Angry villagers today allegedly attacked Darbhanga Divisional Commissioner Vandana Kini and zonal IG A K Ambedkar, who had gone to Madhubani district to probe whether a village temple located there was washed after the visit of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the police said.

Two police personnel were injured in the incident. Manjhi had told reporters on Sunday that Brahmeshwar temple located at Andhrathadi village in Madhubani was washed after his visit during assembly by-poll campaign in July this year. Bihar Director General of Police P K Thakur today called it a "minor incident" and said the situation was under control.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has returned after a successful five-day visit to the United States. He is greeted at the Delhi airport by ministers.    

Just in: There is a major ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir.

Firing has been on since 6:50 pm along the Line of Control. Indian soldiers too retaliated using automatic weapons and mortars.   

NDTV reports:  At least 12 people were reportedly injured after a blast occurred in a Durga Puja pandal in Imphal's Thangal Bazar area. According to reports, the blast took place at 8 pm.

More details are awaited.

In a veiled attacked on BJP chief Amit Shah, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has said that he had told Rajnath Singh to continue as the BJP president till the Maharashtra assembly elections and had he been at the helm of affairs the alliance would not have broken.   

Thackeray also said that he had also contacted Singh, Sushma Swaraj and party patriach L K Advani during the talks with BJP on the seat sharing and apprised them about the situation. "I had told Rajnath Singh to continue as the BJP president till Maharashtra elections. Had he been there, he would have kept us together."  

"A day before BJP parliamentary board decided to nominate Modi as PM candidate, he had called me to tell me that his name will be announced and sought our support. I supported it. He is someone who can keep things together," Thackeray told news channels.

Sahara chief Subrata Roy was today sent back to his cell in Tihar jail at the end of the period granted by the Supreme Court to stay at an air conditioned facility in the complex to negotiate sale of his overseas luxury hotels.

The court had extended Roy's stay at the Tihar Jail conference room by 15 days on September 8 for him to sell the properties to raise Rs 10,000 crore to be deposited with SEBI for his bail.

"We received no further extension orders from the court and the duration for which Subrata Roy was allowed to use the conference room with special facilities ended yesterday. He has been shifted back to the jail today. He will be staying at the central jail here in jail number one," Tihar jail DIG Mukesh Prasad told PTI.

AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa is keeping good health and eating simple food besides reading newspapers at the Parapanna Agrahara Central prison where she is lodged after conviction in the disproportionate assets case, according to a jail official.   

"Everything you are hearing outside, it is not true. She is stable and keeping good health, but she is eating simple food," the official told PTI, dismissing speculation about her wellbeing.   

Asked what food items were served to her, the official said the former chief minister ate one or two chappatis, bread, milk or biscuits, every day.

For the first time in 48 years, the Shiv Sena's annual Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park, Mumbai will be held without fiery speeches.

"We shall perform the traditional Dussehra puja at Shivaji Park, but there will be no speeches...The Dussehra speeches will be at the Borivali rally," Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said today.

The rally, first launched by Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray in 1966, has become a significant event in Maharashtra politics. This year, however, will be different on account of the ongoing process for the state Assembly elections to be held October 15. 

Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has assured Indian boxer Sarita Devi that he will look into the matter. "We will fight for Sarita," he said.

After losing a controversial bout to South Korean silver medalist Ji Na Park in the Asian Games, Sarita refused to wear the bronze medal on the podium today.

A ground-to-air security cover on par with the Republic Day security arrangements has been put in place at Rajpath where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' and flag off a walkathon tomorrow.

All government offices around Rajpath such as Krishi Bhavan, Rail Bhavan among others were shut today at 1 pm following which they were sanitised and sealed by Delhi police beginning at 2 pm.

Security personnel have been deployed in these buildings while snipers will be placed on its roof tops during the function. "As you can see, we have started sealing the building around the venue from 2 pm and after these buildings are sealed, we will take them over and Delhi police personnel will be deployed on the premises. This would continue till the time the function is over," said Joint Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) M K Meena.

An air defence system to secure the skies will also be put in place the high-security area. Police said all roads around Raisina Hills will also be barricaded as part of security measures.

President's secretariat and attached offices  will remain open tomorrow to fulfill the 'Swatchh Bharat' mission. Officials and residents  will be administered the 'cleanliness oath'. Thereafter, they will voluntarily carry out cleaning of their premises.  

Indian boxer Sarita Devi, who refused the wear the Asia Games Bronze, faces a ban from the International Boxing Association. She also faces a possibility of a lengthy international ban if found guilty by the body.

"The whole incident looked like a well planned scenario to her and her team. It is regretful to watch a boxer refused the medal," an AIBA official told CNN-IBN.

Sarita lost a controversial bout to South Korean silver medalist Ji Na Park.

The boxing association will announce the decision after the Asian Games.

CNN reports: A man at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States.

Now, health officials are searching for people who came in contact with the man. The man flew from Liberia -- one of the Ebola hotspots in West Africa -- and arrived in Dallas to visit family on September 20, said Dr Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The BJP today said it has no tacit understanding with NCP for upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections and "denounced" the "perception" being created in this regard.

"A perception was deliberately created by quarters as if there is some tacit understanding between BJP and NCP. We clearly denounce this," Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters.

He said there is nothing of the kind and that it was BJP which fought against the alleged corruption by NCP ministers in the past many years. "In the last 10-15 years, it was BJP which fought vehemently against the corruption of NCP Ministers," he said.

Soon after BJP's snapping ties with its 25-year-old ally Shiv Sena over seat-sharing in Maharashtra polls, NCP also announced break-up of its ties with Congress with whom it had shared power in Maharashtra for the last 15 years.

The Congress and the Shiv Sena accused the NCP of hobnobbing with the BJP. The Congress, the NCP, the Shiv Sena and the MNS are contesting the polls alone. BJP is also contesting alone in 257 seats and left 31 seats for its smaller alliance partners.

At least four persons were killed and 11 others injured in two separate hand grenade attacks targeting Punjabi businesses in the capital of Pakistan's troubled Baluchistan province today.

In the first incident, three persons were killed and around nine injured when militants lobbed grenades at two barber shops on the Double Road area of the city.

"It appears the attackers came on motorcycles and threw two hand grenades at these two shops which were packed with customers," a senior police official said. "The attackers appeared to target the settlers who owned the barber shops," Muhammad Aslam said.

The shop owners were believed to be from the Punjab province. The incident was followed by firing in the area which led to more panic and fear among the people

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National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has stayed back here for two days to meet his US counterparts and discuss issues relating to terror and homeland security.

Doval, who accompanied Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his five-day visit to the US, is expected to discuss subjects like the emerging threats in West Asia in the form of ISIS and its implications for South Asia including India.

In their talks yesterday, Modi and President Barack Obama committed themselves to joint and concerted efforts to dismantle all safe havens for terror and disrupt all financial and tactical support to Al Qaida, Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e- Mohammad, the Haqqani network and the D-company, a reference to the network of Dawood believed to be living in Pakistan under official patronage.

The city government today opposed in the Delhi high court a PIL against its recent notification exempting Sikh women from wearing helmets while driving or riding pillion on two-wheelers.

A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, on being told that a similar plea had earlier been dismissed by it, asked the counsel for the Delhi government to furnish the copy of that judicial order.

"You (Delhi government) provide us the copy of the order and you also provide us the copy of the notification," it said and fixed the PIL, filed by Amit Bhagat, for hearing on November 12.

The PIL, filed through lawyer Bhupender Pratap Singh, has challenged the recent amendment to Rule 115(2) of the Delhi Motor Vehicle Rules that has exempted Sikh women from wearing helmets in Delhi.

Delhi HC issues notice to the CBI and ex-Haryana CM O P Chautala on plea seeking his immediate surrender, will hear it on October10.

The Congress today launched an all-out attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his US visit was "disappointing" on outcomes and claimed that an atmosphere of a grand event was created with the help of "cheerleaders" many of whom brought from India.

Accusing the prime minister of "hurting" the dignity of the post by "belittling" previous Indian governments on a foreign soil, party spokesperson Anand Sharma said it is a matter of concern for any political party or the nation if someone believes everything good for the nation has happened only during his time.

"We wonder whether he had gone there on an election campaign or he was suddenly reminded of his Parliamentary constituency Varanasi," he said, adding that Modi spoke during the visit as if he was still in "campaign mode".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will campaign for BJP by addressing poll rallies in Haryana and Maharashtra from October 4 even as the party decided to keep its focus on good governance and development in its bid to unseat Congress.

Party's senior leaders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, besides BJP Chief Amit Shah and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and M Venkaiah Naidu will also campaign for the party candidates in both the states where the party is seeking to form government on its own.

Pakistan's new spy chief, who takes up his post this month, comes to the job of running one of the world's most notorious intelligence agencies after two years trying to bring order to one of Asia's most troubled cities. 

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case today adjourned the hearing till October 15 as the judge was on leave. The court sources told PTI that Anti-Terrorism Court Rawalpindi Judge Attiquer Rehman was on leave for some 'personal reason'.

The longest war in American history will last at least another decade, according to the terms of a garrisoning deal for US forces signed by the new Afghanistan government on Tuesday. 

Persons of Indian Origin will get life-long visa to visit India, the government has notified, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the concession at the Madison Square Garden rally in the US. 

Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan today blamed his party's split with Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party or the NCP on what he called the latter's "demonic aspirations and lust for power." 

The death toll from a sudden volcanic eruption in Japan hit 48 on Wednesday as rescuers discovered 12 new bodies in so-far unexplored areas of the ash-covered peak.

An Indian tanker exploded soon after hydrogen peroxide, an inflammable chemical, was transferred from a Pakistani tanker at Integrated Check Post on the Indo-Pak border here today, sparking panic in the high- security area. 

To commemorate 25 years of the fall of the Berlin Wall, German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner will be recreating the iconic scenes of the event at his residence in the national capital. 

Anant Geete, Shiv Sena's lone member in the Union Cabinet, today said he will not resign as Heavy Industries Minister after his party decided to continue in NDA despite parting ways with BJP for Maharashtra polls. 

Pakistan has decided to introduce electronic voting machines (EVMs) in two years before the next general elections due in 2018, an election commission official has said.

An angry crowd attacked a Bihar minister and set his car on fire. He was not in the vehicle at the time of the assault on Monday evening. However, he was injured after being assaulted with stones.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani says he will campaign for the upcoming Maharashtra polls.  

The Army will conduct a 4-days long employment rally to recruit youth from Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir from October 7. "An open recruitment rally for the Soldier General Duty (GD), Soldier Clerk Staff Duty (Clk SD) and Soldier Tradesmen categories will be conducted by Ladakh Scout Regimental Centre at Phyang from 07 Oct to 10 Oct 2014," the Defence spokesman said.

Expressing grief at the loss of lives in the train collision in eastern Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the accident.

Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, who will boycott a summit in South Africa over its refusal to grant the Dalai Lama a visa, said today that she was surprised Desmond Tutu had not spoken out about his country's move. 

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to the US has been a stunning success from his point of view, but what has India got in the bargain? 

Asher Silva Vargas owns a world record-breaking 3,000 pieces of Harry Potter memorabilia after realising he should take his love of the franchise seriously when the "treasures" took up more than one room.

Delhi Police told a court here that it has charge sheeted former city law minister and AAP leader Somnath Bharti for molestation and other offences in a case pertaining to his purported midnight raid on a house where some African women were residing.   

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan today claimed that the Centre imposed President's rule in the state even after the Governor had asked him to continue as caretaker chief minister. 

L Sarita Devi has refused to accept a bronze medal at the Asian Games Ceremony.

In a boost to India's 100 smart city programme, the US will help India in developing three such cities apart from joining hands with civil society and authorities to provide clean water and sewage facilities in 500 cities in the country. 

The Home Ministry has served notices to more than 10,000 NGOs receiving foreign funds for failing to submit their mandatory annual returns for three consecutive years from 2009 to 2012. 

After Sheryl Sandberg, its now the turn of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to visit India, the second biggest market for the social networking giant, later this month.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi compared the relationship between India and the US to that between 120 and 220 volts, underlining the need to harmonise systems in the two nations. 

With hundreds of thousands of pilgrims streaming intoSaudi Arabia from the Muslim world for the annual Haj in Mecca, the authorities are banning travelers from countries hard-hit by the Ebola virus.

 Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who has been convicted in the disproportionate assets case, on Tuesday refused to meet the newly sworn-in Chief Minister O Panneersevalm, when he went to meet her at the Central Jail in Parappana Agrahara, where she is lodged since September 27. 

A 41-meters tall bronze-coated concrete pagoda in a tourist destination of southern China's Guilin City caught fire this morning. The fire which had lasted more than two hours was put off by firefighters, the fire department said. 

There is no relief for Jayalalithaa as yet. 

President Barack Obama, with his ease and humility, has "given a new dimension" to the India-US relationship, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said. 

Asserting that India is on the move to becoming a country with a business-friendly environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exhorted top US corporates to establish and expand their base in India before it is too late. 

An army helicopter today crashed moments after taking off from an airbase here, killing the two pilots and an engineer. 

At least seven Afghan soldiers have died and many were injured after suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying troops in the Afghan capital Kabul.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today said that he wished the burqa "was not worn" in the country while indicating his view on backing a call for a ban on the Muslim veil for women inside parliament. Abbott said Parliament House had to be treated as a secure building.  

The Karnataka high court has agreed to hear former Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa's appeal against her conviction on a priority basis. The matter will be heard on Wednesday by a specially constituted vacation bench.

 India and the US, after sending their own respective spacecraft into Mars' orbit, have now agreed to cooperate on future explorations of the Red Planet, which America said will yield "tangible benefits" to both the countries and the world at large. 

Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.

Floyd "Creeky" Creekmore, a former Montana rancher who held the record as the world's oldest performing clown, has died at age 98, his son has said. Creekmore died Saturday night in his Billings home of complications from heart disease, Dave Creekmore said yesterday. 

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake today struck Sichuan Province in southwest China. The quake hit Yuexi County at 9:23 am local time. The China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake occurred at a depth of 15 km.

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