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Pansare and his wife were shot by unidentified persons in Kolhapur during their morning walk on February 16 this year. While his wife survived, the CPI leader died at a Mumbai hospital four days later.

"The hideout is believed to be of an alleged Hizb terrorist Mushtaq Ahmed Butt alias Mussa who used to operate in this region out of such hideouts before being killed by the security forces in 2011," the spokesman said.

Tension between the South Asian nations has spiked since Nepal adopted the charter last week.

Launched in its maiden attempt, ASTROSAT, which includes a telescope that uses x-ray, has been dubbed as a mini-Hubble telescope launched by US' NASA in 1990 and a one-stop shop for studying astronomical sources.

Sharif had raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and asked for holding of plebiscite in the state.

Bharti was seeking protection from arrest in a domestic violence and attempt to murder case in which the Delhi High Court had already rejected his petition for anticipatory bail.

"We, the members of the Gujarati community in California, whole-heartedly welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States of America," the statement said.

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The government had on August 4 lifted the ban on porn websites, following widespread criticism on social media.

Pointing out that a country is defined by its border, Rijiju said, "Delhi is the capital of India but Delhi is not the beginning of India... We (the north-east) are the sentinel of this country, we protect and safeguard this country."

"As far as India is concerned, we naturally support the quest for justice. At the same time we are respectful of Sri Lanka's sovereignty. We are hopeful that a way will be found where both these points and objectives can be met," said Swarup.

Bharti has filed two revision pleas before a sessions court against the dismissal of his applications by a magisterial court seeking lodging of FIR against the police personnel and seeking further probe in the case.

The Home Minister said the Modi government went whole hog against infiltrators as a result of which 130 terrorists were killed while sneaking into Indian territory since 2014, compared to 110 in 2013 and 67 in 2012.

In June, the CBI initiated a preliminary inquiry against Virbhadra Singh and his family over allegations of corruption and acquiring assets disproportionate to their known sources of income during his tenure as the union steel minister.

Joshi was the first person to resign from the FTII Society expressing solidarity with the students.