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New Delhi, Jul 17: Lawmakers across the country began casting their vote on Monday for the election of the 14th President of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah exercised their franchise at Parliament House a little after 10:00 a.m. when the voting began, Scores of NDA members had queued up outside Room No. 62, where a polling booth has been set up for Parliamentarians and

New Delhi, Jul 17: Lawmakers across the country are set to choose the new President on Monday, in an election that has pitched NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind against the joint Opposition candidate, Meira Kumar. Kovind, a former governor of Bihar, has a clear edge in the election with support of 63% voters in the electoral college, which has a vote value of 10.98 lakh. The candidature of Meira, a

New Delhi, Jul 17: A united opposition is all set to raise the heat on the government over issues like lynching incidents and vigilantism, the Kashmir situation and the border stand-off with China during the monsoon session of Parliament that begins today. The session, which till continue till August 11, is also likely to witness heated debates on other key issues like the fallout of the GST, the

New Delhi, Jul 16: A day before the presidential election, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today described the electoral contest as a fight against a "narrow-minded, divisive and communal vision". Addressing opposition leaders in the presence of their presidential and vice presidential nominees - Meira Kumar and Gopal Krishna Gandhi respectively, she said, in these contests, the numbers may be against

Ramban/Jammu, Jul 16: At least 16 Amarnath pilgrims were killed and around 30 injured when a bus skidded off the Jammu-Srinagar national highway and rolled down into a deep nullah in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir today, officials said. The bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road, turned turtle and rolled down into the nullah at Nachlana belt of Ramban late this afternoon, Senior

New Delhi, Jul 16: A special court has junked the plea of a sacked Defence Ministry official for a CBI probe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his alleged inaction on charges of corruption in the Ministry. Dismissing the plea calling it "not maintainable", Special Judge Virender Kumar Goyal said "there are no allegations against the Prime Minister of taking gratification or obtaining (any)

Nagpur, Jul 16: A forensic report has confirmed that the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party minority cell Salim Shah was carrying beef when he was attacked on July 12 by a group of cow vigilantes at Bhorsingi village in Nagpur. “The forensic report has confirmed that Mr. Shah was carrying beef. He was called to the police station for interrogation today. We are trying to ascertain if he can be

Lucknow, Jul 16: The Uttar Pradesh government has fixed a target to provide jobs to 70 lakh people in five years, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday. "UP is a state with immense possibilities.... We have fixed a target of providing jobs to 70 lakh people in five years, of which 10 lakh jobs will be provided through the vocational education and skill development departments," he said

Kolkata, Jul 16: Police cases were lodged on Saturday against BJP Rajya Sabha member Roopa Ganguly and party's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh for making controversial remarks about women safety in the state and targeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee respectively. On Friday, actor-turned-politician Ganguly had said if people from outside send their wives and daughters to the state, they won't

Lucknow, Jul 15: Uttar Pradesh government may have banned the consumption of betel and tobacco inside government offices and buildings in the state but the state lawmakers, it appears, themselves do not abide by the orders. 'Gutkha' (Pan Masala) and 'khaini' (raw tobacco) pouches were found under the seats of the legislators in the state assembly during a search on Saturday. According to the