| The BJP is all set to form a government on its own in Haryana, but in Maharashtra it is still well short of a majority with leads from all the seats having come in. |
| Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the Modi government was not reluctant to reveal the names of account holders in accordance with the existing law. |
| The BJP is set to do well in the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, proving that the national seems to have beaten the local or the regional, according to exit poll projections. |
| Upping the ante, former presidentAsif Ali Zardari has described Kashmir as "jugular vein of Pakistan" and said his party will raise the issue at international forums. |