New Delhi, The Congress-led UPA is all set to retain power at the Centre by putting up an impressive performance in states like Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu to overwhelm the BJP-led NDA

NEW DELHI: In a major embarrassment for the Mayawati government as well as the Centre, the UP advisory board, set up by the Allahabad High Court to go into the validity of imposing NSA on BJP leader Varun Gandhi, has ruled invoking of the Act against the Pilibhit candidate “invalid” . This gave BJP an opportunity to claim that invoking of NSA against Varun Gandhi was dictated by political considerations.

Chandigarh : Barring stray incidents of violence at Barnala in which five persons were injured and one Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) worker received bullet injuries in arm at Patiala, the polling to the four Lok Sabha seats, including the hyper-sensitive Bathinda and Patiala, today passed off peacefully with around 65 per cent of total 52.75 lakh electorate exercising their franchise braving the hot conditions.