The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will begin its membership drive on July 6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit his Parliamentary constituency Varanasi to launch the party’s countrywide membership drive. Modi will also address party workers besides unveiling a statue of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at the local airport, said a party functionary. During his visit to Varanasi, he will also launch a tree-plantation campaign, "Anand Kanan", in the temple city. This will be Narendra Modi’s second visit to the constituency after winning the Lok Sabha elections.
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will begin his three-day visit to India on July 7. The visit is aimed at providing the two sides with an opportunity to explore new areas of cooperation to further strengthen their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. Nahyan, who is also the Minister for International Cooperation, will be accompanied by a senior-level delegation. During the visit, he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
Former Congress President, Rahul Gandhi, will appear before a court in Patna on July 6 Saturday in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader had filed the case before the Chief Judicial Magistrate's (CJM) court here in April, taking exception to a snide remark made by Rahul Gandhi at an election rally in Karnataka's Kolar district. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi had stated that all thieves had the surname Modi -- referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, bank-fraud accused Nirav Modi and former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi.
India will take on Sri Lanka at the ICC World Cup 2019 in Leeds, England on July 6. On July 2, India had defeated Bangladesh by 28 runs, securing a place in the last four. So far, Sri Lanka has won three matches in the tournament. The match will begin at 3 pm.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on July 7 said a campaign to conserve and manage water will be launched on July 7 across the state. Das said he will go for "shram daan" (voluntary work) during the campaign in which ministers and senior government officers of the state will join him. He said water conservation work has already begun in Hazaribagh and other districts of the state after letters were sent by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to village heads across the country to work in this regard. Das said that farmers had benefited from the digging of ponds under water management during the past four years, triggering agriculture growth from minus four per cent to 14 per cent.