Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who is in Rae Bareli on a two-day tour as part of the seventh leg of 'Samajwadi Vijay Yatra', claimed that the BJP will be wiped out in the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
Munger will get a new DM and a Superintendent of Police on Thursday itself, says EC.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place in Amritsar during the Baisakhi festival in April 1919 when the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer opened fire leaving scores of people dead.
India on Saturday marks the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, when troops of the British Indian Army, under the command of Dyer, fired indiscriminately at a crowd holding a peaceful meeting on April 13, 1919, leaving hundreds of people dead.
From Amitabh Bachchan to Bhumi Pednekar, many Bollywood personalities on Saturday paid their respect to the innocent lives, that were lost during the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, during the protest against the oppressive Rowlatt Act.
On the issue of an apology, British High Commissioner Sir Dominic Asquith said, I would ask you to respect what I came here to do which was to commemorate those who died here a 100 years ago -- to express the sorrow of the British government and people.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh paid homage at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial on Saturday to mark the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday termed as 'inadequate' the expression of regret by British Prime Minister Theresa May on Jallianwala Bagh massacre and said that nothing short of a formal apology from Britain will do.
On April 13, 1919, British forces led by Brigadier General Reginald Dyer opened fire in Jallianwala Bagh on thousands of unarmed and peaceful protesters, including women and children, killing hundreds of them.
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