NEWS
Sonia's candidature challenged in court
A public-interest petition in the Madras high court opposes the Congress president's candidature on the ground that she is Italian by birth.
NEWS
No Kargil wave in Punjab
The most important factor expected to dominate the poll in the state is the division of the Sikh vote. It could determine the success of the Congress.
NEWS
Tytler challenged to prove innocence
BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana said even the Justice R S Narula committee had recommended that the government should investigate the Congressman's involvement in the anti-Sikh riots.
CONSTITUENCY
Kargil gives BJP the edge over Vaghela
The BJP is cashing in on the sentiment favouring it after the death of son-of-the-soil Dinesh Vaghela in Operation Vijay.
GALLERY
A tale of two rallies
Atal and Sonia. Jaya and Karunanidhi. Sreeram Selvaraj captures vignettes from the Great Indian Political Circus.
NEWS
BJD's dominance worries ally BJP
What has especially irked the state BJP is that it was refused two of the 12 seats allocated to the BJD in the last election.
INTERVIEW
'I cannot take orders from every Tom, Dick and Harry'
'The harassment, the torture, the troubles I faced in the last 6, 7 months was too much,' says Dalit Ezhimalai, who resigned recently as Vajpayee's health minister.
COLUMN
Soft options, hard choices
'Forget parties, forget ideology. We are living in an era of political opportunism and high-pitched marketing,' says Pritish Nandy, MP.
SPECIAL
Election results, at your fingertips...
Who won in Barh in 1977? And, who won Rampur, which has the highest concentration of Muslims in India, in 1998? Check out the results of the previous 12 general elections.
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