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Narendra Modi Palestine, Oman, UAE visit Live Updates: This is an iconic visit as this visit makes PM Modi the first premier of India to undertake an official tour to Palestine. PM Modi arrived at Ramallah earlier today following which he laid a wreath at Mausoleum of Late President Yasser Arafat. Before embarking on the tour, the Prime Minister said it would be his fifth visit to the Gulf and the West Asian region since 2015. In a Facebook post, PM Modi said he was looking forward to strengthening India Noting that there are over 9 million Indians workers in the Gulf region, Modi said the Indian diaspora is a bridge of friendship between India and the Gulf states. He said that one-third of 9 million Indians live in the UAE alone and in Oman, Indian diaspora constitutes the largest expatriate community. During the visit, PM Modi will address the 6th edition of the World Government Summit in Dubai. India is the guest country in this summit. Modi will also have dialogues with leading UAE and Arab CEOs in Dubai. Track Live Updates of Narendra Modi visit of Palestine, Oman, UAE 11:42 pm: PM told him we want to fight…

The BJP government is looking to make a major assault on the Constitution if the ruling party gets a majority in both the Houses of Parliament, says Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who feels the attack on various constitutional provisions, like Article 370 on Kashmir and secularism, will be part of attempts to create a Hindu rashtra (nation). Tharoor, a second-time Lok Sabha member from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, also feels that the Congress and like-minded secular parties should come together on a common platform to resist the Hindutva onslaught in the next Lok Sabha elections. Even the Left parties could come on that platform post elections if necessary, according to him. I think a lot of their real agenda is waiting for the time when they have both Houses under their control. And once they do, I think you can certainly look to a major assault on the Constitution. Then the question is, will the Supreme Court stand by the basic structure doctrine and interpret it to include these principles of equality, freedom of religion, freedom of worship, non-discrimination, etc., which would make it impossible to reduce the Constitution to the document of a religiously-derived majoritarianism, Tharoor told IANS in an…