London, May 19 (IANS) Ten people were arrested after violent clashes early Tuesday left 21 British policemen and 11 Tamil protesters injured in central London, police said Tuesday.

At least three policemen and eight Tamils were treated in hospital after the clashes, which began just after midnight when police moved demonstrators off a busy road opposite the British parliament, where they had been staging a sit-in.

Dehradun, May 19 (ANI): After the disastrous performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttarakhand in the Lok Sabha polls, State Chief Minister B. C. Khanduri is likely to resign from his post.

Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Stung by the results in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls, BSP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday advocated returning to the old Dalit agenda and spent 30 minutes of her nearly three-hour speech to party workers discussing a former aide who has been elected as a Congress MP.

About 1,000 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers, including all ministers, legislators, newly elected MPs and the defeated candidates from different parts of the country, together with all district and zonal coordinators from Uttar Pradesh, gathered at the party headquarters here.

New Delhi/Lucknow, May 19 (IANS) Arch rivals Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as well as the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Tuesday vied with each other to offer support to the victorious Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which needs just nine more MPs to get the 272 figure needed to form government.

The Congress has, however, yet to make up its mind on taking support from these parties, which are its rivals in their respective states. The party is meeting its “pre-poll allies” Wednesday at 10, Janpath, the residence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Bhubaneswar, May 19 (IANS) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was formally elected as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) legislative party leader Tuesday, a party official said.

Patnaik was unanimously elected in a specially convened meet at the party’s headquarter in state capital Bhubaneswar.

Patna, May 19 (IANS) While speculation mounted over whether Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad would continue in the union cabinet, a section of Congress workers here Tuesday took to the streets Tuesday to insist that it shouldn’t be so.

Disregarding the scorching heat, Congress workers marched with posters and banners to ask party president Sonia Gandhi to keep Lalu Prasad, railways minister in the outgoing cabinet, out of the new United Progressive Alliance government.

Srinagar, May 19 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Police is hosting the prestigious 5-day long 8th All India Police Water Sports Championship-2009 from June 2, in which police sports personnel from across the country will compete in the disciplines like Kayaking, Canoeing and Rowing.
This is for the second time that Jammu and Kashmir Police has the […]

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Kapurthala, May 19 (ANI): The Pushpa Gujral Science city in Kapurthala is a unique example where effort has been made to popularise science by making it simple and enjoyable for the people.
At the Science City, people are made to sit on a Space Shuttle-like vehicle which takes them on a journey that […]