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Shikaripura (Karnataka), May 14 (ANI): The small town Shikaripura in Malnad area of Karnataka has woken up to the tremors of Assembly elections. For the people of Shikaripura, this election is a fight for supremacy between two leaders.

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Violence continued across five West Bengal districts Wednesday in the second round of the three-phased panchayat polls with clashes between the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and rival political parties claiming at least four lives and leaving almost a score injured.

Security of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has been reviewed following intelligence inputs that militant groups were planning to carry out an attempt on his life.

Lucknow, May 14 (IANS) It has been a year of demolitions and constructions in the one year that Mayawati has been Uttar Pradesh's chief minister.

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The terror strike in Jaipur that killed at least 63 people and injured 90 was aimed at disrupting communal peace and harmony, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Wednesday.

Raichur Assembly constituency in Karnataka is witnessing an unusual battle of ballot between a grand father and his grandson.

Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) A day after serial blasts ripped through its capital killing at least 63 people, Rajasthan Wednesday blamed the central government and said it was not 'mere coincidence' that that the attack came only two days after the 10th anniversary of the Pokhran nuclear test.

Kolkata, May 14 (PTI) A bomb was today hurled at the presiding officer of a polling booth in Howrah district during the second phase of panchayat polls in West Bengal, leaving him injured.

New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) With the government gearing to deploy officials from the minorities in areas they dominate, community leaders have said that welfare of minorities should not be linked to the 'religion of bureaucrats' and sought better implementation of welfare measures for their economic and educational betterment.

Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The second phase of West Bengal's panchayat polls began on a violent note Wednesday with clashes between the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamul Congress being reported from several places.

Jaipur, May 14 (IANS) The Rajasthan government Wednesday blamed the central government for the terror blasts that ripped through the heart of the walled city killing at least 63 people and injuring 90.

Mangalore, May 14 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called for a stable government in poll bound Karnataka.

Bangalore, May 14 (ANI): In a way all eyes are on Harappanahalli where mining lord and BJP MP from Bellary Karunakara Reddy is contesting against the soft-spoken Lingayat leader and Karnataka's former deputy chief minister M P Prakash of the Congress.

Singur (West Bengal), May 14 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of panchayat elections in five districts of West Bengal has begun this morning, amidst tight security.

Chandigarh, May 14 (ANI): Counting of votes for Punjab panchayat polls began this morning, amid tight security.

Mulayam Singh Yadav has alleged that Chief Minister Mayawati is fabricating cases against SP general secretary Amar Singh and actor Amitabh Bachchan.

Indicating a thaw in the cold war between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday criticised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for her turning back to the Congress which put her in power in the state.

Campaigning in the economically developed but communally torn coastal Karnataka district of Mangalore for the second phase of polls in the state, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday exhorted voters to break out of the web of hatred being spread by some forces.

Senior BJP leader L K Advani said that terror attacks like the one in Jaipur reinforce the need for an anti-terror law in the land.