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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday hit back at the Prime Minister for his remark that the SP has allowed the Congress to sit in its lap, saying more parties have been accommodated in Narendra Modi's lap.

An FIR was registered against YSR Congress Party President Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Wednesday for misbehaving with a government official and preventing him from discharging his duties, Andhra Pradesh Police said.

Campaigning will come to a close in 49 Assembly seats in seven districts of eastern UP going to polls in the 6th phase on March 4, with SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav's Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituency in focus.

Gandhi would also address a public meeting in the Pindra Assembly constituency of Varanasi district on March 2 in favour of Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance candidate Ajay Rai.

AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh was booked by police on Monday over his alleged post about the madrassas (seminaries) and the RSS-run Saraswati Sishu Mandirs.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is in the national capital to meet the Prime Minister on Monday where he is expected to raise issues like Cauvery water sharing and exemption of the state from NEET.

As Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls in the fifth phase in eastern parts of the state on Monday, CNN-News18’s Sumit Pande traveled to Varanasi to speak to a important personality who will have an impact in this election.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta in conversation with CNN-News18’s Smita Nair after BJP won 8 out of 10 municipal corporations in BMC elections.

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said "not a single drop of water" will be shared with any of the neighbouring states.

However, over the years, many multi story hutments have come up in this locality, making it even more crowded than it was. Many of the 70,000 residents of Behrampada live in abysmal urban conditions and are vulnerable to accidents.

Shiv Sena has not only improved its tally in the BMC polls, with more than ninety seats under its belt SS can now touch the half way mark with support from MNS and others. BJP is thus far leading in 54 seats.

The Shiv Sena is maintaining its hold on Mumbai, leading on 85 seats followed by BJP on 52 seats as trends of counting of votes in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, where the saffron allies are locked in a battle, poured in.

Akhilesh's statement came a day after Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani responded sharply to his controversial comment made apparently to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he had insulted Gujarat.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday extended the stay on a trial court order summoning Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by a constable.

The BJP legislator counted gains of his party contesting the polls without an alliance with the Sena, which has been ruling the BMC for the last over two decades.

A member of Uttar Pradesh’s child rights protection body has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to submit legal documents to prove his claim of being an “adopted son of UP”, in a bizarre display of official overreach that showcases an unusual blend of mir...