IGP Chandra Kishore Mina By Dheeraj Fartode Chandra Kishore Mina, an IPS officer of the 2006 batch, has been awarded the President’s Police Medal for Meritorious Service. Currently serving as Special Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Mina has held several important positions in Nagpur and the Vidarbha region. While serving as ASP in Gadchiroli, Mina led a successful anti-Naxal operation in 2009, which resulted in the Petha encounter, weakening the Naxal movement. This operation earned him the DG Insignia. As SP in Akola and Nanded, Mina used innovative methods to maintain communal harmony and resolve tensions effectively. He uncovered a state-wide kidney transplant racket in Akola and, as DCP in Nagpur, dismantled organized crime syndicates through MCOCA and MPDA cases. In Nanded, Mina detected a recruitment scam that affected the entire state. His technological skills were evident when he implemented the court monitoring system in Akola. As DCP in M...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter on Monday to
greet the Gujarati community on their New Year and pay tribute to former Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi on her death as well India’s first home
minister Sardar Vallavbhai Patel’s on his birth anniversary.
“Today, a day after Diwali, Gujaratis mark the start of a
New Year. Saal Mubarak to Gujaratis across the world. May this be a joy filled
year,” Modi tweeted. It may be mentioned that Assesmbly polls in Gujrat is
slated next year. The BJP is under fire in Gujrat after Patel agittation. Entry of Aam Admi Party also increased worry for BJP leaders as it could subtle the party. Recent rallies by Kejriwal in BJP ruled Gujarat also evokes mammoth response,
Bestu Varas, the Gujarati New year, is the first day of the
month of Kartik (Kartak sud Ekam). According to the Hindu lunar calendar,
Kartik is the first month in the New Year while ‘Ekam’ refers to the first day.
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi |
Gandhi, India’s first female Prime Minister, was born on
November 19, 1917, and was assassinated on October 31, 1984, by her bodyguards,
few months after she ordered the Operation Blue Star in Amritsar to counter a
raging Punjab insurgency in Punjab.
“Tributes to Mrs Indira Gandhi on her death anniversary,”
Modi posted. Gandhi was the second longest-serving Prime Minister after her
father, late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. She held the Prime Minister's office from
January 1966 to March 1977 and from January 14, 1980, till her death in 1984.
PM Modi also paid tribute to Patel on his 141st birth
anniversary, a day that is celebrated as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas or National Unity
Day. He was born on October 31, 1875, in Nadiad, a small village in Gujarat.
Patel, who was popularly known as the ‘Iron Man’ of India,
was conferred with the highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, in 1991 for his
services to the nation. He played a key role in the country’s struggle for
independence and is known for successfully integrating hundreds of princely
states with the Indian union. “I bow to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his birth
anniversary. We recall his rich contribution to India,” Modi tweeted.
“Paid floral tributes to the great Sardar Patel,” Modi wrote
in another with a picture. In his 25th Mann Ki Baat address on Diwali, Modi had
urged the nation to promote unity and equality. “Tomorrow we are celebrating
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s birth anniversary. He worked to bring everyone
together, he worked for unity, fought for unity and brought unity amongst
people and we all must remember it,” Modi said on Sunday.
“He gave us a united India and to keep it united is our
responsibility,” Modi said in his monthly radio address. The Bharatiya Janata
Party-led government has been celebrating Patel’s birth anniversary as Ekta
Divas, marked by the Run for Unity to showcase the country’s solidarity. The
celebrations had earlier led to a spat between the Congress and the BJP over
allegations of the ruling party’s attempts to appropriate India’s national
icons.
The Congress accused the Modi government of trying to
undermine the legacy of former PM Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated the same
day in 1984. Till the BJP came to power at the Centre, the day was primarily
observed as martyrdom day.
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