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After the first, perhaps over analyzed, hundred days of the Obama administration, it is fair to say that President Obama is a reformer and we are entering an era of reforms, possibly radical reforms.

In this coalition age when political stability both at the Centre and in the states has become hostage to the power lust of the heterogeneous regional parties, the outcome of Lok Sabha elections has assumed greater importance. The outcome also has greater ramifications for the states where Assembly elections are not far off.

KOLKATA: For all her unpredictability, Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee remains a doughty fighter who does not yield an inch to her opponents. In 2009, despite a mild anti-left wave, individually she has a tougher battle on her hands: South Kolkata, the constituency she represents, has undergone a sea change following delimitation.

If the low voting percentage in Anantnag, first of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir where polling was held on April 30, reflects the Valley's mood, then it amounts to a reversal of the polling trends witnessed in the Assembly elections held four months ago.

NEW DELHI: The country's organised working class has a crucial role to play in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, the outcome of which is going to be crucial in the nation's democratic development and socio-economic life, which is under threat from communal forces and corporate globalisation.

A catchy caption in a campaign hoarding of the All India Trinamool Congress with a fullsize photograph of its supremo Mamata Banerjee reads : Dinbadaler pala /Ebar pala badaler din ( essence: Once more it's a stage for a change of time. But it's change of change of time).

New Delhi: Forget about Flash floods in summer months in downhill North East since it was due to a breach in a man-made dam in Tibet. Gauzing waters from burst glacier lakes in neighbouring Bhutan might cause more damage to the region.

NEW DELHI: The Congress Party is facing a major dilemma on the issue of seeking Left support in the post-Lok Sabha election period in view of its alliance with the Trinamool Congress led by Ms Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal.

JAIPUR: The Congress in Rajasthan has received a big boost with the Muslims supporting the party in the Lok Sabha elections.

Elections bring the worst out of political parties and personalities. Charges and counter-charges, personal attacks, use of official machinery to gag opponents, bribing electorates and, of course, making frivolous promises are some of the tools used freely to impress or confuse voters.