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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday chaired a high level meeting, with a likely focus on the prevailing situation in Manipur, with Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nirmala Sitharaman and Hardeep Puri in attendance.

“We are manufacturing various arms and ammunition. We are destroying the chain of funding of terrorists. The network of terrorism is being dismantled. Our stand on terrorism is tough.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, during which he will flag off five Vande Bharat Express trains from the Rani Kamalapati railway station.

The daylight robbery inside the Pragati Maidan tunnel by four armed assailants on two bikes, the CCTV footage of which has gone viral, has raised concerns about safety, security and the presence of Delhi Police personnel in the national capital.

Due to bad weather in Delhi, three international and two domestic flights were diverted to Jaipur on Sunday. These included two flights of Air India, two of SpiceJet and one of Gulf Stream.

Due to adverse weather conditions, a Srinagar-Jammu IndiGo flight momentarily entered Pakistan's airspace, according to sources. Citing the inclement weather, the airline said that the diversion was necessary and subsequently, flight 6e-2124 was redirected to Amritsar.

Modi's remark was in response to a tweet by US President Joe Biden, who said: "The friendship between the United States and India is among the most consequential in the world. And it's stronger, closer, and more dynamic than ever."

The West Bengal Food & Supplies Department has claimed to have cancelled some two crore fake ration cards since a drive to link Aadhar Cards to ration cards started in the state.

Karnataka police have arrested a man for allegedly slitting his friend's throat and drinking his blood suspecting an affair with his wife in this district of the state, police said on Monday.

According to the police, the accident occurred on Sunday night and victims -- P. Nagarathinam, Muthamil Selvan, G. Manikandan, R. Ayyappan, S. Deenadhayalan -- were all occupants of the car.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) in its charge sheet filed against Lawrence Bishnoi and others has mentioned that the growth of Bishnoi and his terror syndicate has tremendous similarities with the rise of Dawood Ibrahim.

Indian wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia on Sunday posted tweets where they said their battle against former WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will be fought in the court and not on roads.

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said: "Every single minute Biren Singh continues as CM is a minute wasted towards efforts to bring peace and begin the reconciliation process in Manipur. His continuation as CM is untenable beyond doubt." 

According to the police, the bodies were found hanging inside the house. The shocking incident was reported from the Rampur Chhapar area under Gorakhpur police station in Jabalpur.

In a massive crackdown against the gangster-terrorist nexus, Punjab Police on Sunday conducted raids at suspected hideouts of persons linked with gangsters-turned-terrorists Lakhbir Singh, alias Landa, and Harwinder Singh, alias Rinda.

The Prime Minister remarked that the recognition symbolises two main things -- the deep-rooted friendship between the two countries and the people of the two societies, the Foreign Secretary said.

The Congress on Sunday again reiterated the demand of removal of Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh for failing to control violence in the state and also sought that all armed groups must be disarmed immediately.

After meeting Shah in New Delhi, he said that the Home Minister has advised him to strengthen the work towards achieving everlasting peace and also sought the cooperation of every stakeholder in Manipur to ensure that peace prevails in the state.

“The leaders discussed ways to further deepen the partnership between the two countries, including in trade and investment, defence and security, renewable energy, cultural and people to people ties.

The BJP President asked the party leaders to gear up for the Assembly elections, due to be held towards the end of this year, and said that all the leaders should work hard to bring the party to power in the state.

Modi arrived in Cairo for a two-day state visit to Egypt on Saturday. His trip to Egypt is expected to pave way for a substantial increase in India's investment in the North African country and a ladder for Egypt to gain entry to the BRICS economic bloc.

A team from the Income Tax Department's Jaipur office had raided more than 24 locations of Shree Cement in Jaipur, Beawar, Udaipur, Ajmer, and Chittorgarh. More than 200 Income Tax officers and policemen were involved in this raid.

India is yet to finalise the price and other terms and conditions for the purchase of 31 MQ-9B long endurance drones from the US, the defence ministry said on Sunday, trashing speculative reports in social media on the cost and the acquisition process.

The Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Special Cell of Delhi Police said on Sunday that they have busted an entire fraudulent operational setup aimed to extort money from elderly citizens of the US by playing upon fear of hackers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. The 11th-century mosque, repaired with the help of the Dawoodi Bohra community, is an important cultural site for the community in Cairo.