
Saturday, September 25, 1999
Assam BJP nominee shot dead on poll eve
The North-East was put on high alert following the killing of a BJP candidate in Assam and shoot-at-sight orders issued in Bihar on the eve of fourth phase of polling for 74 Lok Sabha seats spread across nine states on Saturday.
Karnataka says no to Cauvery panel
The latest row in the century-old Cauvery water dispute threatened to blow up into a major issue with Karnataka rejecting the recommendation of the monitoring committee of the Cauvery River Authority to release nine tmc of water to Tamil Nadu by October.
Thanks to EC, Chautala couldn't vote in village
After the exit poll disaster, the Election Commission finds itself in another embarrassing controversy -- over ordering a chief minister out of a district in his state on the eve of the polls.
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