New Delhi, Mar 17 : The investiture ceremony for conferring the Kirti Chakra on train driver N. N. Bora posthumously will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on March 19.

Bora, a train driver of the Lumding division in Northeast Frontier Railway, was awarded the second most important gallantry award posthumously for saving the lives of 34 railway men on board a special train, which after leaving Mupa station in Lumding - Badarpur MG hill section of Northeast Frontier Railway was under heavy fire by militants.

New Delhi, Mar. 17 : BJP’s Prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani has found a supporter in Bhartiya Janshakti Party chief Uma Bharti, who has now come out in support of his candidature.

In a letter to Advani, Bharti is believed to have expressed her support for the veteran leader, sources claimed.

Interestingly, Bharti had left the BJP accusing Advani of partisan behaviour.

A close aide of Bharti reportedly delivered her letter saying that she would be “happy to see Advani in the Prime Minister''s chair.”

New Delhi, Mar 17 : Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi in Pilibhit for his alleged inflammatory speech against Muslims.

The case was registered under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code.

Earlier in the day, the Election Commission filed a criminal case against Gandhi for his inflammatory speech against Muslims.

The Commission also directed the District Magistrate of Pilibhit to file the case against Gandhi.

New Delhi, Mar. 17 : Around 30 river linking projects have been identified which will ensure equitable water distribution, but unfortunately due to state level issues associated with water, only two projects have been consented upon, said, Dr. Kirit S. Parikh, Member Planning Commission.

He was speaking at a Workshop on “CSR & Sustainable Water Management” “Rainwater Harvesting”, organised today by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

New Delhi - Criminal charges were filed Tuesday against Varun Gandhi, the grandson of late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi for allegedly inciting violence against Muslims during speeches in political rallies in northern India, news reports said.

Varun Gandhi is a candidate in the constitency of Pilibhit in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming general elections for the Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).