Nine persons, including three policemen, were injured as stray clashes, lathicharge, police firing and boycott marked polling in Bihar's 11 Lok Sabha seats today, where an estimated 28-30 per cent votes were cast till 3 pm.

Violence marks poll in Bihar, 30% voter turnout

Press Trust of India

The Bofors case has been &quot;stretched too far&quot; and there is nothing in it &quot;except politics&quot;, Law Minister H R Bhardwaj said today claiming that the prosecution has not been able to make out a case for extradition of the accused, Ottavio Quattrocchi.

Bofors case is nothing but politics: Bhardwaj

Noting that the population of migratory labourers in Punjab is in lakhs, the Samajwadi Party today said that its target is to spread its base in the border state and redress grievances of the people influxed from other states.

Samajwadi Party keen on spreading its base in Punjab

An estimated 50 per cent of the 14.4 crore electorate today exercised their franchise in the third phase of Lok Sabha polls held in nine states and two union territories, which passed off by and large peacefully barring stray violence in Bihar and West Bengal.

50% turnout in 3rd phase of LS polls

Polling was boycotted primarily by tribals in three Lok Sabha seats -- Darjeeling, Balurghat and Jhargram -- in West Bengal today during the first phase of election in the state.

Poll boycott in three LS seats of West Bengal

The Trinamool Congress tonight formed an alliance with the Congress in West Bengal to contest the Lok Sabha elections against the ruling Left Front. The decision was announced after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee met Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee here.

Cong, TC tie up for LS polls

Putting the Congress on notice, NCP President Sharad Pawar has asked it to clarify well before the filing of nomination papers whether it is ready for a nationwide alliance with the smaller constituents of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA). Otherwise, he says, they will be free to contest elections against the Congress in those states where they don&rsquo;t have a seat-sharing adjustment with the party.

Pawar demands nationwide alliance with Congress

Business Standard

Fifteen states and seven Union Territories will end polling within a day.

5-phase LS polls from April 16 to May 13

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee might have to give up at least seven seats in her bastion in southern West Bengal to the Congress as the price of an electoral alliance. Top sources in the Congress told Business Standard that apart from the seats of the six sitting party MPs and the newly created Malda (North) constituency, the Congress is eyeing seven seats in southern Bengal. West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha seats.

Cong wants seven seats from Trinamool in south Bengal

AICC general secretary in charge of Orissa, Ghulam Nabi Azad, today exuded the optimism that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will return to power at the Centre in the forthcoming parliamentary polls.

UPA may return to power: Azad

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Pune on Tuesday and called on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar.

Rahul meets Pawar

Karnataka&rsquo;s election and police authorities held their first coordination meeting today to enforce the model code of conduct, after the Lok Sabha polls were announced.

State to step up vigil during polls

The JD(S) today charged Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa with violating the model code of conduct by addressing individual letters to beneficiaries of old age pension scheme and said it would complain to the Election Commission about it.

CM has violated model code of conduct: Gowda

Congress announces 24 UP candidates

The Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress today agreed to share 41 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra.

Cong, NCP to share 41 Maha seats

Three top leaders of the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) &mdash; Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley and Jaswant Singh &mdash; are not contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections and will manage the party&rsquo;s election campaign instead.

Venkaiah, Jaitley, Jaswant not to contest

The last time the Congress had tied up with the Trinamool Congress was in the 2001 West Bengal assembly elections. However, the party was humiliated. The two parties have again joined hands for the coming general elections. This time, the success of the alliance depends on the sincerity and dignity of the partners, Manas Bhuiyan, leader of the West Bengal unit of Congress Legislative Party, tells Saubhadro Chatterji.

'Cong needs long-term alliance with TC'

The government today appointed Navin Chawla as the next Chief Election Commissioner.

Navin Chawla is new CEC

Continuing its formula of &ldquo;social engineering&rdquo;, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today announced four Brahmin candidates in Maharashtra for the coming Lok Sabha polls.

BSP names 4 Brahmin candidates for Maha

Leaders ask Sonia Gandhi to &lsquo;review&rsquo; seat-sharing arrangement.

Congress wary of Mamata's seat proposals

The Left parties, generally considered as a regimented force, have started facing increased rebellions over their candidate selection in West Bengal for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Left faces selection woes

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