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Digest for domestic stories for week Aug 5 - Aug 11, 2017

New Delhi: NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu was today elected as India's next Vice President, receiving an overwhelming two-third votes against opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

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Saturday

Mumbai: The legend of Vijender Singh continued to grow as the Indian boxing star outslugged his Chinese opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali in a close bout to retain the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title here tonight.

New Delhi: The GST rates on textile job works like stitching and embroidery, and tractor parts were today cut while e-way bill provisions relating to online pre- registration of goods before transportation were relaxed.

New Delhi: NDA nominee M Venkaiah Naidu was today elected as India's next Vice President, receiving an overwhelming two-third votes against opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

Sunday

Jammu: The Pakistani army tonight violated the ceasefire by firing at Indian posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.

New Delhi: Three men died allegedly after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a sewer pipe in southeast Delhi's Lajpat Nagar today, police said, with the Delhi Jal Board denying that the cleaners were hired by them for the job.

Lucknow: A suspected Bangladeshi terrorist associated with Islamic extremist group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) was today arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad from Muzaffarnagar.

Monday

New Delhi: Heavy rains lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh today triggering landslides which closed over 280 roads whereas in Uttar Pradesh, water believed to be released by Nepal caused floods in which deaths of two children were reported.

New Delhi: The Congress today accused the Central government and the BJP of "conspiring to hush up" a case against the Haryana BJP chief's son, accused of stalking a woman in Chandigarh.

Ahmednagar: A mob allegedly attacked 12 members of a cow protection group in Shrigonda city near here after police intercepted a tempo illegally carrying cows to a slaughterhouse, police has said.

Tuesday

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Congress candidate Ahmed Patel today beat the BJP nominee in a bitterly fought Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat after late night dramatic developments saw the Election Commission reject the votes of two dissident MLAs of the main opposition party for violating electoral rules.

Chennai: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 49 fishermen from Tamil Nadu after firing in the air, prompting Chief Minister K Palaniswami to shoot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today stating that the action was "totally unacceptable".

New Delhi: The Congress today said what has happened in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls were against the procedures and rules, and accused the BJP of using muscle and money power to win just one seat.

Wednesday

New Delhi: Any escalation of tension between India and China on the Dokalam standoff will be potentially "very disruptive" for the countries of the region and both sides should try to resolve the issue amicably, the United Arab Emirates said today.

New Delhi: India today summoned a Pakistan High Commission official and issued a demarche over the death of an Indian soldier in unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistan, terming it as "deplorable".

Chandigarh: Vikas Barala, son of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala, and another person accused of stalking an IAS officer's daughter were put behind bars today after the Chandigarh police slapped a charge of attempted abduction against them.

Thursday

New Delhi: India and the US will co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad from November 28 this year and the American delegation will be led by President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded today the contribution of outgoing Vice President Hamid Ansari as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, saying he could maintain a delicate balance in the Upper House because of his "intellectual capability and skills".

New Delhi: Seychelles is a maritime neighbour and trusted friend of India and both the countries can cooperate in the health care sector apart from other areas of mutual cooperation, President Ram Nath Kovind said today.

Friday

Ghaziabad (UP): Senior IAS officer and District Magistrate of Bihar's Buxar Mukesh Pandey was found dead near railway tracks here with a purported suicide note indicating he was "upset" due to marital issues, police said.

New Delhi: The government today replaced Pahlaj Nihalani with songwriter-poet Prasoon Joshi as the censor board chief.

New Delhi: Senior army officials from India and China today held a flag meeting at Nathu La mountain pass in Sikkim and extensively discussed the Dokalam standoff but the "deliberations remained inconclusive", sources said.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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