Continuing its attack on the UPA government against corruption, price rise, black money and the ongoing scams, the main Opposition BJP is all set to launch a nation-wide “Jansangarsh” campaign against the Central government from April 6.

Noted social activist Anna Hazare dug in his heels over his demand that the government bring in a stronger Lokpal Bill to tackle corruption and proceeded on an indefinite hungerstrike at the capital’s Jantar Mantar on Tuesday. Earlier, on Monday evening, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had issued an appeal to him expressing “deep disappointment” over his decision to go ahead with the indefinite fast.

Asom Gana Parishad president Chandra Mohan Patowary here on Tuesday claimed that the first phase of polling has sealed the dream of Congress for a third term in Assam.

Crisp notes totalling Rs 5.11 crore kept in five travel bags on the roof of a private bus in Tiruchirappali was seized in the wee hours of today in the biggest haul of unaccounted money which has touched `25 crore since polls were announced in Tamil Nadu last month.

Indian Union Muslim League general secretary P.K. Kunhalikutty said on Tuesday that he had no desire to become deputy chief minister as alleged by Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that there is no other political party which is genuinely concerned for poor, Dalits and Adivasi.
Addressing three elections rallies one after the other, Mr Gandhi said, “Progress and peace are the two things that are necessary for the overall development of a state.

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that she never claimed that the Nair Service Society and the SNDP had offered support to her party in the Assembly elections.

The CPI(M) on Tu-esday went on the defensive over its “secret talks” with the Jamaat-e-Islami in the face of a concerted attack by the Opposition United Semocratic Front and the BJP over the Marxist ‘double talk’ on extremism.

THE LARGEST known Mughal painting, a portrait of Emperor Jahangir, is estimated to sell for between £1 million and £1.5 million at an auction on Tuesday afternoon at Bonhams in London.

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