{"id":316665,"date":"2019-11-14T13:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=316665"},"modified":"2019-11-14T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T13:52:08","slug":"rajnath-singh-attends-maitree-diwas-in-tawang-arunachal-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rajnath-singh-attends-maitree-diwas-in-tawang-arunachal-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajnath Singh attends \u2018Maitree Diwas\u2019 in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-316761 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/rajnath-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"910\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/rajnath-1.jpg 910w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/rajnath-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/rajnath-1-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/rajnath-1-696x460.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/11\/rajnath-1-636x420.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 910px) 100vw, 910px\" \/>Government is planning to set up North East Industrial Corridor that will create numerous job opportunities for the people of the region. This was stated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during his address at the 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Maitree Diwas Celebrations in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Defence Minister said the Arunachal Corridor will act as a land bridge between India and South East Asia that will provide employment opportunities and give fillip totrade and tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rajnath Singh underlined the special emphasis of the Government on the development of the North East region under the Act East Policy, adding \u201cIndia is marching forward on the path of all-round progress under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u201d. He said, \u201cRoad to \u2018New India\u2019 runs through \u2018New North-East India\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Speaking on Maitree Diwas, which is showcasing the local culture as well as modern military demonstrations, including Helicopter flypast and weapon display, Rajnath Singh said, the festival symbolises the patriotism of the people of the region and their close relationship with the Armed Forces. He said, this \u2018civil-military friendship\u2019 is an assurance that the nation\u2019s borders are doubly safe. He called for oneness among people, civil administration, Police and Central Armed Police Forces to realise the dream of \u2018New India\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He also urged the youth of the border state to actively join the Armed Forces. \u201cThe people of Arunachal Pradesh are known for their patriotism. My ministry will see that Army Recruitment Centres are set up in some parts of Arunachal Pradesh, including Tawang,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The two-day socio-military cultural extravaganza is jointly organised by the Indian Army, Tawang Civil Administration and volunteers at the High-Altitude Stadium, which stands as a testimony to the spirit of solidarity and patriotic fervour that runs deep amongst the locals of Tawang district.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Later, Singh visited Tawang War Memorial and offered tributes to the fallen soldiers who made supreme sacrifice during the War of 1962.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government is planning to set up North East Industrial Corridor that will create numerous job opportunities for the people of the region. This was stated by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh during his address at the 11th\u00a0Maitree Diwas Celebrations in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday. The Defence Minister said the Arunachal Corridor will act as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":316761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2931,2030,2014],"tags":[2168,12029,2597,12030],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316665"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316762,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316665\/revisions\/316762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/316761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}