Following are top stories at 2200

Following are top stories at 2200

hours today:

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New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind, a low-key lawyer-turned- politician, elected as India's 14th President, the first BJP member and the second Dalit to occupy the country's highest office.

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New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind's triumph is a foregone conclusion given the NDA's numerical superiority over the opposition, but his presidential bid got a push with lawmakers from rival parties cross-voting for him in several states including poll-bound Gujarat and Mamata Banerjee's West Bengal.

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New Delhi: India makes a renewed pitch for a "peaceful resolution" of the Dokalam standoff with China through diplomatic channels, insisting that differences should not become disputes.
 

DEL58 DEF-DGMO-PAK FIRING ON CHILDREN

New Delhi: The Army's director general of military operations Lt. Gen. A K Bhatt strongly takes up with his Pakistani counterpart the issue of Pakistani troops "deliberately targeting" civilians and firing at school children along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.

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New Delhi: India says it is ready for talks with China with both sides first pulling back their armies to end the tense standoff in the Sikkim sector, stressing the need for a "peaceful resolution" of border issues.

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New Delhi: A landmark civil nuclear cooperation deal between India and Japan that provides for collaboration between their industries in the field comes into force, eight months after it was sealed.

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New Delhi: Facing attacks over lynching incidents, the government asserts that killings in the name of cow "sentiments" is unacceptable and says the state governments should take stern action against those indulging in such violence.

DEL81 RS-LYNCHING-LD OPPOSITION

New Delhi: The opposition attacks the government over recent lynchings in the name of cow protection with the Congress accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of double speak and not doing enough to rein in the vigilantes.

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New Delhi: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will be travelling to Beijing to attend a BRICS meeting on July 27 and 28, the External Affairs Ministry says.

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New Delhi: Sameeksha Trust, which publishes the Economic and Political Weekly magazine, says its editor who recently quit under a cloud had "unilaterally" initiated legal proceedings against a business house after being served a legal notice over two articles.

DEL80 KL-BJP-LD GRAFT

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Vigilance Director orders a probe into a corruption allegation against some state BJP functionaries over the issue of grant of the MCI clearance for a private medical college.

DEL74 ED-SHAHRUKH NOTICE

Mumbai: The ED issues notices for adjudication to actor Shah Rukh Khan and some others in connection with a FEMA case for alleged loss of Rs 73.6 crore foreign exchange related to the IPL T-20 cricket league, officials say.

LGD23 SC-PRIVACY

New Delhi: The Supreme Court asks searching questions about contours of right to privacy in the digital age when personal information is randomly shared with all types of government and private entities.

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New Delhi: A report by the US clubbing Pakistan among nations providing "safe havens" to terrorists validated India's position that terrorism emanating from the country is a cause of global concern, the external affairs ministry says.