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21:12 Will follow PM's 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' slogan: Yogi

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister-elect Yogi Adityanath today said that he would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'sabka saath, sabka vikas' slogan and exuded confidence that the state would march on the path of

development.

"I am thankful to Governor Ram Naik who invited me to form government in UP," he said in his first brief media interaction at Raj Bhavan.

Adityanath said that he would follow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's slogan "sab ka saath, sab ka vikas" (With all and development of all) and ensure all round development of the state.

"I am confident that the state will march on the path of development," he said.

The Yogi said that his efforts would be to provide "good governance" in the state.

The two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan have reached Karachi and will return to India on Monday, March 20, Pakistani media has reported.

Earlier, news agency PTI had reported that chief priest of Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, Syed Asif Nizami and his nephew Nazim Nizami were in custody of Pakistan's intelligence agency over their alleged links with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.

According to the report, they were offloaded from Karachi-bound Shaheen Airlines on March 14 at the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore.

"The personnel of an intelligence took both the clerics into custody after getting them offloaded and shifted them to an undisclosed location for investigation," PTI reported quoting sources.

20:03 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's father passes away

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's father, Krishnaraj Rai passed away today at a suburban hospital in Mumbai due to health issues.

He was hospitalised a few weeks ago and was later shifted to the ICU. "Aishwarya's father Krishnaraj Rai passed away at the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra," said the publicist of the actress.

Krishnaraj Rai is survived by wife Vrinda, son Aditya and daughter Aishwarya.

Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, addressing the media soon after Yogi Adiyanath was elected as leader of the legislature party in Lucknow on Saturday evening, called the selection a "watershed moment in BJP's history".

The messages from UP, he said, were one, the country wants to move with Prime Minister Narendra Modi; two, it is a mandate for vikas; three, it was a vote against corruption; four, it was a vote against votebank politics and the politics of fear.

The main agenda before the new government in Lucknow, he said, was "vikas, vikas, vikas" and "sushasan", or good governance.

19:15

First reaction coming-in over Yogi Adityanath becoming UP CM

@asadowaisi

Mr Modi is making a "NEW INDIA"in UP

19:03 It's confirmed: Adityanath to be UP CM, Maurya and Sharma dy CMs

Uttar Pradesh BJP in-charge Om Mathur has confirmed that Yogi Adityanath will be the next UP CM while Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma will be his deputies.

Adityanath was elected the leader of Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party meet.

BJP MP Yogi Adityanath has been chosen as legislature party leader, paving the way for him to become the next Uttar Pradesh chief minister, news agency ANI reported.

The BJP Legislature Party meet is still underway at Lok Bhavan in Lucknow. The official announcement will be made shortly.

Adityanath, whose name cropped at the last moment, came at the meeting venue for a brief time and then left with his supporters.

Amid high speculation over the selection of the new Uttar Pradesh chief minister, the BJP Legislature Party meeting is underway in Lucknow.

According to several media reports, Yogi Adityanath, the MP from Gorakhpur, is leading the UP CM race.

Some media reports also claimed that Keshav Prasad Maurya, the state BJP chief and the MP from Phulpur, will be the deputy chief minister along with Professor Dinesh Sharma, the BJP national secretary and Lucknow mayor.

Earlier, Union minister Manoj Sinha, who is also in the race for the post had rubbished the media reports about him becoming the new CM.

17:26

As suspense continues over the announcement of Uttar Pradesh CM, news agency ANI reported that BJP leaders Yogi Adityanath, Bhupendra Yadav, Om Mathur, KP Maurya and Sunil Bansal held a separate meeting, ahead of BJP MLAs meet.

17:20 Yogi Adityanath to be UP CM: Media

India TV, a Hindi news channel, has claimed that Yogi Adityanath, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Gorakhpur, will become the Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

According to the news channel, Keshav Prasad Maurya, the state BJP chief and the MP from Phulpur, will be the deputy chief minister along with Professor Dinesh Sharma, the BJP national secretary.

However, Bhupendra Chaubey of CNN News 18 says that a senior BJP leader told him, "Yogi Adityanath is the front-runner only for the media."

17:05 All you need to know about the new U'khand CM

From an obscure Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak for Dehradun city to the chief ministership of Uttarakhand, it has been an amazing journey for Trivendra Singh Rawat.

16:43

Here's NDTV's Nidhi Razdan who also claims that Adityanath to be made UP CM

@RazdanNidhi

My colleague @Rahulshrivstv reports that Yogi Adityanath will be UP CM, there will be two deputies

16:32

BJP MLAs reach Uttar Pradesh Lok Bhavan in Lucknow to attend the legislature party meeting.

16:27

2012 Maruti Manesar violence case: Haryana Court imprisons 13 for life; 5 year jail-term for 4

16:13 Kapil Sharma introduces girlfriend on Twitter

Comedian Kapil Sharma has shared a picture of his girlfriend, Ginni, with fans on Twitter.

Though, Kapil made it clear that she is not his better half, he wants fans to welcome his lady love as "she completes him".

"Will not say she is my better half... She completes me... Love you Ginni... Please welcome her... I love her so much," Kapil wrote alongside the picture.

Earlier, Kapil hinted that he would soon be sharing something "beautiful" on his timeline. "Hi... want to share something very beautiful thing with you guys... wait for 30 mins," he tweeted before introducing his girlfriend.

Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former RSS pracharak, sworn-in as the chief minister of Uttarakhand after the Bharathiya Janata Party swept back to power after five years with a landslide majority.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, UNion ministers Rajnath Singh, Uma Bharti and several Union ministers and party leaders were present for the ceremony.

Outgoing CM Harish Rawat was also present at the ceremony. His predecessors Vijay Bahuguna, Bhagat Singh Koshyari and BC Khanduriji were also attended the event.

Satpal Maharaj, who was in the race for CM's post, took the oath as Uttarakhand cabinet minister.

Rawat's cabinet team include Prakash Pant, Harak Singh Rawat, Madan Kaushik.

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Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah at Trivendra Singh Rawat's oath taking ceremony.

14:55 PM Modi arrives in Dehradun for Rawat's swearing-in ceremony

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Dehradun for the swearing-in ceremony of Uttarakhand CM-designate Trivendra Singh Rawat.

Rawat will be sworn-in as the eighth chief minister of the hill state today at the Parade Ground in Dehradun in the presence of Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, besides a host of national and state party leaders.

Rawat was on Friday unanimously elected the leader of Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party legislature party meet. Later, the MLAs hand over the resolution on Rawat's unanimous elation to Governor K K Paul.

He has emerged as the party's choice for the top office beating stiff competition from contenders like Prakash Pant and Satpal Maharaj.

Two Muslim clerics from Delhi who went missing in Pakistan are "in the custody of Pakistan's intelligence agencies," news agency PTI reported today, quoting unnamed official sources.

According to official sources in New Delhi, Asif Nizami, the chief priest, and Nazim Nizami had gone to visit the famous Daata Darbar shrine in Lahore and were to catch a flight from there to Karachi on Wednesday.

As per their families, while Asif was allowed to go to Karachi, Nazim was stopped at the Lahore airport on grounds of incomplete travel papers.

While Nazim went missing from Lahore airport, Asif went missing after arriving at the Karachi airport, a source said.

The matter has been taken up with the Pakistan government both in New Delhi as well as through the Indian mission in Islamabad, the source said.

A man was shot dead at Paris' Orly airport on Saturday after he tried to snatch soldier's gun, BFM TV reported.

The airport was evacuated following the incident, the television channel said.

French police confirmed that a security operation was in progress at the airport, south of the capital.

13:55

JUST IN: Man shot dead at Paris Orly airport after taking soldier's gun: official, local media reports.

13:46 Ajmer blast case: Quantum of punishment likely on March 22

The special NIA court in Jaipur is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case on March 22 after it continued to hear arguments today on the sentencing of the two convicts.

Defence counsel Jagdish Rana said the magistrate deferred the verdict and posted the matter for Wednesday.

The court had on March 8 convicted Bhavesh Patel, Devendra Gupta and Sunil Joshi and acquitted others including Swami Aseemanand.

Joshi has already died.

The conviction was made under Sections 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of IPC, 3 / 4 of Explosive Substances Act and Sections 16 and 18 of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The blast on October 11, 2007 in the Dargah of Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti at the time of Roza Iftaar had left three pilgrims dead and 15 injured.

The case was handed over to the Rajasthan ATS and was later transferred to the National Investigation Agency which re-registered the case with the NIA police station in New Delhi on 6 April 2011.

There were as many as 149 witnesses in the case and 451 documents were examined. The NIA filed three supplementary chargesheets in the case.

13:12 Not in race for UP CM post: Manoj Sinha

As several media reported that Manoj Sinha to be PM Narendra Modi's Uttar Pradesh chief minister choice, the Union minister has denied the media reports.

Nor I have claimed for it neither I am in the race for the post, Sinha said when asked about his chances to become the UP CM.

Newly-elected BJP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh will be meeting in Lucknow today to elect the leader of the state legislature party.

Sinha who is three-time MP from Ghazipur is considered close to PM Modi. He was in Varanasi yesterday where he offered prayers at Sankatmochan temple.

Apart from Sinha, Home Minister and former state chief minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and eight-time MLA from Shahjahanpur Suresh Khanna are being projected as the main contenders for the post by their partymen.

Earlier, Naidu said that the new chief minister of the state will be elected by the legislators in a meeting later in the day and all reports in this regard are mere media speculation.

12:26

BJP MP Yogi Aditynath's supporters too are demanding the Gorakhpur MP to be made Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

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Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Keshav Prasad Maurya's supporters stage demonstration demanding the former BSP leader be made the chief minister of the state. Photograph: ANI

11:16 UP BJP chief Keshav Maurya meets PM, Shah

Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party chief Keshav Prasad Maurya met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah at his residence in New Delhi ahead of legislature party meet to select new CM for the state.

Maurya is one of the frontrunners in the race to be the new CM, who will be selected at the MLAs meet in Lucknow at 4 pm today.

Meanwhile, another CM probable Union minister Manoj Sinha visited famous Kalbhairav and Sankat Mochan temples in Varanasi early on Saturday morning and offered prayers there.

He, however, ruled out being a contender for the post. -- Agencies

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10:36

JUST IN: Two explosions in Agra. One in a garbage dumping tractor and the other on the terrace of a house.No injuries. Police at the spot.

10:27 Names in media are 'purely speculative': Venkaiah on new UP CM

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said that names of party leaders circulating in the media as Uttar Pradesh CM probables are 'purely speculative'.

"Names in the media reports are pure speculative, today evening we will be meeting the MLAs and then we will decide," he said.

BJP MLAs from the state will select their leader at 4 pm today.

The oath-taking ceremony of the new CM and ministers will be held at 2:15 pm on Sunday in Lucknow.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and CMs of BJP-ruled states will attend the ceremony. --ANI

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Trivendra Singh Rawat will take oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand today.

Rawat, who will be administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor Krishna Kant Paul at the Parade Ground at 3 pm in Dehradun, will succeed Congress leader Harish Rawat to become the eighth Chief Minister of the hill state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah are among the several dignitaries who will attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Rawat was unanimously elected the leader of BJP legislative party yesterday.

The former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak assured that he would provide a corruption-free government to Uttarakhand and would work for the upliftment of the poor.

A BJP loyalist, Rawat guided the saffron party to electoral victory in Jharkhand assembly elections in 2014. -- ANI

CNN reports:

Two government officials said on Friday evening that the classified report the Justice Department delivered to House and Senate investigators does not confirm President Donald Trump's allegations that President Barack Obama wiretapped him during the campaign.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, spoke with knowledge of the classified report's contents.

When asked if the DOJ's documents would confirm Trump's as of yet wholly unsubstantiated allegations, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said, 'I don't think so' as he walked into a room to read the report.

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Amid the allegations of tampering of EVMs in the recent UP assembly polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the Election Commission of India should convene an all-party meet to discuss the issue.

"Whether one would accept or not is absolutely their choice. But the Election Commission may call for an all-party meeting. Let it be discussed," said Banerjee.

Asked whether she would favour a probe into the charges of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines, she said," I have seen the Election Commissioner's version that there is nothing. But I have also gone through a video tape of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy saying these EVMs can be tampered."

Banerjee showed reporters the Swamy's video clippings and his views on feasibility of tampering EVMs.

In the video clippings, Swamy is seen saying that the EVMs were made in Japan but ballot papers were used even there during elections because the machines can be tampered.

Even countries like the US and Germany are using ballot papers instead of EVMs, the BJP leader was heard saying in the in the video footage.

Describing Swamy as "very strong legally," Banerjee said, "What he (Swamy) has said is not wrong... he has not said anything bad.. I have not said anything but I think there can be an investigation in this."

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