Congress today announced its party candidate for Patliputra constituency of Bihar from where RJD chief Lalu Prasad is contesting.The party has fielded former MP Vijay Kumar Yadav for the seat. This could well increase the trouble of Prasad, who is already facing a formidable Yadav candidate in Ranjan Yadav there.

Cong announces candidate against Lalu

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BJP today dubbed Sonia Gandhi's &quot;slave of RSS&quot; comments on its Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani to be a tactic to deviate the issue of a &quot;captive Prime Minister&quot; under UPA regime.

'Slave of RSS' Sonia's tactic to deviate captive PM issue: BJP

Union home minister P. Chidambaram today demanded that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi should apologise to Indian Army for making derogatory remarks about the army in his election speech.

&#39;Modi should apologise to Indian Army for his remarks&#39;

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Favouring an end to personal attacks and mud-slinging in election campaigns, BJP today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take the initiative on the issue.

End mudslinging: BJP to PM

It is a battle between Orissa and Andhra Pradesh ahead of the first phase of elections on April 16 as the two states are engaged in wresting control of 21 villages consisting about 2,600 voters in the state border areas.

Orissa, Andhra battle over border villages

The BJP&rsquo;s prime ministerial candidate LK Advani&rsquo;s plans to get India back in the black, so to speak, will take a lot more effort than he would have the country believe. After the expose involving a Liechtenstein bank, where a former employee provided the names of citizens of various countries who had accounts in the bank, and the OECD crackdown on various tax havens, Mr Advani clearly believes that the famed secrecy laws of the Swiss banks are a thing of the past.

Pie in the sky

The Indian economy is going to face a difficult time for at least another year and a half. In foreign policy the emerging upheavals in Pakistan and, at home, aggravated threats of terrorism and political violence will require a cool and calculated response by policy-makers.

Nitin Desai: The poll and the economy

Uttar Pradesh industry and traders feel that political parties in the country, both national and regional, have largely ignored their interests in the manifestos.

Industry, traders feel ignored by political parties

Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today kept open the options for a post-poll tie-up with them, the Left parties made it clear that they would in no case support a Congress-led government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections.

Left rules out support to Cong-led govt

The dingy hall at the city&rsquo;s famous Kamlu Babu&rsquo;s house is barely lit. Shabby, discoloured walls, a few chairs and a big wooden table of this &ldquo;central election room&rdquo; depict the simplicity with which the candidate has always lived his life. But then, at one corner, leaning against the wall is the cutout, perhaps the most significant picture of the 2009 Lok Sabha election in this old railway town.

George fights a lonely battle in Muzaffarpur

The election manifesto of Mamata Banerjee&rsquo;s Trinamool Congress (TC), released last month, did not get the attention it &ldquo;deserved&rdquo;.

Mamata's message of change finds audience in rural Bengal

Amid unprecedented security due to naxalite menace, Orissa goes to polls tomorrow for 10 parliamentary and 70 Assembly constituencies.

Stage set for first phase polls in Orissa

The fate of 178 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh will be sealed by the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) on Thursday, as the state goes to the polls tomorrow in the first phase of general elections.

Security blanket for Chhattisgarh polls

Three union minister are among the prominent contestant in the first phase of polls in the state to be held on Thursday.

AP First phase polling today

Campaign in Mysore and other neighbouring parliamentary constituencies in this region is still in the hands of the second rung leaders. The senior leaders are busy campaigning for the first phase of polls in other Lok Sabha constituencies.

Karnataka: Campaign to turn intensive

Under attack from the Congress on the Kandahar episode, BJP today sought to turn the tables on the UPA's lead party saying it &ldquo;did not utter a single word&rdquo; against the consensus arrived at an all-party meeting to release the terrorists.

Congress was party to consensus on Kandahar episode: BJP

Polling in the first phase of elections to Lok Sabha began on a moderate note today during which the fate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, BJP's Murli Manohar Joshi and Yashwant Sinha and TRS president K Chandrasekar Rao will be decided.

First phase LS polls: Polling begins on moderate note

Naxalites attacked polling booths in Dantewada and Narainpur regions in Chhattisgarh, triggering IED blasts and exchanging fire with security forces as polling began in the state today.

Naxalites attack polling booths in Chhattisgarh

CPI (Maoist) rebels attacked a polling station at Singhpur village in Bihar's Gaya district today, killing a homeguard and a district armed police personnel.

Two cops killed as naxalites attack poll centre in Bihar

Maoists set afire at least three polling booths, electronic voting machines and other poll material in Orissa's Malkangiri district today, disrupting voting in the area.

Maoists set three polling booths on fire in Malkangiri

An estimated 20 per cent of 27.37 lakh voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in Assam's three Lok Sabha constituencies of Karimganj, Silchar and Autonomous District (ST) today.

20% polling in first two hours in Assam

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