Shah Mehmood Qureshi, foreign minister of Pakistan, spoke to Karan Thapar on the CNN-IBN programme, Devil&rsquo;s Advocate, telecast on Sunday night and to be repeated on Monday.

'We are fully committed to fight terror ...all stakeholders in Pakistan are on board'

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Efforts of political parties to encash on the popularity of the IPL have suffered a setback, with the league management making it amply clear that it will not allow telecast of any political advertisements during the second edition of the mega cricket event. Chairman of BCCI&rsquo;s Finance Committee Rajeev Shukla said IPL Governing Council has decided to ban advertisements by political parties and there will not be any &ldquo;rethinking&rdquo; on the issue.

No political ads during IPL matches

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The Election Commission has expressed deep anguish over the &quot;toxicity&quot; seeping into the electoral campaign and asked all political parties and their leaders to observe the model code in letter and spirit.

EC upset over 'toxicity' in poll campaign

BJP leader L K Advani today demanded an apology from Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her statement that India was in greater danger from people inside than foreign terrorists, which he said was an implied attack on his party.

Advani demands apology from Sonia for attacking BJP

Polls have come as a boon for artistes of the dying folk dance form 'ghoda nach' with virtually all political parties in the region promising to hold the horse dance fair annually in a bid to win the support of the fishermen community.

Polls a boon for artistes of dying 'ghoda nacha' folk dance

War of words intensified between CPI(M) and its erstwhile ally JD(S, three days before Kerala goes to Lok Sabha polls with JD(S) state President M P Veerendrakumar asking CPI(M)'s Kerala Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan not to interfere in JD(S) affairs.

CPI(M)-JD(S) ties take ugly turn in Kerala

BJP leader L K Advani today hinted that a post-poll alignment with AIADMK was possible as the prevailing situation might require such tie-ups to muster sufficient numbers to form a government.

Advani hints at post-poll tie-up with AIADMK

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh welcomed Priyanka Gandhi's statement on Rahul Gandhi being qualified to become prime minister, saying the party viewed him as a &quot;future PM&quot;.

We view Rahul Gandhi as future PM: Digvijay

BJP leader Varun Gandhi, who is in detention under the National Security Act for his alleged hate speeches, today agreed to give an undertaking to the Supreme Court that he will not make any provocative speeches during his Lok Sabha poll campaign.

Varun agrees not to make provocative speeches

AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa today termed as baseless the reports that her party was being approached through back channels by the BJP for a post-poll alliance.

... And Jaya says no such talks

Giving back in good measure, what was thrown at him, unusually combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took on BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani and said, &quot;I would not have been found weeping in the corner, when a mob of hoodlums was destroying the centuries' old mosque.

Manmohan Singh calls Advani a weeping boy

Political stalwarts, from the Prime Minister to the office bearers, will woo voters in Karnataka in the ongoing poll campaign. A look at the star campaigners listed with the State Election Commission by the major six political parties reveal the names of the heavy weights of the campaign bandwagon.

Bigwigs join Lok Sabha poll campaign in state

The stage is set for an electoral battle in 28 Lok Sabha and one assembly constituencies going to polls in Karnataka. Following the withdrawal of nominations for the second phase polls in the state ending today, 427 candidates are left in the fray for Lok Sabha polls and 18 candidates for a lone assembly constituency of Bidar.

427 candidates in fray for 28 LS constituencies in Karnataka

With Janata Dal (S) candidate Raghavendra Sondur opting out of the fray, Dharwad constituency will see a straight fight between BJP and Congress though there are fourteen others in the field.

Its straight fight between BJP, Cong in Dharwad

Giving back in good measure what was thrown at him, an unusually combative Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s (BJP&rsquo;s) prime ministerial candidate LK Advani saying the BJP&rsquo;s &ldquo;Iron Man&rdquo; had &ldquo;melted&rdquo; during the Kandahar hijack and was &ldquo;weeping in a corner&rdquo; when Babri Masjid was destroyed by hoodlums in 1992.
In a no-holds-barred attack on the leader of Opposition at a press conference in Mumbai, Singh

Now, PM hits out at 'weeping' Advani

Varun Gandhi, who has been booked under the National Security Act (NSA) for his alleged hate speeches, may get a reprieve, with the Supreme Court on Monday suggesting that he should give an undertaking not to make any provocative speeches if granted interim bail and the BJP candidate accepting it.

In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was compelled to roll a huge rock up a steep hill, but before he could reach the top of the hill, the rock would always roll back down, forcing him to begin again.

Farm loan to decide Cong-NCP fate in polls

Despite attending two rallies of her party in Maharashtra&rsquo;s Vidarbha region last week, Congress President Sonia Gandhi chose to skip Nagpur, considered the heart of not only Vidarbha but also the entire central India.

Infighting grips Nagpur Congress camp

The divisive debate surrounding the Indo-US nuclear deal in 2008; the furore over India casting a vote against Iran in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2005; and finally, the passing mention of the Indo-US nuclear deal in the Congress manifesto for the 2009 general elections even as the manifestos of the BJP and CPI(M) detail what they would do differently about ties with the US. The growing centrality of domestic politics in influencing India&rsquo;s foreign policy is becoming clearer.

Domestic politics central in shaping foreign policy

The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has fielded the highest number of seven 'crorepati' ( having property worth Rs 1 crore and more ) candidates in the Lok Sabha elections to be held in two phases in Orissa. It is followed by the Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

BJD fields highest number of crorepatis for LS polls

Shiv Sena is harnessing new technologies to reach out to voters, specially the tech-savvy Generation Next.

Sena goes hi-tech to lure voters

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