Politics

The Guruvyaur Sree Krishna temple managing committee had sought an explanation from the principal in connection with the case.

Party chief Vaiko in a letter to Modi said there "is no rationale on the part of the Karnataka Government to oppose the constitution" of the CMB.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on his 2-day trip to Bhutan. This is his maiden foreign trip after assuming the office of the Prime Minister.

Modi's nearest rival, Madhusudhan Mistry of Congress, in his submission, showed an expenditure of Rs 34.39 lakh.

The urgent need to upgrade infrastructure in areas bordering Pakistan and China was also flagged by the Army Chief in his first substantial presentation, that lasted for about three hours, to the new Prime Minister.

The term of N Janardhana Reddy, who passed away on May 9, was scheduled to end on June 21, 2016.

The official said that steps to be taken to minimise the adverse impact of poor monsoon is also likely to figure in the discussions.

Modi had asked political leaders not to carry out psychological analysis of rape and also to stay away from making statements on the same.

Schemes such as 'Udaan' for upgrading of skills of youth in order to improve their employability were discussed in detail at the meeting.

Scores of Congress workers had yesterday staged a demonstration in the Mundka area against the long outages.

The meet came a day after Narendra Modi government announced its committment to pass the women's reservation Bill to provide 33 percent quota for women in Parliament and state assemblies.

"Many traders and merchants were also killed in other parts of state recently. We demand proper inquiry into these cases," Congress said.

George, who visited the Naxal-infected areas in Agumbe near Theerthahlli in this district and examined the preparedness of police and facilities provided to villagers, also asked Naxals to drop their armed struggle and join the mainstream.

Amidst continuing protests over the long power cuts in Delhi, Piyush Goyal had called an emergency meeting in Delhi.

The new MLCs include Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's close associate Anandrao Patil.

The government will introduce a general sales tax, encourage foreign investment and speed up approvals for major business projects.