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New Delhi, July 25: Pranab Mukherjee was on Wednesday sworn-in as the country’s 13th President at an impressive ceremony in the packed and historic Central Hall of Parliament. Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia administered the oath of office to Mr Mukherjee in the presence of Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi, July 25: President-elect Pranab Mukherjee today paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and other great leaders of the nation at their memorials in New Delhi before heading to Rashtrapati Bhawan to take oath as the 13th President of India. Travelling in a Mercedes Benz S 600, Mr Mukherjee first visited Rajghat to pay homage to the Father of the Nation. After paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi, he

New Delhi, July 25: India has to be prepared militarily to deal with an "assertive" China even as it seeks to build bridges of cooperation with Beijing, the Naresh Chandra Task Force on national security has recommended. The committee's suggestions for the military — details of which have been accessed by TOI — also buries the proposal for a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the single point military

Kokrajhar (Assam), July 25: Fresh clashes between minority immigrants and Bodo tribals and cases of arson were today reported from lower Assam even as shoot-at-sight orders remained in force in Kokrajhar district which bore the brunt of the violence. Official sources said there were reports of stray clashes and arson in remote villages of Chirang district where night curfew continued. Night curfew

New Delhi, July 24: Reversing his earlier decision, Anna Hazare today said he will sit on an indefinite fast along with his team from tomorrow even as he issued an ultimatum to the government to concede to their demands in three-four days or face a fresh 'jail bharo' agitation. "Anna arrives in Delhi. He says he will also be fasting," his close aide Arvind Kejriwal tweeted this afternoon. A Team

Kokrajhar (Assam), July 24: Fresh violence today rocked the trouble-torn Bodoland Territorial Administered Districts in Assam where the Rajdhani Express was attacked by some persons even as the entire train services to and from the Northeast was hit. Unidentified persons pelted stones and attacked the coaches of the Guwahati-bound Rajdhani Express at Gossaigaon in Kokrajhar district damaging four

Vadodara, July 24: Dissident BJP leader Keshubhai Patel has said his soon-to-be launched political party will be wedded into broad concept of `Hindutva' and its goal will be to dislodge the "corrupt" Narendra Modi Government from power in Gujarat in the upcoming Assembly polls. "Hindutva used in liberal and broad sense" will be the ideology of the new party which will be launched next month, the

Lucknow, July 24: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Monday approved a proposal to rename eight districts whose names were changed during former chief minister Mayawati's tenure. At a meeting chaired by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, the state cabinet said Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Nagar and Ramabai Nagar will revert to their original names, Amethi and Kanpur Dehat. The decision, the government said

New Delhi, July 24: The state-owned oil companies on Monday announced another hike in petrol prices, by a minimum of 70 paise per litre, excluding state levies, citing surge in international oil prices and depreciation of the Indian rupee against the US dollar. The hike will come into effect from Monday midnight. “As a consequence of the said revision, increase in selling price shall vary from Rs

New Delhi, July 24: After describing India as "a linchpin" in its new strategic policy to "re-balance" military forces towards Asia-Pacific, in what is seen by many to be an unfolding grand design to "contain" China, the US is now cranking up its arms sales pitch to New Delhi. From ballistic missile defence (BMD) and aeronautics to robotics and micro-UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), the US is