Bihar Assembly Polls: PM Narendra Modi to visit Motihari on July 18
Dilip Kumar Jaiswal told reporters, 'On 18th July, PM Modi will visit Bihar's Motihari. This will be the PM's 53rd visit to the state. PM Modi's visit to the state is for Viksit Bihar.'
PM Modi's visit comes ahead of the upcoming state assembly elections. The Bihar elections are expected to be held later this year, in October or November; however, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has not yet announced the dates.
Meanwhile, PM Modi addressed the session on 'Peace and Security and Reform of Global Governance' at the 17th BRICS Summit in Brazil, condemned terrorism as a 'grave threat to humanity', underlining the need for urgent reforms in global institutions and highlighting India's commitment to the Global South, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
MEA Secretary (Economic Relations) Dammu Ravi, during a special media briefing on Sunday (local time), said the Prime Minister's remarks came in the context of discussions on peace, security and multilateral reforms. PM Modi also welcomed the united condemnation by BRICS members of the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.
'On the session on Peace and Security, the Honourable Prime Minister underlined that terrorism was a grave threat facing humanity. In this context, he noted that all the leaders have condemned the Pahalgam terrorist attack in the strongest terms. He underlined that the terror attack is an onslaught on the entire humanity. He also noted that those funding, promoting and providing safe havens to terrorists must be dealt with in the harshest terms,' Ravi said.
Ahead of PM Modi's visit to Bihar, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate rail projects worth over Rs 17 crore in Bihar on Monday. He will also lay the foundation for the upgradation of Karpoori Gram Railway Station.
Press Information Bureau (PIB) Patna wrote on X, 'Union Railway Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw will inaugurate rail projects worth over Rs 17 crore in #Bihar's #Samastipur today. The Railway Minister will also lay the foundation stone for the upgradation work of #KarpooriGramRailwayStation at a cost of Rs 3.30 crore.' (ANI)
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Indian Express
30 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Govt probe underway, 10 road works stopped: Why no FIR lodged so far?, asks activists
EVEN as the rural development department of the state government launched a probe into a fake GR (government resolution) case that led to sanctioning and tendering of development works worth Rs 6.94 crore in Ahilyanagar district, activists have raised eyebrows, seeking to know why no FIR has been filed in the case so far. The fake GR carried the issue date as October 3, 2024. It was issued days before the Model Code of Conduct came into place on October 15 for the Maharashtra Assembly polls scheduled to be held in November. The fake GR authorised infrastructure works under budget head '2515 1238' meant for providing basic amenities to villages in Ahilyanagar, based on recommendations by elected representatives. 'We had issued tenders…some works were alloted and as many as 10 road works were set rolling in four talukas of in Ahilyanagar,' Laxmikant Jadhav, executive engineer of the state public works department told The Indian Express. Even as the road works started, officials in Mantralaya realised that they were being done through a fake GR. 'The officials came to know about the fake GR only when the contractors sought payment for the works undertaken so far. The rural development department immediately alerted us and all the works were cancelled. The government also stopped the payment,' B S Baviskar, superintending engineer, PWD, told The Indian Express. The rural development department had issued a circular on March 28 this year, directing all Zilla Parishads and Superintending Engineers of the Public Works Department to disregard the said GR and also verify correspondence related to budget head '2515 1238' through the government's official email ID, officials said. The circular also asked officials to remain vigilant while sanctioning works and inform higher authorities in case of doubts in GRs. It also directed them to initiate criminal proceedings if need be. The '2515' scheme of the rural development department facilitates small-scale rural works such as village roads, drains, roads to cemeteries and farms (also called pandan roads), public toilets, repairs to gram panchayat offices, gymnasiums and market stalls. 'These works typically cost between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 30 lakh and are carried out through Zilla Parishads or the PWD, often based on recommendations of local MLAs. Under the scheme, works costing Rs 1,500-2,000 crore are undertaken annually in Maharashtra,' the official said. Baviskar said the funds to the tune of Rs 6.94 crore were sanctioned but were not utilised, neither any payment was done by the government. 'After it was realised that the GR was fake, the executive engineer's office stopped all the works and issued notices to all contractors. They were told that we will not accept liability for any work. The executive engineer's office then submitted a report to the state government. The PWD had also taken legal advice and accordingly informed the government,' said the superintending engineer. Baviskar said the government had given instructions to file an FIR. 'I have also issued instructions to the executive engineer's office to file an FIR in the matter…,' he said. PWD officials said the copy of the GR is received by them from Mantralaya either through email or is collected by their officials from Mantralaya. 'In this case, the GR copy was delivered by someone at the sub-division office of the executive engineer,' said Jadhav. Kumbhar said the government should ensure that all official correspondence are received by the district collectors and ZP CEOs through official e-mail ID only. 'There should be one official email ID for say Pune District Collector or other collectors. They should not receive official mails on their personal IDs,' he said. Kumbhar said, 'This seems to be the tip of the iceberg. I think the government should carry out a comprehensive investigation to find out if there were other fake FRs issued and whether works worth crores have been undertaken.' 'Despite the fact that the government realised in April that a work worth crores got sanctioned through a fake GR, why are officials silent and why did they not file a police complaint? The rural department official sitting in Mantralaya and under whose signature the fake GR was issued should have been the first person to file the FIR,' said activist Vijay Kumbhar. Echocing the same views, activist Avinash Chilekar said, 'It has been four months since the fake GR issue came to light. But no minister is talking about it openly. They are busy criticising the Opposition but are silent about the wrong happening under their nose. It seems this is not an isolated case. This practice must be common in rural areas. The government should widen its probe to include all the districts now that the fake GR case has come to light.' -With inputs from PTI
The Hindu
32 minutes ago
- The Hindu
Watch: Texas flash flood, Modi in BRICS & Himachal flash flood
From Texas flash flood to Modi's bilateral engagements with several world leaders to flash floods in Himachal Pradesh to Supreme Court's hearing of pleas challenging Special Intensive Revision in Bihar on July 10, here are the top headlines of the day.
The Hindu
32 minutes ago
- The Hindu
Crores of workers will join July 9 strike, claim trade unions
About 30-40 crore workers and farmers will participate in the general strike on Wednesday (July 9, 2025), claimed leaders of 10 central trade unions in New Delhi on Monday (July 7, 2025) while addressing a joint press conference. The leaders said preparations for the strike were complete and workers had supported the 17-point charter of demands of the strike, called against the Union government's policies. 'The economic policies are resulting into more unemployment, rising price rise of essential commodities, depression in wages, cut in social sector spending in education, health, basic civic amenities, all this leading to more inequalities and miseries for the poor, lower income group and even middle classes. The government has abandoned the welfare state status of our country and is working in the interest of foreign and Indian corporates and it is so evident from its policies being pursued vigorously,' the trade union leaders said. In a statement, they said the trade unions had been fighting against the privatisation of public sector enterprises and public services, the policies of outsourcing, contractualisation and casualisation of workforce, against the anti-workers, pro-employer four Labour Codes meant to suppress and cripple the trade union movement, increase in working hours, to snatch their right to collective bargaining, right to strike, decriminalisation of violation of labour laws by employers, while criminalising the activities of trade unions etc. 'The government is making false claims on employment and provisions of social security. The existing social security schemes are being weakened and attempts to bring private players into it are pushed,' they said. They added that unions in the coal and minerals sectors, steel, banking and insurance sectors, power, petroleum and telecom industries and the transport sector have given notices for the strike. 'We are making continued efforts forging unity and solidarity between the two major productive forces of the country, the workers and farmers,' they said.
