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Modi writes to Pakistan's Imran Khan, says India looking for meaningful engagement: Report

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to Imran Khan, the news agency PTI reported Monday. In his letter, written on Saturday, Modi said India was looking for constructive and meaningful engagement with Pakistan.

Supreme Courtto UP govt: Why should CM Yogi Adityanath not be prosecuted for alleged hate speech?

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The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday why Yogi Adityanath should not be prosecuted for allegedly making a hate speech in 2007.

Never thought I would have to address a meeting without Atalji: Advani

While addressing a Prayer meet of Vajpayee in Delhi, Advani said, "I have addressed several public meetings but I had never thought that I will once have to address a meeting like this, a meeting where Atalji would not be there"

Kerala rains: Bodies found as water recedes, outbreak of disease feared

Floodwaters receded in Kerala on Monday, leaving rescuers the grim task of retrieving bodies as the death toll from the worst monsoon rains in a century rose above 400.

Would visit Kabul soon to initiate 'new beginnings': Pak Foreign Minister

Pakistan's newly appointed Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on Monday, delivered his first addressed wherein he called for fostering peaceful ties with Pakistan's neighbours.