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Chandigarh, Apr 2 (PTI) Politicians are lining up for armoured vehicles this election season, with the major demand for bulletproof cars coming from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand, according to a firm in the business.

A leading Punjab-based firm engaged in "up-armouring" or retrofitting vehicles to make them bulletproof and mine-protected has seen a spike in the orders over the past several months.

New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Disgruntled AAP leader Kumar Vishwas is considering the Delhi BJP's proposal of campaigning for the party in the Lok Sabha polls, sources said Tuesday.

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari had a meeting with Vishwas on Monday where the latter said he would require another meeting to put things in perspective, the sources in the BJP said.

Srinagar, Apr 2 (PTI) National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Tuesday welcomed the Congress party's promise to amend the Armed Forces Special Powers Act if voted to power in the general elections.

"If the Congress has mentioned this in their manifesto, I welcome it. It is better late than never. If they had done this before 2014 (polls), we would have worked to lift ASFPA from certain parts of the state," said Omar Abdullah.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 3 (PTI) An FIR has been registered against a doctor who reportedly attempted to rape a woman while taking her blood sample in Shamli district, police said Wednesday.

The incident was reported from Jhinjhana police station area on Tuesday, they said.

The accused Jasvir visited the 24-year-old victim to collect her blood sample. He then tried to force himself on the woman, police said.

The victim raised an alarm and the accused ran away from the spot, they said.

Efforts are on to trace Jasvir, police added.

Banda (UP), Apr 3 (PTI) A teenage girl was allegedly raped by two Dalit youths at a village in Bisanda area here, police said Wednesday.

The incident took place on Monday when the 16-year-old girl was alone at her house. Pushpendra and Rajbahadur Kori entered the house and raped her, they said.

An FIR was registered against the two following a complaint by family members of the victim.

The accused were arrested Wednesday, police added.

Kanpur: The train passengers had to face trouble owing to over running of a cattle against the engine of Dibrugarh-New Delhi Rajdhani Express near Fatehpur on Tuesday morning. On account of this accident there was effected technical fault in the engine. 

The train's driver informed of this mishap to the control room. The maintenance was done after the train arrived at CNB at about 6.30 a.m. It took half-an-hour in thorough  servicing the engine. After complete rectification the train left towards its onward journey for New Delhi. 

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Hyderabad, Apr 1 (PTI) An international kidney racket was busted with the arrest of three people who allegedly lured a 33-year-old man from Hyderabad and got his kidney removed in Turkey after promising to pay Rs 20 lakh, police said Monday.

Amrish Prathap, kingpin of the crime, and his two accomplices, Sandeep Kumar alias Rohan Malik and a 37-year-old woman, were arrested from Delhi and produced before a court there and brought to Hyderabad on a transit remand, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh M Bhagwat told reporters here.

Raipur, Apr 1 (PTI) Two Naxals, carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively on their heads, were arrested in Chhattisgarh, police said Monday.

Explosives, a firearm and banners and posters calling for a boycott of the Lok Sabha elections, were recovered from them, police said.

Srinagar, Apr 1 (PTI) National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah on Monday said he was humbled by the attention paid by Narendra Modi to his speeches after the prime minister hit out at the Congress over his remarks advocating a separate "Sadar-e-Riyasat" (president) and PM for Jammu and Kashmir.

"I'm humbled by the attention PM Modi pays to my speeches & very grateful to the social media cell of the BJP for highlighting my speech today, especially by WhatsApp'ing it to journalists. Your reach is far greater than mine," Abdullah wrote on Twitter.