Assembly polls
BJP climbs down on M’rashtra seats
Amit Shah tells Sena chief Uddhav: Willing to contest 130 seats
New Delhi, September 22
The BJP today showed signs of softening on sharing seats with the Shiv Sena for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, saying it was willing to contest 130 seats, instead of 135.

Uddhav Thackeray  and Amit Shah

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Haryana elections: Cong lines up 40 star campaigners 
New Delhi, September 22
Struggling to reach a consensus on the candidature in at least 22 Assembly segments of Haryana, the Congress today firmed up its campaign strategy for the state and decided to release the party’s election manifesto in Chandigarh on October 1.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Amritsar dealer in tax evasion linked to Joshi
Chandigarh, September 22
Punjab Excise and Taxation Department has detected massive tax evasion by an Amritsar-based supplier of Haldiram goods in Punjab.

J-K flood fury
Handicraft traders count losses
As water recedes, Valley traders on salvage mission
Srinagar, September 22
Samdan Handicrafts is an old and famous address on Residency Road in Srinagar, where almost every shop stands destroyed by flood waters that entered the city on September 7. 
A store employee sorts stock at a garment shop in Srinagar.

Omar seeks liberal aid for rehabilitation 
Srinagar, September 22
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has sought liberal and an extraordinary package from the Central government for rehabilitation of the flood-affected people and reconstruction of the damaged infrastructure in the state.

Floods leave trail of debris in Dal Lake backwaters
Srinagar, September 22
 With almost every family here having a sad tale to narrate after the devastating floods, residents of Mir Behri living in the Dal Lake backwaters are all the more worried.(Details on J&K page)