As in the recent Lok Sabha elections, opposition parties will be fighting each other besides the Congress-I in most constituencies in the March state Assembly elections in 10 states and the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The Dalit Mazdoor Kisan Party, which has the largest number of MLAs among the non-Congress-I parties in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, has decided to contest all the 425 seats in the state. It will also go solo in Bihar.
Construction of flyovers at the Safdarjung-AIIMS crossing, the opening of two new degree colleges, 19 secondary and 21 senior secondary schools, four new cycle tracks connecting North-South and East-West areas of Delhi and a new housing scheme are the highlights of the capital’s annual Plan. The total allocation for the plan is Rs 335 crore.
An Impeccable unbeaten 98 by Mohammad Azharuddin and his 159-run partnership for the second wicket with opener K Srikanth (84) steered India to a comfortable 228 for three in their first innings at stumps on the opening day of the fifth Test against England. Azharuddin is on the verge of cracking his third consecutive Test century since his debut in the current series in Calcutta. If he does so, he will be the first man in Test cricket history to have achieved this feat.
The cashier of a school was robbed of Rs 1.86 lakh outside the State Bank of India Vikas Minar branch in Delhi. The incident took place in the afternoon when the vice-principal, cashier and another employee of the Government Senior Secondary School, Yamuna Vihar, had come to collect cash to pay the staff, the police said.
