#UPDATE | Indian Air Force deploys Mi-17 helicopters to help the paramilitary forces in rescue operations in Sukma where 5 jawans died in an encounter with Naxals: Sources
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel has directed to provide better treatment facilities to the soldiers injured in the encounter with Naxals in Sukma, the state govt says.
Chhattisgarh: Three jawans of District Reserve Guard airlifted to Raipur for treatment from Sukma where they sustained injuries in an encounter with Naxals.
According to initial information, at least 9 more Naxals have been killed and around 15 others were injured in the encounter. We will need more time to confirm this. As per our estimates, there were 250 Naxalites there: P Sundarraj, IG Bastar
My thoughts are with the families of those martyred while fighting Maoists in Chhattisgarh. The sacrifices of the brave martyrs will never be forgotten. May the injured recover at the earliest: PM Narendra Modi on Sukma encounter
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In Tamil Nadu, under the leadership of AIADMK we are forming the government. The signals in the two phases of West Bengal clearly have shown that BJP is heading towards victory: BJP national president JP Nadda in Chennai.
In Assam, we are retaining the government of NDA along with UPPL & AGP. In Puducherry also we are making a clear way of formation of the government. In Kerala, we will be a formidable force: BJP national president JP Nadda
In Kerala, we are coming as a force because LDF and UDF have given misgovernance. People have started supporting BJP so we will do good in Kerala too: BJP national president JP Nadda
We salute the sacrifices of 300 people who died during the agitation (farmer's protest). It is our responsibility that their sacrifice does not go in vain: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Kishan Mahapanchayat in Jind, Haryana
BJP-led central govt conspired to put farmers coming to Delhi into 9 stadiums to be converted into jails. But we were fortunate as the law stated that Delhi Chief Minister holds the power to convert the stadium into jail: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Centre sent me a file & started pressurising me by saying there will be law & order issue. They even threatened me of taking away my power. I didn't listen to them & rejected the file: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has called an emergency meeting over the forest fire incidents in the state: Uttarakhand Chief Minister's Office
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"To take control over forest fire in Uttarakhand, Central government has given orders to deploy NDRF teams and provide helicopter to the Uttarakhand govt," says Union Home Minister Amit Shah
Fire broke out at 964 locations in state. Total of 7 animals & 4 persons died & 2 persons injured. Weather made it challenging for state govt. Chief Minister & I are monitoring situation separately. We'll try to douse fire with helicopter: Uttarakhand Minister Harak Singh Rawat
The Prime Minister is taking a high-level meeting now to review the COVID19 related issues and vaccination. All senior officers including Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to PM, Health Secretary, Dr Vinod Paul are participating in the meeting: Sources
Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a high-level meeting to review the COVID19 related issues and vaccination; senior officers including Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to PM, Health Secretary take part in the meeting
PM directed that central teams consisting of public health specialists and clinicians be sent to Maharashtra in view of high case load and deaths, and likewise to Punjab&Chhattisgarh because of the disproportionate number of deaths being reported there: Prime Minister's Office
A section of media has erroneously reported that Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the Punjab Govt allegedly levelling grave charges against the farmers of the state. These news reports are misleading: MHA
These news reports present a distorted & highly editorialized opinion of simple observation about socioeconomic problem emerging from 4 sensitive border districts of Punjab over period of 2 years, which has been brought to the attention of this Ministry by the concerned CAPF: MHA
No motive can be ascribed to a letter issued by this Ministry to a particular State or States as this is part of routine communication over Law & Order issues: MHA
#UPDATE | Five security personnel died & around 10 others injured in an exchange of fire with Naxals in jungles near Tarrem, Bijapur, says Chhattisgarh DGP DM Awasthi
Chhattisgarh: An emergency meeting of DGP DM Awasthi, Special DG (Anti-Naxal Operations) Ashoke Juneja and other officers is underway in Raipur over the encounter between security forces & Naxals in Bijapur in which 5 security personnel have lost their lives.
#UPDATE | Five jawans died and 12 others injured in the 3-hour-long encounter with Naxals at Sukma-Bijapur border in Sukma district. Body of a woman Naxal has been found at the encounter site: DIG (Naxal Operations) OP Pal