The Supreme Court today posted for July 28 the hearing on the&nbsp;petition accusing government of inaction in bringing back black money stashed in foreign&nbsp;banks.

SC fixes July 28 for hearing black money issue

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The defamation case against former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi would be heard on May 13 as the complainant Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, state JD(U) president, could not appear in the court today due to his illness.

Rabri Devi defamation case hearing on May 13

An alliance with the BJP might have helped her grab the saffron party's traditional vote bases, but RLD nominee Anuradha Chaudhary is struggling to counter the &quot;outsider&quot; tag, and lack of major development work by her is adding to the worry.

RLD nominee faces outsider tag in Muzzafarnagar

Congress nominee Ashok Tanwar is striving to harness youth power to light up his poll prospects here but bickering within the party, coupled with the outsider tag, may dent his chances of victory.

Infighting in Congress poses hurdles in Sirsa

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Questioning BJP's assertion of having taken a strong stand against terrorism, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today the saffron party's record on the issue is entirely different from the claims made by it.

PM Manmohan questions BJP's stand on terrorism

Currency notes with expiry date, ban on private vehicles, different timings for colleges and offices and provision to judge the court's judgements are what Kanta Pingolia is promising to work towards if elected to the Lok Sabha.

Independent promises currency with expiry date

More than indecision, it's Farooq Abdullah's estranged family and friends that could make his run for Lok Sabha difficult.

Family, friends become liability for Abdullah in LS polls

Union Panchayati Raj Minister and Congress candidate for Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency Mani Shankar Aiyar has promised to introduce a new train called &quot;Secular Express' to connect his constituency with pilgrim centres of different religions in the state.

Aiyar promises to introduce 'Secular Express'

For Congress contender Sachin Pilot, a victory from this historical city is not enough as he hopes for a historic win with record margin so that it is etched in people's memory.

Sachin Pilot seeks to make history from historical Ajmer

Charging the Congress, BSP and SP with treating Muslims as a mere vote bank and doing little for their welfare, Narendra Modi today asked the minority community to shun these parties and support the BJP's &quot;politics of development&quot; which was visible in Gujarat.

Modi asks Muslims to choose development over vote bank politcs

A little tiff may be no reason to throw generations of relationship down the proverbial drain, but DMK candidate Dayanidhi Maran's opponents are telling voters that repaired relations between Karunandihi's family and the Marans might break anytime.

Family fight haunting Maran in LS battle

Samajwadi Party (SP) today refused to endorse Manmohan Singh as UPA's prime ministerial candidate, saying such a decision would be taken by the alliance partners after the election.

SP says no to Manmohan as UPA PM candidate

BJP leader Arun Shourie set the cat among the pigeons when he said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was the party&rsquo;s prime ministerial candidate after L K Advani, a statement that General Secretary Arun Jaitley endorsed a few days later. This did not go down well with BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, who said &ldquo;the Hindu religion does not approve of any talk of succession when the father is still around&rdquo;.

Succession troubles

The Congress has requisitioned the services of Yahya Bukhari, son of the Shahi Imam of Delhi&rsquo;s Jama Masjid, to campaign for it in Assam. Bukhari is not a political leader. But with a sizeable Muslim vote in the state, the party feels it needs to court various maulvis to shore up its campaign.

&#39;Secular&#39; campaign

The Model Code of Conduct for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections has come in the way of release of routine economic data like the consumer price indices.

Election code prevents release of CPI numbers

Turnout in elections is hardly an indicator of the voting pattern in Andhra Pradesh. Voter turnout in the state has remained more or less the same since the 1994 elections, though the outcome of the polls has been quite different.

Turnout hardly an indicator of voting pattern in Andhra

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today visited that region of Uttar Pradesh where the streets are paved with gold, and fittingly, spoke the language of money. Western UP &mdash; from Bareilly to Agra and Bijnore, including Meerut, Aligarh and Rampur &mdash; is wealthy and sends 31 seats to the Lok Sabha.

Modi speaks language of money in western UP

Who&rsquo;ll be you main opponent in this seat? DMK candidate Helen Davidson says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s DMK versus BJP in the Kanyakumari constituency.&rdquo; Sitting CPI(M) MP A V Bellaramin&rsquo;s reply: &ldquo;My fight is against the BJP.&rdquo; And the BJP&rsquo;s Pon Radhakrishnan &mdash; the common factor in all rival camps &mdash; claims, &ldquo;I am beyond any contest. I will definitely win.

In TN, BJP pins hope on DMK-Congress rift

Bihar's chief minister marries his emphasis on development and law and order with the correct caste arithmetic, and is confident he's found the magic formula.

Flying with BS: Nitish Kumar

We are not going to sit in the opposition, we will form the government, says Rahul Gandhi.

NEWSALERT: Won't sit in oppn, will form govt: Rahul Gandhi

Campaigning ends today for the fourth round of the Lok Sabha polls on May 7, when the fate of BJP President Rajnath Singh, Congress' Pranab Mukherjee, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD chief Lalu Prasad would be decided.

Electioneering for fourth phase of LS polls ends

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