The Centre has asked all state and Central intelligence and security agencies to keep the “relevant authorities’’ in Nepal informed before carrying out any operation, including covert operations related to arrest, in their country.

Dozens of persons were injured when the police resorted to lathicharge to disperse members of the Peace Party who were holding a demonstration in front of the UP assembly on Monday to protest against the violence in Muzaffarnagar.

The Samajwadi Party said on Monday that there was no basis of any case or FIR against senior Samajwadi minister Mohd Azam Khan in connection with the Muzaffarnagar riots.

The UP government has slapped another case for rioting on BJP MLA Suresh Rana, who was arrested in Lucknow on September 20 for allegedly inciting violence by making provocative speeches in Muzaffarnagar.

Narendra Modi’s rally in Bahraich on November 8 coincides with Chhat, which is now celebrated in Uttar Pradesh in a big way, particularly in eastern UP.

The Congress has virtually ruled out a change of guard in Uttarakhand at least for the time being contrary to the speculation that the chief minister Vijay Bahuguna could be replaced before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Responding to questions about the fate of Mr Bahuguna, the Congress spokesperson P.C. Chacko suggested how can the party shift the chief minister after handling the worst calamity of this century.

Even as the BJP sees its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has a pan-India appeal, the Congress on Monday suggested that the Gujarat chief minister should test his popularity by fighting a Lok Sabha seat from Kerala.
“Narendra Modi will lose the Lok Sabha elections if he fights from Kerala,” said a senior AICC and the sitting Lok Sabha member.

Union minister and chairman Madhya Pradesh Congress campaign committee Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday launched the Congress party’s campaign for the coming state Assembly election by declaring a full-throated attack on the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led state Bharatiya Janata Party government at a huge public rally at this district headquarters, which happens to be the parliamentary constituency of leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj.

Jawaharlal Nehru University has decided to increase the number of women security guards on campus following the violent attack on a girl student by her classmate.

BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi came under attack from the Congress on Monday for the failure of some BJP chief ministers, including him, to attend the National Integration Council meeting held in the backdrop of Muzaffarnagar communal riots alleging it showed their “utter disrespect” for national issues.