At Key Meeting To Discuss State Issues, A Surprise Mamata Banerjee Appearance
NDTV
Among all states ruled by INDIA bloc parties, only West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be attending the meeting.
Several Chief Ministers have gathered in New Delhi to attend a key NITI Aayog meeting. The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and all states will get the opportunity to present their concerns and pressing issues.
"The meeting under PM Modi's leadership will address various state-specific concerns. Goa is actively participating and has also announced 10 percent reservations under the Agniveer scheme for uniformed services," Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said about the meeting.
The central theme for the meeting is "Viksit Bharat@2047," focusing on envisioning India as a developed nation by the year 2047. The agenda includes discussing the approach paper for this vision document, with PM Modi presiding over the discussions.
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The man, identified as Zakir, gesticulated to a biker to help him, even as the truck kept accelerating, showed the 36-second clip.
All the accused were arrested in November and December after reviewing data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (cyber).