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New Delhi, Jul 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for his hugs, especially during his foreign visits or receiving foreign leaders in India. But, he had never expected this extra-huge hug from the young president of the Indian National Congress. After meaningfully criticising Modi on several issues including Rafale jet deal on Friday, Rahul Gandhi walked across the green-carpeted well of Lok

Jul 20: Continuing its slide for the third session, the rupee on Friday collapsed to a lifetime low of 69.12 against the US dollar after the Chinese central bank weakened its daily reference rate for the yuan by the most in two years. The yuan dropped further by 0.28 percent to 6.7943 per dollar, its lowest levels in a year following a rising slump in recent weeks as the trade war between US and

United Nations, Jul 20: India saw a major reduction in the number of new HIV infections, AIDS-related deaths and people living with HIV from 2010 to 2017 on the back of sustained and focused efforts, according to a UN report which warned that the epidemic was growing in Pakistan. The Joint UN Agency on AIDS (UNAIDS) report titled 'Miles to go — closing gaps, breaking barriers, righting injustices'

New Delhi, Jul 20: Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday accused Speaker Sumitra Mahajan of being unfair in allotting too little time to the opposition in the debate on the no-confidence motion and said the discussion cannot be treated as Question Hour. The 32 minutes allotted to his party is grossly inadequate, Kharge said. A few minutes to each speaker is not

New Delhi, Jul 20: As the main mover of the no-confidence motion against the Modi government, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will initiate the debate on it in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha said 12 Opposition parties have agreed to bring a no trust motion against the Modi government to raise issues ranging from mob

New Delhi, Jul 20: Hours before the Lok Sabha is to take up the no-trust vote against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for a disruption-free and constructive debate in the House. "Today is an important day in our Parliamentary democracy. I am sure my fellow MP colleagues will rise to the occasion and ensure a constructive, comprehensive & disruption free debate," he

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as impossible the condition of observing abstinence for 41 days before undertaking a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and said this had led to the ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing petitions challenging the

New Delhi, Jul 19: The BJP on Thursday expressed the confidence that it would be able to defeat the Opposition sponsored no-confidence motion on Friday, as it has a majority in the Lok Sabha. It was also hopeful of support from some Opposition parties. “The numbers are very clear. The BJP by itself has a majority in the Lower House. We have nearly 314 members within the NDA [National Democratic

New Delhi, Jul 19: The CBI on Thursday filed a supplementary charge sheet against former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti, naming them accused in the Aircel Maxis deal case. The charge sheet was filed before special CBI judge O P Saini who has fixed July 31 for considering the document. The senior Congress leader's role had come under the scanner of investigating agencies in the

Mumbai, Jul 19: Shiv Sena will vote in favour of the BJP-led government during the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha tomorrow, a source close to party chief Uddhav Thackeray said. "We will support the BJP. A formal announcement may be made by this evening," the source told PTI here. The motion will be the first since the BJP-led NDA government came to power four years ago