REGIONAL NEWS - Page 434

Indo-Nepal border has been sealed ahead of last phase of Lok Sabha polls to be held in Uttarakhand keeping in view the political unrest.

Election authorities raided the hotel where SP leader Jaya Prada was staying,evoking a strong protest from the actress-turned-politician.

WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee denied the media reports regarding the return of Nano car plant to Singur.

Continuing the recent spate of Naxal violence,Maoist rebels unleashed yet another attack on security forces,killing two security personnel and injuring seven others.

BJP accused Naveen Patnaik of violating model code of conduct by allotting iron-ore mines to Posco three days prior to the polling.

After coming under fire from SP chief,party leader Azam Khan maintained that he only had issues with joining hands with Kalyan Singh.

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said the Left Front would like to install a government which would secure land and bank loans for farmers.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav sought to pacify Azam Khan saying he wanted him to start canvassing for the party.

Attacking Rahul Gandhi for accusing BJP of being 'indifferent' towards rural masses Sushma Swaraj asked him to do his 'home work' before making such comments.

BJP criticised EC for sending fact-finding teams to Bihar to investigate complaints about poll irregularities in six parliamentary seats.

Rajasthan unit of BJP has welcomed the recommendation of the UP advisory board on Varun Gandhi's hate speech.

BJP criticised the Left parties for portraying a false secular image and accused them of preventing minority community voters from casting their ballots.

LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan insisted that he would remain with the UPA and would discuss post-poll alliance if Congress president Sonia Gandhi extends an invitation.

The Rajasthan unit of BJP hit out at CM Ashok Gehlot for postponing a meeting scheduled to discuss the acute water problem in the state.

J-K police and army,in a joint operation,eliminated Divisional Commander of LeT along with his body guard at Dimpha area of the Doda district.

When the three districts of prestigious Srinagar Lok Sabha seat went to polls,not a single Assembly segment improved its poll percentage from the last year’s Assembly elections.

Hundreds of people shouting anti-Taliban slogans shut down shops in Jammu protesting attacks on the Sikh community in Swat Valley.

The Supreme Court banned all mining activity in Haryana’s Aravali Hills,describing the on going ecological degradation as very serious.

MDMK leader Vaiko has condemned the alleged distribution of money and saris to voters by DMK workers.

Suspected militants have reportedly set afire more than ten houses in remote Jorai village near Haflong in the North Cachar Hills District of Assam.

The NC said on that the Congress will emerge as the single largest party after the Lok Sabha polls and there could be some 'surprises' in post poll alliances.

A CPM activist was killed in a bomb attack while returning after exercising his franchise at Eroali village in Murshidabad district.

Under pressure from its rivals Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK has jumped into the 'Eelam' bandwagon demanding a separate homeland for Tamils in Sri Lanka.