Lucknow, Mar 15 : Bollywood actor-turned-politician and socialist Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Sanjay Dutt re-enacted role in the popular movie ''Munnabhai MBBS'' while addressing youth activists in his constituency, Lucknow, on Saturday.

"I am not here to give a speech. I am here to work. We will work together. This cycle (poll symbol of regional Samajwadi Party (SP)) is mine, and we will take this cycle to Delhi," said Dutt.

Varanasi, Mar 14 : President Pratibha Patil on Saturday worshipped at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi.

President Patil performed special rituals with her husband Devisingh Shekhawat and other family members.

She performed ''Dugdhabhishek'' (milk-bathing) of the Shivalingam with 50 litres of milk. She also performed special ''Shodashopachar Pujan'' (worship) under the supervision of Pandit Harihar Kripalu Tripathi, the chairman of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust and Pandit Chandramauli Upadhyay, a trust member.

Lucknow, Mar. 14 : Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has submitted his reply to the Election Commission after being noticed for distributing cash at a ''Holi Milan'' function at his native Saifai village.

"I have submitted the reply to the EC before the expiry of the deadline. We were asked to submit our reply by March 14, but we did it a day in advance. I am confident that the Commission will be satisfied with it," he said.

Agra, Mar 14 : The SAARC festival of Literature has commenced in Agra with terrorism forming the central theme.

Activists and academicians from the region including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka seemed determined to make sincere efforts to develop a peaceful atmosphere and promote culture and creativity in the entire SAARC region.

Toramaphi (Uttar Pradesh), Mar 12 : The authorities have launched a water project in Toramaphi Village of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh to supply drinking water to the parched village.

The project named Swajaldhara program (rural water supply scheme) was launched by the Central Government and is being executed in the Toramaphi Village under the aegis of village drinking water and hygiene committee.

Under this program, five overhead tanks have been installed for the population of five thousand villagers in Toramaphi.

Alakabadh (Bareilly), Mar 11 : Akalabadh village labourers have discovered ancient coins, while digging up a drain.

The length of this drain is 1500 meters and the width is 12 feet.

Padam Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate, Bareilly District revealed that these silver coins dated from 1218 - 1229.

"Under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme about fifty workers were digging up a drain when they found these old coins. These silver coins dated from1218 - 1229," said Singh.