Minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary shared figures related to the Enforcement Directorate filing enforcement case information reports (ECIRs), cases under trial and convictions as part of a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Bangladesh plunged into uncertainty after extraordinary street protests over job quota forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to quit and flee.
TMC MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday asked the Home Minister if the Centre would implement the "West Bengal model" to deal with the Left Wing Extremism. Amit Shah took a jibe in his response in Lok Sabha.
Bangladesh political unrest: In the all-party meeting, the government informed that the situation in Bangladesh is not so dire that there is a need to evacuate Indians who are 19000 in number.
There are reports that Sheikh Hasina wanted to leave for London, but UK authorities are yet to decide about granting her political asylum.
This is the first-ever visit by an Indian Head of State to Fiji. President Murmu is accompanied on this visit by Minister of State George Kurian, and Lok Sabha MPs Saumitra Khan and Jugal Kishore.
Bangladesh is facing a fluid political situation with Sheikh Hasina resigning from her post in the wake of mounting protests. The protests, majorly by students demanding an end to a quota system for government jobs, took the shape of anti-government protests.
Sheikh Hasina landed in India on Monday evening and has been shifted to an unspecified location under heavy security. Her travel plans, initially reported to be to the UK, have hit a roadblock.
LK Advani, who served as India's Deputy Prime Minister from 2002 to 2004 and as Union Home Minister from 1999 to 2004, was honored with the Bharat Ratna in March.
Jaishankar at the all-party meet said that it is a prevailing situation and the government will take appropriate action at the right time, according to sources.
The violence which started with the protest demanding to scrap the quota for the descendant of the 1971 war veterans has so far claimed over 300 lives.
Naslima Nasreen, an exiled Bangladeshi author, has taken a sharp dig at ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Haseena, drawing parallels to her situation when she left the country in 1994.
Colonel Ashok Kumar Tara, then a major in the Indian Army, played a crucial role in rescuing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, from Pakistani captivity during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
After being briefed by the government, Rahul Gandhi expressed his support for the measures taken in the national interest.
Surprisingly, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also wrote to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman urging her to consider withdrawing the GST which, he said, amounted to taxing uncertainties of life and restricting the industry's growth.
Sheikh Hasina was forced to resign as Bangladesh's Prime Minister on Monday as massive anti-governments turned violent, leading to the deaths of at least 300 others. She was expected to seek asylum in London and preparations to form an interim government in Bangladesh are underway.
The meeting between Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and top farmer leaders is coming days after he promised that I.N.D..I.A bloc would pull farmers out of the debt trap by providing them legal guarantee for MSP.
The External Affairs Minister also mentioned that the government is monitoring the situation with regard to the minorities living in Bangladesh.
The price of potatoes increased in Odisha due to 'inadequate' supply from neighbouring West Bengal as the Mamata government curbed the import of tuber to the neighbouring state.
Bangladesh political crisis: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security on the issue on Monday as the neighbouring country plunges into turmoil.
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