Congress Working Committee will decide on Telangana: Digvijaya Singh

Ahead of the Congress Working Committee meeting on Tuesday, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that a decision on bifurcating Andhra Pradesh to create Telangana will be taken at the meet. However, Digvijaya clarified that the he was not aware about the agenda of CWC meet.

 The UPA Coordination Committee and the Congress Working Committee are likely to meet on Tuesday at 5.30 pm to decide on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh and creation of Telangana. According to reports, Congress is likely to give the go ahead for creating Telangana.

Maharashtra: Over 70 govt school girls complain of food poisoning

Maharashtra: 100 students of a government school complain of food-poisoning.

The girls, aged between 12 and 15 years, complained of severe pain, vomiting and were rushed to Shegaon governmental hospital, health authorities at the hospital said.

Poll tracker: NDA to win 172- 180 seats, UPA 149-157, others 147-155

With the next Lok Sabha election scheduled to be held in early 2014, the parties have started to fine tune their strategies for the same.

CNN-IBN Election Tracker: How big states will vote in 2014

A CNN-IBN-CSDS-The Hindu election tracker finds how the big states will vote if the Lok Sabha elections are held today.

Mumbaikars' answer to Raj Babbar: A meal cost Rs 12, twenty years back

Mumbai: A day after Congress spokesperson Raj Babbar claimed that he can get a complete meal in Mumbai for Rs 12, CNN-IBN did a ground check which shows that it's just another bogus comment by a politician.

Mumbaikars have slammed Babbar for his comment and said that the claim is not correct. "I pay Rs 50 for my meal every day," said a taxi driver. "We sell a complete meal for Rs 30. A vada pav costs Rs 12 these days. A meal used to cost Rs 12 twenty years back," said a food stall vendor.

Raj Babbar had on Thursday said, "even today, I can have a proper meal in Mumbai for Rs 12." The Congress leader's remarks came in the backdrop of the BJP slamming the UPA government for its statement that the poverty figures have gone down in 2012-13 as opposed to figures in 2002-03.

Delhi BJP President had even sent a money order of Rs 33 to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Wednesday. He had challenged the trio to buy a meal for Rs 33 and said that the Congress has changed the definition of poverty ahead of polls.

He had said this was the BJP's way of protesting against Planning Commission's criteria that anybody whose consumption of goods and services exceed Rs 33 in cities per day was not poor.

As per the Planning Commission, the number of people living below the poverty line has shrunk to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05 on account of increase in per capita consumption.

Ghaziabad: Man throws acid on a woman's face

Ghaziabad: A woman suffered injuries in an acid attack in Friday early morning in Ghaziabad. The incident happened in Vijay Nagar area after a man threw acid on her face.

The man is reportedly known to the woman.

  The woman has been taken to a hospital where initial treatment is being given to her. More details are awaited.

I wouldn't vote for Modi, have no particular affection for him or Rahul: Bhagwati

Well-known economist Jagdish Bhagwati has criticised Amartya Sen saying he's the only economist to have hurt India's poor. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, Bhagwati said, "He's the one economist who hurt the poor twice. Whether he deserves the Bharat Ratna or not, that's not for me to decide."

It was my duty to stand up for minority community, says Amartya Sen

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday said that he did not regret for his comments on Narendra Modi, claiming that it was his duty to stand up for the minority community. "It was my duty to stand up for minority community," Sen said. He added that it would be very sad if Bharat Ratna would be taken away from him but more than 'Ratna', it is Bharat for which he is more worried.

Election Tracker: BJP wave in MP, party on a comeback in Rajasthan, UP

The northern states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh present a very contrasting picture when it comes to the political battle. While Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are basically a two-horse race with the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being the rivals, in Uttar Pradesh, which sends the largest number of MPs to the Lok Sabha, it is a four-cornered fight in most of the seats.

Where's Narendra Modi? Not on posters for Shivraj Singh Chouhan's campaign

He is quite the pivot of the BJP's electioneering already, but Narendra Modi did not find space on the many posters that dotted the landscape as Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched a 50-day yatra on Monday.

A ray of hope for the acid attack survivors

While there are acid attack survivors who are struggling to come to terms with the life after the ghastly incident, there are others who have braced up themselves to get together and fight for their rights and stop the rising incidents of acid attacks.

 "I did not speak or talk to anyone when i first joined the group, but it gradually gave me hope," says a survivor who has recently joined the group.

Mumbai hit-and-run case: Court to frame charges against Salman Khan

It is a big day for actor Salman Khan as a Mumbai court will frame charges against him in the 2002 hit-and-run case. After rejecting the actor's plea last month, the court will on Wednesday decide whether the actor should be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder.

If proven guilty, Salman could go to jail for 10 years. The court will also decide on the application filed by two activists on restraining media coverage.

World sees the royal baby

Hundreds thronged London's St Mary Hospital to catch a first glimpse of the royal baby- as Prince William and Kate Middleton walked out to introduce the Prince of Cambridge to the world.

WB: Man molests TV anchor and her friend as crowd cheers him on

A TV anchor and her friend were allegedly molested near the Howrah Station in Kolkata. The anchor, who is in her 30s, was on her way to the hotel with her father when an inebriated man tried to drag her and her woman friend out of the car.

Even as the women tried to resist his advances, a crowd gathered to cheer him on. The incident happened in New Town, just 300 metres from Howrah station.

Rohan Bopanna climbs to number three in doubles ranking

After a strong showing at Wimbledon, Rohan Bopanna has scaled another summit in the world doubles rankings. The Bangalore boy has now achieved a career high ranking of number three on the ATP circuit.

Bodh Gaya blasts case: Timer for unexploded bombs traced to Gujarat

 
New Delhi: In a major development in the Bodh Gaya blasts case, the investigators have traced the timer of the unexploded bombs to Gujarat. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Lotus company analogue clocks used as timers were manufactured in Rajkot.

Investigators have also claimed that the lot of clocks was sold to a buyer from Guwahati. This was revealed during the questioning of the clock manufacturer, National Investigation Agency (NIA) sources added.

The suspect whose sketch has been released also has Mongoloid features and the NIA claims that the bomb planters could be a mix of locals and Myanmarese or Bangladeshi nationals. The NIA has dispatched teams to Assam, Arunachal and Nagaland.


The NIA on Sunday also quizzed all members of the temple management committee separately to probe local angle.
 
A series of 10 explosions took place early on July 7 morning in Bodh Gaya in Bihar, leaving two monks injured. The temple complex and the sanctum sanctorum did not suffer any damage from the blasts.

The Bodh Gaya temple is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It is where the Buddha, who was born in neighboring Nepal, attained enlightenment around 2,550 years ago. 

Modi may be popular but Advani can't be ignored: Shatrughan Sinha

Another voice of dissent emerged against Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP poll panel chief Narendra Modi and this time from the party itself. BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha said that Modi has emerged quite popular but senior leader LK Advani could not be ignored. He also said that the party needs the blessings of all the senior leaders including Advani to grow. "To make the BJP stronger, senior leaders like Advaniji, Murli Manohar Joshi, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley need to bless us. If we have their blessings only then can the party grow," he said.

Heavy rains wreak havoc across India; Maharashtra, AP worst hit

Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc across the country. Vidarbha region in Maharashtra has suffered extensive damage after being hit by rains 207 per cent above average.

People celebrate the birth of royal baby

A baby boy was born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at St Mary's Hospital in London on July 22, 2013.

Karnataka: 7 dead as bus plunges into a lake near Belur

A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus plunged into the Vishnu Samudra lake near Belur killing at least seven people.

Police officials involved in rescue efforts have recovered seven bodies while 35 people have been pulled out alive. There were an estimated 50 to 60 passengers in the bus when it fell into the lake, which is in Hassan district, almost 200 kms from Bangalore.A Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus plunged into the Vishnu Samudra lake near Belur killing at least seven people.

Police officials involved in rescue efforts have recovered seven bodies while 35 people have been pulled out alive. There were an estimated 50 to 60 passengers in the bus when it fell into the lake, which is in Hassan district, almost 200 kms from Bangalore.