Live updates: Congress is gold, silver and bronze medal winner in lying: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a visit to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives. The PM will lay the foundation stone for 4 laning of NH45-A - 56 km Sattanathapuram - Nagapattinam package of Villupuram to Nagapattinam project covering Karaikal district in Puducherry.

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra on Thursday (February 25) took a dig at the Congress, saying that the party is prone to lying and that he was shocked at Rahul Gandhi's "will make fisheries ministry" remark. "Congress has the policy of divide, lie and rule. They are gold, silver and bronze medal winners in telling lies," said the PM.

He said that Puducherry deserved a government that is commanded by the people of Puducherry and not a small group of Congress leaders sitting in Delhi. 

PM Modi is on a visit to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development initiatives. He inaugurated JIPMER Blood Centre, Puducherry, and laid the foundation stone of JIPMER Karaikal Campus.

The PM laid the foundation stone for four-laning of NH45-A - 56 km Sattanathapuram - Nagapattinam package of Villupuram to Nagapattinam project covering Karaikal district in Puducherry.

In other stories, the Punjab government has decided to put a cap on indoor gatherings to 100 and outdoor to 200 from March 1 amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the state. A UK court will decide whether jailed businessman Nirav Modi could be extradited to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering. 

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25 February 2021

15:53 IST

Nirav Modi will not be denied justice if he is extradited to India: UK Extradition judge rules on two-year-long legal battle of jeweller Nirav Modi's extradition, who is wanted for fraud and money laundering in the ₹ 14,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam.

Nirav Modi will not be denied justice if he is extradited to India, UK Extradition judge rules

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14:31 IST

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