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Vice President urges countrymen to show solidarity with COVID-19 warriors
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday urged 130 crore Indians to express solidarity with "the frontline warriors in the battle against the pandemic" when they light Diyas and lamps tonight at 9 pm on the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Kumaraswamy challenges PM Modi to offer 'scientific' explanation for candl
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Former Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to offer a "credible scientific and rational" explanation for his candle-lighting call and said he is giving "meaningless tasks" to an already exhausted populati
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PM Modi should provide food for needy people rather than calling for light
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Congress leader Hussain Dalwai on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should make arrangements for providing food and means for the needy people rather than calling for initiatives like lighting lamps.
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Congress mocks PM's call for lighting lamps; demands economic package inst
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Congress party has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to express solidarity with the April 5 initiative of lighting up lamps at 9 pm on Sunday an event laced with theatrics.
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AP CM Reddy supports PM Modi's initiative to light up lamps on April 5
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has called on the public to obey Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message, to light up lamps at 9 pm tomorrow.
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BJP MP dismisses apprehensions concerning power grid over PM's appeal to c
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): BJP MP Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday dismissed apprehensions over the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off the lights in their homes on April 5 for nine minutes and light earthen lamps, candles or use torches and mobile flashlights to stre
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Jamia V-C urges varsity fraternity to show solidarity with PM Modi in figh
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Jamia Millia Islamia Vice Chancellor Prof Najma Akhtar on Saturday urged students, teaching and non-teaching staff to comply with the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to switch off lights at 9 pm to 9.09 pm on Sunday.
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Ludicrous to ask people to switch off lights to fight coronavirus: Maharas
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut said on Saturday termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to switch off lights at 9 pm on Sunday to represent country's spirit in fight against COVID-19 as "ludicrous", adding that Modi's ideas are borrowed
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People will unite again to 'light country's unity' on April 5: Lanka Dinak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Apr 4 (ANI): Telangana BJP leader Lanka Dinakar said that the people who clapped their hands on the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in appreciation for the health workers will once again unite to "light the country's unity" on Sunday.
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Hope Centre takes care of concerns of engineers, power grids: Priyanka Gan
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday said the concerns of power grids and engineers too are being taken care of by the Central government in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to switch off lights for nine minutes from 9 pm on April 5
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CPI-M says PM's call to switch off lights on Sunday poses threat to nation
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to switch off lights for nine minutes on Sunday night and light earthen lamps, candles or use torches or flashlights to strengthen a collective resolve t
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Indian Army advises all to not use alcohol-based sanitisers before lightin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): The Indian Army has advised all citizens to be careful while lighting diyas or candles on April 5 as requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They have asked people to wash their hands using soap instead of using alcohol-based sanitisers before lighting ca
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