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She is slated to launch a campaign from the Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30 Opposition presidential candidate   Ram Nath Kovind VS Meira Kumar   on Wednesday filed her nomination in the presence of top Congress and opposition leaders. Kumar, who filed her papers with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on one side and former prime minister Manmohan Singh on the other, will launch her campaign from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30. Politics News :   Accompanying the former Lok Sabha Speaker as she filed her nomination in Parliament House were a host of opposition leaders, including NCP's Sharad Pawar and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury. Also Read :   Sonia leads Oppn support to Meira, says Prez polls an ideological battle Sonia Gandhi and other top Congress and opposition leaders were amongst those who proposed and seconded her nomination. The nomination papers will be scrutinised on Thursday. Kumar, who will contest agai...

People gather in huge number at Rajaji Hall to pay their last respect to Jayalalithaa Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays last respect to late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J   Jayalalithaa . Photo: Twitter (@PIB_India) 13:45:   Tamil Nadu: PM Narendra Modi pays his last tributes to #Jayalalithaa at Rajaji Hall in Chennai. 13:40:   Narendra Modi leaves Rajaji Hall. 13:33:   Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays last respect to Jayalalithaa, consoles Sasikala, Panneerselvam. 13:31:   Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam breaks down in front of Narendra Modi. 13:25:   At least one million queue up at Rajaji Hall in Chennai to get a last glimpse of Jayalalithaa 13:18:   BSP Chief Mayawati to attend Jayalalithaa's funeral 13:12:   Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): Supporters shave their heads in mourning after the demise of #JJayalalithaa 13:08:   Jayalalithaa was an iron lady. An amazing woman and a great leader. Connect she had with...

Kashmir gets out of hand Funerals of militants have become a public expression of rage and alienation in   Kashmir . While the Union home ministry’s official estimate for the number of militants in the Valley is now a little less than 200, against over 3,500 in the 1990s, the army and paramilitary report an unprecedented rise in local support to insurgency. This is manifested in efforts by villagers to hamper counter-insurgency operations in the Valley, including by women. Army units have been reporting efforts to snatch weapons, something unprecedented. Earlier north   Kashmir Valley   used to be the centre of insurgent activity. It is now south Kashmir. Militants, dead and alive, are present in public consciousness everywhere. Burhan Lions, Aabid Khan Qalandars and Khalid Aryans were the names of cricket teams that played IPL-type matches in south Kashmir this April. These teams were named after militants from the region killed in army action. The cricket matc...