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Prime Minister uses the G20 summit to advertise his global reach and court voters at home

NEW DELHI (AP) — Major roads in New Delhi are teeming with giant posters and billboards announcing India’s presidency of this week’s G20 summit of the Group of 20 nations. And one leader’s picture — smiling benignly from every traffic circle — stands out from the rest: Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi is also on the front page of major newspapers, and Indian TV channels are flashing his picture, accompanied by the Hindi word “Vishwaguru” — a leader of the world. In public speeches, his ministers are touting him as a steward of a surging India. It is an unabashed

Arun Kumar Sinha, SPG Director passes away

New Delhi [India], September 6 (ANI): Director of the Special Protection Group (SPG), Arun Kumar Sinha, passed away at a hospital in Gurugram early Wednesday, an official said. He was 61 and had been unwell for the past few months. Sinha was a 1987 batch Kerala cadre IPS Officer and serving as SPG Director since 2016. He was recently given an extension in the service. The Special Protection Group (SPG) was raised in 1985 with the intention to provide proximate security cover to the Prime Minister, former Prime Ministers and their immediate family members. Later, their mandate was amended and

Supreme Court set aside notification for Ladakh hill council polls, orders fresh process in seven days

New Delhi, Sep 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the August 5 notification of the election department for the Ladakh hill council polls and directed the issuance of fresh notification within seven days for it. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Ahsanuddin Amanullah also dismissed the plea by the Ladakh administration opposing the allotment of ‘plough’ symbol to the National Conference and imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on it. The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court had dismissed the Ladakh administration’s plea against a single bench order allowing NC candidates to contest the

India or Bharat? President’s G20 dinner invitation sparks name-change row

NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Indian President Droupadi Murmu’s reference to herself as the “President of Bharat” in a dinner invitation, instead of “President of India”, sparked controversy on Tuesday, with critics saying the name of the country is being distorted. Murmu is hosting a reception for G20 leaders during the group’s summit on Saturday and invitations were sent from her office. India is also called Bharat, Bharata, Hindustan – its pre-colonial names – in Indian languages and these are used interchangeably by the public and officially. High offices in the country have typically stuck to titles such as

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