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New Delhi [India], Sept. 16 - To all who are eagerly waiting for the second installment of Dharma Productions' romantic-comedy franchise that began with 'Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania' in 2014, the news on the recent progress of 'Badrinath Ki Dulhania' might up your excitement.

Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan have recently wrapped up the second schedule of their upcoming flick, directed by Shashank Khaitan.

The 23-year-old actress this morning took to her Twitter handle to share the news, saying, "AND it's wrappp on the 2nd sched #BadrinathKiDulhaniya... Here's to the madness, the 7 wonders and the food @Varun_dvn @ShashankKhaitan."

This movie will be a hat-trick for the pair, who stepped into Bollywood with 'Student of the Year' in 2012.

Lucknow [India], Sept. 16 : Mulayam Singh Yadav will today chair a parliamentary board meeting of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Lucknow to put an end to the fight between his son Akhilesh Yadav and brother Shivpal Singh Yadav.

Yesterday night, newly-appointed Samajwadi Party (SP) Uttar Pradesh chief Shivpal resigned from the state cabinet as well as from all the posts of party held by him.

Shivpal tendered his resignation to Akhilesh Yadav after meeting his elder brother and party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav in the state capital.

However, the Chief Minister did not accept his resignation.

Mulayam yesteday summoned Shivpal, who is at loggerheads with Akhilesh, and held closed door meeting with him to defuse the situation.

New Delhi, [India], Sept. 16 : Speaking on the AAP- MCD blame game in the national capital over Chikungunya deaths, the Janata Dal (United) on Friday said that confusion persists in Delhi because Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has no powers to execute even normal functions.

In a blistering attack, JD(U) leader Ajay Alok said there is no government in Delhi, as its Chief Minister does not even has the authority to buy a pen, and the tussle between LG and AAP government is making this difficult for the people off Delhi.

"In Delhi there is no government. In a government where the Chief Minister does not even have the power to buy a pen, where a chief minister cannot make transfers what kind of government is that," said Alok.

New Delhi, [India], Sept 16 - The Congress Party on Friday took a jibe at the Samajwadi party over the reports of the ongoing rift within the family, saying the damage has been done and it is too late to fix things now.

Congress leader Ali Anwar said that looking at the inching polls in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, it seems difficult for the Samajwadi Party to resolve the ongoing spat.

"Now it is difficult to repair the rift in the Samajwadi Party, as there is very less time left for the UP polls. Now the party will have to bear the brunt," Anwar told ANI.

Newly-appointed Samajwadi Party ( SP) Uttar Pradesh chief Shivpal Singh Yadav yesterday resigned from the state cabinet as well as from all the posts of party held by him.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 16 : Last year, this week, India celebrated the 50th anniversary of the victory of the 1965 war. Several functions were held in the capital and at the flash points of 1965 to mark the occasion. It was the first time ever that India was emphatically celebrating the victory of 1965 which many had dubbed as a 'no clear win by either side'.

But that did not stop Pakistan from celebrating it as their 'victory' all these years. Pakistan's so-called 'victory' was that it did not allow India to succeed in its attempt to capture Lahore. The fact was that capture of Lahore was not the objective of the Indian Army.

New Delhi [India], Sept. 16 : The government has hiked the price of petrol by Rs. 0.58 per litre and decreased the price of diesel by Rs. 0.31 per litre.