Making use of her social engineering formula which steered her to power in Uttar Pradesh, BSP supremo Mayawati tried to woo voters in Delhi, promising development of all sections and full statehood.
Making a delicate balancing act, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said police must be seen to be fair in dealing with religious and ethnic minorities and pointed out that they were being questioned even while they lose their men.
The Prime Minister has said that one of the areas in which the task force would look into will be developing a net-centric information command structure that enables both state and central agencies to access and exploit information in a secure manner and well in time.
Polling for six constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir in the second phase of assembly elections on Sunday began amidst tight security and sub-zero temperatures in many areas, official sources said in Srinagar. Although polling staff at the balloting stations took their positions at 7.30 am, the voter flow was low apparently due to chilly conditions, the sources said.
Rahul Raj, the youth who was killed in a shootout aboard a BEST bus, was not shot from close range but from at least four metres away, the forensic science report has said.
