PM Modi congratulates DK Shivakumar on taking oath as Karnataka chief minister
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated DK Shivakumar on taking oath as the chief minister of Karnataka.
On this Special Report, India Today’s Principal Correspondent Sumi Rajappan reports from Raipur, Chhattisgarh, where six Bajrang Dal workers received a ‘grand welcome’ after being released on bail. The accused, arrested for the Christmas Eve vandalism at Magneto Mall, were garlanded and carried on shoulders by supporters chanting slogans. Bajrang Dal leader Ravi Wadhwani defends the celebration, claiming the arrests were ‘illegal’ and that the men were not part of the vandalism, despite video evidence suggesting otherwise. The programme explores the controversy surrounding the glorification of the accused.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated DK Shivakumar on taking oath as the chief minister of Karnataka.
The government is seeking to reclaim land near the Prime Minister's residence from the Delhi Gymkhana, Delhi Race Club, Jaipur Polo Ground and nearby slum clusters.
In a major political twist, rebel TMC MLAs backed Ritabrata Banerjee, who has been expelled for anti-party activities, as the leader of the legislature party and conveyed their decision to the West Bengal Assembly Speaker.
This episode of So Sorry is a hilarious take on how Union Home Minister Amit Shah planned to send out illegal immigrants from West Bengal ahead of the assembly polls and how after winning the state, he, along with CM Suvendu Adhikari, is fulfilling the BJP's poll promise of a 'Ghuspaithiya-mukt' West Bengal.