In a bid to mollify its ally, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said Congress alliance with DMK has stood the test of time and would continue.

Congress alliance with DMK will continue: PM

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You cannot fool today&rsquo;s voter with verbosity and irrelevant speeches, Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s (BJP&rsquo;s) Minority Morcha, tells AASHA KHOSA.

&#39;Muslim vote is a positive vote this time&#39;

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Veerappa Moily suddenly ceased to be Congress Party&rsquo;s chief spokesman on Saturday, amid media speculation that he has been removed for his remarks against Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar, whom the party has been wooing, but he tried to dispel that interpretation.

Moily removed from AICC media head

A quarter century ago, Rajiv Gandhi, as India&rsquo;s prime minister, had infamously commented that &ldquo;Calcutta is a dying city&rdquo;.

Purulia is better off than Rae Bareli and Amethi

If there is a severe correction, the long-term investor could enter with a shotgun approach and buy the index.

Post-election strategies

Ok, so he&rsquo;s not in the same league as Chiranjeevi, or the late NT Rama Rao, but CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat also has some sort of star-status.

Not just film-stars

Just how transparent the government is getting is best judged from the websites of both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. Apart from the usual details of the MPs&rsquo; occupation and educational qualifications, there is a separate sub-head on their birthdays and, if you please, even one that gives details of &lsquo;MPs in hospital&rsquo;. What will complete the picture is a sub-head &lsquo;MPs with criminal records&rsquo;. May be the next government will introduce that.

Missing detail

If one goes by the campaign tone of the Left in West Bengal, then it would leave no one in doubt that their guns are trained on one single lady: Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata defends position against CPI(M) onslaught

Bihar CM accuses Centre of demanding the return of Rs 1,010 crore give to the state for tackling Kosi floods.

Nitish, TRS attend NDA show of strength

If one goes by the tone of campaign by the ruling Left Front in West Bengal, it would leave no one in doubt that its guns are trained on one single woman: Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the state&rsquo;s main Opposition Trinamool Congress.

Left trains gun on Mamata in West Bengal

Sharing a platform with DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today strongly stood by the alliance with the DMK, a key partner of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

Sonia shares dais with Karuna, says alliance is intact

A loyalist of AIADMK founder M G Ramachandran and a bureacrat trusted by the late leader are battling it out in this backward Vanniyar community heartland in the May 13 Lok Sabha elections.

Battle of MGR loyalist and trusted bureaucrat

Campaigning for the final phase of Lok Sabha elections ends today across nine states and Union territories, even as political groupings strove to make friends out of foes ahead of the May 13 polls.

Campaigning for final phase of LS polls ends today

Attacking Rahul Gandhi for giving Nitish Kumar a &quot;secular certificate&quot;, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today said the Bihar Chief Minister's &quot;secular facade&quot; stood exposed after he shared dais with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi.

Nitish's secularism exposed in NDA rally: Lalu

Accusing SP leader Azam Khan of circulating material to sully her image, party candidate from Rampur Jaya Prada today said she would complain to the Election Commission about it.

Jaya Prada to lodge complaint against Azam Khan with EC

&nbsp;Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today shared the stage for the first time with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at a poll rally here, describing him as the &quot;pride of Punjab and the country&quot; who had taken India forward in all spheres.

Rahul says Manmohan Singh is pride of Punjab and the country

Outsiders here have always been greeted with unusual grace in poll times so much so that people have been voting them to power for the past 25 years, relegating the imperative of being a local to the background.

Budaun awaits to elect outsider with Yadav-Muslim support

Campaigning for the 15th Lok Sabha is slated to end today with a big political showdown between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in picturesque Kullu in Himachal Pradesh.

Rahul-Modi showdown in Kullu on last day of campaign today

The influence of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is in for a reality check in Jadavpur as he represents the assembly segment within this Lok Sabha seat and the verdict would indicate where the Left's policies stand vis-a-vis the Trinamool Congress'.

Buddhadeb's popularity to face test in Jadavpur

The Left parties don't consider Congress as &quot;untouchable&quot; but are trying to form a Third Front government at the Centre and may join it if they can play a meaningful role in it, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said today.

Left parties don't consider Cong as untouchable

UPA allies RJD and LJP today attacked Congress over its overtures to JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, saying his shaking hands with BJP's Hindutva mascot Narendra Modi at an NDA rally in Ludhiana shows &quot;how secular he is&quot;.

RJD, LJP flays Nitish for sharing dais with Modi

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