Top news of the day: PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims and other minorities; Russia claims ‘liberation’ of Ukraine’s Luhansk Province, and more
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PM Modi tells BJP to reach out to the deprived among Muslims, other minorities
At the BJP National Executive meeting in Hyderabad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reportedly said that the party had done eight years of development work for minorities and the marginalised sections and it was time to see how the development dividend was impacting beneficiaries.
Supreme Court verdict on PM Modi clean chit ‘historic’, says Amit Shah
At the BJP National Executive meeting, the Union Home Minister declared the Supreme Court’s dismissal of a plea challenging a Special Investigation Team report giving a clean chit to PM Modi in the Gujarat riots case, as “historic” and one that also “exposed the conspiracies” by “certain parties, journalists and NGOs” to malign the Prime Minister.
Russian Defence Minister claims capture of Ukraine’s Luhansk Province
Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that “as a result of successful military operations, the armed forces of the Russian Federation, together with units of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic, have established full control over the city of Lysychansk,” Russian news agencies reported.
Death count in Manipur landslide rises to 37, more rains affect search for missing 25