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Warrant issued against police officer

In a high voltage drama yesterday, workers of the rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress party clashed twice in the metropolis leaving at least 12 persons of the two parties injured and opening a floodgate of accusations.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), still reeling from the rebellion in Uttar Pradesh, is facing trouble closer to home - its Delhi unit president Madan Lal Khurana has let the party know he intends to retire from electoral politics unless the government grants Delhi statehood as promised.

Rajnath may have played a losing hand

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may decide to lend its support for a member of the rival Congress party Lalit Suri, who is contesting the upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh (UP) as an independent candidate in order to save the party from a certain political embarrassment.

Pushed to the wall, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has hit back strongly at some of the organisations it shares its ideology including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by asking them to mind their own business even as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) yesterday charged the BJP President M. Venkaiah Naidu of attempting to impose dictatorship by trying to throttle their voice.

The sensitive northern state of Jammu and Kashmir could well be set to elect a hung assembly as counting of votes begins today amidst tight security.

A local court yesterday sent the suspended Inspector General of Haryana Police, Ravi Kant Sharma, to Tihar Jail for 14 days in judicial custody.

Abu Salem extradition bid dealt setback

The smiling faces of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Thursday after results of the Jammu and Kashmir polls were announced failed to display their real anger.

Talks between the Congress party and the regional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over formation of a new alliance government in Jammu and Kashmir ended in a deadlock yesterday over the leadership issue.

National Conference (NC) president Omar Abdullah, who led his regional party to a debacle during the recent Jammu and Kashmir elections, yesterday tendered his resignation as the country's junior foreign minister.