Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day tour of Uttarakhand, on Friday visited Kedarnath and Badrinath, the two most important Hindu shrines in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand.(PIB)
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PM Modi was received at the Jolly Grant airport in Dehradun by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmeet Singh.(ANI)
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Security has been tightened around the two famous hill temples in view of the prime minister's visit. (ANI)
PM Modi wore the white traditional attire of the hill people with a swastika embroidered on it.(ANI/ PIB)
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PM Modi also laid the foundation stone for the 9.7-km Gaurikund-Kedarnath ropeway project. Using the ropeway, devotees will be able to reach the temple from Gaurikund in 30 minutes.(ANI/ PIB)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
