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Delhi power cuts protest - Twenty two Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs staged a protest outside the Union Minister Harsh Vardhan's house in East Delhi on Tuesday. AAP MLAs were demanding urgent steps by the Centre to improve electricity supply in Delhi. It is worth pondering that Delhi continued to face long power cuts.

China eyes Modi Bhutan visit - On Monday, Chinese authorities told, it was monitoring Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bhutan to strengthen bilateral ties as Beijing continues its efforts to forge relations with Thimphu. Bhutan is the only country in the region with which China has no diplomatic ties as yet.

Modi Bhutanese Parliament - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in the joint session of Bhutanese Parliament, 'after such a big mandate, there is usually a temptation to visit some big powerful nation so that there is praise all over. But my inner voice said that I should visit Bhutan first'.

Flood warning system - On Monday, Union Minister of Water Resources Uma Bharti announced important measures such as improving the flood warning system and repair of river embankments to prevent disasters like the one that struck Kedarnath last year, killing thousands of pilgrims and leaving many more displaced.

Prakash Javadekar inspection - On Monday, officials at the I&B ministry were in for a rude shock when union minister for information and broadcasting Prakash Javadekar was seen waiting for them in the office corridor. Prakash Javadekar arrived at his Shastri Bhawan office at 9am, and instead of moving to his chamber, barged into the rooms of officers.

Narendra Modi dalits issue - Narendra Rawat, the Congress' Vadodara city unit president criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the latter's statement that the Congress changed its Vadodara candidate because he (Congress Candidate) is a Dalit.

Mumbai: Prakash Javadekar, Union minister for environment and information & broadcasting told, the new government believed in coexistence of environment and development, and not in 'environment versus development'. Prakash Javadekar told, the proposals for a coastal road and a bridge across Mithi river in the city will be taken up on a priority by his ministry.

New Delhi: NHRC and Somnath Bharti - Commenting on NHRC's direction to Delhi police to take action against former Delhi Law Minster Somnath Bharti, Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Monday said that action taken by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against former Delhi Law Minster Somnath Bharti was correct as the behavior showed by the minister was extremely shameful, vulgar and unparliamentarily.

Kochi: Antony-Kejriwal Pakistan agents - On Saturday, BJP senior leader Venkaiah Naidu said he does not consider defense minister AK Antony as 'Pak agent and enemy of India'. Antony is my friend. He is not a Pak agent, Venkaiah Naidu said reporters in Kochi when asked about Narendra Modi's remark describing AK Antony and Arvind Kejriwal as 'agents of Pakistan and enemy of India'.

New Delhi: BJP expels Jaswant Singh - The Bharatiya Janata Party, on Saturday, expelled veteran leader Jaswant Singh for a period of six years. This is the second time that the former Union External Affairs minister has been expelled by the BJP.

Gandhinagar: Narendra Modi behaves like Aurangzeb - Arjun Modhwadia, the Gujarat Congress president has compared NDA's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who toppled his father Shah Jahan's rule and put him under house arrest.

Vardhan condom comment - The controversy over Harsh Vardhan's condom comment is far from over. Under attack from NGOs and activists, the union health minister reiterated that fidelity was indeed supreme as an AIDS prevention measure.