jahaz Ground—once an emergency airfield for the Indian Air Force (IAF) used as camouflaging ground for weaponry during the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars—had been sold off to private individuals, compromising security near the India-Pakistan border. This is not an isolated incident, across India, land owned by the armed forces—spread across prime locat...