Following the recent blast incident in Delhi, Lucknow Police on Tuesday stepped up security in the city. The police, along with a Dog Squad, are conducting vehicle checks in the Hazratganj area.
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Tuesday launched a scathing attack, calling the Central government a "complete failure" following 360 kgs of explosives recovered in Haryana's Faridabad.
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Tuesday expressed his condolences and solidarity with India following a blast which took place near the iconic Red Fort in the national capital on Monday evening, killing eight and injuring several.
Voting for the Anta Assembly by-election in Rajasthan is underway on Tuesday, but residents of Sakli village in Baran district have boycotted the polling process.
Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday lauded the increase in voter turnout in the Bihar Assembly elections and expressed confidence in the victory of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
"The Police is alert following the incident that occurred in Delhi yesterday, to ensure no such incident happens in Bihar. The international border along Bihar has been sealed for the past 72 hours in view of the elections," DGP Kumar told ANI here on Tuesday afternoon.
Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai on Tuesday paid condolences on behalf of Supreme Court judges and the legal fraternity and expressed deep concern over the blast near the Red Fort in New Delhi, which claimed at least eight lives.
The body of Mohsin, one of the victims of the Delhi car blast near the historic Red Fort on Monday evening, arrived at his hometown Meerut on Tuesday morning, plunging the area into deep sorrow.
Following a person linked to the Faridabad module, identified as Dr Umar, who is suspected of travelling in an i20 car in connection with the blast in Delhi, Shia cleric Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad on Tuesday said that killing an innocent is the "biggest sin" in Islam.
RJD candidate from the Bodh Gaya Assembly constituency, Kumar Sarvjeet, on Tuesday urged people to cast their vote in the Bihar assembly elections, calling voting "a festival that changes a person's life."
The CAQM has invoked Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan across NCR as Delhi's air quality worsened to 'Severe' with an AQI of 425 on Tuesday morning.