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Amid the array of sexual harassment charges leveled against MoS External Affairs MJ Akbar, the government is weighing its options, IE reports quoting sources. Till now seven journalists have accused Akbar of sexual misconduct when he was the editor of various media organizations.

Top Union ministers and BJP leaders have been campaigning in PM Narendra Modi's Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh with an aim to not only win but break the record for margin of victory in the constituency. Several Union ministers like External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, and I&B and Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore have already campaigned in Varanasi.

The events in Ukraine have been conditioned by a scenario realised by external forces, primarily by the United States, that should be played in the course of presidential elections in 2015, former chief of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Aleksander Yakimenko said.

Moscow urges external players to induce the sides in Syrian conflict to dialogue to stabilize the situation in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang.