NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected the 14th President of India

Counting of votes cast in the July 17 presidential election began on Thursday in Parliament to decide the contest between the ruling NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind, who has a clear edge, and the combined Opposition nominee Meira Kumar.

The BJP on Wednesday dubbed the 32-page dossier on cow vigilante lynchings and attacks on Dalits and other issues as a "dossier of disruption" aimed to divide the country on communal lines and disrupt the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament.

Admitting that the gesture would cost the exchequer about Rs 300 crore, the minister said the laptops would be given to only those students whose family annual income was Rs 2.5 lakh.

The Minister said the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural produce to be 1.5 times the input cost to farmers before the 2014 general elections.

India is all set to welcome its 14th President as the counting of votes will conclude on Thursday (July 20) by 5 PM.

Speaking in the Lok Sabha, the former Defence Minister also accused China of conspiring against India and urged the government to openly support the independence of Tibet and ban Chinese products in the country.

Currently, the provision has only been implemented in Mathrubhumi News, a TV channel headquartered in Kerala, which has 75 women on its staff. It will soon be extended to its other divisions, which include the online and print verticals.

The state governments can take action against person or persons involved in such incidents under existing laws. I don't think there is a need for a separate law

Subramanium said that "The right to privacy is recognised as a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution. The concept of privacy is embedded in liberty as well as honour of a person."