Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Nisith Pramanik also promised that several new initiatives are being planned for Manipur in terms of development of sports.

New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The Central government has nominated an agriculture researcher Anil Joshi as a non-official member of the Hindi Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the Indian contingent for the recently held Deaflympics as he hosted them at his residence on Saturday. In the best-ever performance, the Indian team won 16 medals including eight Gold medals in the Deaflympics, held in Brazil. Union Minister Anurag Thakur and Nisith Pramanik were also present on the occasion.

Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh), April 30 (ANI): Union Minister Nisith Pramanik called on Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brigadier (Dr) B D Mishra (retd) at Raj Bhavan in Itanagar on Friday and discussed law and order situation in the state.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], October 4 (ANI): The Left Front on Monday announced a list of candidates for bypolls in four Assembly constituencies to be held on October 30 in West Bengal.

New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Monday held a meeting with state sports ministers to draw a roadmap for preparing the country's athletes for the future.

New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI) Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Singh Thakur is set to virtually interact with Sports Ministers of respective States and Union Territories across India on Monday to discuss the further promotion of sports in the country.

New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): To celebrate the second anniversary of Fit India Movement and as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur on Sunday launched the Fit India Mobile Application at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in the national capital on Sunday.

Kolkata Aug 24 PTI Union minister Nisith Pramanik on Tuesday said the demand of his ministerial colleague John Barla for creation of a union territory comprising districts of north Bengal should be judged by the people of the region Both Pramanik and Barla are BJP MPs from north Bengal who were inducted into the Union council of ministers in July Asked to comment on Barlas views Pramanik told reporters If such demand is raised it is for the public to judge whether or not it is justified We must respect the emotion of people Barla who is now the Union minister of state for minority affairs had in June sought a separate union territory comprising all north Bengal districts arguing that the region has barely seen any development over the past decade The comments of Barla are his own But if you ask me there had not been much development in north Bengal in all these years As peoples representatives we cannot overlook their sentiments Pramanik the minister of state for home affairs said in Malda Pramanik refused to further speak on the issue and sidestepped a question about whether or not he is in favour of further partition of the state post-1947 Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said the BJP should first decide its stand on the issue as its leaders are making contradictory statements The BJP should clear its official stand on this That should be clear The BJP is playing a dirty divisive game after losing the assembly polls But the people of Bengal will not let that division of the state happen Chatterjee said He claimed that lots of development are taking place in north Bengal under the rule of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the BJP is trying to create confusion among people BJP state president Dilip Ghosh who had earlier asserted that the views of Barla were his own and the BJP was not in favour of it said last week it would be wrong to call the Alipurduar MP a separatist over the demand as he was just voicing the concerns of people Senior BJP leader Rahul Sinha on Sunday that the party did not support any division of Bengal After Barla raised the demand for a separate Union territory for north Bengal another state BJP MP Saumitra Khan had sought statehood for Junglemahal comprising hilly forested areas of Paschim Medinipur Bankura and Purulia districts PTI SUS NN NN

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