Sonia on coalitions -- Umm, well, if need be
In what constitutes a significant shift in the position of the Congress, Sonia Gandhi indicated yesterday that the party would not be averse to forming a coalition government, if the 13th Lok Sabha threw up a hung Parliament.

Just keep the army out, asserts EC
``We have never said stop the debate on Kargil. We have only said don't drag the armed forces into this debate,'' Chief Election Commissioner M S Gill said.

Priyanka woos Bellary in Kannada
The battle of Bellary has now turned into the battle for supremacy in Kannada. As if to prove to BJP candidate Sushma Swaraj a point, the Congress star campaigner Priyanka Vadra launched her campaign in Kannada on Friday.

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