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.

Digvijay favours ban on exit polls
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh observed on Thursday that exit polls and opinion polls should be banned as they never provide a correct assessment about which way the electorate would go.

Cong vs BJP-BJD in most of Orissa
The battlelines are drawn for the first phase of polling in 10 constituencies of Orissa on Saturday with the situation poised for a direct contest between the Congress and BJP-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in most of the seats.

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