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BJP also hailed the initiatives taken by the central government in leading the flood relief operations in the state where lakhs of affected people have been evacuated and taken to safety after the floods.

Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh, however, had said yesterday that the state government would extend all possible help to HPCA for the international match.

"The governors must be treated with respect. It is a very dignified and constitutional position," she said.

The slogan behind her victory was "Ma-Mati-Manush", which underlined her proximity to ordinary people and the pursuit of a compassionate version of politics unlike the hauteur and aggression of the Marxists.

Police confirmed that the Crime Branch is investigating the case but clarified that no FIR has been registered in the case.

An FIR has been lodged against BJP MP Yogi Adityanath for allegedly invoking religion while addressing a rally in support of the party candidate for assembly bypolls here, officials said Friday.

"Yogi Adityanath is a fit case for disqualification," AICC secretary Sanjay Nirupam said.

On the issue of enforcement of promises made in poll manifestos, the bench said the Supreme Court has held that political parties are not bound by the same.

The senior Congress leader, who had gone to a relief shelter near Humama to take stock of the condition of flood victims yesterday, faced angry protests.

The elections for the post of mayor and deputy mayor were held on Tuesday at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation headquarters in south Mumbai as Sena's Sunil Prabhu completed his two-and-half-years term as the city mayor.

Thousands of houses have been damaged and hundreds of small and big bridges washed away in the calamity.

TMC retaliated against Amit Shah's call to book Saradha scamsters, and accused the BJP of politically using the CBI.

Informed EC sources said the assembly elections would be held in two phases -- the first phase in Haryana and Maharashtra and the second phase in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.

Al-Qaeda would start a new wing dedicated to waging 'jihad' in the Indian subcontinent and beyond, Ayman al-Zawahiri announced in a video posted online earlier this week.

Rajnath said said Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung is free to call any party for government formation and BJP is the single largest party.

Ghulam Nabi Azad spoke to PM Modi on phone and demanded immediate steps so that the stranded people are shifted to safer places more efficiently and effectively.