The polling to nine Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and the lone Chandigarh constituency will be held tomorrow with the fifth and final phase of countrywide election on May 13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

About 1.16 crore voters would seal the fate of 139 candidates, including ten women and 65 independents in the polling for nine Lok Sabha seat of Gurdaspur, Amritsar, Kahdoor Sahib, Jalandhar (reserve), Fatehgarh Sahib (reserve), Hoshiarpur (reserve), Anandpur Sahib, Ludhiana and Faridkot

Polling to nine seats in Punjab tomorrow

Press Trust of India

Security agencies have geared up for smooth conduct of the final phase Lok Sabha elections tomorrow in over 6,000 villages and hamlets identified as vulnerable to threats and intimidation.

Security agencies gear up for peaceful polling in last phase

He has seen them growing up from schoolchildren to electors and now Union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar feels his work and appeal among new-generation voters will help him clinch a victory, but agrarian crisis and anti-incumbency may pose bumps.

Aiyar battles farm crisis, anti-incumbency in Mayiladuthurai

The Uttar Pradesh government today moved the Supreme Court challenging advisory board's decision of revoking charges against BJP leader Varun Gandhi under the stringent NSA for his alleged hate speeches.

UP govt challenges SC decision to revoke NSA against Varun

The Jammu and Kashmir unit of NCP today said party chief Sharad Pawar is the &quot;only credible leader&quot; to head the next coalition at the Centre as neither Congress nor BJP is in a position to form a stable government.

Pawar 'only credible' leader to be next PM: NCP

BJP's Pilibhit candidate Varun Gandhi has complained to the Election Commission against some supporters of a BSP candidate, who allegedly distributed liqour and money to locals ahead of polling in the constituency tomorrow.

Varun lodges complain with EC against BSP supporters

A day before the last phase of Lok Sabha elections, ace shooter Jaspal Rana, who is trying his luck from Tehri constituency, said he will work for the development of sports in Uttarakhand.

Jaspal Rana to work for improvement of sports if elected

Rubbishing reports of disunity in the 'Fourth Front', LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan today asserted that his party, RJD and SP would remain together and strive to form a secular government at the Centre.

LJP, RJD, SP will remain together, says Paswan

Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu today sought to clear the air over his party's post-election stand by asserting that he was with the Third Front.

Naidu asserts he is with Third Front after TRS joins NDA

BJP would initiate talks with other parties to muster support for NDA after election results are declared and would accept support from anyone backing L K Advani as Prime Minister, senior party leader M Venkaiah Naidu said here today.

BJP will talk to others after poll results are declared: Naidu

Accusing Congress of using Uttar Pradesh Governor T V Rajeshwar for roping in BSP, Samajwadi Party today made it clear that its support will not come easy this time and indicated readiness to go with Left parties if BSP is not with them.

Support will not come easy this time: SP to Congress

Describing the Congress-led UPA government as &quot;visibly paralysed&quot; during its tenure, Uttarakhand Chief Minister today alleged that it misused official machinery to remain in power.

UPA govt visibly paralysed during its tenure: Khanduri

Amidst reports that it is on a hunt for new allies after the success with TRS, BJP today claimed there were any number of parties willing to tie up with it but TDP has made it clear it is with the Third Front.

BJP ready to ally with anyone backing Advani as PM: Naidu

A complaint has been filed against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh for allegedly making objectionable comments at an election rally in Tanda area near here in support of party candidate Jaya Prada, police said today.

Complaint filed against Amar Singh

For the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the first 100 days would see its government initiating measures to bring back Indian money stashed away in secret tax havens. LK Advani, the party&rsquo;s prime ministerial candidate, has promised to appoint an expert committee to pursue and track the Indian money in those tax havens.

BJP's plans a low-tax, low-interest regime

Business Standard

If the Congress party retains power and leads the next government at the Centre, the provision of 25 kg rice or wheat at highly subsidised rate for the poor will be one of the first decisions on its economic agenda.

Expansion of NREGS on Congress wish list

Massive public investment to boost the purchasing power of the people will be a key immediate objective of the Communist Party of India(Marxist) if it is able to pull up its fragile Third Front force to form the next government.

Reviving economy CPI(M)&#39;s priority area

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Punjab may offer the most enduring image of a political coalition, yet the ruling alliance of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is faced with a serious challenge to its supremacy from the young brigade of the Congress in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

In Punjab, Cong's young faces prove to be big guns

After 32 years of witnessing &ldquo;one-sided&rdquo; electoral affairs, West Bengal is experiencing a tough contest this time. Of the total 42 seats in the state, the ruling Left Front is facing a tough contest in 30-odd seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.

Is Left losing ground in Bengal?

After Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi&rsquo;s recent appreciation of the party&rsquo;s political rivals that jarred the Congress-Trinamool Congress (TC) alliance in West Bengal, it&rsquo;s now the turn of state Transport Minister Subhas Chakrabarty to rock the boat of the ruling CPI(M).

State minister takes a dig at poll-shy CPI(M) leadership

Even before the results of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections are out, major political parties in Maharashtra have started exploring their options for the state Assembly elections, just six months away.

LS polls yet to be over, Maha sets eyes on Assembly polls

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