Ranchi, July 9 (ANI): Former Jharkhand minister and sitting Janata Dal (United) MLA Ramesh Singh Munda was allegedly shot dead by Naxalites on Wednesday.

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Labour and Employment Minister Oscar Fernandes disclosed today that the Government has formulated a National Skill Development policy.

New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Presiding over the 24th annual general meeting of National Water Development Agency, Water Resources Minister Prof. Saifuddin Soz today promised the Government's commitment to remove the anomaly of regional imbalance in availability of water in the country to the extent possible.

Kathmandu, July 9 (ANI): The Madhesi parties of southern Nepal have said they would study the latest supplementary bill on Constitution amendment registered by the government at the Constituent Assembly (CA) secretariat today.

Kathmandu, July 9 (ANI): The Nepal Cabinet has approved a Seven Party Alliance (SPA) decision allowing the Government to make alternate arrangement for budget of the coming fiscal year, which begins from mid-July.

Kathmandu, July 9 (ANI): Nepal People's Front (NPF) chairman Chitra Bahadur KC said that creating states on the basis of ethnic communities will gives rise to regional as well as communal conflicts and put a serious dent on Nepal national unity.

Mumbai, July 9 (ANI): Former Shiv Sena MP Madhukar Sarpotdar and two other party workers have been sentenced to one year imprisonment for inciting violence during the 1992-93 communal clashes in Mumbai by a special riot court here today.