Amit Chaturvedi With Ians Inputs

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  DMK Leader and Former Union Minister Napoleon Joins BJP

  DMK leader and former union minister D Napoleon joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of BJP president Amit Shah in Chennai on Sunday.

• Digvijaya Singh Clarifies After Saying Rahul Gandhi Lacks Ruling Temperament

  Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has clarified his remark on Rahul Gandhi that criticised the party vice-president's governing abilities.

• Bangalore ATM attack, mining scam to dominate Karnataka Assembly's Winter Session beginning Monday

  The Opposition BJP plans to attack Karnataka's Congress government on the issue of security following the brutal attack on a woman in a Bangalore ATM as the state Assembly's Winter Session begins on Monday.

• JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari questions decision to award Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar

  A Janata Dal (United) parliamentarian Shivanand Tiwari today questioned the decision to award Sachin Tendulkar India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.

• News footage to help determine which locals attacked Nigerian in Goa

  The state police have sought footage from local news channels of last month's violence, where a Nigerian was brutally assaulted by a mob near Panaji.

• Cyclone Phailin: Cargo ship missing in West Bengal, rescue operations launched to locate crew

  A China-bound merchant vessel with 18 crew members which set sail from Haldia port in West Bengal has lost contact with the ground staff following the cyclonic storm Phailin which swept coastal Odisha on Saturday night, the Coast Guard said on Sunday.

• INS Vikrant, India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, to be launched on August 12

  India will launch its first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant, on August 12 from the Kochi shipyard. This will make India only the fifth country after the US, Russia, Britain and France to have the capability to build such vessels.

• Power prices hiked in Delhi by 5 per cent

  The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) today revised the power tariff in the national capital by five per cent.

• Millions of Bihar school children go without mid-day meal

  A week after the mid-day meal tragedy in which 23 children lost their lives in Bihar, nearly 3,00,000 teachers across the state began their boycott of the scheme today. As a result, millions of school children were not served their mid-day meal in schools.

• Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan end feud, hug each other at Mumbai iftar party

  Two of Bollywood's biggest superstars, Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, have ended one of the film industry's most-talked-about feuds.

• Occupy Metro Channel protest foiled in Kolkata; police arrest 14 protesters

  The Kolkata Police today arrested 14 protesters who had gathered at the Metro Channel area in Esplanade to protest against the recent Kamduni rape case and crimes against women.

• Ailing elephant Bijlee dies in Mumbai

  Bijlee, the 58-year-old elephant, who was found abandoned a fortnight ago in Mumbai, died on Sunday, a volunteer said.

• Seven killed, six injured in building collapse in Mumbai

  At least five people were killed and six others were injured when an abandoned four-storeyed building, which was occupied by some unauthorised dwellers, collapsed in Mumbai on Saturday, officials said.

• Food Security Bill: no ordinance for now, government wants special Parliament session

  The Union Cabinet today deferred a decision on promulgating ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill. The government has said that it will try and convince Opposition to pass the Food Bill in Parliament.

• Demanding permission for Telangana march, Osmania University students clash with police

  The students of the Osmania University in Hyderabad today clashed with the police while marching towards the state Assembly seeking permission to organise a march on Friday. The police had to fire tear gas shells to disperse the students.