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Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday took oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively, at the swearing in ceremony of the new Congress government in the state.

Putting to rest the speculations about the "face" of ruling BJP in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, the longest serving Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the party will be fully reliant on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the upcoming polls.

Security in and around the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here was tightened on Saturday over the arrival of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for interrogation in the school recruitment case in West Bengal.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Hiroshima, Japan, saying Gandhian ideals of peace reverberate globally and give strength to millions.

Welcoming the announcement of the Reserve Bank of India to withdraw Rs 2,000 banknotes from circulation, Rajya Sabha MP and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday termed the move a "second surgical strike on black money".

With the Central government brought an ordinance to negate the Supreme Court judgment placing "services" under the control of the state government in the national capital, the ruling AAP slammed the move, and termed BJP "murderer of democracy".

Maharashtra's opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday slammed the move to withdraw the Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes by September 30 as "an admission of failure" by the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre.

The Congress on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the Rs 2,000 banknotes introduced with such fanfare after that "singularly disastrous" demonetisation decision of November 8, 2016, are now being withdrawn.

With cash for votes gaining ground and to prevent money power having a play against the ruling BJP in the 2024 general elections, the Rs 2,000 denomination notes are being withdrawn -- this is a view that is being shared on social media.

Making clear his government and party's stand on 'greater Mizoram' or unification of contiguous areas of Manipur, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Friday said that a state government cannot directly interfere in the internal affairs of other states like Manipur.

The Manipur Chemists and Druggists Association (MCDA) on Friday urged the state government to take immediate steps to address this critical issue arising out of the shortage of life-saving drugs.

Announcing the decision to withdraw Rs 2,000 denomination notes from circulation, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks not to issue such notes with immediate effect.

The Chief Justice of Tripura High Court Aparesh Kumar Singh on Friday launched the project MUKTI initiated by Tripura State Legal Services Authority to eradicate the menace of drug abuse in the state.

In a statement, the RBI said: "The 2,000 denomination banknote was introduced in November 2016 primarily to meet the currency requirements of the economy in an expeditious manner after the withdrawal of legal tender status of all 500 and 1,000 banknotes in circulation at that time."

Former Mumabai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Sameer Wankhede, has finally broken his silence over the CBI's FIR filed against him and others in connection with the alleged Rs 25 crore bribery case pertaining to the arrest of Aryan Khan after the cruise ship drugs raid.

Central agencies like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) are scared of Trinamool Congress because of its continuing and massive popularity among the common people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

Police said that during the preliminary enquiry, they confessed their arrival from Bangladesh and also they informed that another Ruksar Bibi who were with them managed to abscond soon after reaching here at Agartala.

The Special Enquiry Team (SET) of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has alleged in its report that members of Sameer Wankhede's team 'stole' valuables from the accused individuals caught in the Aryan Khan case.

The committee said Sebi has also found that some entities have taken short positions prior to the publication of the Hindenburg report and have profited from squaring off their positions after the price crashed upon publication of the report.

Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said that museums play an important role in introducing history to future generations and for this development of tourism industry is one of the goals of the present state government.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to hear the West Bengal government's plea challenging an earlier order of the same court ordering a CBI probe into the numcipalities recruitment case.

An Assam government official has been arrested on charges of corruption and sleuths of the anti-corruption wing have recovered cash worth more than Rs 65 lakhs from her possession, officials said on Friday.

The collegium said at present there is only one member from the Bar directly appointed to the Supreme Court bench, and in their considered opinion, Viswanathan is eminently suitable for being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court.

The Kerala unit of the CPI(M) is upset over Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan not figuring in the list of special invitees to the swearing-in ceremony of his Karnataka counterpart Siddaramaiah on Saturday.

The woman lawyer, Neha Gupta, had lodged a formal complaint with the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rohini) against her male counterpart, accusing him of subjecting her to a series of grave offenses.