EC team begins probe in Chapra
Chapra, May 2
A two-member team of the Election Commission today began an inquiry into the complaints of booth capturing and violence allegedly by ruling RJD activists during the April 26 polling for Chapra Lok Sabha seat where party supremo Laloo Yadav crossed swords with Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

Editorial: Criminals in fray

Poll panel may move SC against high court order
Contesting poll from jails
New Delhi, May 2
The Election Commission is considering to move the Supreme Court to challenge a Patna High Court order asking it to consider countermanding of the poll in the constituencies where people with criminal backgrounds are contesting from behind the bars even as legal experts are divided on the issue.

Vajpayee woos farmers
Promises second green revolution in country
Jhajjar, May 2
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today sought peoples’ mandate for the formation of a farmer friendly BJP-led government at the Centre.

Nation page: PM influencing media, says Jethmalani

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee acknowledges greetings of people at an election rally in Jhajjar on Sunday. — PTI photo

Pathankot, May 2

Sonia Gandhi’s motorcade flouts code Even VIPs had to walk Lok Jan Shakti backs Cong Chandigarh page: Oust NDA govt, Sonia exhorts voters Haryana page: Sonia promises justice, employment A supporter of the Congress Party with her head covered with a party flag listens to a speech by party President Sonia Gandhi during a rally in Pathankot on Sunday. — Reuters photo

NC threatens to pull out of poll

Rajendra Babu sworn in CJI New Delhi, May 2 Mr Justice S Rajendra Babu was sworn in as the 34th Chief Justice of India here today. In video (28k, 56k) Opinion page: No regrets about short tenure President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam administers oath to the new Chief Justice of India, Mr S. Rajendra Babu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI photo