His 15-minute speech, standing on a chaarpai under a banyan tree at Rupouli village, doesn&rsquo;t mention anything about his party&rsquo;s 15-year rule in Bihar. Instead, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh &mdash; Union Rural Development Minister and RJD&rsquo;s candidate from Vaishali &mdash; tries to convince his voters how the present Bihar government under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not spending the Centre&rsquo;s money for development.

Raghuvansh harps on Centre funds issue

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On the lines of &lsquo;Pappu mat baniye, vote dijiye&rsquo; (cast your vote) campaign, the chief electoral office of Delhi will now rope in global food service retailer McDonald&rsquo;s to encourage young voters to exercise their franchise in Lok Sabha elections on May 7.
A series of advertisements will be launched at all the outlets of the retailer by this month-end which will continue till May 7.
&ldquo;We have decided to involve McDonald&rsquo;s in the cause as it is popular among

McDonald's roped in to woo young voters

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Bhupinder Singh Hooda made it a matter of personal honour to get party ticket to one of his&nbsp;loyalist MLA Jitender Malik from Sonepat constituency, despite strong claim for the seat&nbsp;made by senior Congress leader and State Finance Minister Birender Singh.

Prestige at stake for many old warhorses in Haryana

The Congress today invited the BJP to a serious debate on black-money stashed abroad, while refusing to be drawn into discussions on matters based on &quot;bogus&quot; sources.

Black-money debate rages; Cong terms BJP claim bogus

Repoll in eight polling booths spread over six Lok Sabha constituencies, including some in Maoist pockets, in Orissa was in progress amidst tight security today.

Repolling in 8 Orissa booths

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today expressed confidence that the NDA would definitely cross the magic figure of 272 in the Lok Sabha elections.

LS polls: NDA will cross magic figure of 272, says Swaraj

&nbsp;Claiming that he and his party wanted to save people from clutches of terrorism, BJP president Rajnath Singh said that NDA should be voted to power 'for security of the country from terrorists.' &nbsp;Addressing a large election meeting for BJP candidate from Jalgaon A T Patil last night, Singh said, &quot;I have come here for your votes to save our country from the hands of terrorists.

Vote for NDA to save country from terrorists: Rajnath Singh

Congres President Sonia Gandhi will visit Gujarat on April 24, where she will attend three public meetings in Saurashtra and central Gujarat, sources from the party's city unit said here today.

Sonia Gandhi to visit Gujarat on April 24

Ruling out any possibility of going back to the BJP, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi said he would rather die than return to the saffron party.

I would rather die than return to BJP: Marandi

Former Nanjangud MLA D T Jayakumar, who quit JD (S) and joined BJP has charged that Janata Dal (S) supremo H D Deve Gowda and his sons, H D Kumaraswamy and H D Revanna gave him unbearable trouble in the party.

Jayakumar blames Gowda, his sons for quitting JD(S)

Unhappy over denial of LS tickets to his children.

Arjun 'shocked' at Cong treatment

Taking an aggressive position on its performance on the economic front, the Congress today came out with a fact-sheet to negate the BJP&rsquo;s &ldquo;false propaganda&rdquo; on key economic issues.

Cong brings out fact-sheet on economy to counter BJP

In the backdrop of speculations that the Congress may extend support to Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa to enable the latter to form the next government in the state in the event of the latter fell marginally short of majority in the on-going assembly elections, the national party today made it clear that it will not back BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik for the post of chief minister in case the party doesn&rsquo;t get majority of its own.

Cong rules out post-poll alliance with BJD

It may be early days yet, but the signs are unmistakable, of a shift in the way India&rsquo;s electorate judges its politicians. Where once voters exercised their franchise solely on the age-old lines of identity (mostly caste and religion, but also ethnicity and linguistic heritage), the issue of development &mdash; the efficient delivery of social and industrial infrastructure, jobs and much else &mdash; has been acquiring a larger space in the aam aadmi&rsquo;s judgment.

Development gets votes

The Centre has decided not to make public the contents of the controversial letter written by the outgoing Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), N Gopalaswami, recommending the removal of Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla, who is taking over as the new head of the Election Commission on Tuesday. This was disclosed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley in reply to his application for the same under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Centre rejects plea on Gopalaswami letter

Ruling out any possibility of going back to the BJP, former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi said he would rather die than return to the saffron party.

Even as the election officials compiled the final figure of polling in Chhattisgarh, the state recorded voters&rsquo; turnout of 52 per cent. The state went to the polls on Thursday.

Polling figures favour us, say both Congress, BJP

For those who track the country&rsquo;s power sector, it would have come as no surprise that the generation capacity added last year is less than a third of the target. This so-called slippage happens every year, and in every plan, and there is always a ready explanation for it.

Vandana Gombar: Missing the big idea

India&rsquo;s fuel consumption jumped 6.6 per cent in March to reach 11.6 million tonnes on the back of increased vehicle movement for electioneering.

Fuel sales rise 6.6% on electioneering

The demand for more autonomy for Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) has emerged as an issue in the Tripura Lok Sabha elections.

Tribal supporters of BJP, Cong demand more autonomy

Giving a new twist to the prime ministerial race, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today said that Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister could not be taken for granted and UPA constituents will sit together after the elections to choose their nominee for the top post.

Manmohan Singh as PM cannot be taken as granted:Lalu

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