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Hindutva is pure form of secularism, says Advani
PORBANDAR (GUJARAT), MARCH 30. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, said today that a Ram temple would be constructed at Ayodhya if the Bharatiya Janata Party was voted back to power. Mr. Advani said the "dreams" of millions of Hindus [for ...

Rahul campaigns in Rae Bareli
RAE BARELI, MARCH 30. After making it clear on Monday that he had entered politics to stay, the Congress candidate for the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Rahul Gandhi, said today that he would also nurse the Rae Bareli and Sultanpur parliamentary ...

Vision Document reflects real agenda of RSS, says CPI(M)
NEW DELHI, MARCH 30. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party's Vision Document as one which reflected the "real agenda" of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. "The political objective of the document is to ...

When will Advani sit down, asks Sibal
NEW DELHI, MARCH 30. Two identical photographs taken decades apart showing the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, standing behind a sitting Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prompted a sarcastic poser from the Congress today. "How long ...

Ajit Jogi, Ujwala Shinde in Congress list
NEW DELHI, MARCH 30. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ram Naresh Yadav, Ujwala Shinde, wife of the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, former Delhi Police Commissioner, Nikhil Kumar, ...

A moving speech, says Karunanidhi
CHENNAI, MARCH. 30.The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president, M. Karunanidhi, today praised the maiden public speech of Rahul Gandhi, son of the Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, and said that it brought tears to his eyes. Recalling Rahul ...

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  • Confusion over PM's Shantiniketan visit
  • `IIM Calcutta not against fee cut'
  • Pitman's descendant, in long hand
  • LJP promises ban on RSS, VHP
  • Five LeT men held in Punjab
  • KSEB hopeful of getting more outside power
  • Geelani calls for poll boycott
  • CPI releases fourth list
  • I see music in his speeches: Lata
  • EC likely to decide on ads today
  • President to visit Siachen
  • IA-Sri Lankan Airlines negotiate code-sharing
  • Femina Miss India issue being probed
  • `Country should move to evergreen revolution'
  • Samata releases first list
  • National Security Review ranks India eighth
  • EC to visit J&K;
  • Nothing has changed for this tribal woman
  • Girl killed in police firing
  • BJP names three more candidates
  • Defeat BJP, says citizens forum
  • Another Bihar Minister quits

    Elections 2004
    BATTLEGROUND
    The opinion polls and what they mean
    Three major nationwide polls have predicted a clear majority for the NDA. But, despite a narrowing of the possibilities, it is too early to declare the race over, says Yogendra Yadav.

    POLL THEME / CAPITAL CLASH
    CPI (M) makes all-out bid to capture Kolkata
    With the political and demorgraphic profile of the city changing, the Left feels it stands a good chance of wresting control, says Malabika Bhattacharya.

    Survey: tribals will vote despite threats
    Just weeks before the first phase of the Parliamentary elections, a poll survey by the Jammu and Kashmir Tribal research Cultural Foundation — working for the cause of tribals in Jammu and Kashmir — says that the community would vote ...

    Bangladeshi polyester spins money in Tripura
    As the election draws near in Tripura, it is time for the polyester mills of Bangladesh to make money. With the political parties stepping up campaigning for the April 22 Lok Sabha elections, the Old Super Market, more popularly known as "Bangla ...

    Where have all the voters gone?
    An eerie silence welcomes the visitor to this hamlet in the Konchavaram forests in Chincholi taluk of Gulbarga district. More than 90 per cent of the able-bodied male members of this hamlet have migrated to places such as Mumbai, Goa, Hyderabad ...

    For stone fruit growers, the good old days are over
    'The fortunes of the BJP may be affected in Himachal Pradesh because of the farmers' anger over unrestricted fruit imports'

    Poll-Pourri
    Sachin Ahir is an NCP MLA from Sweri in Mumbai but much to his discomfort, he is often referred to as "don Arun Gawli's nephew." Mr. Ahir, who is set to contest against his uncle for the Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha seat, hopes that will ...

    Q & A : Naveen Patnaik
    'We are banking on our good governance'

    Candidate Watch
    'Bader Sayeed, AIADMK candidate, South Chennai'



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