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There is a demand from almost all UP constituencies for at least one meeting by Priyanka to bolster the poll prospects of party nominees.

Pakistan based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba has claimed responsibility for the Kupwara encounter in which eight soldiers including an Army major was killed. Seventeen militants were also killed in the five day long encounter in the dense forests of Shamasbari range in Kupwara that began on March 20.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has said that legal action should be taken against Varun Gandhi for his hate speech.

Office of Chief Electoral Officer of Madhya Pradesh has asked political parties to submit lists of star campaigners who would be seeking votes for various candidates.

Brigadier Gurmeet Singh said the operation is going on in the thick forests of Kupwara in the difficult mountainous terrain.

At a time when thousands of tons of garbage find its way into the Dal,NGO's have come to the rescue.

Chidambaram has asked the Rajasthan government to remain on ‘high alert’ against infiltration of terrorists ‘from across the border’.

Even as dwindling number of tigers in Assam has become a matter of concern,authorities have shot dead a full-grown tiger just west of Kaziranga National Park.

The Dal may be dying but its ever polluting waters and shrinking shores are filling pockets of its government appointed protectors.

The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),which has been in force for nearly two decades in militancy-hit J-K,will come to an end during the tenure of his Govt,CM Omar Abdullah said.

Army has completed its inquiry into the killing of two civilians at Bomai village in Sopore and held the Junior Commissioned Officer and two soldiers accountable.

BSP chief Mayawati released the list of party candidates for all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP.

The controversial Sri Ram Sene has finally found well wisher in the form of some right wing organisations in Goa.

Whole illegal colonies have come up in the Dal Lake,with full cooperation from the LAWDA and the local authorities - for a fat payback.

After snapping ties with BJP,the BJD now faces tough negotiations with its new political friends who are likely to demand a major share of the assembly and LS seats.

In fresh trouble for Varun Gandhi,an inquiry conducted by the district administration has found that the BJP candidate had given money to some people in a village.

A local RSS leader,who was arrested in connection with anti-Christian riots,was gunned down by suspected Maoists in Kandhamal district.

Centre has decided to impose President's Rule in Meghalaya where the NCP-led government survived a controversial confidence vote.

Two persons were killed and 17 others injured when a powerful bomb strapped to a cycle exploded at a busy marketplace in Alipurduar.

Smarting under Bihar snub,the Congress struck back at RJD by sewing up a seat sharing agreement with JMM in Jharkhand.

Gandhian K E Mammen has complained that his freedom of movement in the city has been constricted by stray dogs,whose killing had even the approval of Gandhi.

Over 14,000 central security personnel will be deployed by the Centre soon in ten states ahead of the upcoming five-phased Lok Sabha elections beginning April 16.

Forty two powerful bombs were seized by police on Tuesday in the politically-sensitive Panoor locality in the district.