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• NDTV Mid-Term Poll 2012: Will BJP, Vasundhara Raje make a comeback in Rajasthan?

  The Congress seems to be ceding ground - respondents have found Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his governance poor. And though many believe infighting has hurt the BJP, Vasundhara Raje seems set for a comeback. Picked by the BJP and not the RSS.

• NDTV Mid-Term Poll 2012: Tamil Nadu says Jai Ho, Jayalalithaa

  18 months after her big win, Jayalalithaa remains Tamil Nadu's top choice for Chief Minister. The DMK's M Karunanidhi pips son Stalin to a distant second spot.

• Congress strikes peace with Pawar, but Mamata goes on offensive

  A very angry Mamata Banerjee has demanded a rollback of the latest hike in fuel prices. The demand rode on the threat, "Don't force us into a political clash. If this is not rolled back, we will be forced to take to the streets."

• Hired by Twitter, IITian from Madhya Pradesh heads to California

  It's a dream come true for 22-year-old Swapnil Jain, a computer science graduate from IIT-Delhi. Swapnil, who hails from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, has been offered a job by micro-blogging website Twitter - at a whopping package of Rs 80 lakh per annum.

• Sonia Gandhi defends PM against Team Anna's allegations

  The Prime Minister took on Team Anna again on Monday with a second round of strong remarks against the activists and their allegations of corruption against him and 14 of his senior ministers. "Canards and falsehoods being spread" he said, describing the people behind the allegations as "disparate, desperate elements unified only by their oppositio...

• Nitin Gadkari meets Sonia Gandhi, denies discussing Presidential polls

  Soon after the Congress asked Sonia Gandhi to decide on the party's nominee for the Presidential elections today, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari visited the Congress president. The two leaders met for about six to seven minutes amid much speculation that they discussed candidates for President.

• Highlights: Pranab Mukherjee on Congress Working Committee meeting, petrol prices, state of economy

  Pranab Mukherjee on Congress Working Committee meeting, petrol prices, state of economy

• Caste wars: Bloody pages of Bihar's history

  The killing of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh has once again brought into focus the caste killings of Bihar in the 1990s, a period which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar describes as the dark ages for the state. Over the last two days, the Bihar government has struggled to cope with the aftermath of his death, with violence breaking out in Singh's ...

• I can't campaign for myself for the Bharat Ratna: Viswanathan Anand

  World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand is back in his home town Chennai after defending his fifth world title. In an exclusive interview to NDTV's Sanjay Pinto, Anand reveals that his rapid chess redeemed him in the crucial tie breakers. On the growing support for a Bharat Ratna for him, the unassuming champion says he is touched by the support but...

• BJP denies rift with Nitish Kumar over presidential election

  The BJP has denied a rift with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over who it will support in the election for the next President of India. Mr Kumar runs his government in partnership with the BJP and is a member of the BJP-led coalition, the National Democratic Alliance. The new President will be elected in July when Pratibha Patil's five-year term...

• Delhi court defers order on defamation suit against Army Chief General VK Singh

  A Delhi Court has deferred till May 5, decision on whether to summon Army Chief General VK Singh in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by retired officer, Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh, the man he has accused of trying to bribe him to clear the purchase of "substandard" trucks for the Indian Army.

• Maoists release Odisha MLA Jhina Hikaka

  After holding MLA Jhina Hikaka in captivity for over a month, the Maoists released the 32-year-old Odisha politician today at around 10 am in Balipeta, near Narayanpatna. His abductors said in a message yesterday that they would release the 32-year-old MLA to his wife Koushalya and a Koraput-based lawyer.

• Race for Rashtrapati Bhawan: Sharad Pawar meets Sonia Gandhi

  The Congress today began the process of trying to build consensus for the government's candidate for the presidential election to be held in July when Pratibha Patil's five-year term expires. No date has been announced yet.

• Family humiliated for years, says Big B on Bofors whistle-blower's clean chit

  The main whistle-blower in the Bofors scam has said, 25 years after the scandal shook India and Sweden, that Amitabh Bachchan's name was planted by Indian investigators in the case. In an interview to the website hoot.org, Sten Lindstrom, the former head of the Swedish policy, admits he was the "Deep Throat" who leaked more than 300 documents to ...

• Dilshan case: Chennai court to deliver verdict today

  It's judgment day in the Dilshan murder case in Chennai. In July last year, the 13-year-old boy from a slum had been shot dead, allegedly by retired Army officer Kandasamy Ramaraj while he was plucking almonds from a tree in the Island Grounds Army Residential complex in Chennai.