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New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 : With the Karnataka government not complying just yet with the Supreme Court's order to urgently release more water from the Cauvery river to Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will meet union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti today.

The meeting had been earlier called by the apex court, which has expressed its displeasure at Karnataka's inaction, saying that it violates the spirit of federalism or cooperation between states.

Karnataka says it has decided to wait till a crucial meeting today called by union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti which will be attended by Siddaramaiah and a representative of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, who is in hospital and cannot attend the session.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 : Centre will today launch Progress Panchayat to reach out to the minority community and publicise the various welfare measures taken by the NDA government for their betterment.

Minister of State for Minority Affairs (independent charge) Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi will kick-start the programme from Mewat region of Haryana. The programme will be organised in 100 places across the country in the coming days where union ministers will interact with people about the several schemes.

Besides holding the panchayat, Naqvi will also inaugurate a 100-bed hostel building for girls at Hathni in Palwal and staff quarters at schools in Nuh and Nagina. He will also lay the founding stone for a model school in Chilwali.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 : A two-day national conference on prison reforms will be held in New Delhi today, where heads of prisons of states and union territories will take part.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 29 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a review meeting today over the status of 'Most Favoured Nation' granted to Pakistan.

It is expected that officials from the Ministry of External Affairs and Commerce Ministry would attend the meeting.

Meanwhile, speculations are high that India is considering withdrawal of the MFN status to Pakistan in the wake of the Uri terror attack, in which 18 soldiers were killed, bringing ties between the two nations to an all time low.

The MFN status was accorded in 1996 as per India's commitments as a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

New Delhi [India], Sep 28 : Salwan Media Ventures announces its sixth edition of the One Globe Forum to be hosted on February 10 and 11, 2017 at New Delhi's iconic Imperial Hotel.

With a vision to transform India and South Asia into a 21st century knowledge economy, the Forum will focus on the progress made in Digital India, Make in India, Smart Cities, Entrepreneurship and Skill India initiatives by the Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

New Delhi [India], Sep 28 : Actor turned entrepreneur Suniel Shetty backed men's grooming brand Beardo raises seed funding of USD 500k from Venture Catalysts.

The investment round was led by Raj Vazirani - RHV enterprise, Siddharth Somaiya of Godavari Biorefineries and Somaiya Group, Rohit Parakh - Diector, Touchstone Services, CA Anuj Golecha and Dr Apoorv Ranjan Sharma Co-Founders, Venture Catalysts and many other experts from the FMCG space.

Ahmedabad headquartered Beardo was founded in October 2015 by Ashutosh Valani and Priyank Shah.