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The opposition parties are likely to hold a meeting before July 10 over nominee for the upcoming vice presidential polls.

According to sources, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge initiated a discussion with the leaders of opposition parties to arrive at a consensus over vice presidential candidate.

Maalikarjun Kharge held a telephonic discussion with Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar and West Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, July 5, sources said.

'Taj Mahal responsible for petrol price hike! Akbar for unemployment!', Asaduddin Owaisi's jibe at PM Modi

After this, the AIMIM chief said, "If he had not built the Taj Mahal, then today petrol would have been sold at Rs 40 per litre. Mr. Prime Minister, I agree that he (Shah Jahan) made a mistake by building the Taj Mahal. He made a mistake in building the Red Fort. He should have saved the money and handed it over to Modi in 2014. On all issues, they (BJP) blame Muslims, they blame the Mughals."

The flood situation in Assam improved on Tuesday with the number of people affected by the deluge coming down to 11 lakhs and four new fatalities, including two children, recorded in the past 24 hours.

Nearly 11.17 lakh people are suffering from the deluge across 20 districts of the state, which includes Bajali, Barpeta, Biswanath, Cachar, Chirang, Darrang, Dibrugarh, Dima Hasao, Goalpara, Golaghat, Hailakandi, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Sonitpur and Tamulpur, the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) stated.

Cachar is the worst-hit district with over 6.31 lakh people affected, followed by Nagaon (2,32,863) and Morigaon (1,64,912), the flood report stated.

Stressing on the scarcity of productive research in the country, Mukul Kanitkar, Chairman of Research for Resurgence Foundation (RFRF), has called upon young researchers and academicians to work towards in mission more mode. He said, "Country needs more research warriors in order to bring a paradigm shift in the research and innovation."

On the occasion of signing of Memoradum of Understanding (MoU) between Research for Resurgence Foundation and Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies - Technical Campus on Tuesday, Kanitkar talked about the importance of global level advanced research in varied fields and working towards integrating platform for scientific community of the world and traditional researchers in all fields of knowledge.

The new Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra sailed through the trust vote in the state assembly on Monday, with 164 MLAs voting in its favour and 99 MLAs siding with the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The MVA received eight votes less than it had in the election for the state assembly speaker a day earlier.

In a blow to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena, one more MLA, Santosh Bangar from Marathwada, switched to the Shinde camp in the morning, reducing their numbers to 15. Besides, several opposition MLAs, including Congress veterans Ashok Chavan and Vijay Wadettiwar, did not reach on time and could not cast their vote.