Centre, states must team up to check price rise: PM
States told to implement food law in 3 months, crack down on hoarders
New Delhi, June 26
Amid weakening of monsoon and rise in food prices, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stressed on close coordination between the Centre and the states on implementing contingency plans and asked the states to set up fast-track courts to deal with hoarders and black-marketeers.

PM Narendra Modi chairs a meeting to curb inflation in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI

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Modi: My govt didn�t get any honeymoon period
New Delhi, June 26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought to emphasise that unlike in the past, his government did not get indulgence of a hundred-day �honeymoon period� and was hit by a series of allegations in less than 100 hours of assuming charge.

Magisterial probe ordered into Moga shootout
Moga, June 26
District Magistrate Parminder Singh Gill on Thursday asked Sub-Divisional Magistrate Mahinder Pal to conduct a probe into the role of the Chandigarh Police in Moga encounter.

Delhi to Dhaka: Will address Teesta concerns
Dhaka, June 26
Carrying a "message of friendship and goodwill" from the newly-elected Indian government, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today gave a commitment to address Bangladesh's concerns over sharing of Teesta waters and implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA)" in a manner that improves the welfare and well-being of people".

Summons for Sonia, Rahul in National Herald case
New Delhi, June 26
A Delhi court today issued summons to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi in a case alleging misappropriation of funds of the National Herald newspaper, which closed down in 2008.

Golden Temple clash
Probe panel pushes for clemency to accused
Amritsar, June 26
The four-member SGPC probe panel constituted to probe the June 6 clash between the SGPC task force members and activists of radical Sikh outfits has recommended clemency for those arrested in the case.

Amit Shah all set to be new BJP president
New Delhi, June 26
BJP general secretary Amit Shah appears all set to be the new BJP president.

Rains to improve after July 7, says Agri Minister New Delhi, June 26 The monsoon is expected to improve after July 7 but the government is fully prepared to tackle the situation in case of poor rainfall, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting to review the monsoon situation and implementation of the Food Security Act.