Edited By Shamik Ghosh

• FIR against Arvind Kejriwal in Gujarat; AAP complains to Election Commission

  In a new installment to the drama that has surrounded Arvind Kejriwal's Gujarat tour, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief has been booked by the police for violating the election code of conduct after he used loudspeakers and microphones in Gandhidham in Kutch reportedly without permission. The police have lodged a First Information Report or FIR again...

• AAP leader Manish Sisodia's car allegedly attacked in Gujarat

  Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia, who is accompanying his party chief Arvind Kejriwal on a four-day tour of Gujarat, has alleged that his car was attacked by BJP workers today.

• A new party for Andhra Pradesh, courtesy Kiran Kumar Reddy

  Kiran Kumar Reddy, who resigned as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh after failing to prevent its bifurcation, today announced his own party ahead of the national election "for the heartbeat of every Telugu."

• Jagdish Tytler spares Congress more ignominy, abandons election plans

  Jagdish Tytler, the controversial Congress leader accused of inciting the anti-Sikh riots of 1984, has abandoned plans to run for Parliament.

• Arvind Kejriwal's Gujarat tour violates code of conduct, says Election Commission

  Arvind Kejriwal violated the model code of conduct in Gujarat, the Election Commission today said, a day after the Aam Aadmi Party leader's brief detention during a roadshow triggered clashes between the AAP and BJP.

• Sushma Swaraj takes on the BJP leadership, questions controversial leaders joining NDA

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj has strongly objected to her party's plans to align with several controversial politicians, as the last lap for the general elections begins in real earnest.

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  Police report blames AAP for instigating Delhi violence

  Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party or AAP instigated the violence that erupted into a full-blown riot at the BJP office, the Delhi Police has said today in a report to the Election Commission.

• Arvind Kejriwal's car attacked in Gujarat; police say he changed route last minute

  On a day fraught with hostility, Arvind Kejriwal's car was attacked and its windscreen cracked as his convoy passed through Kutch in Gujarat this evening. The Aam Aadmi Party leader is touring the state for what he calls an audit of chief minister Narendra Modi's governance.

• Within hours of elections being called, political rattling and rolling

  Within hours of dates being announced for what is billed as the world's biggest election, politicking touched a new decibel all over the country. There was sabre-rattling, and there were street protests. There was deal-making, and other deals threatened to come apart. Serious muscle was flexed. And the day is not yet over.

• Day 1 of Gujarat road-show bumpy for Arvind Kejriwal

  Arvind Kejriwal, who was briefly detained by the Gujarat police today, made a public appeal this evening for his supporters from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to stay calm after they fought egregious street battles with BJP members in Delhi and Lucknow.

• After violence, Arvind Kejriwal urges party workers to stay calm

  Hours after Arvind Kejriwal was briefly detained at a police station in Gujarat, violence erupted in Delhi and Lucknow as workers from his party clashed with those from the BJP.

• Suresh Kalmadi unlikely to get Congress ticket; Jagdish Tytler files for primaries from Delhi

  Ahead of the Election Commission's formal announcement of the Lok Sabha election dates, the Congress' top leadership met for close to two hours on Tuesday to finalise their first list of candidates in politically crucial states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

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  Sahara chief Subrata Roy sent to Tihar Jail till March 11

  Subrata Roy, the chief of the Sahara conglomerate, has been sent to judicial custody till Tuesday next, when a case related to refunding investors will be heard again, the Supreme Court said today.

• Government official found dead with wife and children at Delhi home

  A government official along with his wife and two children was found dead at his residence in South Delhi today.

• Government unlikely to go ahead with ordinance route for Rahul Gandhi's pet bills: sources

  The UPA government will not invoke the emergency powers of the Constitution for promulgating ordinances ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, due by May. The Congress Core Group, in a late evening meeting, decided not to go for the ordinance route for the anti-graft bills being pushed by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, and some other important pieces...