Jaya snubs Sonia, skips meet
In quintessential Puratchi Thalaivi style, AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha snubbed Sonia Gandhi in public yesterday. Jayalalitha boycotted Sonia's visit to the State and abandoned the programme of a joint election meeting in Villupuram this evening.

Patrawala, Singh in Cong list for Mumbai
In the second list of Congress candidates declared on Sunday, 27 of the 34 constituencies in Mumbai have finally got a candidate each.

BSP targets Mulayam's Muslim vote bank in UP
BSP is pinning its hopes of increasing its tally in the Lok Sabha elections in UP on the calculation that a sizeable section of Muslim voters will cross over from the Samajwadi Party.

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