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Murders embarrass Congress

Sinha pours scorn on Pakistani allegation

Pro-Hindu alliance runs into trouble in Kashmir

The infamous dirty tricks department of the principal opposition Congress party is at it again. With an eye on the upcoming prestigious state assembly polls in Gujarat, the party is in the process of using the shoulders of Hindu saints to shoot at the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that rules both the centre and the state.

EC urges Gujaratis to vote without fear

BJP rebels call truce in UP

Focus: DDA move revives factory workers' hopes

Congress sees Gujarat polls as trial run for '04

The main opposition Congress party yesterday tried to deflect criticism levelled against it for indirectly helping the ruling coalition's candidate win Monday's poll for the lone Uttar Pradesh legislative council seat.

BJP backs trifurcation of Kashmir

The separatist All Party Hurriyat Conference averted a major crisis yesterday with the 23-party conglomerate changing its decision to expel the People's Conference party after accepting its written explanation that it had no intentions to participate in the upcoming state assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Election Commission (EC), currently overseeing the state legislative assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, has turned down the state government's demand to do away with using indelible ink for marking voters' fingers.