Modi to be elected BJP leader today 
To meet President, stake claim to form government; suspense over portfolios
New Delhi, May 19
Narendra Modi is all set to be elected leader of the BJP and NDA parliamentary coalition on Tuesday as jockeying for positions in the new Cabinet gained momentum today.
YSR Congress Party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy greets Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday. PTI 

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Sonia, Rahul offer to quit Cong posts
CWC says no, party set for revamp
New Delhi, May 19
A rush for resignations was witnessed at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting today soon after party president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi offered to quit from their positions owning responsibility for party's historic defeat in the Lok Sabha elections.
AICC chief Sonia Gandhi and party V-P Rahul Gandhi arrive for the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi. Mukesh Aggarwal

Nitish picks Dalit leader Manjhi as Bihar CM
Patna, May 19
Bihar ex-Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today chose senior minister Jitan Ram Manjhi as his successor. The JD(U) has staked claim to form the government in the state under Manjhi, Kumar said.

Bihar ex-CM Nitish Kumar with CM-designate Jitan Ram Manjhi in Patna. PTI

Jawan killed in Pak ‘BAT strike’
Jammu, May 19
An Army jawan was killed and two critically injured in an attack by suspected personnel of Pakistan's notorious Border Action Team (BAT) on the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sub-division, north of Jammu district, on Sunday.
Soldiers take up positions near an encounter site in Budgam.

Soldier killed in Budgam gunfight

Punjab DGP Saini to resume duty today
Chandigarh, May 19
Sumedh Singh Saini will resume his duty as the Punjab DGP tomorrow. The orders reinstating him as the DGP were issued by the state Home Department tonight.

Poohla case: 3 acquitted for lack of evidence
Amritsar, May 19
Three of the six persons accused of killing Nihang chief Ajit Singh Poohla were today acquitted for lack of evidence by the District Sessions court. After several witnesses turned hostile, Justice Gurbir Singh today acquitted Navtej Singh, Harchand Singh and Harpreet Singh.

Punjab, UT Admn caught in New Chandigarh tangle Chandigarh, May 19 The Punjab Government and the Chandigarh Administration are at loggerheads over access to Mullanpur. The UT Administration today alleged before the Punjab and Haryana High Court that its neighbour was not cooperating with it in the development of a regional plan for Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh; and one of the objections was that there were not enough “doors on the Mullanpur side”.