News in brief: April 15

Bangalore, April 15: Here are the top

in brief for the day:

12:30 pm: Varun Gandhi speaks at a rally in Sultanpur in UP, lashing out at the Congress.

12:15 pm: Priyanka Gandhi lashes out at BJP for calling Sonia's TV appearance a desperate bid to seek votes.

12:00 pm: "My inherent decency should not be construed as weakness," Varun's jibe at Priyanka.

11:20 am: SC recognises Transgenders. SC creates Third Gender Status for Transgenders.

10:50 am: Kejriwal reaches Varanasi, greeted with posters calling him a 'deserter'

10:00 am: Varun Gandhi to file nomination today. He may respond to Priyanka's "gone astray" comment.

9:40 am: Modi blames Congress for criminalising politics

9:20 am: 30 BJP leaders injured in attacks during election campaign in Tamil Nadu.

9.05 am: Mass DNA test in France school to trace student's rapist.

8.49 am: Protests outside Kiev Parliament in Ukraine.

8.48 am: Guardian, Washington Post share Pulitzer Prize in Public Service category.

8.47 am: 71 killed in bus blasts in Nigeria.

8.45 am: AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas to file his nomination from Amethi today.

7.55 am: Priyanka Gandhi to meet party workers at Amethi today. She is the campaign in-charge for Rahul Gandhi.

7.53 am: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal to remain in Varanasi till May 12, the polling day in the constituency.

7.52 am: Russia warns of civil war in Ukraine.

7.51 am: AAP and JD(U) supporters clash in Nalanda, Bihar.

7.50 am: Bangalore-born poet Vijay Sesadhri wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize.

7.34 am: BJP candidate Varun Gandhi to file nomination from Sultanpur today.

7.30 am: One year since the bomb attacks on the Boston marathon in USA.

7.28 am: Election Commission officials heckled in West Bengal.

7.27 am: The campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 17 ends today. One hundred and twenty one constituencies in twelve states will go to the polls on that day.

7.25 am: BJP chief Rajnath Singh meets Muslim clerics in Lucknow.

7.20 am: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi launches a televised attack on the BJP, says this Lok Sabha election is a battle between two different ideologies.

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