Archive · 5 Jan 2026
Union Minister Visits Temple, Bureaucrat Returns to Delhi
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra on New Year, as he does every year.
He also stopped at a roadside shop named 'Mama Raswanti' to enjoy fresh sugarcane juice and even tried operating the traditional sugarcane crushing machine.
Meanwhile, IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar, who was moved out of Delhi in 2022 after a controversy, is returning to the capital in a senior role.
Additionally, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav received unique gifts from party workers, including laddoos, fruits, and a toy tractor with a music system.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan visited the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra on New Year.
Chouhan stopped at a roadside shop named 'Mama Raswanti' to enjoy fresh sugarcane juice and tried operating the traditional sugarcane crushing machine.
IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar, who was moved out of Delhi in 2022 after a controversy, is returning to the capital in a senior role.
Khirwar was previously posted in Ladakh as Principal Secretary for various departments.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav received unique gifts from party workers, including laddoos, fruits, and a toy tractor with a music system.
- Who
- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav
- What
- Chouhan visited a temple and a roadside shop; Khirwar returns to Delhi; Yadav received gifts
- When
- On New Year
- Where
- Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra, Delhi
- Why
- Chouhan's annual pilgrimage; bureaucratic reshuffle; New Year greetings
- Union Minister
- Shivraj Singh Chouhan
- Temple Visited
- Shani Shingnapur
- Location
- Ahilyanagar district, Maharashtra
- Bureaucrat Returning
- Sanjeev Khirwar
- Current Posting
- Principal Secretary, Ladakh
- Gifts Received
- Laddoos, water chestnut, guavas, jaggery, toy tractor
- Party Leader
- Akhilesh Yadav
- Party
- Samajwadi Party (SP)