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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also highlighted the work done by his government in the region in the last six years.

Tamilisai Soundararajan, Tamil Nadu BJP president said that her party had lodged a complaint with police on receipt of the letter.

The magazine described 64-year-old Modi as "charismatic and business-friendly" leader.

The BJP is using English and Urdu dailies of the Valley to reach out to voters, as its candidates so far have not been able to draw large crowds.

While confirming the reports, sources within the Congress said that adopting a scheme does not mean endorsing it.

Katheria, inducted as MoS for HRD on Sunday, is in the thick of a controversy following allegations that his graduation marksheet was fake.

The Congress has organised one of its biggest ever pre-election rallies in the capital to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Nehru.

The development took place after the Centre informed the court that the assembly has already been dissolved.

"My reputation is very high. Credibility is the biggest strength of a politician," Gadkari told Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha on being asked if there was any possibility for compromise in the matter.

"Peace is imperative for progress and prosperity of any region. We assure the people that PDP will aggressively pursue its agenda to restore lasting and sustainable peace on the borders," PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said.

Thackeray on Sunday had alleged that NCP supremo Sharad Pawar was instrumental in the fall of NDA government in 1996.

The former Goa CM was inducted into the Union Cabinet on Sunday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Council of Ministers.

Sinha was elected to the Lok Sabha in May this year from Hazaribagh in Jharkhand.

The Samajwadi Party supremo will also lay the foundation of a medical college on the day.

The four-time MP from Secunderabad, Dattatreya earlier served as the Union Minister of State for Urban Development, Poverty Alleviation and Railways in the AB Vajpayee Cabinet during 1998-99 and 2000-04.

Supriyo is one of the only two BJP MPs from the politically crucial state of West Bengal where the saffron party is working hard to emerge as an alternative to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and Left parties.