Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann calls on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeks Centre's intervention in getting presidential assent for two important bills passed by state stipulating harsher punishment for perpetrators of heinous crimes of sacrilege.(PTI)
There is no report of starvation deaths from states and Union Territories; Global Hunger Index did not reflect India's true picture as it was flawed measure of "hunger, saysUnion Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani.(PTI)
Union Minister Anurag Thakur said in the Lok Sabhaduring the winter session of the Parliament that the budget allocated to Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports has increased by 3 times.
BJP MP Satish Chandra Dubey cites several incidents of crime in Bihar to allege in Rajya Sabha that state is moving towards 'jungle raj part two'; claim contested by RJD, JDU and Congress who form ruling alliance in state.(PTI)