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Tiruchirappalli: Election officials raided - Election officials raided the house of DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Minister K.N. Nehru in Tiruchi in the wee hours on Wednesday following a 'tip-off' that money was being distributed from there to woo voters, but it turned out to be a hoax.

Prakash Javadekar inspection - On Monday, officials at the I&B ministry were in for a rude shock when union minister for information and broadcasting Prakash Javadekar was seen waiting for them in the office corridor. Prakash Javadekar arrived at his Shastri Bhawan office at 9am, and instead of moving to his chamber, barged into the rooms of officers.

New Delhi: Ram Vilas Paswan returns to NDA - Lok Janshakti Party Chief Ram Vilas Paswan today returned to the BJP lead National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after a gap of around 12 years. The alliance between Ram Vilas PAswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the NDA was officially announced by Bhartiya Janta Party president Rajnath Singh.

Trains collide Uttar Pradesh - Two people were killed and over a dozen injured when two trains collided in Uttar Pradesh. Trains collided into each other near the Obra Dam station in the Sonbhadra district early on Thursday morning.

SG Mohan Parasaran has in an opinion submitted to the Union government told, the AAP government in Delhi had no power to file an FIR alleging collusion between officials of the Central government and Reliance Industries Limited. However, Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran suggests the Union government move court to quash it instead of leaving the issue to Delhi's lieutenant governor to deal with it.

Iraq crisis - Around 40 Indians working on construction projects near the Iraqi city of Mosul have gone missing. While reports claimed, they were abducted by suspected ISIS insurgents. External Affairs officials told as the Indian mission in Baghdad stepped up efforts to evacuate its nationals trapped in areas that have fallen to Sunni militants.

Dhaka: Sushma Swaraj visit Bangladesh - On Thursday, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held talks with her Bangladeshi counterpart Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on key bilateral issues, including Land Boundary Agreement and proposed Teesta river water sharing deal. Sushma Swaraj is scheduled to meet Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali first and will later meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.