Politics

Congress on Friday said it would support the Odisha government to protect the state's interest in the Mahanadi water dispute with Chhattisgarh but blamed Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for the situation.

The apex court had on September 20 directed Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs of the river water per day to lower riparian Tamil Nadu from September 21 to September 27. The order led to widespread protests in both the states.

Maliwal, an Aam Aadmi Party leader, said she had been conducting raids at various establishments on the GB Road for the last few days.

The RSS also attacked Pakistan for committing atrocities in Baluchistan, Sindh and Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK) and said its misadventure in Kashmir, where it is making Kashmiris kill their own people, will bring destruction to Pakistan.

Over 80 people have been killed and thousands have been left injured in clashes between the security forces and protesters since then.

Shivpal Yadav expels seven party functionaries, including three MLCs, all considered close to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

The Puducherry unit of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Thursday announced its support to the bandh called by several Tamil outfits, on Friday, to condemn the violence against Tamils in Karnataka in the wake of Cauvery row.

With BJP questioning delay in appeal for cancellation of bail, the JDU spokesman said courts were closed for festival and hence it is wrong to talk about delay.

Like Shivpal, Akhilesh also said that he will follow the directions of his father and SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.

The Congress on Wednesday demanded immediate ban on advertisements promoting casinos in Goa.

Chikungunya cases in the national capital rose sharply to over a thousand this season, marking a jump of nearly 90 per cent from its count last week.

The BJP has alleged that the workers of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist were behind the attack.

Jayachandra also appealed to the BJP MPs from the state to take up the issue with the Prime Minister.

"These people indulge in acts for which evidence cannot be found easily," he said Friday night.

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Sandeep, an MLA from Sultanpur Majra in Delhi was arrested last week on rape and other charges following a complaint by a woman who purportedly figured in an "objectionable" CD with him. He was also suspended from AAP after the scandal came to light.