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Janata Dal (United) politician Prashant Kishor today criticised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for calling him a "Bihari dacoit", terming it as a display of "prejudice and malice against the eastern state" ahead of imminent defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.

A complaint was registered against Union minister Jayant Sinha for allegedly violating the model code of conduct while addressing students at the convocation ceremony of a management institute in Ranchi, police said Tuesday.

BJP president Amit Shah and Union minister Nitin Gadkari played behind-the-scene roles in ensuring the party retained power in Goa, after the death of Manohar Parrikar, sources familiar with the developments said.

Holika Dahan: On Holika Dahan, holy pyres are burnt on streets and open spaces, signifying the victory of good over evil. People sing and dance around the fire and also perform parikrama - take a round around the fire. The legend of Prahlad, Holika and Hiranyakashyap is associated with it.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said the ground reality was different than what the Uttar Pradesh government has been portraying and there is an expiry date to the rant that nothing was done in the past 70 years.

A BJP lawmaker has provoked outrage with his sexist comments on Mayawati, the chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which mark a new low in political language in the acrimonious run-up to next month's national election. Surendra Narayan Singh, a BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh, is a repeat offender.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's pointed comment that only the rich can have chowkidars (watchman), not farmers, have drawn a sharp retort from the BJP, which is promoting the "Mein Bhi Chowkidar" campaign on the social media in a big way.

Election Commission has filed petition challenging CIC's February 12 order holding that the EVM, which is available with the EC in a material form and also as samples, is an information under the RTI Act.

Rahul Gandhi is set to address a public rally in Malda's Chanchal as part of the party's Lok Sabha election campaign in the state.

India accounts for almost one-fourth of the total groundwater extracted globally, more than that of China and the US combined thus using the largest amount of groundwater 24 per cent of the global total, according to a new report.

"The purpose of this compendium is to generate enough curiosity in the students to explore further on the scope, possibilities, avenues, for each of these courses and to look for other options beyond these courses as well," said Anita Karwal, Chairperson, CBSE.

One person has died and about 40 others are feared trapped after an under-construction building collapsed in North Karnataka's Dharwad today afternoon, news agency ANI reported quoting the police. 15 labourers have been rescued so far.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sought directions to the Centre to exclude animal-based production techniques wherever an alternate mechanism is available.

One person has died and nearly 40 are feared trapped after an under-construction building in Karnataka collapsed this afternoon. Fifteen people have also been injured.

Fugtive jeweler Nirav Modi, wanted for loan fraud in India, was spotted by the media in London for the second time this month, a day after the UK put out an arrest warrant for him. This time too, Nirav Modi didn't progress beyond his two-word stock response: "No comments".