Monday,
May 10, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
Coalition with large parties better, says PM New Delhi, May 9
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
believes it is better to have a coalition with “large parties” and that
General Election should not be viewed in the limited perspective of who
gets or doesn’t get minority votes.
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Committed to take
Indo-Pak peace process *
Benefits of Indo-Pak
cooperation, especially for people of Punjab, HP, J&K and Haryana *
Decision on Indo-Pak cricket
series not taken for electoral considerations
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Should US Defense Secretary
Donald Rumsfeld resign for Iraq excesses?
Ready for
stable, secular govt, claims Congress New Delhi, May 9
A day ahead of the finale of the
Lok Sabha polling, the Congress today sought to position itself as the
initiator of a non-NDA coalition. It appropriated the stability plank,
assuring the people of providing a stable government.
EC issues
notice to CPM
Report on Chapra submitted New Delhi, May 9
On the eve of the crucial Lok
Sabha poll, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) today suffered a
major blow when the Election Commission issued a show-cause notice for
violating the Model Code of Conduct and asked the West Bengal
Government to register a criminal case against the Left Front
Chairman, Mr Biman Bose, for 'intimidating' election observers.
Young brigade on test today Chandigarh, May 9
Electoral fate of former Test
cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu, former All-India Youth Congress chief
Manish Tewari, Mr Abhay Chautala (younger son of the Haryana Chief
Minister), Mr Naresh Gujral (son of former Prime Minister Inder Kumar
Gujral) and young industrialist and equestrian international Naveen
Jindal — all first timers — will be sealed in electronic voting machines
(EVMs) in the final phase of polling for the 14th Lok Sabha tomorrow.
Abhay Chautala
Navjot Sidhu
Manish Tewari
Voting for 182 Lok Sabha seats today New Delhi, May 9
Voting for the final phase of 182
parliamentary constituencies takes place tomorrow in 16 states and Union
Territories, amidst predictions of a hung Parliament by opinion and exit polls.
Chechen President killed in
blast Moscow, May 9
Chechen
President Akhmad Kadyrov was among 14 persons killed and 38 injured when
a landmine explosion ripped through a stadium in the Chechen capital of
Gronzy during victory day celebrations, the Emergency Ministry said.
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