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India's vote in the UN's ECOSOC against a Palestinian NGO should not in any way be construed as a vote against the Palestinian cause, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.

A cabinet meeting in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday witnessed a heated exchange between Chief Minister Kamal Nath and Food Minister Pradyumna Singh Tomar, who is a loyalist of party general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia, exposing the bitter factionalism among the Congress' state unit.

Home Minister Amit Shah has allocated work to his two deputies G Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai -- that include affairs of Jammu and Kashmir and the Northeast and Centre-state relations, officials said.

The Shiv Sena, which is an ally of the BJP-led Maharashtra government, has said the next chief minister of the state will be from Uddhav Thackeray's party.

Asserting that national security is the government's "topmost priority", President Ram Nath Kovind Thursday said India has amply demonstrated its intent and capabilities through surgical strikes and Balakot air strikes, and in future too, all possible steps will be taken to ensure security.

A fresh bill to make instant Muslim divorce or "triple talaq", which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, is expected to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today hosted a dinner for members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at a state-run five-star hotel in Delhi.

Yoga Day: Senior government officials have been directed to perform at least five different yoga asanas on Friday as part of international Yoga Day celebrations across the country.

Top government functionaries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, and other senior BJP leaders will attend International Yoga Day events across the country on Friday.

India on Thursday said the extradition request of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi is still under consideration of Antiguan and Barbuda authorities.

The Union Health ministry has rushed an expert to Meghalayas West Garo Hills district to assist the administration fight outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis there, officials said today.

Tik Tok app and PUBG game create "safety and security issue for children in the state, the department said.

More than 1,000 inmates of prisons in Delhi are going to be trained as yoga teachers within a year under an initiative aimed at helping them start a new life after being released, officials said.

Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today alleged the BJP was continuing its efforts to ''destabilise'' the Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by him, but asserted it was stable and would complete its term.

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said crises were not new to the party after four of his six Rajya Sabha lawmakers joined the BJP. The lawmakers -- YS Chowdary, CM Ramesh, Garikapoati Mohan Rao, TG Venkatesh - also attended media briefing with the new BJP working president JP Nadda.