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The National Board Revenue (NBR) of Bangladesh recently passed a permit allowing India access to the Chattogram and Mongla ports in Bangladesh for transit and transshipment of cargo.

Lawrence Bishnoi has revealed to National Investigation Agency (NIA) his top 10 targets, including Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, and the gangster's alleged future plans, sources said on Monday.

On May 18, the Calcutta High Court's single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha upheld the previous order by the bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the same court empowering central agencies to question Banerjee in connection with th scam.

Indian intelligence agencies have learnt that the wife of incarcerated senior Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Mushaal Mullick had also asked the international community to boycott the G20 meeting in Kashmir.

A report by the intelligence agencies has revealed that Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, ISI, and their agents in India have been pressed into action to defame the country on international platforms and disrupt the G20 meeting in Jammu and Kashmir.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday conferred with the Companion of the order of Logohu by Papua New Guinea, the nation's highest civilian award for championing the cause of unity of Pacific Island countries and spearheading the cause of Global South.

Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has said he is ready to undergo a narco test or a lie-detector test, amid allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him.

Jharkhand-based Maoist outfit People's Liberation Front of India's supremo (PLFI) Dinesh Gope, who had a reward of Rs 30 lakh on his head, was arrested in Delhi following a raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday, officials said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva in Japan's Hiroshima and discussed the bilateral strategic partnership, especially in sectors of defence production, trade and renewable energy.

Chanana, head of the global rice brand Amira, is being investigated in India over claims that tens of millions of pounds of bank loans were unlawfully diverted into shell entities. Chanana has not responded to the claims, The Guardian reported.

Earlier in the day, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid floral tributes to the former Prime Minister at the Veer Bhoomi here.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to Japan for G7 Summit, on Sunday paid floral tributes at the Peace Memorial Museum and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park built in memory of those who died in a nuclear attack on the city at the end of the Second World War.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 32nd death anniversary here.

Though the party never got an absolute majority in the state Assembly polls, it was said that the people of Karnataka have opened their windows for the saffron party but are yet to open their doors for it.

Prime MInister Narendra Modi on Saturday met Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima and said that India will do whatever it can for the resolution of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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.

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".

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

While leaving for Japan's Hiroshima, the Prime Minister in a statement said, "I will leave for Hiroshima, Japan to attend the G7 Summit under the Japanese Presidency at the invitation of Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan."