It was a deeply personal moment turning political in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district on Saturday, as Janaki Ammal, mother of Vice-Presidential candidate C P Radhakrishnan, cut a celebratory cake at home.

The opposition INDIA bloc leaders are likely to discuss their joint candidate for the post of vice-president at a meeting of floor leaders on Monday morning.

A 20-year-old student of the BITS Pilani campus in Goa has been found dead in his hostel room, police said on Sunday.