Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the Congress of trying to run a parallel government through the governor’s office, even as the state BJP passed a resolution seeking the recall of governor Kamla Beniwal.
“We have maintained silence since 2009 against the injustice by the governor’s office, in order to maintain its dignity and grace,” Mr Modi said while addressing a rally at Vastral, on the outskirts of the city.
Terming the Congress a burden on the country, Mr Modi said the Prime Minister was a good man “spoilt by the rot” in the party.
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Bomb scare in Nepal delay flight to Delhi
Kathmandu/New Del-hi, Sept. 25: A Delhi-bound SpiceJet aircraft with 179 people on board was grounded and evacuated at Kathmandu airport Sunday after passengers raised an alarm about a bomb inside the plane on overhearing a woman talking about it.
Nothing was found after an intensive check after the plane was taken to an isolation bay, and Tribhu-van International Airp-ort authorities said it was a hoax. The flight was delayed about four hours. Sources said a passenger was talking about a bomb, and was overheard by fellow passengers, who infor-med the crew. — PTI
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Manmohan will turn 79 today
New Delhi: Dr Manmohan Singh will spend yet another birthday outside the country on Monday, when he turns 79. He will either be in transit in Frankfurt on his way back from New York, or on board Air India One flying homewards.
Dr Singh observes Septe-mber 26 as his birthday though his actual date of birth is a bit of a mystery. He was born in pre-Partition India in 1932 in a village which is now in Pakistan. — PTI, IANS