New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): The annual plan for Gujarat for 2013-14 was today finalized at Rs. 59,000 crore at a meeting held here between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia.

New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is expected to visit national capital New Delhi on Tuesday to meet senior BJP leader L.K. Advani.

London, June 16 (ANI): Rugby star Eorl Crabtree wants to serve as a bodyguard for the stars after a chance meeting with Rihanna last week.

Patna/ New Delhi, June 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the Bihar government have skipped a cabinet meeting that was called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today.

Patna, June 16 (ANI): With a separation between Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) imminent, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called an emergency Cabinet meeting here today.

New Delhi, June 16 (ANI): Minister for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath will participate in the tenth Commonwealth Women's Affairs Ministers' meeting at Dhaka on June 17-19.

Patna, June 16 (ANI): As the news of a possible rift between the Janata Dal (United) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looming large, JDU chief Sharad Yadav has called for party meeting on Sunday afternoon to take a final decision on the issue.

New York, June 15(ANI): New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has revealed that the Russian president Vladimir Putin pocketed his Super Bowl ring, worth more than 25,000 dollars during a 2005 meeting.

Patna, June 15 (ANI): Senior BJP leader C.P. Thakur on Saturday expressed hope that the alliance between his party and the Janata Dal (United) remains intact, and said that the leaders of the saffron outfit should not skip their meeting with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

New Delhi/Patna, June 15 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday avoided commenting on BJP leaders move not to meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and said that his political outfit has not yet taken a final call on endings its alliance with the saffron outfit.

Patna, June 15 (ANI): In an endeavor to convince the Janata Dal (United) not to break its 18-year-old alliance with the saffron outfit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Modi will be meeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on Saturday.

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): The Foreign Minister of Argentina, Hector Marcos Timerman, will be paying a four-day visit to India beginning tomorrow to co- chair, along with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, the fourth India- Argentina Joint Commission Meeting (JCM).

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): A meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh earlier this month to discuss an institutional mechanism to track stalled investment projects, both in the public and private sectors and to remove the implementation bottlenecks in these projects on a fast-track basis.

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj, who is meeting Lal Krishna Advani at his official Prithviraj Road residence here, on Monday expressed confidence that she would be able to convince the 'upset' party veteran to withdraw his resignation from key party posts.

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in its working committee meeting held here on Monday decided to suspend Rajasthan Royals' co-owner Raj Kundra, who has been accused of betting during the Indian Premier League (IPL) matches.

Beijing, June 11 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have agreed to hold a government meeting in Seoul later this week to resolve inter-Korean issues, media reported Monday.

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): The Central Government will hold an all-party meeting today to discuss ways to tackle Naxal menace in the backdrop of May 25 audacious attack in Chhattisgarh that killed 28 people including three prominent Congress leaders

Washington, June 9 (ANI): Afghanistan parliament has reportedly started indicating at new political efforts to curtail women's rights as some male parliamentary members are now publicly threatening their female counterparts in the middle of parliamentary meetings.

Panaji (Goa), June 8 (ANI): In his inaugural address to the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) national executive meeting here, party president Rajnath Singh said Saturday that everyone will go home "happy, energised and enthusiastic."

Chennai, June 8 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Saturday said the reports on the national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party indicate that all is not well with the main opposition party, which is having a lot of organisational, political and ideological problems.

Panaji, June 7 (ANI): Sending out a strong message that there is no conflict within the outfit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Friday said party veteran Lal Krishna Advani is unwell and will be attending the national executive meet tomorrow.

Panaji (Goa), June 7 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is being touted as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) possible prime ministerial candidate and the one who will lead the party's 2014 general election campaign, was given a rousing welcome by BJP supporters and leaders soon after his arrival here on Friday.

London, June 6 (ANI): US President Barack Obama will fly alone for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this weekend, after Michelle Obama backed out of the trip, preferring to remain in Washington, rather than meet China's first lady.

Sydney, June 5 (ANI): Big business is ruining the Great Barrier Reef, scientists have warned ahead of UNSECO World Heritage meeting.

Sydney, June 5 (ANI): Australian captain Michael Clarke is expected to face England in their ICC Champions Trophy opener despite the skipper travelling to London for specialist treatment on his longstanding back problem.