On the second day of his visit to the national capital, he met Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Commerce & Industries Piyush Goyal, Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries H. D. Kumaraswamy and Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri.
Assam Rifles sources said that acting on a tip-off, the para-military force troops conducted an operation in the Zote area and seized 284.43 grams of heroin worth Rs 1.99 crore. One person was arrested on the spot.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday lay the foundation stone of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs 7,600 crore, through video conferencing.
With the arrest of eight persons including five foreign girls, police on Monday claimed to have busted a sex racket being run at a spa centre in Jaipur. Officials said that prostitution was being run in the guise of massage at a spa centre here.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi marked 23 years in public office on Monday, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari hailed the PM for his transformative reforms and programmes, both in Gujarat and across India. Talking to IANS, Manoj Tiwari said, "In the last 23 years, Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister as well as Prime Minister. He has worked for the welfare of the poor as well as for the country. Many people came and made some plans for the welfare of the poor, but the treasury became empty."
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi has officially moved into the Chief Minister's residence in Civil Lines, previously occupied by former CM Arvind Kejriwal. On Monday, Atishi held her first meeting at the residence, engaging with the employees and officials working there.
