Patna, Mar 24 : Eight-time Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Ramai Ram resigned from the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday.

Ram, who was representing the Bochaha (SC) Assembly constituency, said that the RJD has deviated from the path of social justice and secularism and this had led him to resign.

Kanpur, Mar 24 : Congress leader Sri Prakash Jaiswal on Tuesday said that Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta would campaign for the party in the upcoming general elections.

Jaiswal also said that actors Govinda and Nagma would also take part in rallies and road shows of the party.

Govinda is a Congress MP and Nagma has been an active member of the party in earlier elections.

Earlier, speculations were high about Zinta joining politics on a Congress ticket.

New Delhi, Mar 24 : The Nature Trail in the President''s Estate, which has been created to spread awareness on conservation of an eco-heritage through direct intervention in an eco-friendly township, will have new summer timings for visitors from March 28.

The Nature Trail would now be open to visitors from 9 a. m. to 12 p. m. on every Saturday.

The Nature Trail is a result of President Pratibha Patil''s keen interest to protect the ecological heritage of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Varanasi, Mar 24 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday filed his nomination from the Varanasi constituency for the upcoming general elections.

Joshi handed over his papers to the District Electoral Officer and District Magistrate of Varanasi Ajay Kumar Upadhyay.

The BJP leader thanked people for their support and said he would work to regain the old glory of the city.

He is the first candidate to file nomination papers from the constituency.

The polls in Varanasi will be held in the first phase on April 16.

New Delhi, Mar 24 : Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh on Tuesday announced that his party would not field any candidate against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh.

"We will not field any candidate against the BJP president Rajnath Singh in Ghaziabad," Amar Singh told reporters here.

Singh, however, said that his party would help the secular candidate from the constituency to defeat the BJP president.

Jaipur, Mar 24 : In anticipation of the much awaited annual Gangaur festival, shops in Jaipur have starting stocking the idols of Hindu God Shiva and her consort Gauri.

Gangaur festival is one of the most important festivals in Rajasthan and is observed throughout the state with great fervour and devotion by womenfolk who worship the idols of Gauri for the welfare of their life partners.