At a meeting, party leaders discussed minute details of events to be held on the counting day.

He said the effort is to stop both NDA and UPA from forming the government.

A meeting in this regard is also likely to take place on Tuesday.

Afzal admits they cannot bank on Muslim votes, which remain divided among various parties.

Varanasi has some 3 lakh Muslim votes, and Wood claims to have noted a paradigm shift compared to previous elections.

This was the fifth ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops in the last fortnight.

The BJP’s election office is the tallest multi-storey residential complex in the city.

The printouts will help polling agents in figuring out the final tally; officials say it is a ‘more transparent’ system.

FIRs have been lodged against Ramdev for his controversial statement about the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.

Earlier, Jairam Ramesh and Salman Khurshid used to play a big role in overseeing the party’s campaign during elections.

The BJP leader defended his attack on Priyanka Vadra saying he was bound to react when allegations are levelled against him even if the person is not in active politics.

Barring the Beniya Bagh rally, all the other programmes were granted permission.

The Indian Forest Service is not amused at the recent turn of events in the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Rahul, however, did not forget to mention about the possibility of 'Modi-Mamata' alliance.

Yadav said that as far as the EC is concerned, it does not behove political parties to stage demonstrations against a constitutional body.

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid reiterated the sentiment and said the 'BJP does not respect institutions'.

The billboard on the May 12 poll isn’t the only new one in Varanasi, nor the only one referring to the election.

He concedes conducting elections in the high-profile constituency was among his toughest assignments so far.

JD(U) has fielded Anil Ram and BJP Janak Ram in Gopalganj, which became a reserved seat after delimitation.

Candidates of major political parties in each constituency are almost always from the most populous castes.

Gandhabanik Samaj of Kolkata, which represents Pal’s caste, too is aggrieved.

Wary of her NDA past, unhappy about Saradha, they examine other voting options.

Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the sitting TMC MP, is confident of being re-elected for the work she has done.

According to the the Gujarati lexicon Bhagvadgomandal, Modh is an adjective showing prosperity status of a particular caste or community.