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The government scrapped a controversial tax on sanitary pads on Saturday, a move hailed by campaigners who say it will help more girls to go to school during their periods and boost their job prospects.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said today that he was pained to hear Prime Minister Narendra Modi comparing him with "corrupt politicians" and talking about "petty things" during his reply to the TDPs no confidence motion.

A local court in Srinagar has asked National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah to appear before it, for seeking bail in connection with the multi-crore scam in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA).

When Rahul Gandhi alleged in Lok Sabha on Friday that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lied to the nation on the Rafale fighter jet deal with France, immediately came a statement from France and a hard takedown from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Saturday, keeping up the attack, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Rahul Gandhi concocted his conversation with President Emmanuel Macron.

A team of mountaineers recovered the body on July 1.

Terrorists today attacked a team of security forces in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir by opening fire, but the attack was repulsed by them, police said.

The Enforcement Directorate or ED today filed charges in a Delhi court against Virbhadra Singh's son Vikramaditya Singh in a money laundering case also involving the former Himachal Pradesh chief minister.

A case has been registered and all the three accused have been arrested by the police. Further investigation is underway in the matter.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturdayvowed to eject the BJP from power at the centre and prophesised that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party will get a "big blow" in the 2019 general elections and end up with less than 100 seats in parliament.

Several new faces joined Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress today at her annual mega rally in Kolkata, but none bigger than two-time Rajya Sabha lawmaker and former BJP leader Chandan Mitra.

A Jammu and Kashmir police constable, who was abducted by terrorists from his home in south Kashmir's Kulgam district last night, has been found dead. The police constable's body was found from a field in the district this evening, according to reports.

The centre has sanctioned Rs 80 crore to Kerala as initial assistance to deal with "unprecedented rains and floods," Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said today.

The Bhubaneswar-Jagdalpur Hirakhand Express got stuck on a waterlogged train track on Saturday near a station in Odisha's Rayagada district amid heavy rainfall in the region.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi ripped apart the "misinformation" campaign of the opposition during his speech ahead of the voting on a no-confidence motion that was comprehensively defeated in the Lok Sabha, said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today.

A 30-year-old man from Delhi died of suspected heart attack enroute to the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, a police official said today.