Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ruled out sharing stage with his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi during the campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls.

Nitish rules out sharing poll dais with Modi

Press Trust of India

NCP leader Sharad Pawar today said there would be a 'broad union' of secular parties at the national level after the Lok Sabha elections.

Pawar foresees 'broad union' of secular parties after polls

In a bold step to do away with complaints of intimidation of voters, the Election Commission (EC) will conduct vulnerability mapping of constituencies to identify troubled spots and keep extra vigil at those places.

EC to conduct vulnerability mapping of all constituencies

Are we headed for two extra-constitutional, autocratic power centres for the price of one government.

Shreekant Sambrani: Cry, the benighted country!

Business Standard

As the political turf in Orissa gets hotter with every passing day in the run-up to the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and its former ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have gone all out on the advertisement campaign to reach out to the electorate.

BJD ahead of Congress, BJP in media campaign

Land acquisitions lead to great tragedy and ruination of poor families, according to the Supreme Court.

M J Antony: An ear to the ground

&lsquo;Let us see what solutions emerge in the future&rsquo;.

Congress indicates openness to review Tytler, Sajjan candidatures

It is a state that is one of the lowest in India on development indices. In the past 18 years, 610 MW capacity in the power sector has been added to UP. Industry is hamstrung, casteism is rampant and poverty, especially in Bundelkhand currently reeling under the effects of the fourth year of drought, widespread. Despite progressive schemes on paper &ndash; UP began giving an old age pension well before the centre thought of it in the 2009-10 budget &ndash; gains seldom trickle down.

The elephant strides forward, slowly

In what is India&rsquo;s first &ldquo;Shoegate&rdquo; incident, a journalist hurled a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram during a press conference at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Not satisfied with reply, he hurled shoe at Chidambaram

Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said her party was not opposed to a separate state for the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh.

Cong not opposed to Telangana state: Sonia

The issue of supporting the Congress candidate for the Pune Lok Sabha seat, Suresh Kalmadi, is likely to create a rift between Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and his nephew Ajit, the water resources minister in the Maharashtra government.

Kalmadi causing rift in Pawar camp?

Loyalty of alliance partner towards each other is the decisive feature of the 2009 elections in Maharashtra.

Alliances hold the key

There is no secret about this: Narendra Modi is the single largest dominating factor in 2009 Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat.

From state to centre?

Orissa enters the fast lane of an intense triangular fight for the coming twin election for the Lok Sabha and assembly seats in the state with the first phase polls just 12 days away.

Chief Minister to chieftain

The Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, from which the TMC leader Mamata Banerjee has been winning since 1991, (by a margin of more than 100,000 votes in 2004) has undergone major changes following delimitation.

Can she hold on to it?

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh had been the face of BJP in the recently concluded Assembly election in Chhattisgarh. But can he deliver this time? The question has become a major poll plank in the Lok Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh.

The Raman Singh effect

There was a time he was known as the &lsquo;raja&rsquo; of Madhya Pradesh. He was credited with a new policy on the procurement of tendu leaves from tribals, adding to the Congress ranks, a new constituency and base, known as a hardnosed negotiator and a wily strategist. But today, Arjun Singh, the Union HRD minister and one of the senior most ministers in the Congress party, presented his softer, more poignant side when he was seen wiping his eyes while speaking in favour of the Congress candidate from Salempur, Bhola Pandey, at a function in Ballia in Uttar Pradesh.

'Hurt' Arjun Singh weeps at Congress meeting

Adi Godrej, chairman of Godrej Group, one of the most respected and oldest business houses in the country, has announced his decision to support Milind Deora, the Congress candidate from the Mumbai South constituency in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Adi Godrej to support Milind Deora

Two FIRS were filed today against RJD chief Lalu Prasad for violation of the Model Code of Conduct for his remarks against BJP candidate Varun Gandhi at Kishanganj in Bihar and another in Jharkhand when his helicopter landed at the venue of an election meeting. This is probably for the first time that a Union minister has been slapped with two FIRs on one day.

Two FIRs against Lalu in a day

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reacted sharply when it was suggested to him that he share the stage with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi during the campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls.&ldquo;Not at all. Why should I?&rdquo; Kumar said, when asked if he would share a dais with Modi. When asked if he would join a NDA rally with Modi, Kumar said: &ldquo;No, there is no need.

Nitish not to share dais with Modi

With nomination papers of Congress candidate Rajkumar Patel rejected by the district collector on Monday, the party has virtually &ldquo;gifted&rdquo; veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj the Vidisha seat. The Congress nominee, Patel failed to submit a necessary document, &lsquo;Form A&rsquo;, in the original that is needed to prove that a candidate is a particular party&rsquo;s official choice. Vidisha is agog, however, with talk of a secret deal between the Congress and the BJP.

No Cong candidate against Sushma

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