On the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the imposition of the Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised a sharp criticism at the Congress and said that the dark days of the emergency remind how the Congress Party trampled over the Constitution of India.
The BJP said it will launch a nationwide programme to mark the 21-month state of Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
As the death toll in the hooch tragedy in Tamil Nadu's Kallakurichi district rose to 58 on Monday, 111 persons are undergoing treatment at Kallakurichi Government Medical College hospital, hospital authorities stated.
The Officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIR) and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized gold from a passenger at Trichy airport in Tamil Nadu, said an official from the Customs Department on Monday.
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda said that various initiatives taken by the Union Government have cumulatively helped in reducing childhood mortality due to diarrhoea.
Union Minister JP Nadda has been appointed the Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Nadda will be replacing Union Minister Piyush Goyal as the Leader of the Upper House.
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader D Jayakumar hit out at DMK-led Tamil Nadu government over the hooch tragedy in the Kallakurichi district that claimed 58 lives.
The BJP President in his letter said that he is not merely writing the letter in the capacity of the National President of BJP but more importantly as a 'Bharatiya'.