The governor and chief minister are believed to have explained their respective positions to the home minister, who counselled them to resolve their differences amicably.

Following violent clashes in Baduria and Basirhat areas of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas over an “objectionable” Facebook post, the Ministry of Home Affairs has sought a detailed report from the Mamata Banerjee-led government

“Government has not come forward with any name for the Presidential election and has asked if the opposition has any name for the top post,” Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said after the meeting.

A crucial meeting of the BJP committee comprising Union minister Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu with Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday for consultations on the presidential election could decide the course to follow

He made the remarks while addressing a press conference after chairing the first meeting of the chief ministers of four northeastern states bordering Myanmar.

India's 1,643-km border with Myanmar touches four states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.

The. government has decided to make the borders highly secured in the years to come so that no citizen of a foreign country can enter into India without the permission, Rajnath Singh said.

He also claimed that there had been an incident where a woman and a child were killed in cross-border firing and Pakistani army did not respond to Indian side's appeal through showing of white flag to hold talks.

The farmers want their loans to be written off and their produce to be bought at a fair price by the government.

Singh, however, expressed hope that the United States will rethink its position on the Paris accord.

The shrine is situated at an altitude of 12,756 feet and about 141 km from Srinagar. The pilgrimage will begin on June 29 and conclude on August 7.

Singh enquired about the preparedness of the NSG commandos, popularly known as 'Black Cat', to deal with exigencies or terror situation, official sources said.

The Minister's statement comes a day after two Indian Army soldiers were killed in a militant ambush of an Army convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

Singh said sustained security initiatives during the last three years have brought peace and stability to the Northeastern region of the country after decades of insurgency.

On Maoists menace, Rajnath said that there had been a 25 per cent reduction in Naxal attacks in 2014-17 as compared to 2011-14 (UPA tenure).

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday claimed infiltration bids by terrorists have fallen after the Army carried out surgical strikes across the Line of Control in Pakistan to wipe out terror-launch pads

“Those who make attempts to hurt the pride of jawans also need to be taught a lesson,” Rajnath Singh said.

Rajnath Singh refused to give a time frame for a solution and insisted that the Government was open for ‘unconditional’ talks with all stakeholders.

Addressing a public reception in this western part of the tiny Himalayan state, Singh said Pakistan had been trying to destabilise India by fomenting trouble in Kashmir.