Highlights: PM Modi chairs all-party meeting to discuss India’s G20 Presidency

PM met leaders at all party meeting to discuss aspects relating to India’s G20 Presidency.

The meeting was chaired by PM Narendra Modi & was attended by various chief ministers and political leaders.

Prime Minister emphasized the importance of teamwork & sought cooperation of all leaders in organization of various G20 events. He pointed out G20 Presidency would help showcase parts of India beyond the big metros, bringing out uniqueness of each part of nation: MEA

Supreme Court to hear tomorrow a plea seeking to debar convicted Members of Parliament and State Legislative Assemblies from contesting elections for life. 

Enforcement Directorate attaches assets worth ₹30.70 crores of Bijoy AK, Commission Agent of Karuvannur Service Co-operative Bank Ltd under PMLA in a fraud and cheating case.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday reiterated that India cannot have talks with Pakistan “while there is terrorism”, news agency ANI reported. Jaishankar was addressing a joint press conference with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock in New Delhi. Read full story

Supreme Court slams Punjab government over rampant manufacturing and sale of illegal liquor in the State and says that drugs and alcohol problem is a serious issue in the state of Punjab. SC says the Punjab government is only filing FIRs and further action is not being taken.

Supreme Court asked Punjab government to list out specific steps take to curb the menace of manufacturing illegal liquor; also says that Punjab is a border state if somebody wants to finish the country, they will start with the borders, reported ANI. 

In 2012 Delhi rape-murder, review plea filed on behalf of victim's family in Supreme Court on release of convicts, reports ANI.

In the memory of country's first Chief of Defence Staff, his successor General Anil Chauhan is visiting the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington on Monday where he would deliver the lecture that his predecessor was supposed to give but could not due to a chopper crash.

Sudden surge in dengue cases was registered in the national capital when 272 fresh cases were reported during the past week, reported news agency ANI. 

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pays floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Smriti in Delhi.

Students in China have held a peaceful protest over a university’s Covid Zero rules, a sign of the simmering discontent with the Asian nation’s zero-tolerance approach to the coronavirus, reported Bloomberg.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives at Delhi airport. During her two-day visit to India, she is likely to discuss India's relationship with China in addition to the Russian war against Ukraine & its consequences, with EAM Dr S Jaishankar.

A fire broke out on the third floor of a hotel in Delhi's Karkardooma. A total of 10 fire tenders are at the spot. No casualties reported so far.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections at Nishan Public school, Ranip.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the people to vote in large numbers in the second phase of the Gujarat assembly polls and also in several by-polls across the country on Monday.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is all set to receive a kidney from his daughter today. “Ready to rock and roll, Wish me a good luck”, Rohini Acharya tweeted.

Ahead of the second phase of Gujarat elections, Congress sitting MLA and the party candidate from Danta constituency of Banaskantha district Kanti Kharadi has allegedly gone missing, Rahul Gandhi claimed on Monday. “Congress tribal leader and Danta Assembly candidate, Kantibhai Kharadi was brutally attacked by BJP goons and is now missing,” he tweeted.