In a major development, a Qatar court has accepted India's appeal against the death penalty to eight former Indian Navy personnel, who were handed down a death sentence in an alleged case of espionage.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said there is nothing to debate on the topic of 'Bharat' because the Supreme Court in 2016 had announced that 'India and Bharat' can be interchangeable.
Sources said the meeting assumed political significance as the CPI(M) had recently held discussions with the regional party and sought its support for the bypolls to the Dhanpur and Boxanagar seats in Sepahijala.
Singh was accompanied by a few ministers and state BJP leaders. He held the meeting with Shah in New Delhi on Thursday night and returned to Imphal on Friday.
The Committee on Tribal Unity Sadar Hills (CoTU) on Saturday held a massive protest rally against the alleged prejudicial remarks of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
A four-member delegation of the CPI-M led by party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury arrived in ethnically strife-torn Manipur for two days starting Friday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has constituted a team comprising of 53 officials to probe multiple cases related to the ethnic violence in Manipur.
The ITLF leaders claimed that since they could not travel to Imphal from Churachandpur due to the Meiteis threat, they had to go to Aizawl to board the New Delhi-bound flight.
A delegation of National People's Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) from Meghalaya and NPP Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from Manipur, led by Agatha Sangma, Member of Lok Sabha, held a crucial meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his office in the Parliament House on Friday.
