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Appealing for peace and harmony, Modi asked the youth to treasure Kashmir as "heaven" on earth. "It is very painful to see that youngsters, who should be holding laptops, books and cricket bats, have been handed stones," he said.

The department has already seized unaccounted cash and jewellery of nearly Rs 1 crore from Tanwar and his brother. Tanwar has been questioned by the Income Tax Department twice in the recent past after the raid.

The GST Bill has to be ratified by at least 16 states in 30 days after it is passed by Parliament.

"Can there be a greater insult to a monument which is a wonder of the world. It is shocking, what can the courts and tribunals do?" a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.

Parrikar on Saturday also said that there were efforts being made to "defame the BJP".

Sonia suffered acute dehydration while travelling in an open vehicle for four hours through large crowds.

BJP sources in Delhi tell us Prime Minister Narendra Modi is keen on Shah continuing as president of the BJP as there are 10 states going to polls in 2017-18 where the BJP is a big stakeholder.

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu will meet the PM Narendra Modi evening to discuss special status issue.

As the Rajya Sabha passed the "historic" GST Bill on Wednesday, the electronic voting system provided some moments of amusement when the number of total votes kept varying by a small degree each time a clause or amendment was put to vote.

Asserting that Hinduism does not sanction discrimination, the Minister said,"No person who discriminates against another human being could ever be called a Hindu."

Banerjee said the Center has withheld funds for minority development by citing "lame excuses".

Senior BJP and Congress leaders will meet on Monday to iron out differences over the bill before it is tabled in Parliament.

Manohar Parrikar, on Saturday, while speaking at the launch of the Marathi version of journalist-author, Nitin Gokhale's book on Siachen, had raked up Aamir Khan's remark without referring to him directly.

The woman had consumed poisonous substance at her home in North-West Delhi's Narela and died during treatment at LNJP Hospital on July 19.

Rakesh was touring Europe and suddenly fell ill in Brussels, last week. He was immediately admitted to a hospital there.

Cricketer-turned politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who quit the Rajya Sabha, is likely to join Aam Aadmi Party in August.