In a significant development in the Punjab terror conspiracy case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a key aide of designated Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh alias Landa and gangster Bachitar Singh alias Pavitar Batala.
The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday confirmed that it received a Note Verbale from the Bangladesh High Commission in connection with an extradition request of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. However, it offered no comments on this matter.
After Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi visited violence-hit Parbhani, Maharashtra Minister and state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday said that Rahul Gandhi has only come to Parbhani to do "drama and to provoke the society."
A delegation of the Industrialists Association of the State called on Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu here on Monday and apprised him of their various demands.
Slamming Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday said that the entire country has been witnessing outrage against the statement made by Amit Shah and that the country has understood the real intent of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday targeted Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi calling his visit to Maharashtra's violence-hit Parbhani "a political meeting" and an "attempt to create hatred among people on caste lines."
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday called the death of Somnath Suryawanshi "government-sponsored" and alleged that the people who "believed in Manusmriti have taken their lives."
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday firmly denied any shortcomings in handling the December 19 scuffle that occurred inside Parliament near the Makar Dwar gate resulting in injuries to BJP MPs Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday expressed gratitude to the Central Government for sanctioning 6.5 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), with plans to increase this number to 13 lakh additional houses for the state.
Central Industrial Security Force DIG (Ops) Shrikant Kishore on Monday said that there was "no lapse" on the part of CISF on the December 19 clash in Parliament outside Makar Dwar, adding that "no weapons were allowed inside."