Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: A 100-ft-long truck with 140 wheels was specially designed for this giant granite stone to travel 1,665 km from Khammam in Telangana to New Delhi, it said.

Congress Halla Bol rally: In one India, the poor, the unprivileged, have to struggle while in another India, which is for 2-3 industrialists, their every dream is being fulfilled.

PM Narendra Modi has a keen interest in arts and culture and strongly supports the creative industry, says film producer Mahaveer Jain whose upcoming releases include Ram Setu and Uunchai.

EAM Jaishankar was in the UAE this week to attend the meetings of the 14th session of the UAE-India Joint Committee and the 3rd session of the UAE-India Strategic Dialogue.

INS Vikrant commissioned: Jaishankar, who is here on a three-day visit to the UAE, said India has been a reliable first responder and a growing contributor to global commons.

From March-April 2020, the Centre has been providing rice, priced at Rs 30-Rs 35, free of cost without the state government and the beneficiaries having to contribute anything.

PM Modi birthday: BJP national president JP Nadda is planning an extensive programme for PM Modi's birthday and for this he has given instructions to all the party workers and leaders to celebrate it as "Seva Pakhwara".

PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for three railway station redevelopment projects worth an estimated Rs 1,059 crore and inaugurated the 27-km double line of Indian Railways connecting Kuruppanthara-Kottayam-Chingavanam section completed at a cost of Rs 750 crore.

PM Modi attended a religious programme at his cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal's residence. Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and businessman Sunil Bharti Mittal also attended the puja there.

Pakistan flood: On Wednesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his concern over the human and material losses caused by the devastating floods. The leader also said that the country will overcome the adverse effects of the natural calamity.

Pakistan floods: The death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan neared 1,100 Monday. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif-led cash-strapped government has made a desperate appeal for aid to deal with the crisis that has displaced 33 million or one-seventh of the country's population.

On G-23 letter, Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "I didn't sleep for 6 days before and after writing the letter (G23) because we gave blood for the party. People there today are useless...It's saddening that Congress has such spokesmen who don't even know about us..."

PM Modi in Gujarat: With a major part of energy consumption being in the transport sector, the prime minister said innovation in this sector should be a priority.

Mann Ki Baat: In his monthly radio broadcast, Modi said the 'Amrit Dhara' of 'Amrit Mahotsav' marking 75 years of India's independence was flowing in all corners of the country in this month.

Mann Ki Baat: The radio programme was started on October 3, 2014.

Ghulam Nabi Azad resignation: He claimed if Azad (73) had been made a Rajya Sabha member again after his term in the Upper House of Parliament ended last year, he would not have resigned from the Congress.

PM Modi Gujarat visit: As India celebrated its 75 years of Independence last week, Ahmedabad's famous tourist hotspot Sabarmati Riverfront also completed a decade.

Addressing the National Conference of Labour Ministers of all states through video conferencing in Tirupati, PM Modi reiterated the various efforts by the government like Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana among others.

On the morning of August 24, the Prime Minister will inaugurate Amrita Hospital in Faridabad, Haryana. Thereafter, the Prime Minister will travel to Mohali and dedicate 'Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre' to the nation, in Mullanpur, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar District (Mohali).

The comments are his first since the 'Mahagathbandhan 2.0' government came to power in Bihar after the JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar dumped the BJP and joined hands with Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and other parties.