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Congress marches ahead in Assembly poll
Gets majority
in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Nov 28 — After a long gap it is carnival time for the Congress. A rejuvenated party led by Mrs Sonia Gandhi wrested Rajasthan and Delhi from the Bharatiya Janata Party while retaining Madhya Pradesh.The Congress, sailing on the anti-incumbency, has secured a two-third majority in Rajasthan.
Digvijay retains power in MP
BHOPAL, Nov 28 — The ruling Congress was in a commanding position in Madhya Pradesh, maintaining its winning spree by bagging 85 of the 135 seats declared so far and leading in about a hundred other seats, trends for which were available.
Perform or perish
(Editorial by
Hari Jaisingh)
Shekhawat quits after
BJP rout


Mizo front forges ahead

BJP wins Baijnath seat

CPM sweeps WB bypoll

Vajpayee meets President

PM consults party
leaders


RJD winning in Bihar

CPM asks Cong to
stake claim


Sushma resigns

Akalis lose Adampur seat
JALANDHAR, Nov 28 — In a major upset, the Congress party today won the prestigious Adampur byelection to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.
The Congress candidate, Mr Kanwaljit Singh Lalli, was declared elected, defeating his nearest Akali Dal (B) rival, Mr Dalbir Singh Dhirowal, by just six votes.

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Caption contest
All-India final party position
  MP Raj Del MZ Total
Seats 320 197 69 40 626
Cong 173 150 51 6 380
BJP 120 33 15 168
MNF 21 21
MPC 12 12
JD 3 1 4
SP 4 4
CPI-M 1 1
BSP 11 2 13
Ind/oth 12 8 2 1 23
This table has been updated independent of the November 29 issue of The Tribune. Thus, it reflects a more recent election situation than the news items.

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Train mishap toll 210
KHANNA, Nov 28 — With the recovery of a few more bodies from damaged coaches today death toll of Thursday's train accident near here has risen to 210. The last body to be retrieved from a crumpled coach was that of a baby.

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IN PASSING
IN PASSING
My right hand is for getting the votes and the left for settling the leadership issue.
By Sandeep Joshi
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