Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will hold additional charge as minister of rural development, panchayti raj, and drinking water and sanitation, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement Wednesday said.
Sahara group chief Subrata Roy will remain in jail even as the Supreme Court Wednesday lifted the freeze on the group's moveable and immovable assets so it could raise Rs.10,000 crore for part repayment of investors money collected by two group companies.
Afghan security forces Wednesday arrested a suspect in connection with the kidnapping of an Indian aid worker, Jesuit priest Father Alexis Prem Kumar, in western Herat province even as his family in Tamil Nadu prayed for his safety and sought "good news".
The mortal remains of union minister Gopinath Munde, killed in a road accident in New Delhi Tuesday, were consigned to the flames at his birthplace here Wednesday even as several politicians, including Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and MNS chief Raj Thackeray who were present faced the ire of the people demanding a CBI probe into the death.
There is still no news about an Indian aid worker who was kidnapped Monday by gunmen in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said.
The Indian mission in Ukraine has been facilitating the evacuation of 1,000 Indian nationals, particularly students, from the restive eastern region of Lugansk to Kiev, the Indian embassy said.