PM meets Yogi, UP cabinet with focus on governance, Silverline project: Survey stone-laying work halted by Kerala government, 10 killed in 3 days as rain lashes Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Aishwarya Rai leaves for Cannes with Abhishek Bachchan, Aaradhya Bachchan; poses with fans for pics at the airport, Mumbai Indians name Suryakumar Yadav’s replacement for the last 2 league matches of IPL 2022, and other top news in this bulletin.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday night met with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath and his council of ministers, with a focus on governance and people-connect, people aware of the matter said. Modi reached the chief minister’s residence a little after 7pm, where the meeting was held. “Had an extensive interaction with the Council of Ministers of the Uttar Pradesh government. We discussed a wide range of subjects relating to furthering good governance and ‘Ease of Living’ for the citizens,” the Prime Minister tweeted after the meeting. The Indian Army’s Eastern Command chief on Monday said China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is engaged in infrastructure capacity enhancement across the international border in Arunachal Pradesh. “Across the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Tibet region, a lot of infrastructure development is going on. The other side is constantly upgrading their road, rail and air connectivity as well as 5G mobile network so that they are in a better position to respond to a situation or mobilise forces,” he said at a press conference.
Amid mounting protests over the government’s ambitious Silverline project, the Pinarayi Vijayan-led administration in Kerala dropped the survey stone-laying process and decided to switch to the geo-tagging method to notify the boundaries on Monday, a state revenue department order stated. The project, also known as K-Rail, connecting one end of the state to the other, is mired in controversy, ever since it was announced two years ago as the state witnessed massive protests concerning its environmental impact. At least 10 people have died in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in flood-related incidents in three days as torrential rains continued to lash parts of the northeast on Monday, officials from the two states said. At least 10 people have died in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in flood-related incidents in three days as torrential rains continued to lash parts of the northeast on Monday, officials from the two states said. After Deepika Padukone and Hina Khan, Aishwarya Rai has also left for the Cannes Film Festival. The actor was spotted at the Mumbai airport with actor husband Abhishek Bachchan and daughter Aaradhya Bachchan giving her company. Aishwarya is a regular on the Cannes red carpet. This is the first full-fledged in-person edition of the festival in three years after the covid pandemic. India, the country of honour at the 2022 Marche du Film (Cannes Film Market), marks its 75th year as an independent nation with a six-film package set to be screened. This is the first full-fledged in-person edition of the festival in three years after the covid pandemic. India, the country of honour at the 2022 Marche du Film (Cannes Film Market), marks its 75th year as an independent nation with a six-film package to be screened.
The Mumbai Indians have announced 28-year-old Akash Madhwal as replacement for Suryakumar Yadav for the remaining two matches of the IPL 2022. Madhwal, a fast bowler from Uttarakhand, who has played 15 T20s and taken 20 wickets, was bought for ₹20 lakh. Suryakumar was ruled out of this season of the IPL due to a muscle injury on his left forearm.
