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New Delhi: Bangladeshis visa free issue - The Union home ministry has shot down the ministry of External Affairs proposals to ease restrictions on the arrival and movement of Bangladeshi nationals in the country.

Giriraj Singh Hate speech FIR - Jharkhand's Police registered a complaint against the Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Sunday who said there was no place for people in the country who opposed BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Mumbai: Uday Chopra welcomes Rani Chopra - Dhoom fame Ali, Actor Uday Chopra is happy about his brother- filmmaker Aditya Chopra's marriage to actress Rani Mukherjee and welcomes her with open arms. Aditya Chopra and Rani Mukherjee tied the knot Monday in an intimate, small affair in Italy.

Lucknow: Azam Khan - The Parliamentary Affairs Minister, while opposing BJP member Satish Mahana's adjournment notice on the likelihood of a weak monsoon during the zero hour of the state Assembly, told, "A possibility of minor drought-like situation has been expressed, but the Central government and its ministers are trying to grill it in the minds of the people."

Iraq crisis - Around 40 Indians working on construction projects near the Iraqi city of Mosul have gone missing. While reports claimed, they were abducted by suspected ISIS insurgents. External Affairs officials told as the Indian mission in Baghdad stepped up efforts to evacuate its nationals trapped in areas that have fallen to Sunni militants.

Dhaka: Sushma Swaraj visit Bangladesh - On Thursday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on key bilateral issues, including Land Boundary Agreement and proposed Teesta river water sharing deal. Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to meet Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali first and will later meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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.