Jaya to launch poll campaign today
Chennai: Having stolen a march by announcing her party candidates well ahead of lok Sabha elections, AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa will launch her whirlwind campaign on Monday from the temple and silk district of Kancheepuram.
JD(U) no to nda return even if modi is not PM
Kolkata: JD(U) ruled out any rethink on a return to NDA regardless of whether BJP decides to go for a prime ministerial candidate other than Narendra Modi. “JD(U) will under no condition go back to NDA even if they make a leader such as lK Advani, Sushma Swaraj or Rajnath Singh as their PM candidate,” JD(U) secretary general KC Tyagi said.
‘Anna impressed by didi’s simplicity only’
lucknow: Former Army chief General VK Singh on Sunday said social activist Anna Hazare is impressed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s personality and not influenced by her ideology. “She lives with simplicity and that’s is why Anna appreciates her. She wears a slipper and a simple saree. It is not ideology, but about personality,” Singh said.
One arrested in Bodh Gaya blasts case
Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday detained three people in connection with the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya last year, but after quizzing them, released two and arrested one, police said.
The three were detained in Arwal district, Superintendent of Police Safiul Haque said.
killed J&K militants of foreign origin: police
Srinagar: All seven militants killed in an encounter with security forces in Kupwara district of Kashmir were of “foreign origin” and belonged to the terror outfit “lashkar-e-Tayyeba”, police has said.