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Colombo/Chennai, Nov 19 (IANS) Five Indian fishermen sentenced to death for drug trafficking were released in Sri Lanka Wednesday, and the Indian high commission said the gesture will further boost bilateral ties.

New Delhi/Chennai, Nov. 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday termed the release of five fishermen on death row in Sri Lanka as ‘heart-warming’, adding that the action will help improve the ties between the two countries.

Bhaderwah (Jammu and Kashmir), Nov. 19 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said fuel prices kept rising under the previous UPA regime, whereas under the incumbent BJP-led NDA, they have fallen consistently.

Kathmandu, Nov 19 (IANS) Nepal’s parties in parliament have rejected a joint proposal tabled by the ruling Nepali Congress and Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), which they believe could further affect a fragile constitution-drafting process, party leaders said Wednesday.

New Delhi, Nov. 18 (ANI): A delegation of the State of Palestine on Wednesday called on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

New Delhi, Nov. 19 (ANI): Former Janata Dal (United) MLA Shoaib Iqbal on Wednesday confirmed that he would be joining the Congress party, adding that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) took away Muslim votes from the grand old party, resulting in its defeat in the Delhi legislative

Television reports said that the five fishermen had been freed without any conditions and would be sent to India within two or three days.

New Delhi, Nov. 19 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy was on Wednesday critical of the NCP’s warning to the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra Government, and said there is a need to accommodate the Shiv Sena in the fold by bending a little.

New Delhi, Nov. 19 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on Lalu Prasad Yadav for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a Non Resident Indian, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Giriraj Singh on Wednesday alleged that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo is a ‘funny minister’ in politics.