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Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal had recently written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to “maintain the PSU status of NRL even if BPCL is privatised and disinvested”.

India feels that sea links of communication passing through the South China Sea are critical for peace, stability, prosperity and development of the Indo-Pacific region due to which it is vital to ensure freedom of navigation.

Replying to a question during Question Hour, the minister said a total of 305 projects have so far been sanctioned at an estimated cost of Rs. 28,613.75 crore, out of which 109 projects have been completed and rest are at various stages of implementation.

The incident occurred on Wednesday during a protest by Congress-led UDF MLAs against the police lathicharge on Palakkad legislator Shafi Parambil and some Kerala Students Union activists during a march to the assembly on Tuesday.

A senior IMD scientist said the air quality is expected to remain severe on Thursday and Friday.

The incident happened when passersby noticed someone struggling to get rid of bundles of Indian currencies through the sixth floor window of the building at 27, Bentinck Street.

Khushwant Singh's novel and another book on preventive measures during pregnancy put on display for sale were removed from the book stall after the official raised objection.

This was agreed during the 4th India-Singapore Defence Ministers' Dialogue (DMD) which was co-chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Singapore counterpart Dr Ng Eng Hen.

The incident took place early Wednesday morning during the movement of tanks, leaving one soldier dead and another injured, defence spokesperson Col Sombit Ghosh said.

India and France signed a Re 59,000 crore deal in September 2016 for 36 Rafale jets.

MoS Home also informed the House that an Indian delegation of MPs was not allowed to visit Kashmir due to security concerns.

Relatives of the detained leaders rued that they are being harassed during meetings and the MLA hostel, which has been turned into a detention centre, does not have conducive living conditions.

While welcoming the decision to update the NRC again, Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked the central government to declare the earlier exercise null and void and to update the citizens’ register keeping the same cut-off year for the entire country.

Dabholkar, 67, a renowned anti-superstition activist, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen while on a morning walk here on August 20, 2013.

The panel will be briefed by representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Atomic Energy on the subject — 'Citizens' data security and privacy'.

Though the two firms reported a mammoth cumulative loss for the second quarter, the market appears to be riding the hope that the government may soon announce some sort of relief for the beleaguered sector.