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BJP leaders, including Union ministers, on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address as "historic and inspiring" and said he exuded confidence of coming back to power in 2024 based on his government's welfare measures. The prime minister spoke for nearly 90 minutes in his 10th Independence Day address - the last before the Lok Sabha polls next year - and highlighted his government's achievements as well as various challenges and opportunities before the nation. "The promise for change brought me here, my performance brought me here once again...Next year, on August 15, from this same Red Fort, I will list out the progress achieved by the nation and laud your strength, your resolve and your success with greater confidence," Modi said in his address. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar termed the prime minister's address "inspiring" and said he laid out India's goals for the "Amrit Kaal" - the period until 2047, the centenary of India's independence. I
Senior IPS officer Sudhir Kumar Saxena was on Thursday appointed Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, according to a Personnel Ministry order. Saxena, a 1987 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, is currently Special Director General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment as Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, it said. The Secretary (Security) is the administrative head of the Special Protection Group (SPG) that provides security to the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence. The SPG also provides security to any former prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at the residence allotted to him for a period of five years from the date he ceases to hold the office of the prime minister.