EC team to probe Chapra violence
New Delhi, April 29
Even as the Election Commission today decided to send a two-member team to Chapra in Bihar for holding an inquiry into alleged large-scale violence and electoral malpractice, a delegation of NDA leaders met the three-member poll panel to seek deployment of additional Central paramilitary force in Madhepura in Bihar where RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav is contesting against senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav.

FIR against Rudy, bodyguards
Patna, April 29
The police has registered two cases against Union Civil Aviation Minister and BJP candidate from Chapra Rajiv Pratap Rudy and his bodyguards charging them with booth grabbing, indulging in scuffle, theft and intimidating voters during the April 26 poll.

Cases politically motivated: Rudy

BJP presses panic button
Sends RSS veteran Khandelwal to UP
New Delhi, April 29
A panic- stricken BJP is firing on all cylinders to arrest its downslide in Uttar Pradesh as the party today deputed another top leader to the state to mobilise its cadres ahead of the remaining two crucial rounds of polls on May 5 and 10.

‘Pehle daam phir kaam’ is INLD culture, says Sonia
Mahendergarh, April 29
Congress President Sonia Gandhi said today that corruption was rampant at public places and “the culture of bribery is the order of the day in Haryana”.

J&K page: If Cong wins, Sonia to be PM, says Azad

Two criminals shot dead in Delhi
New Delhi, April 29
The Delhi police crime branch today claimed to have shot dead two criminals in an early morning encounter near the Wazirabad area of north Delhi. 

Dharna by Pak jatha at Attari
Amritsar, April 29
Railway Customs authorities at Attari faced a piquant situation today as the 178-strong Pakistani Muslim religious jatha refused to board the train en route to Roorkee (UP) demanding release Mr Mohammed Khalid, a member of the jatha, who was detained for carrying Rs 4,000 in fake Indian currency.

178 Muslims reach India

Cop probing PMT leak arrested by CBI
New Delhi, April 29
The CBI today arrested Delhi police official Sanjay Gupta, probing the CBSE PMT paper leak case, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the kin of a person whose name had figured in the case.

SA Judge absolved of rape charge
Mumbai, April 29
A court today discharged high court Judge of South Africa Sirajuddin Mohammed Ibrahim Desai, charged with raping a woman of his own country during the World Social Forum meet in the city early this year.

Sports page: India outplay Pakistan, lift Asia Cup Asians can win at Athens, says AHF secretary Indian players toss teammate Sandeep Singh after winning the 5th Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament in Karachi on Thursday. India beat Pakistan 5-2 in the final. — Reuters photo