In Mumbai, where the Shiv Sena-BJP combine pulled out all stops to retain power in India's richest civic body, the voting percentage was better than that in the last polls.
The development coincided with the Anti-Terrorism Squad filing its charge sheet in the Malegaon blasts case.
The leaders alleged that those who had no contribution in the freedom struggle wanted to spread fear 'in the name of nationalism', suppress the voice of people and were questioning the legacy of Congress.
Incidents of violence were reported from various parts of Mumbai and Maharashtra.
Swati said that she had lodged an FIR against the "misdeeds" of BSP workers led by Naseemuddin Siddqui "at the behest of Mayawati".
The chronology of events in the Shashi Nath Jha murder case.
Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus.
Former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Leader of the Opposition in state Assembly Nand Kishore Yadav and state party President Mangal Pandey and several party workers were detained when they tried to stop trains at Sachivalya halt in Patna town, police said.
Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao gives sanction to the CBI to prosecute former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in the Adarsh scam case.
The list has been sent to Governor Ram Naik for approval.
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
It is reported that the BMW belongs to the son of independent legislator Nand Kishor, who is an MLA from Sikar, Fatehpur District.
Food packets and water bottles were being aerially dropped to marooned people, he added.
The death toll pounding Andhra Pradesh for the past three days rose to 62.
Pictures on social media show police personnel wearing black armbands in support of their colleagues who were arrested after the tech company executive was shot dead when he refused to stop his car for checking.
Later, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the state will order a Central Bureau of Investigation probe.
Chaudhary is the first Dalit leader to occupy the august office.
The biggest thing that his party's government has done is to give the country a prime minister who speaks, says Amit Shah.
'Lord Rama is still in the same shape as he was before the disputed structure fell...'
In the second such exercise in four days, the Prithviraj Chavan led Congress-Nationalist Congress Party ministry in Maharashtra was expanded on Monday with the induction of two Congress ministers.
A day after the Bihar government issued notices to eight former BJP ministers to vacate the sprawling ministerial bungalows, some of them challenged the government to evict them while others refused to vacate unless given alternative accommodation.
CBI said the hunt was on to nab Bajrangi and Rehman, who have been absconding since Rai was killed.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who spearheaded Congress' Lok Sabha election campaign in the state, attributed the party's rout to some policies of the central government.
'They are all worried about one thing -- what about tomorrow?'
Apple is a major purchaser of Samsung flash memory. An Apple spokesman declined to comment on whether the company plans to use the chip in future iPods.
Nand Lal narrated the sequence of events from the day (May 6) when Payal got a call from Satish for a job for her brother.
The death toll in rain-related incidents in Marathwada region of Maharashtra has risen to 52, with 18 more people killed by lightning, officials said in Aurangabad on Thursday.
The Indian ace proved too good for Soo Young Jang of Korea at the World Junior Badminton Championships.
Thackeray recalled former prime minister Vajpayee as saying, Ab Hindu maat nahi khayega (Hindus will not be defeated now), and added, "Hindus will not sit silent."
In its third list of candidates for the coming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress on Tuesday fielded 58 candidates, mostly tried and tested ones. While most sitting ministers, including Kapil Sibal (Chandni Chowk), Krishna Tirath (Northwest Delhi), Sachin Pilot (Ajmer) and Srikant Jena (Balasore) were retained, the surprise elements were state Youth Congress President Vishwajeet Kadam replacing tainted Suresh Kalmadi from Pune and cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan).
The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Delhi was one of courtesy
The skirmish took place in the wee hours in the restive Dabba-Kunna hills when the joint team of the CRPF and STF was out on an anti-Maoist operation.
Earlier, the UP Women and Child Welfare Minister Rita Bahuguna Joshi admitted there had been laxity at the district level in not shutting down the Deoria shelter even after a closure order last year.
Making a strong emotional pitch over the Maoist ambush on Congress leaders in May, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that former Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nand Kumar Patel was killed to stop him from becoming the chief minister and to silence the voice of the poor and the tribals.
On May 25, 2013, Naxals ambushed the Congress leaders' convoy in Jiram valley of Bastar's Darbha region.
Uttar Pradesh Chief minister and Samajwadi Party boss Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday said noted actress Jaya Bachchan will be one his party candidates for the Rajya Sabha election.
The noted publisher of Hindu religious and spiritual texts, which has seen tough times in the recent past, hopes the new UP CM's spiritual background will boost sales.
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