PATNA - Bihar police has filed a complaint against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad for allegedly violating the model code of conduct by walking into a polling booth with his security guards, police said.

LONDON - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been accused of suffering from an "uncontrollable sickness" in his relations with women, as 17-year-old Moroccan model, Karima Keyek, who was involved in the latest sex scandal, said she is writing a book about the affair.

WASHINGTON - Even as President Barack Obama prepares to leave over the weekend for a four-nation trip to Asia, including the first stop in India, his Democratic party is expected to lose control of the US House of Representative to the Republicans, according to latest polls.

PATNA - The fourth phase of the Bihar assembly elections that began Monday morning in 42 constituencies, which include Patna and some Maoist-affected areas, proceeded peacefully with people lining up to cast their votes early morning.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's ambassador to the UN Husain Abdullah Haroon has informed Islamabad that he has no intention of continuing as the country's permanent representative to the world body any more, it was reported here.