New Delhi, July 26: Hundreds of people from Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe community met Congress President and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at her residence here on Saturday to express their faith in her leadership.

They also articulated their happiness over party''s success in winning the recently held trust vote which the UPA had to face in the wake of withdrawal of support from the government by its Left allies on the issue of India-US civil nuclear deal.

New Delhi, July 26 : Activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took to streets here on Saturday against the Central government''s recent deposition on Controversial Ram Setu in Tamil Nadu.

The protesters carrying placards shouted slogan''s against the government which recently issued a statement that Lord Rama not only built the Ram Setu but also destroyed it himself.

The party leaders accused the government of hurting religious sentiments of millions of Hindus.

New Delhi  - At least six synchronized blasts were reported from India's western city of Ahmedabad city on Saturday wounding seven people, media reports said.

The explosives were planted on bicycles in crowded market places in Ahmedabad which is among the top commercial cities in India, the NDTV network reported.

The blasts occurred in the Maninagar, Sarangpur, Isanpur, Diamond Market, Bapu Nagar and Narol Circle areas, all in eastern Ahmedabad.

The city is located 50 kilometres south-west of Gandhinagar, state capital of Gujarat state.

New Delhi, July 26 : The Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People''s Congress has waived aside the `One Child’ policy for parents affected by the May 12 Sichuan earthquake.

Affected parents have been given the right to have another child, as also those whose only child was seriously wounded in the quake.

New Delhi, July 26 : Founder secretary general of the Federation of Associations of Senior Citizens of India (FASCI), V. S. Bhat, died today at the age of 85.

Family sources said that Bhat, who was ailing for the past few days, passed away at his Sarvodaya Enclave house in New Delhi.

He leaves behind his wife and two sons. The elder son, Ravindra Bhat, is a judge of the Delhi High Court.

V. S. Bhat had worked in many important centre statistical organisations. He joined in the late 1940s, when the Indian Statistical Service was started. He was deputy director general when he retired in 1982.

New Delhi, July 26: Veteran Marxist leader Harkrishan Singh Surjeet has again fallen ill.