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A woman and her son,who has been studying in the US,were admitted to a government hospital with suspected symptoms of swine flu.

Sushma Swaraj ruled out being in the race for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

The ruling NPF made a clean sweep in both the parliamentary poll and by-elections to four assembly segments.

What matters is whether or not we have played the game and not whether we won or lost,said actor turned politician Chiranjeevi.

Agatha Sangma,daughter of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma,retained Tura parliamentary seat in Meghalaya and Congress the Shillong seat.

The Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantric) would maintain equal distance from both the UPA and the NDA,Babulal Marandi said.

Ex-UN diplomat and Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor is back on the streets again,this time to give it a clean look by removing his election posters off city walls.

Amidst reports that it is being wooed by the Congress,Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam party said it is keeping its doors open for post-poll alliances.

Passengers boarding Air India's Mumbai-Vadodara flight were left enraged when the evening flight was withdrawn.

SC dismissed the petition filed by Amarinder Singh seeking shifting of the trial of corruption cases against Badal outside the state.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee hoped that there would be a stable government at the Centre.

An estimated over 66 per cent of total 1.16 crore electors exercised their franchise seeking the fate of 139 candidates for the nine Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

On the final day of polling for the Lok Sabha elections,incidents of violence were reported from 24-Parganas district of West Bengal,Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnore and Uttarakhand’s Dehradun.

Two persons were killed and 60 houses razed to the ground by a devastating fire following an oil pipeline blast in the Digboi refinery of Indian Oil Corporation.

NCP mouthpiece 'Rashtravadi' has criticised Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray's remarks that no Marathi person is fit for the PM's post.

The BJP's Karnataka unit charged the opposition Congress and JD(S) with 'hatching a conspiracy' to topple the state government.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has written a book mentioning as to why the state should be granted special status.

Suspected Maoists have abducted three railway officials,including the station master,of Hendegiri station in Jharkhand's Latehar district.

Senior Congress leader Donwa Dethwelson Lapang was sworn-in as Meghalaya CM where President's rule was lifted last Friday.

A defamation case against former Bihar CM Rabri Devi for making inflammatory remarks against CM Nitish Kumar will be heard on Wednesday.

The Mayawati Govt in UP did not apply its mind and violated cannons of natural justice in invoking NSA on Varun Gandhi,opined the state advisory board.

EC expressed its displeasure to Congress and LJP candidates contesting from the Kangra Parliamentary seat in Himachal Pradesh.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister alleged Congress-led UPA government that it misused official machinary to remain in power.