EC rejects BJP’s plea on campaigning deadline
New Delhi, April 11
The BJP’s plea for extending poll campaigning deadline from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. was rejected by the three-member Election Commission panel headed by Chief Election Commissioner T.S. Krishna Murthy, which met here today.

Ajit Jogi critically hurt in road accident
Raipur/Mumbai, April 11 Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi was critically injured today with his legs paralysed when the vehicle carrying him on electioneering in his Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency rammed into a tree and he was admitted to a Mumbai hospital for specialised treatment.	Former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi under treatment at a hospital in Raipur after he was injured in a road accident in Chhaittisgarh on Monday. — AFP photo

Ram Jethmalani threatens PM
Lucknow, April 11
Attacking the BJP for dragging the AICC President Sonia Gandhi in the Bofors case, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani today asked the saffron party not to take campaigning to the “gutter” and claimed he, too, had something which, if revealed, “will implicate the Prime Minister and his colleagues”.

Ravindra Jain in BJP fold
Ex-BSP leader joins Congress In video: (28k, 56k)
Nation page: Advani behind Bofors story, says Cong and more

Panth Ratan Award conferred on Tohra
Tohra (Patiala), April 11
Harvesting stopped in this part of Punjab today to allow more than one lakh people to pray for and remember Akali patriarch Gurcharan Singh Tohra at his native village here.
Giani Rattan Singh (left) Jathedar of Takht Sri Hazoor Sahib and Giani Iqbal Singh, Jathedar Takht Sri Patna Sahib, present siropas to Ms Joginder Kaur Tohra, widow of the late Gurcharan Singh Tohra at the bhog ceremony in Tohra village, Patiala, on Sunday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Punjab page:
Kala Afghana raps SGPC for award to Tohra
SAD, Cong pay joint tribute to Tohra

New dates for CBSE exam yet to be announced
New Delhi, April 11
Agitated students and their parents staged a demonstration outside the Central Board of Secondary Examinations demanding the announcement of a fresh date for conducting the All-India Pre-Medical Test.

Two arrested in PMT paper leak case
CBI to probe PMT paper leak: Joshi

US copter shot down in Iraq
Fallujah, April 11
Gunmen shot down a US helicopter during fighting in western Baghdad today, killing its two crew members. Insurgents and marines called a ceasefire in the besieged city of Fallujah, but the fragile peace was shaken by shooting incidents that wounded two Americans.

German student sexually assaulted?
Solan, April 11
A German girl studying in Class IX at Lawrence School, Sanawar, was reportedly sexually assaulted by a group of four boys, three of whom were students of the same school, at a local hotel in Kasauli on March 21.

Lal gets additional charge as Haryana DGP

Truck operators seek ‘proxy voting’ right New Delhi, April 11 Once again, majority of over 54 lakh truck drivers and their helpers across the country will not be able to cast their votes in the coming Lok Sabha and state assembly elections.