Politics

Singh raised the issue of cross-border terrorism and appreciated the US support for India's effort to maintain peace and stability in the region, a defence ministry spokesperson said.

Those who favour reservation should speak keeping in mind the interests of those who are against it, and similarly those who oppose it should do the vice-versa, Bhagwat said.

Jamyang Tsering Namgyal also claimed that the Congress governments ruined Kashmir by following the policy of 'appeasement' in hostile situations and Ladakh became a 'collateral damage'.

Vinod Kumar will enjoy the status of a Cabinet Minister and will be a permanent invitee to the State Cabinet meetings and his term of office will be for three years.

Mamata's comments came after the Central Board of Direct Taxes said in a statement that media reports about the issuance of Income Tax notices to Durga Puja committees in Kolkata this year were not true.

Mamata Banerjee had on Sunday criticised the Centre for issuing income tax notices to several Durga Puja committees here, saying festivals should be exempt from levies.

Calling upon the people to realise the 'true situation' of the country, she also criticised the central government's move to corporatise several PSUs.

Enforcement Directorate had told the court that Puri was non-cooperative and untraceable. In its application, the probe agency said that Puri was directed to join the investigation on Tuesday but he failed to turn up before it.

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Modi said the benefits extended to the police would include house rent allowance, education allowance and health scheme, and would be implemented soon.

Under the plan, at least 11,000 hotspots will be set up across the city in the first phase. Seventy Assembly constituencies will have 1,000 hotspots each while 4,000 others will be set up at bus queue shelters.

JD(U) lawmakers in both Houses of Parliament had opposed the resolution for scrapping the provisions of Article 370 and reorganising Jammu and Kashmir saying that they had not been consulted by the Centre before it brought the bill.

BSP chief Mayawati also said that due to this decision, the Buddhist followers of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar were feeling happy.

The debate in the Lok Sabha over the decision of the Narendra Modi government to repeal Article 370, which granted special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, has turned into a political war of words.

BJP leaders hailed the move and were buoyed by support from some regional parties like BSP, BJD, TRS and AIADMK, which extended full support to the resolution and the bill. NDA constituent JD(U) walked out.

A number of Rajya Sabha members from opposition parties have joined the BJP of late. Sanjay Sinh of the Congress and Neeraj Shekhar of the Samajwadi Party also joined the saffron party after quitting their parties and Rajya Sabha membership.