oppn parties Same old story at Congress Working Committee meeting to discuss poll debacle: Gandhis say they are ready to "step back", loyalists ask them to continue, ask Rahul Gandhi to take over

News Snippets

  • Supreme Court says Section 498A of IPC replicated in the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita without thgought to its misuse and protection for husbands and their families is a cause for worry
  • PM Modi says foreign powers are trying to influence Lok Sabha polls in India
  • Delhi L-G V K Saxena seeks NIA probe against Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly receiving $16mn from pro-Khalistani groups for various causes
  • Former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi claims that the terror attack in Poonch in J&K was a poll stunt
  • Maharashtra Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar claims that celebrated cop Hemant karkare was not killed by terrorist Ajmal Kasab but by an RSS-affiliated police officer. Congress distances itself from the remarks
  • 181 former and current VCs call for action against Rahul gandhi for spreading falsehoods regarding the appointment process of university heads and tarnishing the reputation of VCs
  • ED raids SanjeevLal, the personal secretary of Jharhand rural development minister Alamgir Alam and finds more than Rs 35cr in the closet of his domestic help
  • Punjab & Haryana HC stays GST imposed on corporate guarantees given by companies to their subsidiaries
  • Karnataka HC strikes down inclusion of foreign workers in PF scheme as "unconstitutional and arbitrary"
  • Stocks remain flat with mixed indications on Monday: Sensex ends 17 points higher at 73895 while Nifty goes down by 33 points to 22442
  • World Athletics Relays: Indian men and women teams make the cut for Paris Olympics
  • Saudi Smash table tennis: India's Manika Batra stuns world number 2 Wang manyu of China for her biggest victory of her singles career
  • IPL: Surya (102 n.o. in 51 balls, 12 fours and 6 sixes) shows his destructive side as Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 7 wickets
  • Prajwal Revanna, accused in several molestation cases in Karnataka, is likely to return to India and surrender before the authorities
  • With 23.3 lakh taking the exam, NEET-UG sees the highest attendance at any competitive exam in India
Voting beings in 93 constituencies across 12 states and UTIs in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls today