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Mumbai, July 21 (ANI): Maharashtra Industries Minister Narayan Rane resigned from the state cabinet on Monday. He submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. Rane, a chief ministerial aspirant, has been reportedly upset with the party for not giving him the top post. He had announced last week that he will resign from his ministerial post, but will continue to be a member of the Congress Party.

Shah’s elevation as BJP president is not only thanksgiving for his Uttar Pradesh bumper harvest but signals an aide-mentor duopoly that will keep party and Government in sync.

New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari said here on Monday that the split between Indian National Congress (INC) and the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir can be attributed to the electoral dynamics presently prevailing in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. “Well as things stand today both the National Conference and Indian national Congress continue to run a government in Jammu and Kashmir. So therefore keeping in mind the dynamics of that electoral situation the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Indian National Congress may have come to certain conclusions and these are inevitable facts of political life which everybody has to take in their stride,” said Tewari.

New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Shiv Sena Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Raut today denied news of a spit between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena. He also said that he is not shocked over the split between the Congress and National Conference (NC) because the former has become and untouchable party and nobody is ready to sit with it in the parliament. “Nobody is ready to sit with the Congress in Lok Sabha, neither TMC nor AIDMK. In a way the Congress has been separated from the nation’s politics, they have become untouchable.

Deoria, (Uttar Pradesh), July 20 (ANI): The Uttar Pradesh police today said that the brutal rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman in Mohanlalganj area of Lucknow has been committed by one person and not by a gang, unlike what previous reports had claimed. Meanwhile, the daughter of the rape victim demanded a CBI inquiry into the case. Earlier today, women congress workers staged a protest against rising crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh. Recently, a 32 year old woman was gang rape d and murdered and her body was found naked with injury marks on head, face and private parts in a primary school in Balsinghkheda village of Lucknow district.

Allahabad, July 20(ANI): Members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP) protested against the recent gang rape and murder of a 32 year old woman in Mohanlalganj area of Lucknow. Earlier today, women congress workers staged a protest against rising crimes against women in Uttar Pradesh.

New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Dr. Mriank from All India Federation of Trade Unions (AIFTU) told ANI, “We have gathered here in protest against Israel which is killing innocents in Gaza, so that they stop doing so.” We also request the Government of India to break their silence on the matter. India- Palestine relation is old and government must protect it,” he added. General Secretary of Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan Poonam told ANI, “This protest is against Israel which is killing innocents in Gaza from more than last 15 days.

New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday that it was surprised by the decision of the Congress party and the National Conference to part ways, but added that the people of Jammu and Kashmir will punish both the parties equally. Another BJP leader Bizay Sonkar Shastri said, “The relations which are based on selfish motives are meant to be broken.

Kathmandu, July 20 (IANS) Days ahead of a visit by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj aimed at further strengthening bilateral ties, an Indian proposal for the development of Nepal’s abundant water resources has triggered a row in the Himalayan nation with many political parties opposing it contending it was not in Nepal’s national interest. At a closed-door meeting here over the weekend, several former energy ministers of Nepal opposed the Indian proposal to develop Nepal’s hydro power sector and said “it is a bid to make Nepal another Bhutan”. The embassy, seeking to refute the charges, said in a statement: “Several Nepali media outlets on Sunday picked the Indian proposal as dominating stories quoting some energy experts and political leaders that it undermines Nepal’s sovereign right to develop its hydropower potential in Nepal.” “In no way does the draft constrain Nepal’s sovereign right to develop its hydropower potential.” “The proposal forwarded by India is a draft for discussion and would require bilateral negotiations prior to finalization,” said the statement, adding that both sides are free to propose amendments or modifications.