Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar will emerge as a key player after the November 20 assembly polls in the state, predicted former minister Nawab Malik on Sunday.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the grenade attack at a Sunday market in Srinagar that injured 11 people and said the security apparatus must do everything possible to check the spurt in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.

Two policemen here were allegedly held hostage by villagers, who accused them of extorting money and also beat them up, officials said.

Actor-politician Vijay-led Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) on Sunday condemned the DMK government over law and order, nudged it to hold the caste survey, demanded scrapping the Parandur airport project and sought closure of liquor outlets in a time bound manner.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Sunday announced that the deployment of 10,000 civil defence volunteers removed as bus marshals last year will begin in the next 2-4 days to assist various agencies fighting air pollution.

Terrorists lobbed a grenade at a CRPF bunker near a crowded flea market in the heart of the city here on Sunday, injuring at least 11 civilians, officials said.

The Congress on Sunday hit out at the ruling Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra, saying it has been formed on "betrayal" and that the people of the state will not forgive them for their "failed" promises.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday emphasised that the primary struggle in the country today is to protect and preserve the Constitution.