Pune, Jul 28 (PTI) Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his party and the Congress had come to an agreement on 240 of the 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, polls for which are scheduled for later this year.
He also said the Raj Thackeray-led MNS was mulling boycotting the Assembly polls due to reservations about Electronic Voting Machines.
Rameswaram Jul 28 (PTI) Seven Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested on Sunday by Sri Lankan naval personnel off Nedunthivu for allegedly fishing in the island nation's territorial waters.
The fishermen claimed they had crossed the International Maritime Boundary Line due to strong winds and rough seas.
However the Lankan navalmen charged them with poaching in their territory, seized their boat and arrested them, fisheries department officials said.
Raipur, July 27 (PTI) Seven naxals including three women were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district on Saturday, police said.
The encounter took place in a forest near Tiriya village under Nagarnar police station limits around 4 pm, said deputy inspector general of police (anti-naxal operations) Sundarraj P.
A joint team of District Reserve Guard and Special Task Force of state police was out on anti-naxal operation when the gunbattle broke out, he told PTI.
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Saturday approached the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the confiscation of properties owned by him and his relatives.
In the petition, Mallya has said that no other properties other than that of Kingfisher Airlines facing cases of alleged irregularities should be attached.
On July 11, the Bombay High Court had refused to grant stay on proceedings before a special court on confiscation of Mallya's properties.
28 July 2019; DW: An Afghan government official had earlier said a delegation would meet the Taliban within the next two weeks in Europe. The militant group dubs the government an "American puppet" with no negotiating power.
The Taliban on Sunday denied reports that they would be holding direct talks with the Afghan government's representatives in the coming weeks.
Alwar (R'than), Jul 28 (PTI) A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Rajasthan's Alwar and her nude photographs were circulated online, police said, the incident coming months after the gang rape of a woman in front of her husband in the district triggered outrage.
Bengaluru, July 28 (PTI) Karnataka assembly speaker K R Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 more rebel MLAs under the anti-defection act till the end of the current term of the assembly in 2023.
The speaker's ruling came a day ahead of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa moving the confidence motion in the assembly to prove his majority, after assuming office on Friday.
Of the lawmakers who faced the action, 11 are from the Congress and three from JDS.
KABUL, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Campaign for the Afghan presidential election in late September started on Sunday amid growing attacks and fear of frauds in the militancy-plagued country.
A total of 18 candidates, including incumbent President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, embarked on a two-month campaign which will conclude on Sept. 25.
Kanpur: Only assurances used to come from the officers concerned. No action was taken up to resolve the water-logging problem prevailing in Ompurwa locality for the past six months.
When the elected representatives and officers of Jal Kal, Namami Gangey project and Nagar Nigam reached the area for spot inspection, the area people started narrating their tale of woes.
Upon this, the Jalkal executive engineer AK Rajput made the people straightly responsible for the existing sewer problem.
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) A court here has declared two men guilty of raping a 15-year-old girl six years ago after befriending her, ruling that the minor's consent for physical relation was inconsequential.
Additional Sessions Judge Umed Singh Grewal sentenced Parvesh Rana (30) and Ashish Sehrawat (41) to jail term already undergone by them during the trial.
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