Politics

For Home Minister P Chidambaram and the UPA, 13 could well be a lucky number.

63 constituencies in Howrah, Hooghly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan vote on Tuesday.

He has been a admitted to the Owaisi Hospital in Santosh Nagar with grievous knife injuries.

This is the 2nd incident in which a senior CPM leader has used unpalatable language against Mamata.

Mamata said that the people of Nandigram have shown how to fight peacefully against guns.

Deb said he was even prepared to go to the Supreme Court if the matter was not resolved in the lower courts.

In the first three phases, elections were held in 179 constituencies spread over 12 districts.

The EC on Wednesday sent a show cause notice to Anil Basu for making disparaging comments against Mamata Banerjee.

Mamata alleged that Buddhadeb had tried to manipulate polling in his Jadavpur assembly constituency.

Social activist Swami Agnivesh claimed Congress' image would be affected.

AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa demanded that the Election Commission take 'sufficient safeguards'.

Voters in Malda and South Dinajpur boycotted the elections saying their areas were under-developed.

Buddhadeb said the election is not about just winning or losing, it is about keeping fascist forces away from WB.

Jayalalithaa claimed that the TN govt had refused to pay the daily allowance to security personnel on poll duty.

DMK has defended Deputy CM M K Stalin's comment about AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa's marital status.

The Defence Minister claimed the LDF government in Kerala had little to show as its achievement.