Amethi, Lucknow set for star clash
Next Thursday people will view a clash of the titans. If PM A B Vajpayee intends to take on Sonia Gandhi in her bastion in Amethi on Sept 30, the Congress president will be repaying the tribute to Vajpayee the same day in his home town of Lucknow.

Chautala bends rules to choose watchdog
Throwing norms out of the window has been Om Prakash Chautala's favourite pastime. But what beats them all is the unprecedented manner in which he has repealed the Haryana Lokayukta Act of 1997 and got rid of the Lokpal, Justice I.P. Vasishth.

Group war peaks in Uttar Pradesh
The BJP workers say Jitendra Jaiswal and Anand Sharma are tools in the ongoing factional feud between the pro- and anti-Kalyan Singh factions in the party in UP.

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