CHANDRAPUR / YAVATMAL / HINGOLI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asserted Prime Minister Narendra Modi was determined to amend the Waqf Act despite resistance from key opposition leaders like Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar. Addressing three election rallies in Maharashtra during the day in support of Mahayuti candidates, he declared the Modi government will eliminate Naxalism from Chhattisgarh …
Amid speculations over raising tax on tobacco products in the upcoming Budget, the economic arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Swadeshi Jagran Manch, has urged the government to cut tariff on ‘bidis', small hand-rolled cigarettes made of tobacco wrapped in 'tendu' leaves, often dubbed as a poor man's cigarette. Addressing a virtual event, SJM co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan demanded that 'bidis' be …