New Delhi, Dec 16: The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the setting up of a National Investigating Agency (NIA).

The Cabinet has also approved amendments in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967 and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Act.

"The Union Cabinet gave its approval to amend Unlawful Activities Prevention Act of 1967 and for setting up of a NIA. The cabinet also approved a proposal for the amendment of the CISF Act. Bills for these purposes will be introduced in the Parliament," said Onkar Kedia, spokesperson, Ministry of Home (Interior) Affairs.

After witnessing the lowest temperature of 6.7 degree Celsius on Saturday, Delhi still faces the cold waves with minimum temperature below 10 degree Celsius for the third consecutive day on Monday.

According to meteorological department sources, the nip in the air seems to have settled in India’s national capital with the minimum temperature 8.5 degree in the morning as against Sunday's 7.3 degrees.

Due to a change in wind direction, the minimum temperature was hovering around 14 degree Celsius last week.

Coimbatore/New Delhi, Dec 16 : Female students gathered here to hold a candlelight vigil as tribute to victims of the recent militant attacks on Mumbai.

They sang songs communal harmony songs and called on the government to take steps to ensure the safety and security of all citizens.

"As we are youth and citizens of India, we expect a lot from the government. We expect that the government would introduce steps for better participation in our future lives also," said Vinithra, a student.

Meanwhile at another function hosted in New Delhi, yoga guru Baba Ramdev donated cheque of rupees five lakhs each to the family of the 18 security personnel who had lost their lives fighting militants in Mumbai.

A Lok Sabha committee that went into the cash-for-votes scam during UPA government's confidence vote gave Samajwadi Party MP Amar Singh and Congress MP Ahmed Patel a clean chit on the pretext of the absence of solid evidence against them.

"There is no direct evidence against Amar Singh. The committee is inclined to discount the video clip of the car entering or coming out of Amar Singh's house because in the first place the video clipping does not show the face of persons (claimed to be Shri Argal and Kulasthe) seated in the rear seat," the committee said.

New Delhi, Dec. 15 : Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh here on Monday.

Manmohan Singh has assured Shivraj Singh Chauhan of full support on all development issues saying that is what the people expect.

Dr Manmohan conveyed his best wishes to Chief Minister Chauhan Madhya Pradesh who called on him and urged him to continue the development process with particular focus on power generation.

Chauhan apprised Dr. Manmohan Singh on the status of various power projects specially thermal power projects in the state and said they are dependent on a regular supply of coal.

New Delhi - US Senator John Kerry said Monday there was "strong evidence" that the Mumbai attackers came from Pakistan and Washington's assistance to Pakistan will depend on its "behaviour" in dealing with militant outfits.

Kerry met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi, as Indian officials blame Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) for the Mumbai carnage that left over 170 people dead.