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Modi meets Mauritian prime minister, discusses bilateral ties

Prime minister Narendra Modi met his Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth in New Delhi on Friday and discussed important issues to deepen the bilateral ties.    

Jugnauth, along with his wife Kobita Ramdanee, had paid obeisance at the ancient Mata Bagulmukhi temple in Dharamshala on Wednesday, after winning the hard-fought election in his country last month. 


The Mauritian prime minister visited Dharamshala nearly a month after his party, the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM), won a majority of seats in Parliament.

- PTI

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Assam and Puducherry recorded their highest-ever voter turnout, the Election Commission said. Assam registered 85.38 per cent polling, while Puducherry recorded 89.83 per cent. The previous highest turnout in Assam was 84.67 per cent in the 2016 assembly polls, and in Puducherry it was 86.19 per cent in the 2011 assembly polls.

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