BJD will seek bigger share in govt: Naveen
The Biju Janata Dal will strengthen its position within the National Democratic Front while forming the new government in a week's time, party chief Naveen Patnaik has said.

No guessing now: Parties brace for actual outcome
Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress leaders are keeping their fingers crossed as preparations begin for the counting of votes for the just concluded parliamentary polls on Wednesday.

Few come to cast vote in Anantnag, Outer Manipur
A poll agent was killed, rockets were fired on polling booths and security personnel traded gunfire with Naga insurgents as widespread violence marred balloting in Outer Manipur and Anantnag Lok Sabha constituencies which ended yesterday.


  End of a mammoth exercise signals beginning of another democratic era