Three northeastern states – Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura – are to see voting between February 16 and 27.

The ground report from Srinagar's Lal Chowk unveils the mood of the day.

'Authorities must immediately restore full and unrestricted access to the documentary and withdraw regulations under the IT Act that imperil press freedom and freedom of expression online,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

Hindenburg accused the conglomerate of improper extensive use of entities set up in offshore tax havens and expressed concern about high debt levels.

If this fight for political ascendancy continues in the no-holds-barred fashion we see today, rest assured the people’s deprivations will continue to mount and so will their rage.

Social activist Amit Koul, who was part of the delegation, said they have invited Gandhi to their Jagti township along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.

This development comes when amid the country's standoff with China at various points along the 3,500-km border region