PM-Sonia `clash' washed out
It was billed as the clash of the 1999 elections. Two Prime Ministerial candidates, campaigning in a single constituency on the same day. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, however, missed the date with Sonia Gandhi's constituency Amethi thanks to a heavy downpour.

Woeful of uncleansed system, Krishnamurthy retires
Election Commissioner G V G Krishnamurty retired from office on Thursday by making a passionate plea for bringing in electoral reforms by amending the law.

S C Jain frontrunner for Krishnamurthy's post
Dr S C Jain, member-secretary with the Law Commission of India, is tipped to be appointed member of the Election Commission in place of G.V.G. Krishnamurthy, who retired yesterday.

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