Sharing the dais with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for the first time in eight years, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the Left parties for failure to support UPA government on the nuclear deal issue.

Sonia attacks Left Front govt in Left bastion

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Ahead of Lok Sabha polls in the state on April 30, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani is busy campaigning in his Gandhinagar Parliamentary constituency.

Advani holds roadshows in his constituency

A case has been registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president, Suresh Pachouri at Kotwali for alleged violation of the model code of conduct for elections.

Case against MPCC president for violating poll code

India's skewed sex ratio notwithstanding, women voters will be key to deciding who represents this Lok Sabha constituency that houses one of the holiest pilgrim centres for Muslims.

Women hold key to Ajmer LS seat

With just three days left for the voting day in the city for Lok Sabha polls, it's not only Lok Sabha candidates but also corporators are working overtime.

Eye on assembly tickets, corporators work overtime in LS polls

Alleging largescale use of money and muscle power by ruling BJD to rig the just concluded polls in Orissa, BJP today demanded a thorough probe into the matter and appropriate action by Election Commission (EC).

BJP accuses BJD of vote rigging in Orissa

BJP today said from over one lakh electorate in 1989 the migrant Kashmiri Pandit strength had come down to 15,000 in the last assembly elections in Kashmir and alleged that a large number of community members names were deleted from the rolls in the valley.

Large number of Kash Pandits deleted from voters rolls: BJP

Seeking support for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi today said that a leader is a servant of the people and by serving them, the leader does not do any favour.

Leaders do no favour by serving people: Priyanka

BJP Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu today criticised the UPA government for &quot;bungling&quot; on Sri Lanka policy saying that it could have used its diplomatic channels more effectively to save the lives of innocent Tamils caught in the war zone in the Island country.

Naidu slams UPA for bungling on Lanka policy

More than two decades after their fathers had addressed joint rallies in Jammu and Kashmir, it was the turn of Rahul Gandhi and Omar Abdullah to appeal to the people for a mandate for Congress-NC alliance in the valley.

Vote for NC means vote for Manmohan: Rahul Gandhi

Amid a 'no water, no vote' call, the Bahujan Samaj Party has promised 'Bijli, Sadak and Paani' (BSP) to the voters of the Palam area in South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.

'No water, no vote', say Palam electorate

Even as BJP intensifies campaigning in the national capital, the party today ruled out using Varun Gandhi in the canvassing saying there has been no &quot;demand&quot; for him from the grassroot workers.

BJP not to use Varun Gandhi for campaigning in Delhi

Noted Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans has joined the race to Parliament as an SAD nominee from this industrial region and will slog it out against Mohinder Singh Kay Pee of the Congress.

Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans in LS battle from Jalandhar

Commission agents operating in wheat sale in UP-Haryana border have threatened to boycott Lok Sabha elections if the state government did not allow farmers from UP to sell their yield in the state.

Haryana wheat agents threaten to boycott polls

BJP today rejected demands for the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi claiming that the Supreme Court's directions to SIT to probe certain allegations was not an indictment of the party leader.

BJP rejects demands for Modi's resignation

The Congress party&rsquo;s campaign against the BJP for releasing hostages in Kandahar hasn&rsquo;t been blunted too much by the BJP&rsquo;s argument that both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh had endorsed the move at an all-party meeting. What is now pointed out, however, is that the Congress did a similar deal with the Naxals who, Singh has acknowledged, are the biggest internal security threat the country faces.

Congress&#39; Kandahar?

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Congress candidate Milind Deora is seeking a second Lok Sabha term from the Mumbai South constituency that goes to polls on April 30. Delimitation has meant that the constituency, which was earlier home to mainly India&rsquo;s super-rich, now includes the mill areas of central Mumbai, which has been a Shiv Sena stronghold. Deora speaks to Sidhartha about his prospects in what is being seen as a closely contested election.

'I will ensure good governance'

Campaigning ends today for round- three elections to Lok Sabha on April 30, when electors would decide the fate of political giants like Sonia Gandhi and L K Advani.

Campaigning ends in 107 LS seats

Former Railway Minister and Congress' late stalwart Abu Barkat Ataur Ghani Khan Choudhury, popularly known as 'Barkat Da' still casts a spell on voters even three years after his death for Malda South Lok Sabha seat which goes to polls on April 30.&nbsp;&nbsp;

It is advantage for Congress candidate and Barkat Da's brother, Abu Hasem Khan Coudhury who time and again has reminded the people of his elder brother's love for Malda which was made a separate railway division by the senior Khan

Congress banks on Ghani legacy in Malda South

The Congress and the Left parties cannot be brought together at this juncture, feels External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee discounting NCP chief Sharad Pawar's view on the issue.

Cong, Left cannot be brought together now, says Pranab

It is a mix of the old and the young in the poll fray in the national capital which will witness three septuagenarians and six candidates below 30 years fighting for a place in the next Lok Sabha.

Septuagenarians and Young candidates in Delhi poll fray

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