SC refers EC petition to Constitution bench
The SC referred to a five-judge constitution bench the controversy over the constitutional validity of the EC's guidelines banning media from publishing opinion and exit polls during the mid-term elections.

US report needles Delhi over decline in religious tolerance
A new US report on religious freedom across the world has said there was "a deterioration of religious tolerance" in several states in India and criticized what it described as "inadequate government response in many cases."

There's one way to beat EC, Rlys knows it
Hidden from the eyes of the EC, the Railway mandarins are wooing the voters for their political masters. Surveys for proposed lines and projects are being done in various parts of the country.

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