The Deputy Chief Minister's minor son Mark Shankar was injured in a fire incident in a Singapore school where he studies.
The people of northeast India (NE), who were disturbed by some recent developments deteriorating bilateral ties with immediate neighbours, woke up to an impressive one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus on Friday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the government will continue to strengthen the country’s maritime sector and ports, which play a crucial role in driving India’s progress and prosperity.
He said he was happy to share India's experience in setting up digital public infrastructure (DPI) with BIMSTEC countries.
BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation), the seven-nation grouping, brings together five Asian nations--India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka--and two Southeast Asian nations--Thailand and Myanmar.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah also paid tributes.
BJP chief JP Nadda has directed union ministers, MPs and MLAs to participate in the address.
PM Modi will also release the next batch of financial aid of Rs 18,000 crore from the PM-Kisan scheme.
The Scheme provides free of cost insurance cover to all the residents of the UT of J&K.
Dilip Ghosh, BJP's party president in West Bengal, informed on Wednesday that Narendra Modi would tour the poll-bound state every month.
