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Centre takes U-turn on snoopgate probe
Won’t appoint panel head, leaves it to next govt Loss of face for Congress as party bows to ally pressure
New Delhi, May 5
A day after two UPA allies, the NCP and the NC, questioned the haste to appoint a judge for probing snooping charges against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress-led government today decided to leave the task to the next dispensation.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde (L) and Law Minister Kapil Sibal had recently said a judge would be appointed by May 16 to head the commission for probing snooping scandal

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Campaigning ends for 64 LS seats
Ph-VIII polling in HP, U’khand, J-K tomorrow
New Delhi/Shimla, May 5
Campaigning for the penultimate of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections ended in 64 constituencies today. Polling on these seats, including Amethi where Rahul Gandhi is seeking a re-election and 25 seats in Seemandhra, will take place on Wednesday.

Officials leave with election material for their respective polling stations in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday. PTI

Ahead of polls, Chinese copters intrude into Ladakh
Leh, May 5
Ahead of polling for the lone Ladakh Lok Sabha seat — the country’s largest (area-wise) parliamentary segment — the Chinese Army made a major incursion in the Chumur area, close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Leh district. The incident occurred on May 3 when three of its helicopters entered the Chumur area and conducted a recce for some time.

In Faizabad, Modi invokes Lord Ram to woo voters
New Delhi, May 5
It was an issue which BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi seems to have deliberately underplayed in these elections. But with elections poised to enter a critical phase, today he appeared to steer the campaign back to the basics.


BJP’s PM nominee Narendra Modi at a rally in Faizabad on Monday. PTI

coal scam
Laundering case against Jindal, ex-MoS Rao
New Delhi, May 5
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has slapped money-laundering charges against former Minister of State (MoS) in the Coal Ministry Dasari Narayana Rao and Congress MP Naveen Jindal in connection with its probe into coal block allocations.