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POLL THEME/THE DEBT FACTOR
Naidu's 'borrowing spree' is ammunition for detractors
The issue of loans, especially from the World Bank, has become a key election issue in Andhra Pradesh, writes K. Venkateshwarlu

PM promises quota for women
PATNA, APRIL 10.The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today promised to enact legislation providing for reservation for women in Parliament and the Legislative Assemblies and asserted that his Government would not allow communalism to ...

You cannot misguide people for long: Sonia
JAGDALPUR (CHHATTISGARH), APRIL 10.Flaying the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA Government for propagating the `feel good' factor, the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today claimed that the farmers were committing suicide and there was a steep ...

EC to decide on voter ID demand soon
The Election Commissioner, N. Gopalaswami, has said that the commission would soon take a decision on the demand raised by political parties in Assam for inclusion of additional documents for establishing the identity of the voters in lieu of ...

Congress agenda on defence
NEW DELHI, APRIL 10.The Congress today attacked the Government's J&K policy, and said that for a considerable period, its thinking was that the principal problem in the State was the Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism and proxy war and ...

Congress puts counter questions on Bofors issue
NEW DELHI, APRIL 10.The Congress today asked the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to explain why his Government had not been able to extradite the Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi, — named in the Bofors case — from ...

'I am a Bihari by birth': Vajpayee
BUXAR, APRIL 10.Seeking to put an end to the controversy surrounding his remarks of not being a `Bihari', the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, today said that not only he but also all his siblings were `Bihari' by birth. "I have come to ...

BJP raking up Bofors out of frustration: Rahul Gandhi
AMETHI, APRIL 10.Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Rahul Gandhi today said here that it was raking up the Bofors and foreign origin issues as its claims of "feel good" were not finding much response among the people. The BJP was also ...

BJP to raise Bofors issue during campaign
BANGALORE, APRIL 10. The Union Law Minister and Bharatiya Janata Partry spokesperson, Arun Jaitley, said today that the party would raise the Bofors issue before the electorate in the run-up to the elections. "We will raise the issue before ...

Manmohan accuses PM of exerting pressure on CBI
AHMEDABAD, APRIL 10.The Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and former Union Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh, said here today that since the BJP had nothing to show on the development front it was repeatedly reverting to its old clichés ...

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    Elections 2004
    POLL THEME/THE DEBT FACTOR
    Naidu's 'borrowing spree' is ammunition for detractors
    The issue of loans, especially from the World Bank, has become a key election issue in Andhra Pradesh, writes K. Venkateshwarlu

    PM should retire: Digvijay Singh
    BHUBANESWAR, APRIL 10.The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, should retire from politics, the former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and Congress Working Committee member, Digvijay Singh, said here today. "If anyone has to take rest, it ...

    POLL THEME/THE MAITHILI ISSUE
    Chastened BJP sets out to regain Mithilanchal
    The move to grant constitutional recognition for the Maithili language may not necessarily work to the BJP's advantage, says K. Balchand.

    Q&A: Manohar Joshi
    I have to campaign in a dignified manner.

    Q&A: S. Ramadoss
    The BJP will not get a majority

    OPERATION CLEAN-UP


    CANDIDATE WATCH: Tathagat Satpathy, (BJD)
    Tathagat Satpathy, Biju Janata Dal candidate, Dhenkanal

    Advani reaches out to Muslims in Bihar
    Rattling through the heart of Bihar, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, devoted the better part of his Bharat Uday Yatra campaign wooing the `elusive' Muslim community. As he entered the State at Bathnakutti in Gopalganj district, Mr. ...

    INDIA BLINDING?


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