With three out of the four BJP leaders in-charge of the election campaign in UP now emerging as candidates themselves, the party’s campaign is in jeopardy.
The list of 143 candidates released on Tuesday night in Delhi carries the name of Kalraj Misra and Surya Pratap Shahi as BJP candidates from Lucknow East and Pathardeva Assembly seats, respectively.

As the controversy over an alleged conflict of interest involving home minister P. Chidambaram in the withdrawal of three cases against a Delhi hotelier said to be his client erupted here, leading to an uproar in Parliament, Delhi lieutenant-governor Tejendra Khanna on Thursday ordered a fresh trial in the case.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s move to stall decision on the National Food Security Bill by writing a letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh just on the eve of the Cabinet meeting appears to have been more for political reasons than any serious objections.

The rupee breached the `54 level to the dollar in early morning trade Thursday, going up to `54.32, a fall of 61 paise to the dollar, on heavy buying of dollars by traders, companies and FIIs. Speculators too had a field day. By late evening,

Fans light candles to pay tribute to the late actor Dev Anand in New Delhi on Thursday. — G.N. JHA

Social activist Anna Hazare warned Thursday he would begin a “jail bharo” agitation from January 1, in addition to his indefinite hungerstrike from December 27, if the anti-corruption legislation was not passed by Parliament in the Winter Session.

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 27-year-old driver in Malviya Nagar area of south Delhi, the police said on Thursday.

As the government began putting final touches to the Lokpal Bill before tabling it in Parliament next week, it got some unexpected support: Nobel-winning economist Amartya Sen said in New Delhi Thursday that “people on the street” could not tackle corruption properly.

The Congress legislator from Sultanpuri constituency, Jai Kishen, was allegedly assaulted after he intervened in a scuffle between two groups in his area on Wednesday evening.

Tamil Nadu chief minister J. Jayalalithaa on Thursday hit out at the Prime Minister for being silent on the Mullaperiyar issue despite writing two letters asking him to rein in Kerala for spreading panic over dam safety and also seeking CISF cover at dam site to prevent any man-made disaster.