NEWS
54.66 per cent voting in first phase
Four persons were killed in the violence-marred first phase of the general election.
NEWS
In Bellary, it is 60 per cent
In 1998, the constituency had recorded a poll percentage of 62.61 per cent.
NEWS
Repoll ordered in 60 booths in AP
Andhra Pradesh recorded 65 per cent, Karnataka 63, Maharashtra 60, Haryana 62, Punjab 55, Rajasthan 55, Goa 45 and Gujarat 40, Jammu and Kashmir 23 per cent -- Leh 70 per cent.
NEWS
Sunday, cricket and frequent polls cited for average turnout
With the first phase over, attention shifts to the second phase, on September 11. Also, filing of nominations for some more states will begin tomorrow.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
In Khetloi, the nuclear tests have a negative fallout for the BJP
In the village most affected by the Pokhran tests, the anger against the party, ignited in May last year, is still burning -- and burning bright.
SPECIAL
Chacko or Kurup: Whom will India's first 100% literate town choose?
Though the fall in cash-crop prices -- especially rubber, as Kottayam is India's rubber capital -- will be a major issue, the million-strong electorate is also concerned about national politics.
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
'Twinkle twinkle little star, Jeevaraj Alva superstar'
'Our alliance with the BJP has tinged me with a slightly communal colour, and this might become my undoing,' confesses Lok Shakti leader Jeevaraj Alva.
GALLERY
Pilgrim's Progress
Jewella C Miranda discovers a kinder, gentler T N Seshan...
INTERVIEW
'The Congress will have to drag me to make me a minister'
Amberish K Diwanji catches up with the redoubtable T N Seshan, on the campaign trail in Gandhinagar.
INTERVIEW
'The 1984 anti-Sikh riot is part of history now'
'So long as the Pakistani woman has accepted Indian citizenship, she accepts the Indian system and wants to participate in the Indian political system, let her become PM,' says Capt Amarinder Singh.
INTERVIEW
'If we have 40 seats, we will play a decisive role in the formation of a govt'
'It is logical to assume that the split in the Congress will help the BJP, but it doesn't always work out that way. There is no arithmetic in politics,' feels NCP leader Prafulla Patel.
ISSUES
'Mindset will
have to slowly change for which I don't think
there is any lead in the current political leadership in any
party'
'I believe in the soul of this country and no government
can do anything to change its soul, the Indian soul,' says S Gurumurthy
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Sangma unhappy with Pawar
'We had agreed to set up units all over the country and field candidates all over, but Pawar thinks India is only Maharashtra...' Now the former Lok Sabha Speaker is all set to go his own way after the election. Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar.
THE REDIFF COLUMNIST
This is about my MP
'The PM worries about people worrying about the nation's security under a "foreigner", but seems unworried about the effect on the nation's security of installing lawbreakers as law-makers,' says Dilip D'Souza.
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