Air India Sends 21 Lifeboats from New York to Srinagar; more news updates of Sept 16

Bangalore, Sept 16: Counting begins in 9 states for 3 Lok Sabha, 32 assembly seats for the bypoll elections. Follow the latest news updates of the day:

9:24 pm: Air India Sends 21 Lifeboats from New York to Srinagar

8:28: Adityanath says BJP lost as he was not allowed to campaign

8:00 pm: CBSE postpones Teacher Eligibility Test in flood-hit Kashmir

7:30 pm: Union Home Sec reviews rescue, relief operations in Jammu

7:00 pm: CBI gets another three days' police custody of Rajat Majumdar

6:30 pm: UP bypolls: SP wins Mainpuri, eight assembly seats; BJP manages three

6:05 pm: Separatist leader Yasin Malik hijacks relief operation in Jammu and Kashmir

5:20 pm: UP BJP's campaign strategy was flawed: Yogi Adityanath after BJP debacle in bypolls.

5:00 pm: I haven't seen the results but results are dependent on a lot of factors, I wasn't allowed to campaign on all seats: Yogi Adityanath.

4:55 pm: Former Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has been summoned to appear before court on Monday, Sept 22 in connection with multi-crore railgate.

4:35 pm: Yogi Adityanath blames candidate selection for failure in UP Bypolls.

4:12 pm: Tree collapses on temple in Mysore, Karnataka. One dead.

4:00 pm: Sensex falls about 324 points to close at 26,492.51; Nifty loses 109 points to end below 8,000 mark.

3:45 pm: Congress preparing 16-page booklet on Modi govt's 100 days targeting it on unfulfilled promises & bypolls results: Sources.

3:30 pm: PM Narendra Modi addresses BJP workers in Ahmedabad for the 1st time after taking oath as the Prime Minister.

3:28 pm: PM Narendra Modi felicitated by Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Ahmedabad: PM Narendra Modi felicitated by Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel pic.twitter.com/vm4So6TelA

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 16, 2014

3:25 pm: Day before Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival, PM Narendra Modi reaches Ahmedabad.

3:15 pm: This is going to be a wake up call for us, will be beneficial in preparations for forthcoming elections: RP Rudy.

3:02 pm: BJP-AAP have colluded, Arvind Kejriwal playing a major role in forming BJP's Govt in Delhi, says Mukesh Sharma, Congress on Nitin Gadkari-Kejriwal meet.

2:47 pm: Looking at bypolls results,picture doesn't look easy for us; we must fight together: RPI's Ramdas Athawale after meeting Uddhav.

2:35 pm: Rehman Malik responded to the accusations, Malik tweeted refusing to accept that he caused the delay.

2.15 pm: Yet another defamation case filed against Subramanian Swamy.

1:40 pm: Actor Kamal Haasan hospitalised in Chennai after symptoms of food poisoning, likely to be discharged soon.

1:30 pm: Congress candidate declared winner from Rajasthan's Naseerabad constituency after recounting.

1:14 pm: Passengers force Pakistan's former interior minister Rehman Malik, PML-N MNA out of flight over delay.

12:55 pm: If norms aren't finalised in 10 days, AAP will start a movement, says Arvind Kejriwal over e-rickshaw ban in Delhi.

12:27 pm: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, BJP MP from Delhi Ramesh Bidhuri meet Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari over e-rickshaw issue.

12:25 pm: Accept our defeat,respect public mandate,blessing in disguise,eye-opener:Rameswar Chourasia, BJP on poll trends.

12:13 pm: Communal elements hv been rejected,grateful to people, SP will work towards development:Akhilesh Yadav, UP CM.

12:01 pm: Delhi HC dismisses a PIL opposing practice of forging post-poll alliances by political parties to gain power. PIL was filed on the grounds that electors were being kept in the dark about it at the time of casting their votes.

11:45 am: AIUDF leads in Jamunamukh & Lakhipur Assembly seats, while BJP leads in Silchar in Assam.

11:32 am: BJP opens account in West Bengal Assembly, its candidate Shamik Bhattacharjee wins Basirhat Dakhin seat.

11:30 am: Former Rail Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who was summoned as witness in Rs 10 crore railway bribery case, seeks exemption from personal appearance.

11:12 am: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar presents cheque to PM Narendra Modi for PM national Relief Fund.

Delhi: Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar presents cheque to PM Narendra Modi for PM national Relief Fund pic.twitter.com/DdGoTMl8Nx

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 16, 2014

10:55 am: Congress workers celebrate in Jaipur for victorious bypoll results.

Congress workers celebrate in Jaipur #bypollresults pic.twitter.com/armyP5IXAK

— ANI (@ANI_news) September 16, 2014

10:47 am: Delhi HC dismisses PIL seeking arrest of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra.

10:40 am: BJP candidate Suresh Patel wins Maninagar assembly seat, a seat that was vacated by Narendra Modi in Gujarat.

10:30 am: BJP is celebrating its victory in Vadodara in Gujarat.

10:20 am: By-polls will be victory for BJP as we have fought on the lines of development and local issues: Sambit Patra, BJP.

10:15 am: Congress will form Govt in Maharashtra, BJP-Shiv Sena shouldn't fight over something they won't get:Rashid Alvi, Congress.

10.09 am: BJP candidate from Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency, Ranjanben Bhatt is leading against her Congress candidate (follow live updates here)

9.42 am: BJP leader L K Advani named chairman of Lok Sabha ethics panel.

9.31 am: Rajnath Singh to visit the NSG Training Centre at Manesar in Haryana today.

9.26 am: After sustained efforts by Border Road Organisation and Army Engineers, Jammu-Srinagar NH opened, says MoD.

8.37 am: Flood-Hit areas in Kashmir may face disease threat, says Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

8.15 am: BJP Core Committee to meet at Nitin Gadkari's house to discuss seat sharing issue in Maharashtra.

8.00 am: Bypoll verdict: counting begins in 9 states for 3 Lok Sabha, 32 assembly seats (follow live updates here..)

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