Highlights for Day 37 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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Highlights for Day 37 of Narendra Modi government Development Work
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J&K Grand Mufti fumes as Modi plans to rehabilitate Kashmiri pandits
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, religious leader Grand Mufti Bashiruddin Ahmad has hit out at the Centre over the contentious issue of rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits. Opposing the the NDA government's plan of rehabilitating Kashmiri pandits, Grand Mufti has termed it as a political conspiracy. He has also warned of protests in the valley. "We have discussed the issue of pundits. We want them to return but there are being reestablished here because of a conspiracy. We will strongly oppose it," Grand mufti said. The Centre has been considering the state's proposal for return of Kashmiri Pandits to the valley. The Omar Abdullah government had also proposed increasing the package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri pandits. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had said that he was looking forward to work with the new government at the Centre on return of displaced Kashmiri Pandit community to the Valley. "I look forward to working with the new government as they unveil their plans for the honourable return of the displaced Pandit community," Omar wrote on his Twitter account.
PM personally monitoring situation in Iraq: sources
With a number of Indians still stranded in various parts of Iraq, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally monitoring situation in the war-torn country, say government sources.With the nurses held hostage in Tikrit being moved to an unidentified location by the ISIS militants, PM has asked the External Affairs Ministry to ensure their safety. As many as 46 nurses are stuck in Iraq. The Ministry of External Affairs and Kerala CM Oommen Chandy confirmed earlier in the day that all the nurses have been moved out from the place where they had been staying ever since tension broke out in the country.
Home ministry keen to take over security of Indian airports
The Home Ministry is keen that it should be the nodal agency to look after the crucial issue of security of airports in the country instead of the Civil Aviation Ministry.Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday was given a presentation on the matter and he is believed to have asked officials to coordinate with the Civil Aviation Ministry to take the idea forward, official sources said.It was felt that Home Ministry should be the nodal agency to take charge of the security of airports as the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was under its administrative control, the sources added. The security of airports is at present being managed by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The BCAS chief is an IPS officer and, hence, the home ministry, which deals with internal security of the country, would be ideal for coordinating the security of airports, it has been reasoned. In 2012, the Ministry of Civil Aviation had pushed for a proposal to create an exclusive Aviation Security Force (ASF) for airports in the country, although the idea was objected to by CISF.
Amit Shah accorded Z-plus category security
BJP General Secretary Amit Shah has been accorded a 'Z-plus' category security by the Home Ministry following high threat perception, official sources said on Wednesday. Shah, a close associate of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be guarded by paramilitary CRPF commandos round the clock and armed guards will be posted at his residence, they said. He will enjoy the high level of security across the country wherever he travels. The BJP leader, who was instrumental in the party's landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha elections, has so far been under the security of Gujarat Police. Shah, a former Minister of State for Home of Gujarat, was arrested in 2010 in connection with the alleged fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauser Bi and Sheikh's associate Tulsiram Prajapati.
--Written by Aadil Mir -- With additional inputs from agencies