The Congress is working to placate anti-India forces, who only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can keep at bay, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said
| | | The Congress is working to placate anti-India forces, who only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can keep at bay, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during an address in Goa on Saturday. | THE DAILY QUIZ A 12-string acoustic guitar that was lost for 50 years was found it an attic in the UK. It was played by John and George, on the album Help! and the song Norwegian Wood. It’s now going up for auction. Four members. Two still live. One band from Liverpool. Which? a. The Beatles
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d. Queen TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | | | THE BIG STORY Oppn win will embolden ‘anti-India’ forces: Modi PM Modi stepped up his attack on the Opposition during a rally in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, saying the INDIA grouping is working on a “one year, one prime minister” formula if it comes to power after the ongoing general elections. “They want to give reservations based on religion. They want to take the SC/ST/OBC reservations and want to give it to their vote bank. In Karnataka they have started this. BJP does such work that the country is happy, each citizen is happy and you are happy. Congress is working in such a way that the anti-India forces are happy. You have to defeat every anti-India force,” the Prime Minister said. Addressing a rally at Sancoale, in south Goa outside the port town of Vasco da Gama, the Prime Minister alleged that the opposition party was plotting a “conspiracy to change the Constitution”, referring to south Goa Congress candidate Viriato Fernandes’ remarks that the Constitution was “forced” on the state. Read more. | | THE BIG QUESTION How is the govt tackling Uttarakhand forest fire? The Indian Air Force deployed two Mi-17 helicopters and the Army assisted forest officials to douse a forest fire threatening an air force station and a residential settlement in Nainital, Uttarakhand, on Saturday. The helicopters collected water using Bambi buckets from Bhimtal lake and conducted over a dozen sorties, successfully extinguishing the fire near the Lariyakanta air force station by afternoon, said Nainital sub-divisional magistrate Pramod Kumar. Around 70-80 Army personnel also aided the firefighting efforts alongside forest department staff, police, and firefighters, according to divisional forest officer Chandra Shekhar Joshi. Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami conducted an aerial survey of the affected areas and chaired a review meeting in Haldwani. He ordered a ban on leaves for forest officials until the fires are fully controlled. Read more. | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | | | PHOTO OF THE DAY | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Anuradha Vellat. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
