India News: Maha CM Eknath Shinde meets his UP counterpart Yogi Adityanath

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday met his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath after visiting the holy city of Ayodhya.

आज लखनऊ स्थित सरकारी आवास पर महाराष्ट्र के माननीय मुख्यमंत्री श्री एकनाथ शिंदे जी से आत्मीय भेंट हुई।@mieknathshinde pic.twitter.com/731KbDvrHL

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) April 9, 2023

Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai after the BJP's CEC meeting said that he will be contesting from the Shiggaon constituency.

"We discussed the overall list for the Karnataka elections and probably we will sit again tomorrow and the list will be announced tomorrow or the day after. I am contesting from the Shiggaon constituency," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left BJP headquarters after concluding the Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting for the Karnataka Assembly elections 2023.

Delhi reports 699 fresh COVID cases and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours. Positivity rate stands at 21.15%

A 70-year-old man died after he was attacked by a leopard in a field in Udaipur district of Rajasthan, police said on Sunday.

Family members of the victim, Fateh Singh, held a protest on Sunday, demanding compensation and a government job to one of them.
 

A grocery vendor was killed and two others were injured in Sukma in Chhattisgarh allegedly by a group of Naxalites who accused them of being police informers, an official said on Sunday.
 

Indian Navy’s Mohit, HA4, lost his life during an exercise at sea on April 8. Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on behalf of all navy personnel extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, Indian Navy said.

Congress leader Nagaraj Chabbi joined BJP in Delhi in the presence of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, State BJP president Nalin Kumar Katil and cabinet minister Govind Karjol.

#WATCH | Congress leader Nagaraj Chabbi joined BJP in Delhi in the presence of Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai, State BJP president Nalin Kumar Katil and cabinet minister Govind Karjol. pic.twitter.com/jdECW0UvRp

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday performed 'maha aarti' on banks of river Sarayu.

#BREAKING | Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde performs 'maha aarti' on banks of river Sarayu#EknathShinde #RamMandir #Shinde #Ayodhya

Tune in- https://t.co/1tKUyqbjS6 pic.twitter.com/p1IxFbSdsA

— Republic (@republic) April 9, 2023

Two labourers died of inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a well in Nagpur city of Maharashtra on Sunday, police said. 

Amar Markam (22) and Shankar Uike (24) entered the 55-feet deep well located on private premises in Raj Nagar area at around 2:15 pm one after the other but soon they became unconscious due to inhalation of the accumulated gas, an official said. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Sacred Heart Cathedral Catholic Church in Delhi.

#BREAKING | Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Sacred Heart Cathedral Catholic Church in Delhi#PMModi #Delhi #Church

Tune in- https://t.co/ge3J2OW61a pic.twitter.com/rXtC13vW8x

— Republic (@republic) April 9, 2023

BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting underway at party headquarters for the Karnataka Assembly elections 2023. It is attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh among others.

Assam Chief MinisterHimanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that he will file a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his 'Adani' tweet, PTI reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters for a Central Election Committee meeting to finalise Karnataka polls candidates.

Maharashtra reports 788 new COVID cases and one death in the last 24 hours. Active caseload stands at 4587

With Karnataka Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold its Central Election Committee meeting on Sunday at 7 pm. 

The meeting would be chaired by Prime Minister Modi.
 

The decomposed body of a woman was found in a flat in Vasai in Maharashtra's Palghar district, a police official said on Sunday.

The body was found on the bed in a room with one end of a saree tied around her neck and the other around the ceiling fan, the Manickpur police station official said.
 

A statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was vandalised in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari. A probe has been launched into it by police.

#BREAKING | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue vandalised in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari#Kanyakumari #TamilNadu

Tune in- https://t.co/ge3J2OW61a pic.twitter.com/XWhxobspSl

— Republic (@republic) April 9, 2023

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday bail pleas of several convicts serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case.

A bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala is scheduled to hear along with the bail applications a batch of pleas of the convicts challenging their convictions. 
 

A Dalit woman who was allegedly raped and set afire by a man in Rajasthan's Barmer was cremated by her family members on Sunday following assurances of help by the administration, while a BJP delegation visited her residence.

The 30-year-old woman, a mother of two, suffered around 50 per cent burns and died at a government hospital in Jodhpur late Friday.
 

Ahead of the assembly elections in Rajasthan, former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday opened a new front against CM Ashok Gehlot, announcing a day-long fast to seek action from his government over alleged corruption during the BJP rule in the state.

The development again brings into open the power tussle in the Congress between the Pilot and the Gehlot factions in the state, putting pressure on the central leadership to resolve it before the year-end polls.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde takes a jibe at Uddhav Thackeray in an exclusive conversation with Republic; says "We don't want any property. Views of Balasaheb are an asset to us."

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale hit Nicobar Island at around 2:59 pm, according to National Center for Seismology.

Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday accused Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena of claiming credit for the work done by the city government to clean the Yamuna river.

Earlier in the day, Saxena visited the supplementary drain in Wazirabad and said, "We are not working for credit but to give clean Yamuna to the people."
 

In an apparent dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said, "Prabhu Ram was a son who accepted vanwas for his father but there is a son who behaved selfishly just for power & forgot his father's ideology."

Addressing a press briefing after paying obeisance at the Ram Mandir construction site, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said, "Ayodhya and Ram Mandir are the closet topic to our hearts...Ram Mandir is the symbol of Hindutva. I'm really lucky as today I visited here with a number of Shiv Sainiks."

Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin has written to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking his intervention on the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) recruitment announcement.

"CRPF has announced that out of 9,212 vacancies 579 vacancies would be filled in Tamil Nadu. But whoever has applied for this exam from Tamil Nadu can't write this exam in their own mother tongue. Out of 100 total marks 25 marks were allocated for basic Hindi understanding which would benefit only Hindi speakers. This is totally against the goodwill of Tamil Nadu applicants. This is arbitrary and discrimination" says MK Stalin said in his letter.

"People of Delhi will see Yamuna in a different form. The work of cleaning Yamuna is going on in mission mode. 22 km stretch is being cleaned and we will clean it by June 30... We are working not for credit but to give a clean Yamuna to the people of Delhi," said Delhi LG Vinai Kumar.

BJP leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Sunday slammed the Congress-led Rajasthan government over the Barmer rape case. 

He said, "The women in the state are not safe. The situation is very serious in Rajasthan. Law and order are in shambles. We can't expect from this govt that they will provide security to our people."

Karnataka | With only 2.4% of the world's land area, India contributes to about 8% of the known global diversity. Cheetahs had become extinct in India decades ago, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Karnataka | With only 2.4% of the world's land area, India contributes to about 8% of the known global diversity. Cheetahs had become extinct in India decades ago. We brought this magnificent big cat to India from Namibia and South Africa. This is the first successful… pic.twitter.com/I3etQRzvBB

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former MLA Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in New Delhi on Sunday. His induction was held at the party’s national headquarters in the presence of senior BJP leaders, sources informed.

Taking to Twitter Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared 'glimpses from Bandipur Tiger Reserve' in Karnataka which he visited on Sunday to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger.'

Sharing the pictures, Prime Minister tweeted, "Spent the morning at the scenic Bandipur Tiger Reserve and got a glimpse of India’s wildlife, natural beauty and diversity."

Spent the morning at the scenic Bandipur Tiger Reserve and got a glimpse of India’s wildlife, natural beauty and diversity. pic.twitter.com/X5B8KmiW9w

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 9, 2023

Some more glimpses from the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. pic.twitter.com/uL7Aujsx9t

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 9, 2023

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis receive a warm welcome as they arrive in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. 

#WATCH | Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis receive a warm welcome as they arrive in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh pic.twitter.com/kuiQ9wbImi

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 9, 2023

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi feeds an elephant at Theppakadu elephant camp pic.twitter.com/5S8bhRU67T

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr Jaishankar will be travelling to Uganda and Mozambique next week in an effort to strengthen India's growing engagement with Africa. This will be the first visit of the year from India to Africa by EAM and is expected to be full of outcomes and announcements.

India has a long-standing relationship with Uganda and has provided significant support to the country's electricity infrastructure and agriculture sector. Additionally, India has announced a donation of vehicles to the Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces.

External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar will pay official visits to the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Mozambique from 10-15 April 2023: MEA pic.twitter.com/Luyc1NpeJk

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

"Lord Ram's blessings are with us and that is why we have got the symbol of bow and arrow," says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde as he leaves for Ayodhya from Lucknow

#WATCH | "Lord Ram's blessings are with us and that is why we have got the symbol of bow and arrow," says Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde as he leaves for Ayodhya from Lucknow pic.twitter.com/NdQ36RXoDd

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 9, 2023

"I am very happy that I am going to Ayodhya to take blessings from Lord Ram," says Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

#WATCH | Lucknow, UP: "I am very happy that I am going to Ayodhya to take blessings from Lord Ram," says Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde will also visit Ayodhya today. pic.twitter.com/9dWb8NFeKT

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) April 9, 2023

On the intervening night of 8-9 Apr, alert troops of Indian Army detected some suspicious movement of a group of individuals. The individuals were challenged by Indian Army troops on own side of LoC, close to the fence. On being intercepted, in the ensuing operations, one dead body has been seen & the other intruders ran into the forest area. Cordon of the area has been established and search operation is in progress: PRO Defence Jammu

#WATCH | Delhi: CRPF DG Sujoy Lal Thaosen pays homage to the fallen heroes on the occasion of #CRPFValourDay pic.twitter.com/XN8SOwA1w3

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

A man allegedly shot his girlfriend's mother following an argument over a dog in Central Delhi's Desh Bandhu Gupta Road area yesterday. The victim woman is out of danger and under treatment. The couple was in a live-in relationship. The accused is absconding and a probe into the matter is underway: Delhi Police

Punjab | A 'jatha' of Sikh pilgrims leave from Amritsar for Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Pakistan for Baisakhi celebrations

We received visas for 1052 people. They will also visit Nankana Sahib, Kartarpur Sahib and other Gurdwaras in Pakistan. Partap Singh, Secretary, Shiromani… pic.twitter.com/Dyq4xxgxaf

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

#WATCH | Kerala: MoS MEA & BJP leader V Muraleedharan visits Latin Diocese Bishop house on the occasion of #EasterDay in Thiruvananthapuram #EasterSunday2023 pic.twitter.com/kYjWeYLv1n

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

BN Chandrappa appointed as Working President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect: Congress

Jammu and Kashmir | Some suspicious movement was observed along LoC in the Poonch sector last night. Search operation is going on.

More details awaited.

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Rekha Sharma has written to the Director General of Police (DGP) Rajasthan regarding a fair and time-bound investigation in Barmer rape case.

Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde to visit Ayodhya today

Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/sBkfgpAJ5q#Maharashtra #EknathShinde #Ayodhya pic.twitter.com/K92D7NmtSu

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) April 9, 2023

Marking the 50 years of the Tiger project, PM Modi arrived at Bandipur Tiger Reserve where he will launch the International Big Cats Alliance (IBCA). READ FULL STORY HERE 

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka pic.twitter.com/Gvr7xpZzug

— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2023

Commemorating the completion of the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the latest tiger census data and release the government’s vision for tiger conservation during ‘Amrit Kaal’ in Mysuru today.

PM Modi starts 20 km safari inside Bandipur tiger reserve. Notably, he is the first PM to visit Bandipur tiger reserve, which ranks among top tiger sanctuaries in India.

Modi's chopper lands at Melukamanahalli, which is located on the edge of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. He will start safari in a while.

In a setback for Amul, Bruhat Bengaluru Hotels Association decides to use only Nandini milk to "support the state's farmers".