India's evacuation of more than 3,000 nationals from Yemen but some officials in Narendra Modi's government say a slow response to the crisis has underlined the need for a full-time staff to protect Indians abroad. A visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthplace Vadnagar and a tour of the railway station where he sold tea as a boy are now part of a tour package offered by the Gujarat Government's tourism agency. In the run up to the ‘open dialogue’ or ‘swaraj samvad’ organised by AAP leaders backing ousted party leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan. Home Minister Rajnath Singh has asked Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed to provide land for composite townships for Kashmiri Pandits in the state. After there were reports of his wife's comments about Western culture causing rape, Goa minister for factories and boilers Deepak Dhavalikar defended her statement, claiming his spouse has never been eve-teased because she wears sarees.