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Missing Indian Army officer found dead in Congo

New Delhi | An Army officer who went missing on Saturday in the Republic of Congo has been found dead, one kilometre from the island.

The body was found on Thursday after days of intense search operation for which boats and helicopters were deployed.

Lt Col Gaurav Solanki had gone kayaking with a group of officers and all of them returned except Solanki. “After kayaking near Tchegera Island in Lake Kivu near Goma, all returned but the officer did not,” said one of the officers.

In the foreign region, Congo has the largest deployment of Indian forces for the UN Peacekeeping Mission.

In 2014 India was the third largest troop contributor with 7,860 personnel deployed with 10 UN Peacekeeping Missions of which 995 are police personnel, including the first Female Formed Police Unit under the UN.

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“Picture abhi baaki hai”, PM Modi says after govt completes 100 days

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Ranchi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the “country has seen only trailer in last 100 days while the whole picture remains to be seen”.

“A massive crackdown on corruption has begun. Those who will loot the public will be shown their rightful place,” the Prime Minister said at an event in Ranchi on Thursday.

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While addressing a gathering at Prabhat Tara ground. “The country has seen only trailer in last 100 days while the whole picture remains to be seen,” said PM Modi.

“Those who had thought that they were above the country are making rounds of court…today the country is moving forward with the pace which was never seen”, he said.


Under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana’, farmers between 18 and 40 years of age will get Rs 3,000 monthly pension after reaching 60.

The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10,774 crore for the next three years.

The PM dedicated country’s second Multi-Model Waterways Terminal built at Sahibganj to the nation, inaugurated the newly constructed State Assembly building and also laid the foundation of new State Secretariat building in Ranchi.

Speaking about Centre’s recent decision to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, PM Modi said, “Our commitment is also to develop Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, especially the Muslim sisters…and we’ve started it through Triple Talaq”.

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