New Delhi: Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India on Saturday launched the 2018 editions of its motorcycles CBR 250R and CB Hornet 160R at Rs 1,63,584 (ex-showroom, Delhi) and Rs 84,675 respectively.

The new CBR 250R is powered by a 249.60cc "DOHC" engine and "gets a two-channel ABS (anti-lock braking system), all-LED headlamp and position lamp on each side", the company said in a statement.

The statement also said the new model is available in two variants -- standard and ABS.

The 2018 edition of CB Hornet 160R is powered by 160cc "HET" engine.

According to the statement, the new edition of CB Hornet 160R is available in four variants -- "standard (front disc, rear drum), CBS (front and rear disc), ABS standard (front disc, rear drum) and ABS deluxe (front and rear disc)".

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Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.

The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.

The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.

The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.

Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.

Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.

Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.