Top 5 news of the hour: Sonia Gandhi’s Varanasi rally, Azam Khan remark and many more

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday cut short her Varanasi rally in Uttar Pradesh from Modi's turf following fever. She cancelled her planned visit to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in the evening to offer prayers. Here are top 5 news of the hour.

1: Varanasi rally: Sonia Gandhi falls ill; PM Modi wishes her quick recovery

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday had to leave the party’s impressive roadshow in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency towards the fag end of the eight-km march route this evening after she complained of uneasiness.

2: Bulandshahr gangrape case: Azam Khan defends his remark, says my words are misconstructed

At a time when political leaders are leaving no stone unturned to generate maximum vote count, Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan gave birth to another  controversy with his remarks over Bulandshahr gangrape case. However, he later took a U-turn and clarified his intentions behind the remark.

3: BJP Parliamentary Board meeting on Wednesday, likely to accept Patel's resignation offer

The BJP Parliamentary Board is meeting on Wednesday when it is likely to accept Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s offer to resign and begin the process of picking up her successor.

4: State Cabinet clears new name for West Bengal

There will be no state called West Bengal in India very soon. The Bengal state Cabinet has agreed to change the name to Bangla or Bongo. West Bengal senior minister Partha Chatterjee said, “Cabinet decided to change name of West Bengal, will be either Bangla or Bongo. In English it will be Bengal,”.

5: Government to table Surrogacy Bill in Parliament soon

There is no law regulating single-parent surrogacy in the country and the government is in the process of finalising the draft for a bill on surrogacy regulation which is likely to be placed before Parliament soon, the Rajya Sabha was today informed.