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The Congress called a 12-hour bandh in north Bengal on Friday to protest against the attack on party leaders at Mangolkot in Burdwan district by alleged CPI(M) workers today.

The Congress called a 12-hour bandh in north Bengal on Friday to protest against the attack on party leaders at Mangolkot in Burdwan district by alleged CPI(M) workers today.

The Rajya Sabha is likely to be adjourned Monday following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentary member Suryakantabhai Acharya.

In a bid to woo the Tamil voters ahead of Lok Sabha elections in the state, DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has called for a bandh in his own state. The Tamil Nadu bandh will be observed tomorrow to protest against the violence in Sri Lanka. Karunanidhi also issued a notice to Centre to give an ultimatum to Sri Lanka to declare an "immediate and permanent ceasefire".

Over 50 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators from Rajasthan Friday trooped to the home of senior party leader LK Advani to express solidarity with former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who has been asked by party president Rajnath Singh to quit as leader of opposition in the state assembly.

The Darjeeling hills braced themselves for a four-day bandh from Monday, called by the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) in support of its demand for a separate State comprising the region and certain areas contiguous to it in West Bengal.

A senior leader of India's Hindu nationalist Jaswant Singh ,main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been expelled from the party.

Declaring her absolute support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the coming elections, Bharatiya Janashakti Party leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday said she would campaign for the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, L K Advani, in the interest of the country.

Uma Bharti Thursday quits as the president of the Bharatiya Jan Shakti (BJS) party that she founded in 2005 after being expelled from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).