Advani wants to contest lS polls from Gujarat
Ahmedabad: A day after BJP’s first list of candidates for the lok Sabha polls was declared, veteran BJP leader lK Advani on Friday expressed interest to contest elections from his current constituency, Gandhinagar.
Reddy likely to drop plans for new party
Hyderabad: Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy, who will be listed in history as the last Chief Minister of an “undivided” Andhra Pradesh, is likely to drop his plans to float a new political party. “There has been no official word about the possible launch of the new party,” an expelled Congress MP in Kiran’s camp said on Friday.
Tejpal booked for Keeping mobile in jail
Panaji: The Goa police booked Tehelka news magazine’s founder editor Tarun Tejpal, three days after he was found illegally possessing a mobile phone in his cell. “A case has been registered against Tejpal under various sections of the IPC and the Prisons Act,” SP (South) Vijay Singh said.