Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday afternoon while speaking at the launch event of Vande Bharat express train praised and thanked the Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot for attending the event while ongoing state political tussle.

At the flagging-off ceremony of Rajasthan’s first Vande Bharat Express train, while addressing through video-conferencing the Prime Minister referred CM Gehlot as a friend of him and praised him for attending the event despite the ongoing political crisis in the Congress.

PM Modi speaking about the demands put forth the Rajasthan Chief Minister expressed his special gratitude towards the latter as he is going through a political crisis currently but despite that he spared time for the development work by participating in the program of railway for which he also welcomed him.

Prime Minister also referred saying that the work that should have completed immediately soon after Independence, still remains incomplete and he again thanked CM Gehlot for posing faith in him and bringing him into his notice and the PM said referring to Gehlot that his faith in him is the root cause of the strength of the friendship which they share.

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Prime Minister Modi also making a fun banter said that the Chief Minister has two laddoos in his hands referring to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Railway Board Chairman, both of them who hail from Rajasthan itself.

The indigenously developed express train is country’s 14^th Vande Bharat train which will run its operations between Ajmer in Rajasthan and Delhi Cantt railway station.

The launch event was organised at the Jaipur junction railway station where the Prime Minister took part through video conferencing. At the station during launch, other than chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra along with other senior officials was present.

The Rajasthan Congress is currently ongoing political crisis as senior leader of the party Sachin Pilot held a  day long protest against its own party government yesterday defying party leadership orders.

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A district collector in Tamil Nadu courted controversy after a video shows the bureaucrat signaling his assistant to carry his shoes during a visit to a temple in the state, went viral on social media.

In the video, Kallakurichi District Collector Sravan Kumar Jatavath, wearing a face mask, is seen stepping out of his chauffeur-driven car as several people gather to welcome him.

The bureaucrat then seems to be gesturing his Dafedaar (assistant) to come over, who does so and takes off the officer’s shoes and carries them away before Jatavath makes his way into the temple.

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According to reports, the Kallakurichi District Collector was on a visit to Ulundurpettai on Tuesday to take stock of the arrangements for the famous Koovagam Koothandavar temple festival.

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Jatavath had visited the famous temple to review the arrangements for the 18-day Chithirai festival, which kicks off from April 18.

The video which has gone viral on social media platforms and sparked outrage from users who have lambasted the officer for his elitist attitude.

Meanwhile, Jatavath, in his response has trashed the allegations and claimed that the video has been edited.

A report quoted the Collector as saying that he had taken off his shoes as he entered the temple but did not ask his assistant to remove or carry his shoes.

Jatavath claimed that the video was edited to make it look like he had asked the assistant—who according to the Collector, joined duty on Tuesday— to collect his shoes.

The officer claimed that the assistant who is new to the job, may not have known what to do and he did not ask him to carry his shoes, adding that officials from various line departments including police personnel and the panchayat staff accompanied him during the visit and can vouch for his side of the story.

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It is usual in our daily routine when we get to hear people complaining that they do not have that amount of time in which they can do their studies along with taking up a job hand in hand. But these pictures undoubtedly will mark a full stop to such complaints and perceptions.

Recently a picture caught viral on social media shared by an IPS personnel, the viral picture shows an employee standing at the counter of a Subway outlet with a book in her hands doing her study.

The girl on the picture is identified as Kareena who is an employee at the Subway outlet situated in a private mall of Raipur, Chattisgarh.

Kareena, whenever she gets a free time from attending the customers, without wasting even a single minute gets hold of his books to do her studies.

The picture twitted by IPS Officer Dipanshu Kabra serves an inspiration for every aspirant who is on a mission to achieve something but get distracted by something or other and give excuses, the picture tells that if you have a passion and the dedication towards anything then no excuse lies.

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Dipanshu Kabra shared two pictures with the caption that those who make excuses of not getting time, learn from Kareena that how a single minute can also be put into utilisation.

After Kabra’s post netizens poured in their praises in the comment box. There were thousands of likes, comments and re-tweets in the post lauding the girl’s efforts.

One user wrote the one who fly high, never see how far the sky is. While another user wrote where there is a will, there is a way.

But there was some reactions where users wrote asking what’s the point of achieving such success if beforehand one has to cross through such hard times and struggles.

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