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| Not every person jailed is criminal by nature: Amit Shah | | | |
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Ahemdabad, Sept 4: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the view with which jails are seen in society needs to be changed, adding that "not every person jailed is criminal by nature."
The Home Minister made this remark while speaking at the inauguration of the 6th, 3-day All India Prison Duty Meet in Ahmedabad.
"First when the Prison Meet was organised in Gujarat, Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister and I was the Home Minister of Gujarat and now the second time, Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India and he has given me the responsibility of the Home Ministry of the country and I am more than happy to welcome you all here the second time," said Amit Shah.
Amit Shah further said that not every person jailed is criminal by nature, sometimes it is the circumstances which force their involvement.
"View with which jails are seen in society needs to be changed. Not every person jailed is criminal by nature, sometimes it's circumstances which force their involvement. But it is a necessary process to keep society functional," he said.
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| PM Modi to interact with National Awardee teachers today | | | |
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New Delhi, Sept 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with winners of the National Awards to Teachers, 2022 on Teachers' Day on Monday, according to his office. "The purpose of National Awards to Teachers is to celebrate and honour the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country who through their commitment and hard work have not only improved the quality of school education, but also enriched the lives of their students," a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said. "On the occasion of Teachers' Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the winners of National Awards to Teachers, 2022 at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg on September 5, 202... | |
| | | | Azad announces to launch his party for restoration of J&K’s statehood, says “gave my blood to Congress” | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sep 4: Ghulam Nabi Azad, in his first public meeting in Jammu after quitting Congress, announced to launch his own political outfit that will focus on the restoration of full statehood.
“I’ve not decided upon a name for my party yet. The people of J-K will decide the name and the flag for the party. I’ll give a Hindustani name to my party that everyone can understand,” Azad said at the rally after breaking away from his five-decade-long association with the grand... | |
| | | | Azad on ‘strategic’ JK Yatra! | | | |
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 4: Even as former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad got a rousing welcome here Sunday after quitting the Congress, the veteran leader is on extensive tour of Jammu and Kashmir before he launches the party.
The sources close to the senior politician said Azad will spend around a fortnight in the Union Territory moving from one region to another “in a phased manner for political rallying and new tie ups.”
The sources said after camping in the winter capital for around two days, Azad will first move to his native Doda region where he is likely to spend around four days to be followed by a trip to the Rajauri-Poonch and Banihal areas, after which he will t... | |
| | | | Parties like nations at war: Ghulam Nabi Azad | | | |
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New Delhi, Sept 4: Former J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday lamented the growing trend of bitterness in Indian politics and said parties nowadays resembled warring nations, which wasn’t the case earlier.
Speaking at the launch of Sahitya Akademi awardee Pran Kishore Kaul’s novel “Moon of the Saffron Fields: The Legend of Habba Khatoon”, Azad dwelt on J&K’s composite culture and rued that in current times, politicians were labelled even for exchanging pleasantries. Azad’s reference was to the Congress calling him “Modi-fied” after he quit the party last week.
“Throughout my years as minister, I would host two functions annually, ‘Diwali Milan’ and ‘Eid Milan’. Late PMs Indi... | |
| | | | 2021: 1.55 lakh killed in accidents across India, highest ever | | | |
Agencies
New Delhi, Sept 4: Over 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes across India in 2021 - an average of 426 daily or 18 every single hour - which is the highest death figures recorded in any calendar year so far, according to official data.
Besides the deaths, 3.71 lakh people were also injured in 4.03 lakh 'road accidents' across the country last year, according to National Crime Records Bureau data under the 'Accidental Deaths & Suicides in India - 2021' head.
While the number of deaths due to crashes reached its highest last year, the number of road accidents and persons injured has come down compared to previous years, the report of the NCRB, which functions under the M... | |
| | | | Sticky bombs recovered from hybrid terrorist in Sopore: Police | | | |
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Sept 4: Security forces have recovered sticky bombs or magnetic IEDs from a hybrid terrorist in Sopore township of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. The militant, identified as Saqib Shakeel Dar, was arrested Saturday evening.
Speaking to reporters in Sopore, in north Kashmir, SP Sopore, Shabir Nawab, said the security forces laid a naka on a specific input about the movement of a hybrid terrorist on Saturday evening.
“The hybrid terrorist was arrested and a pistol, a pistol magazine, eight pistol rounds were recovered from his possession,” he said.
Nawab said after questioning the arrested ultra, security forces recovered s... | |
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