Former Union Minister and four-time parliamentarian Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress this morning, shortly after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.
He is expected to join the BJP sometime this week, days after criticising the party over violence in Delhi, and is likely to be rewarded with a Rajya Sabha seat.
Political leaders under house arrest in Kashmir will be released in a phased manner after proper analysis of every individual, the Jammu and Kashmir administration said on Thursday.
The JNU had organised a talk on "Abrogation of Article 370: Peace, Stability and Development in J&K and Ladakh" at Convention Centre. Singh, a senior leader from J&K, was invited to deliver the lecture.
The announcement came after Chief Minister Amarinder Singh met Manmohan Singh here and made a request to him to join the first batch visiting the shrine on the special occasion.
Besides, intel inputs from US agencies have also alerted New Delhi of a possible ISI-sponsored terrorist attack in wake of abrogation of Jammu & Kashmir's special status guaranteed by Article 370.
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he does not belong to any religion.
Babita Tade has been chosen as the district ambassador to reach out to people and make them aware about the importance of voting, Amravati zilla parishad's chief executive officer Manisha Khatri told reporters here on Tuesday evening.