Ahead of parliament session, Rajnath meets Antony, Pawar
The Hindu
Meeting comes amid continuing standoff with China
Ahead of the monsoon session of Parliament, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met his predecessors Congress leader A.K. Antony and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar. The meeting comes amid the continuing standoff with China in Eastern Ladakh. During the meeting, the two former Defence Ministers were briefed by officials on issues of national security, it has been learnt. The situation with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Rafale deal are among the issues shortlisted by the Congress to be raised during the Parliament session beginning next week.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.