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

Sena goes hi-tech to lure voters

Press Trust of India

Keeping her post-poll options open, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today said it was premature to talk of what will happen after the elections, but a &quot;good politician never rules out anything.

Jaya keeps post-poll options open

BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani today said Congress did not do justice to Dalit icon Bhim Rao Ambedkar and ignored the late leader while nominating the members for the Constituent Assembly.

Cong did not do justice to Ambedkar: Advani

With a day left for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the&nbsp;Election Commission today banned dissemination of results of opinion and exit polls by the&nbsp;media.

EC bans opinion, exit polls by media

There is a secret understanding between BJD and Congress in Orissa and the later will seek its support from the regional party to form UPA government at the Centre, BJP MP,Chandan Mitra claimed.

BJD-Congress secret pact - Mitra

BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Kandhamal Ashok Sahu arrested for allegedly delivering hate speech.

NEWSALERT: Another BJP candidate in dock for hate speech

A leading think tank has expressed concern over population issues&nbsp;taking a back seat in this year's elections and said more focus needs to be given to address&nbsp;the problem which has a direct impact on the development of the country.

Population issues take back seat in polls: study

Congress has topped the list of parties fielding 'crorepatis' in thefirst phase of the Lok Sabha elections, with nearly 50 per cent of its candidates in the electoral fray having assets in crores.

Congress tops in fielding 'crorepatis' in LS polls

BJP candidate from Kandhamal Lok Sabha seat Ashok Sahu, who has been evading arrest for past three days after a case was registered against him for allegedly making a hate speech, was taken into custody today.

BJP's Ashok Sahu arrested for hate speech

Curtains came down today on an acrimonious campaign in 124 constituencies in 17 states for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls on April 16, with electioneering marked by a bitter war of words between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and hopeful L K Advani and joined by others.

Campaign ends for Phase-I of LS polls

Displaced farmers in Andhra Pradesh contesting to highlight their plight.

From fields to poll arena

Business Standard

Taking a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his remark that Gujarat cannot be called a developed state, Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that Singh should not mislead the people of the country. Singh had yesterday said in Mumbai that no one could claim that Gujarat was a developed state as around 1,200 people were &quot;butchered&quot; during the 2002 post-Godhra riots there.

Modi slams PM for comments on Guj devpt

In a pre-poll offensive, the ruling BJP in Karnataka today came out with what it called a chargesheet against the UPA, alleging that the state had been neglected by Congress-led government at the Centre.

UPA ignored Karnataka, charges BJP

Three independent candidates have withdrawn papers on the last day for withdrawing their nomination papers yesterday. With this, stage is set for the remaining dozen candidates to battle for votes in the next fortnight in the Mysore parliamentary constituency.

Stage set for electoral battle

A total of 1,927 preventive arrests have been made in Bangalore to prevent any law and order problem and ensure free and fair conduct of Lok Sabha polls in the city, police said.

All security measures in place

As our Indica zooms through the highway from Madhubani to Darbhanga at night, driver Sachin says, &ldquo;During Lalu Prasad&rsquo;s regime, I would not have brought my car on this road.

Bihar's ringtone: Nitish government works

Star power is missing in the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka this time around as parties have fielded only an ageing reluctant star, a cine actor who has switched sides, and a film personality past his heydays.

Stardust missing in polls

Drought-like situation, extreme scarcity of water and the division of votes between the Maratha and shepherd communities are expected to dominate the voting pattern in the Madha constituency in western Maharashtra, where Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar is contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Social issues score over Pawar&#39;s PM dreams in Madha

Internal power struggle in the Congress camp in Chhattisgarh has enabled the state&rsquo;s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) consolidate its position, even as to the campaigning for the coming Lok Sabha elections in the state came to an end today.

BJP gains ground in Chhattisgarh

But BJP-Sena combine hopes to retain its dominance over region.

Congress-NCP alliance positive

The issue here is not development, the economic slowdown, or who is responsible for those who went to the Gulf, made big money and are having to return.

Corruption: Top agenda of Kerala polls

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