Two days ago, AU student Adarsh Tripathi had complained to the university authorities about regular visits of outsiders to the hostel. Tripathi had named Shukla as one of the regular visitors to the hostel.

”After Union minister Maneka Gandhi’s threat to voters, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister’s open threat to protesters of ‘remaining unemployed for life’ at a rally shows not only BJP’s arrogance but also its anti-people mentality, which needs to be defeated in the elections,” tweeted Mayawati in Hindi.

Mayawati was scheduled to address a joint rally of the SP-BSP alliance in Agra on Tuesday, while Adityanath was to participate in the nomination road show of Union Minister and Lucknow candidate, Rajnath Singh. The UP CM was also scheduled to address a rally in Nagina in favour of Yashwant Singh.

The family was unaware of the fire and three policemen in PRV chased the bike for around four kilometres on the expressway before they overtook it and put out the flames using a fire extinguisher in the van. A video of the incident was widely shared on social media.

Campaigning in Kodinar for BJP’s Junagadh candidate Rajesh Chudasma, Shah said in Gujarati that only Prime Minister Narendra Modi could ensure the security of the country and his party’s policy “is to gove a tit-for-tat reply to Pakistan”.

The move by the Koli community leaders comes in the wake of their demand of fielding Koli candidate in the seats dominated by them, especially in Navsari in south Gujarat. Koli leaders had put up banners and posters across Navsari and parts of Surat demanding people from their community be given tickets.

Videos of the CM’s scheduled rally at Visavadar showed several rows of empty plastic chairs with few people in attendance. A BJP source in Junagadh district unit confirmed that the CM pulled out of the event for the OBC that was scheduled to begin after 10.30 am.

Addressing a rally at Asrana Chowkadi in Mahuva taluka of Bhavnagar district, the Congress president repeated his charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been “favouring a few industrialists by going out of way but does little for the poor”.

As the video of the exchange went viral on social media, the BJP leader defended her statement, saying she has no regrets. “I have seen Shukla raising the same issue on each and every debate show. So, I have said that he should go back to his native place," Chauhan told The Indian Express.

“Nobody’s questioning the patriotism and competence of our armed forces. We complement them. But the question being raised is, what did we achieve through the air strikes. Were we able to destroy the network of terror? I don’t think so. No answer has come,” he said.

On March 3, Jadeja's wife Rivaba had joined the BJP on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jamnagar.

Addressing a rally in Buldhana city, Pawar said, “If the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) is voted to power, we will constitute a thorough probe (into the Rafale deal) and expose the real face behind the multi-crore scam. We will bring the face responsible for the scam to the people.”

Armed with a comparative chart of loan waivers received by farmers under the current state government and previous Congress-NCP-led regime, Fadnavis said under him Rs 24,000 crore loan waiver was extended to farmers.

The Buldhana Lok Sabha seat has 17.45 lakh voters. Muslims account for 2.23 lakh; Dalits 2.30 lakh; Malli 2.44 lakh; Marathas and Kunbhi together 5.5 lakh. The rest of the voters are Banjaras, Brahmins, Rajputs and Jains, among others.

The Congress had taken objection to characters in the two TV serials praising government schemes like Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana. The two production houses had subsequently replied to the notice.

The IMD has also issued a warning for “thunderstorm with gusty wind very likely at isolated places in the districts of Banaskantha, Patan, Ahmedabad, Tapi, Navsari, Narmada and Devbhoomi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Surendranagar, Bhavnagar, Porbandar and Kutch in Saurashtra-Kutch region.”

The case dates back to 1990 when Bhatt was posted as the additional superintendent of police in Jamnagar. He had detained around 150 people during a communal riot in Jamjodhpur town. One of the detained persons had died in hospital after he was released.

An official from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Gujarat said, “We reported the issue to the Election Commission and ECI agreed for the transfer. The flaws on the part of the returning officer was brought to the attention and we had said in our report that he needs to be changed.”

In 2014 elections, SAD’s Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra had won the elections by defeating Congress candidate Ambika Soni by a margin of 23,617 votes. The AAP too had fared well and the party’s candidate Himmat Singh Shergill got over 3 lakh votes.

People from various communities and leaders of various local organisations welcomed Shah, who was accompanied by party leaders like Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel and other party office bearers from Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.

Two cases against Guddu Pandit was filed at Pinhat police station last week. “In the first case, Guddu Pandit is accused of allegedly using abusive words against former minister and MLA Raja Aridaman Singh, while addressing a public gathering at Pinhat town," said Gyanendra Solanki.

“This year on Baishakhi, 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre is being observed across the country. Unfortunately, Bengal has been more invested in Ram Navami celebrations and the competitive communalism that is taking place between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress,” Yechury said.

“Since yesterday 12 rallies were held in Kolkata. Big rallies were taken out in Serampore, Rampurhat, Islampur, Bankura, Garbeta, Khatra and several other places. We have seen the participation of 50,000 to 60,000 people in each rally,” said VHP spokesperson Sourish Mukherjee.

Speaking to reporters at the state BJP headquarters, party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said, "For the second phase on April 18, we want central forces in 100 per cent booths. We also want CCTV cameras to be installed in all booths to prevent malpractices by the ruling Trinamool Congress.”