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BJP fears largescale violence in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar
NEW DELHI, APRIL 29. The Bharatiya Janata Party plans to do `saturation campaigning' in Uttar Pradesh for the May 10 polls to the Lok Sabha. The party would re-activate its workers and those of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in all districts of ...

India for resumption of peace process in Sri Lanka
NEW DELHI, APRIL 29. Expressing hope for an early resumption of the peace process in Sri Lanka, India today said that an enduring solution to the vexed issue afflicting the island nation could be found only through the internal political ...

FIRs filed against Rudy
PATNA, APRIL 29.Two FIRs have been filed against the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Rajiv Pratap Singh Rudy, for allegedly indulging in electoral malpractices in his Lok Sabha constituency, Chapra, Bihar, on the day of polling on ...

Sonia ridicules BJP's `India Shining' campaign
MOHINDERGARH (HARYANA), APRIL 29.The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, addressing a rally here this afternoon lambasted the National Democratic Alliance and charged that it had been making only false promises to the people. Speaking in Hindi, she ...

Congress to use Rahul, Priyanka for `precision campaigning'
NEW DELHI, APRIL 29. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi's son, Rahul Gandhi, will, in all likelihood, campaign in Uttar Pradesh, while her daughter, Priyanka Vadra, will concentrate on Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh towards the closing hours of ...

U.S. warship docks in Chennai
CHENNAI, APRIL 29. A United States warship, which is to be decommissioned once it is back in San Diego, berthed in Chennai today, for rest and recreation of its crew. This is the first time that a foreign warship docks in the city purely for this ...

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    Elections 2004
    POLL THEME/THE FOREIGN ORIGIN ISSUE
    Sonia Gandhi, the BJP and the foreigner issue
    The Congress president's place has failed to become a major elecoral issue, despite the BJP's best efforts, says Neena Vyas.

    New naxalite strategy may spell trouble for BJP
    In the past, the scrupulous enforcement of the poll boycott indirectly benefited the BJP; this time, those who were scared away from the polling booths are likely to vote for the Congress or the Left.

    KEY CONSITUENCY
    It will be tough for Kamal Nath
    The people in Madhya Pradesh are busy these days speculating about the outcome of the battle of the ballot for the Chhindwara parliamentary seat where the senior Congress leader, Kamal Nath, is locked in a stiff contest with the Union Minister ...

    POLL THEME/NAYANAR FACTOR
    The show goes on, but where is the showman?
    The absesce of former Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar is a blow to the Left Front and has robbed the campaign of colour, says K.M. Tampi.

    Why Kerala's royals won't be voting
    Members of the Travancore royal family will not go to the polling booths to exercise their franchise for the Lok Sabha elections this time too. This is perhaps one of the country's few royal families that have not voted in any elections so ...

    KEY CONSTITUENCY
    The Jat vote will decide the outcome
    Located about 80 km to the northwest of Delhi, Rohtak attempts to carve a distinct identity for itself as the political capital of Haryana. In a State that has the distinction of adding the Aya Ram, Gaya Ram chapter to the political ...

    BJP unleashed reign of terror, says Tarigami
    DEVSAR (SOUTH KASHMIR) APRIL 29. The Jammu and Kashmir CPI (M) secretary, Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami, today charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with unleashing a "reign of terror against the minorities in the country, particularly the Muslims." ...

    Poll-Pourri
    For many in Rajasthan's Pali Lok Sabha constituency, elections are the time for kamai (earning). This is because the sons of the soil, who have made it big in cities such as Mumbai and Ahmedabad, return home to try their luck at the ...

    Candidate Watch
    January 1, 2004: The Congress leader, Mani Shankar Aiyar, meets the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president, M. Karunanidhi, as part of the process of firming up of the alliance between the two parties in Chennai. Also present in the meeting is ...

    Q & A : Bansi Lal
    'No Vajpayee wave in Haryana'

    Q & A : Shanta Kumar
    'We have created a hunger-free India'

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