Mazbat: Alleged manhandling by police while trying to maintain order at a voter queue at a polling station in Mazbat in lower Assam's Udalaguri district sparked off a face-off between voters and the police during the final phase of polling in the state today.

Chennai: Alleging that data entry operators had facilitated union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's victory in the May 2009 Lok Sabha elections, AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday said counting agents should be present when data was being fed into computers.

Kolkata: The West Bengal election campaign began with the opposition calling for a change of regime while the Left Front urged the voters to help it retain power for an eighth time.

Thiruvananthapuram: Even as six out of seven post poll surveys have predicted the exit of the ruling Left Front government in Kerala, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan remained cool Wednesday as he chaired the last cabinet meeting of his current term, his aides said.

Puducherry: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will campaign here tomorrow, a Puducherry state youth congress committee functionary said today.