NEW DELHI: BJP seems well-placed in the key battleground states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar where it looks set to outscore rivals by a wide margin with 41-49 seats projected in UP while the Bihar tally is seen in the 22-30 range.

 RAMESWARAM: Nine fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy on Thursday for allegedly crossing the international maritime boundary line.

NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday denied the report about L K Advani being unhappy with Narendra Modi looming large over the party.

NEW DELHI: AAP's spokesman and former journalist Ashutosh has been named in the FIR filed by Delhi Police in relation to the clashes that took place between the AAP and BJP outside the latter's headquarters in the capital. 30 AAP workers have also been detained in relation to the case. Ashutosh's name appears in the FIR for illegally gathering at the BJP's headquarters on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Doctors in Uttar Pradesh, who had been on strike for the past five days, finally agreed to call it off after meeting Samajwadi Party supreme Mulayam Singh Yadav, according to Times Now.

PATNA: As the Congress failed to respond to RJD chief's offer of 11 seats by the deadline of 3pm, Lalu Prasad took a tough stand on Sunday and asked his party leaders and workers to make preparations to contest the ensuing Lok Sabha polls from all 40 seats in Bihar.

PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar hit the streets on Sunday for special category status to Bihar and marched nearly 5km from his official residence to Gandhi Maidan where he staged dharna for five hours near Gandhi statue as part of Bihar bandh. He called it 'Satyagraha' to press the demand and protest the Centre's discrimination against the state.

AJNALA: At least 282 human skulls, besides parts of broken jaws and bones were discovered in a well in Gurdwara Shaheed Ganj in Ajnala near Amritsar.

PUNE: Apparently disappointed with Arvind Kejriwal for not responding to his 17-point agenda, social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader of being power hungry.

NEW DELHI: Indian Mujahideen was keen on 26/11—type fidayeen attack, targeting police and politicians, instead of planting bombs and running away. IM operative Mirza Shadab Baig and Hyderabad blasts accused Asadullah Akhtar had discussed that bomb explosions killing common people had little impact as the government moved on after paying compensation to victims.