Politics

The remarks came when Yadav was questioned on Gaya road rage in which Janata Dal United MLC Manorama Devi's son Rocky Yadav shot dead a youth, Aditya Sachdeva.

The MLC's suspension came a little after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar returned here from Dhanbad, Jharkhand, where he attended a programme on liquor ban.

The poll panel said barring a few sporadic incidents, the elections in the 25 assembly constituencies went off peacefully.

The Committee deliberated on the amendments to section 375 of IPC including the issue of marital rape and observed that if it is brought under the law, the entire family system will be under great stress and the Committee may perhaps be doing injustice.

"Our target is corruption not individuals. Congress has been a champion of corruption and it is natural that it will be held accountable," the BJP said.

Election Commission has instructed the district magistrate of South 24 Parganas to lodge an FIR against TMC leader and deputy speaker Sonali Guha on charges of hampering the poll process.

In the sting operation, Rawat allegedly offered crores to Congress rebels to bring them back into the party fold.

The book titled "India's Struggle for Independence" mentions several freedom fighters as "revolutionary terrorists" in Chapter 20.

"After the Emergency, the family planning issue with two-child limit took a backseat and no one wants to talk about it," Heptulla said.

On Thursday, the Uttarakhand High Court had revoked President's rule in the state.

A total of 1,37,13,594 voters, including 65,79,331 females, are registered to vote at these constituencies through 16,461 polling stations from 7 AM to 6 PM.

Rijiju criticised the Congress for coining the term 'saffron terror' and said this terminology was given by that party as it was 'working with an agenda'.

Attacking the opposition for its continued slander campaign, she said their only agenda was to "abuse" her and "insult" Bengal.