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Yadav questioned the government if it had succeeded in ensuring the safety of the public. He also cited past incidents of murder and dacoity in Uttar Pradesh and asked the incumbent CM why the accused had still not been identified and apprehended.

Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram led the charge against the EC, accusing the Commission of going on an “extended holiday".

“I will not link my cell phone with Aadhaar. Let them disconnect my cell phone number. I can smell this a conspiracy to by the central government. They want to tap phone calls,” Mamata Banerjee said.

Singh, whose father is senior Congress leader Karan Singh, announced his decision to leave the Legislative Council, the upper house of the bicameral legislature, to the media.

Karnataka BJP president B S Yeddyurappa demanded that the matter be handed over to the CBI for investigating the role of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and all those involved in the alleged scam.

Mamata Banrjee said that the dengue is spreading because of garbage accumulation in the Metro Railways construction areas.

PM Narendra Modi is addressing the Gujarat Gaurav Mahasammelan in Gandhinagar, capital of the poll-bound state.

"If we have started this march, it is because if in coming days, they keep on staring at us, then we will barge into their homes and will take out their eyes," Saroj Pandey told reporters

"Our party will contest the forthcoming local body polls on its own," Azad said while addressing a function to mark the birth centenary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Similar proposals have been issued in almost seven states and once completed, a formal announcement is expected. Rumours say that the declaration could take place on or before October 26.

Sasikala has been lodged in the Parapana Agrahara central jail since February this year after the Supreme Court upheld her conviction by a special court in a disproportionate assets case.

Former Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ashok Chaudhary who enjoys popularity among the majority of 27 Congress MLAs in the assembly can join ranks with Janata Dal (United), a source told CNN-News18.

A report by the Forensic Sciences Lab accessed by CNN-News18 brings fresh trouble for the Karnataka BJP heavyweights months before Assembly elections in the southern state where the saffron party is trying to wrest power from the Congress.

"The last health policy was announced during Ataljis (former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) regime around 15 years back. After that, such a government assumed power which used to hate development. It did not have any empathy for the people," Modi sa...

Talking about his Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksha, which will support the BJP, Maharashtra strongman Narayan Rane on Friday said his party will work for the development of farmers, minorities and women.

A statement issued by the former President's office on Friday said that the statements attributed to Pranab Mukherjee by the Bengali publication are "false and baseless."