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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a meeting with Power Minister RK Singh, Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav amid reports of ongoing coal and power situation across the country, sources said.

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, CMD of Naveli Lignite Corporation, key concerned officials of the Coal Ministry along with other officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) were also present in the meeting.

The meeting was held in the Home Ministry in which issues of ongoing coal and power situation in the country were learnt to be discussed, an official source said.

The Mazgaon magistrate court in Mumbai has ordered the Bhoiwada police station to investigate a comment made by Maharashtra Congress party president Nana Patole about abusing and hitting 'Modi'. The Senior Police Inspector of Bhoiwada police station has been asked to submit a report by May 26, 2022.

In January this year, a video of Patole went viral in which he was seen saying, "Why do I fight? I have been in politics for the last 30 years. In five years, a politician can make enough to provide for his next generation. By building schools and colleges, they can provide for one or two generations for their future. I have been in politics for so long, yet I don't own even one school, nor did I take any contracts. I help whoever comes to me for help. That's why I can hit Modi and abuse him and that is the reason why he came to campaign against me."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday said Russia’s large-scale offensive in the eastern Donbas region had begun. “We can now confirm that Russian troops have begun the battle for the Donbas, which they have been preparing for a long time. A large part of the Russian army is now dedicated to this offensive,” he said on Telegram. “No matter how many Russian soldiers are brought here, we will fight. We will defend ourselves.”

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After having to cancel his India trip last year owing to the rising COVID-19 cases in India, United Kingdom prime minister Boris Johnson will be in India on a two-day visit, starting 21 April. Johnson’s visit to India comes at a time when Ukraine continues to fight Russia — it’s day 54 of the war — and the two countries have had divergent views on the conflict. While London has imposed economic sanctions on Moscow and supplied weapons to Kyiv, the Narendra Modi government has continued to toe a diplomatic fine line of neutrality and refused to back a United Nations Security Council vote that deplored Moscow’s “aggression” against its neighbour.

We take a look at what’s on the agenda and what’s being planned for BoJo’s visit to India.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has landed in hot water over the lease to a stone quarry in Ranchi, which was allegedly issued in his favour by the mining department. The Raj Bhavan has taken cognisance of the matter after a BJP delegation led by former CM Raghubar Das submitted a memorandum on February 10. Another delegation led by Babulal Marandi also handed over a memorandum along similar lines to the governor the next day.

The memorandums stated that Soren had brazenly violated Section 9A of Representation of Peoples Act 1951 by misusing the power of his office. The BJP alleged it was a case of office of profit as Soren secured the mining lease despite being the chief minister.