Cong sweeps Andhra
* Gets two-third majority
* Worst-ever performance by TDP
Hyderabad, May 11
The man who was considered invincible till the other day has been humbled. Nara Chandrababu Naidu, the most visible and high profile Chief Minister the country has had in the recent past, had to bite the dust after nine years of glory. His Telugu Desam Party has been reduced to less than one-thirds of what it was in 1999.

Andhra Pradesh Congress President and chief ministerial candidate Dr Y. S. Rajshekhar Reddy greets his supporters in Hyderabad after his party-led alliance swept the Assembly poll on Tuesday.
— PTI photo

Graphic: Andhra Pradesh Assembly poll outcome
Rattled, NDA asks George to rope in ‘samajwadis’
Kalam consults Sorabjee
Business page: Market mayhem continues
Editorial: Naidu loses
Opinions page: Naidu paid the price for neglecting the poor
Nation page: Party authorises Sonia to talk to non-NDA partners
Surjeet at centre stage again
AP Assembly to be constituted today, says EC

Repoll in 125 stations today
17 in Punjab and Haryana
New Delhi, May 11
The Election Commission today decided to hold repoll in 125 polling stations spread over eight states, including 17 in Punjab and Haryana, following reports of electoral malpractices.


A BSF jawan guards fully sealed rooms storing the EVMs for the Amritsar and Tarn Taran Lok Sabha seats in Amritsar on Tuesday. — Photo by Rajiv Sharma

CVC not to entertain anonymous complaints
New Delhi, May 11
The Central Vigilance Commission will no longer entertain anonymous complaints against government officials.

Mamata’s mother in ICU after attack
Kolkata, May 11
Union Coal Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has alleged that her mother was assaulted by CPI (M) activists who attacked her house last night.

Cops create chaos in Shatabdi coaches
Lucknow, May 11
Several important trains, including Shatabdi Express, were delayed by hours after police personnel, returning from election duty, forcibly occupied berths in reserved coaches today.

Hizbul operational chief shot
Srinagar, May 11
Less than a week after the killing of operational chief of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, the police here today shot the outfit’s supreme commander of Doda region in an encounter.

Hurriyat spokesman released
New Delhi, May 11
A Delhi court today set free Hurriyat Conference’s Delhi-based spokesman Shabir Dar after the government withdrew POTA charges slapped on him last year as part of the dialogue initiative with the amalgam.

Kalam outlines technological achievements New Delhi, May 11 Outlining nine technological events, including the successful development of indigenous cryogenic engine, President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam today said these had the potential to penetrate the country’s economy and help transform society.