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| Here’s everything that transpired during the course of the day… |
| Amid the ongoing Doklam standoff, Sushma Swaraj met Bhutanese foreign minister. Both the leaders were in Kathmandu to attend a meeting of foreign ministers from the countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), a grouping of countries in South Asia and South East Asia. Swaraj and her Bhutanese counterpart Damcho Dorji are understood to have discussed bilateral issues between the two countries. India and China have been locked in a face-off in the Doklam area of the Sikkim sector since June 16 after Indian troops stopped the Chinese People’s Liberation Army from building a road in the area. |
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| Mehbooba Mufti claimed PM Modi’s support on status quo for Article 370. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given 100 per cent assurance that he would back the PDP-BJP government’s Agenda of Alliance which says there will be no fiddling with Article 370,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said. The meeting comes in the backdrop of the debate on Article 35A of the Constitution that grants special status to the state and is being challenged in the Supreme Court. |
| Nitish Kumar virtually shut the door on any reconciliation with Sharad Yadav. The Bihar chief minister said he is free to take any decision as the alliance with the BJP had the entire party’s nod. “As far as the party is concerned, it has already taken its decision. The decision was not mine alone and it was taken with the consent of the party. If he keeps a different opinion, then he is free to do so,” Nitish told reporters after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is Nitish’s first direct response to Yadav’s open rebellion against the alliance. |
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| China’s Navy wants to join hands with India to maintain security of the Indian Ocean. This comes in the backdrop of growing concerns in New Delhi over the increasing presence of the PLA fleet in India’s backyard. Throwing open its strategic South Sea Fleet (SSF) base in the coastal city of Zhanjiang to a group of Indian journalists for the first time, People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) officials say the Indian Ocean is a common place for the international community. |
| The govt hasn’t fixed any time-frame to complete Aadhaar-PAN linking, Jaitley said. Earlier this month the government had finalised the last date for the linking on August 31. As on June 28, there were over 25 crore PAN card holders in the country while Aadhaar has been issued to 111 crore people. The government had said linking of Aadhaar with PAN was an effective anti-evasion measure and had helped weed out bogus PAN cards. |
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