PATNA: BJP leader Giriraj Singh got some relief as a Patna court granted him anticipatory bail on Friday for his alleged hate speeches during election campaign.

GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur on Tuesday flew down to Guwahati from New Delhi in a special flight and then took a chopper ride to the city from the airport to cast their votes. The couple's trip to their adopted state lasted just 40 minutes.

DUMKA: Eight persons, including two election officials, 5 police personnel and one cleaner, were killed when Maoists ambushed a poll bus

LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati's claim on Tuesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government had unleashed the CBI after her in the disproportionate assets case appears to be the first hint that she is going soft on the Congress.

NEW DELHI: BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi on Wednesday sought support for his prime ministerial bid, saying he has been chosen by god to rescue the country from the mess created by UPA and he needed people's blessings for accomplishing the difficult task.

RAIPUR: As polling begins in seven remaining Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, the state is abuzz with talks over a 'third' factor which may like the other two — Modi wave and Raman effect (sic) — also go in favour of the BJP.

NEW DELHI: Voting for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha election began on Thursday. 11 states and one Union territory will vote in the second largest phase of polling this general election

 VARANASI/ LUCKNOW: Narendra Modi's nomination procession in Varanasi on Thursday could end up surpassing many rallies held during this long poll season.

AGRA: Gangster-turned-politician and leader of the Quami Ekta Dal Mukhtar Ansari, after withdrawing his nomination from the Varanasi seat, on Tuesday filed his nomination papers for the Ghosi (Mau) Lok Sabha seat from the central jail of Agra.

HYDERABAD: Citing inconsistencies in the prosecution's case and statements of witnesses, the Andhra Pradesh high court on Tuesday acquitted all the remaining 56 accused in the 1991 Tsundur massacre case by setting aside the judgment of the trial court at Guntur that awarded life imprisonment to 21 people and one year jail terms to 35 accused.