Seven policemen, including two station house officers (SHOs), were critically injured after a group of villagers attacked a police station in Bihar's Katihar district on Saturday, hours after the death of a man allegedly in custody.
Mayawati reacted to his statement by saying that "These kind of derogatory statements show that BJP is frustrated with the growing public support for BSP."
Actor Kavi Kumar Azad died of cardiac arrest. he was 45.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday arrested Income Tax Commissioner Daya Shankar in Mumbai for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs two lakh from a private company for passing a favourable order in an appeal matter.
Leader of the BJP legislature party Lalji Tandon expressed the hope that the remaining dissidents would follow suit.
The BJP took into consideration caste and regional aspirations while picking ministers in a bid to further consolidate its hold over the politically crucial state which sends the maximum of 80 members to Lok Sabha.
Swami Prasad Maurya's resignation has forced the BJP to focus again on its outreach among OBCs.
'The BJP would like to build a 'rainbow' coalition of different castes and communities buttressed by the appeal of nationalism and Hindutva.'
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Swati said that she had lodged an FIR against the "misdeeds" of BSP workers led by Naseemuddin Siddqui "at the behest of Mayawati".
The monk-turned politician will take the reins of the most populous state for a second time in a row after completing his full five-year term.
Officials said protests took place at 17 places across the state, including Ballia, Aligarh, Gautam Buddh Nagar and Varanasi.
Siddiqui claimed that he had enough material to cause an 'earthquake'.
A man was shot dead in police firing in Telangana's Secunderabad, trains went up in flames, and public and private vehicles attacked, as railway stations and highways turned into battleground in many states on Friday amid burgeoning protests against Agnipath, the contentious defence recruitment scheme.
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She accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being 'anti-Dalit' and recalled the Una incident and the death of Dalit scholar Rohit Vemula to back her assertion.
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