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New Delhi: Protests continue unabated in Chennai over the death of a Dalit medical aspirant and a petitioner in the Supreme Court against the National Entrance-cum-Eligibility Test (NEET).

Activists of a pro-Tamil outfit, May 17 Movement were detained when they attempted to lay siege to the BJPs state headquarters in Chennai, police said.

The protesters raised slogans against the Central and state governments over the suicide of 17-year-old Anitha from Ariyalur, daughter of a daily wage earner who allegedly hanged herself at her house in Ariyalur district on Sept 1 reportedly upset over not getting an MBBS seat.
Security has been beefed up at the BJP office in Chennai.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has declared it would hear Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's plea challenging the LokSabha Speaker's decision to endorse a bill to amend the Aadhaar law as a money bill in the first week of November.

The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice DipakMisra by senior advocate KapilSibal, who was representing Ramesh and was seeking an early hearing on the plea.

When the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said the matter would be heard in the first week of November, Sibal requested for an earlier date as it had nothing to do with the batch of petitions pending in the main Aadhaar matter.

New Delhi: Its official, the third cabinet expansion of the Prime Minister Modi led NDA government will take place on Sunday at 10 am. It comes about 20 months before LokSabha elections are due in 2019 with this announcement, speculation around a reshuffle has been laid to rest.

The new team will be in place before Prime Minister Modi leaves on a two nation tour to China for the BRICS Summit and Myanmar on a state visit. Word has it that about a dozen ministers will take oath at the RashtrapatiBhawan.

While the selection of new ministers will be decided based on their governance track record and qualifications. Political realities, regional and social influences may also play an important part with Assembly polls around the corner.

New Delhi:India and Myanmar are expected to ink a number of agreements and deliberate on key issues including exodus of Rohingya community during Prime Minister NarendraModi visit to the neighbouring country Myanmar starting from September 5.

Ways to deepen security and defence cooperation, implementation of India-assisted development projects and the issue of cross border activities by certain insurgent groups along the Indo-Myanmar are likely to figure during Modis talks with leadership of the country during the three-day visit.

On September 6, the Prime Minister will hold wide-ranging talks with State CounsellorAung San SuuKyi covering entire expanse of bilateral relationship, SripriyaRanganathan, joint secretary in-charge of Bangladesh and Myanmar in the External Affairs Ministry, said.