Chhattisgarh again: 14 killed as Maoists step up terror campaign
7 EC men among dead in back-to-back attacks in Bijapur & Bastar dists
Raipur, April 12
Seven members of a polling team and five CRPF personnel were among 14 killed as Maoists struck twice today in less than an hour, blowing up a bus and an ambulance in Bijapur and Bastar districts of Chhattisgarh. Ten persons, including five paramilitary personnel, were also injured in the two incidents.

An injured being shifted to a Raipur hospital after a Maoist attack on a poll team in Bijapur on Saturday. PTI

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Storm over video of Punjab CM asking for poll funds
Chandigarh, April 12
News channel reports showing Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal openly asking industrialists to contribute to SAD-BJP’s Jalandhar candidate Pawan Kumar Tinu’s poll fund has created a political storm. The Opposition has asked the Election Commission to bar him from campaigning for “blatant violation” of the model code of conduct.

Capt hiding foreign bank a/cs: Modi
Balotara (Barmer), April 12
BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi today targeted Punjab ex-chief minister and Congress Amritsar candidate Amarinder Singh for allegedly not divulging details of foreign bank accounts and assets in Geneva held in his wife and son's name in his poll affidavit.

Curfew in Gurgaon area after youth shot dead
Gurgaon, April 12
The self-imposed “curfew” by villagers in Punhana turned into an official one after a local youth was allegedly shot late last night.

Paramilitary personnel on duty at Punhana village in Mewat on Saturday. A Tribune photograph

Kite flies high in Bathinda, but for Manpreet’s namesake
Bathinda, April 12
Congress-PPP-CPI joint candidate Manpreet Badal today sought the immediate transfer of District Returning Officer Kamal Kishore Yadav after he awarded the kite symbol to his namesake “dummy” candidate. He also termed Punjab Chief Electoral Officer VK Singh “helpless” in front of the SAD-BJP state government.

After ban on poll rallies, FIRs against Shah, Azam Khan
 Muzaffarnagar/ Ghaziabad, April 12
BJP leader Amit Shah and Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, who have been banned by the Election Commission from addressing public rallies, were today booked for violating model code of conduct while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh. (Details on Nation page)

Missing Malaysian jet co-pilot made mid-air phone call
Kuala Lumpur, April 12
The co-pilot of missing Malaysia Airlines plane made a desperate call from his mobile phone moments before the jet went off the radar with 239 people on board under mysterious circumstances on March 8. (Details on world page)