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Lucknow, Mar 8: The iconic dialogue -- picture abhi baaki hai, mere dost -- from Shah Rukh Khan's Bollywood movie 'Om Shanti Om' could well describe the current poll scenario in Uttar Pradesh where a hung Assembly is a possibility. Even before the election results are declared on March 11, party insiders do not discount chances of a fractured verdict after the seven phases of polling that will

Bhopal, Mar 8: The perpetrators of Bhopal-Ujjain train bomb explosion were influenced by ISIS ideology and the incident was a "trial blast" as the terrorists planned to carry out more attacks, Madhya Pradesh Government said today. Speaking in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that those who orchestrated the blast arrived from Lucknow and planted the bomb in the

Lucknow/Imphal, Mar 8: Uttar Pradesh and Manipur are revved up for the final phase of polling covering 40 and 22 seats respectively. All eyes are on the Prime Minister's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi in UP. In Manipur, attention is on Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh who is in a three-cornered contest featuring People's Resurgence and Justice Alliance (PRAJA) nominee Irom Sharmila and Bharatiya

Lucknow, Mar 8:A suspected militant’s body was recovered after an anti-terror operation that lasted nearly 12 hours on the outskirts of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, police said early on Wednesday. ADG Daljit Chaudhary said earlier reports of two militants -- who were allegedly linked to a blast in a Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train on Tuesday -- holed up in the house were false. “The suspect was found

Lucknow, Mar 7: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad today launched an operation to flush out a suspected terrorist holed up in a house on the outskirts of Lucknow following inputs that he may be linked to Bhopal-Ujjain train blast this morning. The suspect was hiding in a house in Kakori area. The densely populated neighbourhood was cordoned off and at least 20 commandos were involved in the

Rameshwaram, Mar 7: The Indian government on Tuesday conveyed its deep concerns to the Sri Lankan authorities hours after latter's Navy fired upon Indian fishermen and killed one of them off the Tamil Nadu coast. News agency ANI quoted highly placed sources as saying that the Indian government is deeply concerned at the killing of an Indian fisherman. Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has

Shajapur (MP), Mar 7: At least eight persons were today injured, two of them seriously, in a blast in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train near Jabdi station in the district, a railway official said. The blast occurred in a general coach of the train between 9.30 AM and 10 AM when it was on its way to Ujjain from Bhopal, Railway PRO, Indore, Jitendra Kumar Jayant said. A bomb disposal squad has

New Delhi, Mar 7: The Centre on Tuesday expressed its concern to the Sri Lankan government over the killing of an Indian fisherman, allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy on Monday. "Government of India is deeply concerned at the killing of an Indian fisherman. Our High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has taken up the matter with the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka," highly placed sources in the government told

Jaunpur, Mar 7: Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "grown old" and must be "feeling tired", Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said his party and ally Samajwadi Party would form a "government of youth" in Uttar Pradesh. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi has grown old, and hence a government of the youth will be formed in UP. And this government will make the state -- the

Chennai, Mar 7: J?Jayalalithaa was not administered wrong drugs prior to her hospitalisation in September last year, the Tamil Nadu government said on Monday. As the clamour rose for an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the chief minister’s death on December 5, 2016, the government released details from collated treatment records. Neither hospital that had treated her mentions “evidence of