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BJP and NDA opt out of TN bypoll blaming ruling DMK

Close on the heels of the principal opposition AIADMK and its ally,DMDK, announcing boycott of the February 5, bypoll to the Erode East assembly constituency, the BJP-led NDA too followed suit, staying awayfrom the electoral contest on the pretext that the ruling DMK will not allow a fair and free poll.

Post SC order on Rahul, BJP plans campaign against his statements

As several opposition parties, including Congress, are upbeat after the Supreme Court stayed conviction of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the 'Modi surname' defamation case, BJP too is gearing up to shift its strategy to attack Rahul Gandhi with a view to counter the opposition.

With monsoon rains returns confusion over dengue death toll in WB

With the advent of the monsoon this year the annual confusion over the number of dengue- affected people and deaths in West Bengal has returned. So has returned the political slugfest over allegations against the state government of suppressing the figures of those affected on this count and the counter- allegations against the opposition of creating panic among the people by bloating the numbers.