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Ahmedabad, Jul 21: After the jolt of 11 of its legislators voting for the opposite camp in the presidential poll, the Congress in Gujarat is set to get another jolt with the quitting of leader of the Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela from the party along with his supporters, including several legislators. Mr Vaghela may announce on Friday the formation of a third front or return to the BJP more than

New Delhi, Jul 21: Describing his election as the "greatness of democracy", President-elect Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday could not help but remember his own days spent in a mud house in rains. Recalling his childhood days, Kovind said: "It has been raining since morning in Delhi. This weather reminds me of my childhood days when I used to live in my ancestral village." "We lived in a 'kachcha'

New Delhi, Jul 20: The government today asserted that killings in the name of cow "sentiments" was unacceptable and said the state governments should take stern action against those indulging in such violence. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was speaking on the issue of lynchings in the Rajya Sabha on behalf of ailing Home Minister Rajnath Singh, made it clear that the central government could

New Delhi, Jul 20: The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to file a status report with regard to the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanada Pushkar. A bench of Justices G.S. Sistani, and Chander Shekhar directed police to place within three days their report during hearing of Subramanian Swamy’s plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into

Mumbai, Jul 20: Bhiku Daji Bhilare, who was claimed to have saved Mahatma Gandhi from being killed by Nathuram Godse in 1944, passed away today after a brief illness. The 98-year-old Gandhian, popularly known as ‘Bhilare Guruji’, was cremated at his village, Bhilar, in Mahabaleshwar Teshil in western Maharashtra’s Satara district, family sources said. Bhilare, born on November 28, 1919, is

New Delhi, Jul 20: Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that as many as 11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016. "According to National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016, which is yet to be published, 11,400 farmers committed suicide. In 2015, the number was 12,602," he said in his reply after a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the agrarian crisis. He said farmers suicides could be

New Delhi, Jul 20: Ram Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected as the 14th President of India becoming the first BJP leader and one with RSS background to occupy the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Backed by 40 political parties, Kovind, 71, defeated the joint opposition candidate Meira Kumar in a straight fight by polling 65.65% votes with a vote value of 7,02,044. Kumar got the balance 34.35% votes with a value

New Delhi, Jul 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat' has generated a revenue of about Rs 10 crore for the All India Radio (AIR) in the last two fiscals, the Lok Sabha was informed today. In 2016-17, the renenue was to the tune of Rs 5.19 crore, while it was Rs 4.78 crore in 2015-16, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore said in a written

Chennai, Jul 19: As the distressed farmers continue to protest for loan waiver and drought-relief package, Tamil Nadu MLAs have given themselves 100 percent salary hike. The elected representatives have raised their salaries by Rs 55,000. The MLAs will now be eligible to get Rs 1.05 lakh per month as salary. The pension amount has also been hiked to Rs 20,000 from the present Rs 12,000 slab. MLA

Patna, Jul 19: RJD president Lalu Prasad came out in support of BSP leader Mayawati who resigned from the Rajya Sabha, and offered to send her to the upper house from Bihar. "Today would be remembered as a black day in the history when a highly respected Dalit leader was not allowed to raise the voice of poor in the Rajya Sabha," Lalu said reacting to Mayawati's resignation. The BSP chief today