SONIA GANDHI WAS NAMED INTERIM CONGRESS PRESIDENT ON SATURDAY, RETURNING TO THE HELM AFTER ALMOST 20 MONTHS.WITH SONIA ACCUIRING THE POSITION AGAIN SEVERAL REACTIONS ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTY LEADERS. LIFE IS GRADUALLY RETURNING TO NORMAL IN J&K AFTER CENTRE'S MOVE TO REVOKE ARTICLE 370 PROVISIONS. CONGRESS LEADER RAHUL GANDHI WILL BEGIN A TWO-DAY TOUR OF FLOOD-RAVAGED KERALA TODAY.RAHUL GANDHI'S CONSTITUENCY WAYANAD DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE WORST-HIT IN THE STATE. DEFENDING HIS GOVERNMENT'S MOVE TO RENDER ARTICLE 370 OF THE CONSTITUTION INEFFECTIVE,HOME MINITER AMIT SHAH TODAY SAID THAT REMOVAL OF SPECIAL STATUS TO JAMMU AND KASHMIR WILL END TERRORISM AND ENABLE THE PROGRESS OF THE REGION.AMIT WAS ADDRESSING AT THE LAUNCH OF A BOOK ON VICE PRESIDENT M VENKAIAH NAIDU IN CHENNAI WHEN HE FIRMLY BELIVED THAT ARTICLE 370 SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED LONG AGO. THE FLOOD SITUATION IN SOUTH INDIA CONTINUED TO REMAIN GRIM ON SATURDAY, WITH KERALA AND KARNATAKA BEING THE WORST HIT, AS 83 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR LOST THEIR LIVES IN BOTH STATES.AFTER EXPRESSING ANGER OVER INDIA’S MOVE TO END THE SPECIAL STATUS OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, PAKISTAN HAS REITERATED THAT IT WILL MOVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AGAINST NEW DELHI.