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In poll mode, BJP says NDA only credible alternative
Adopts resolution at Delhi conclave, dubs UPA govt as most corrupt
New Delhi, March 3
Describing the Manmohan Singh-led UPA government as the most corrupt regime the country has seen since independence, the BJP today sought to position the saffron party-led NDA as the only credible alternative to the ruling coalition for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

 Gujarat CM Narendra Modi with party leader Sushma Swaraj at the BJP conclave in New Delhi on Sunday. — PTI

Modi trains guns on Congress, Gandhi family
New Delhi, March 3
As he targeted the Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi family for all the ills afflicting the country, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi clearly emerged as the tallest leader of the BJP that concluded its three-day meet here today. There was the a growing clamour within the party’s rank and file to nominate Modi as the party’s nominee for the prime ministership.

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Pranab’s Bangladesh tour begins amid violence
Dhaka, March 3
Bangladesh today rolled out the red carpet for President Pranab Mukherjee who arrived today on a three-day state visit to boost bilateral ties amidst a general strike by fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami to protest the conviction of its three top leaders for 1971 war crimes.

President Pranab Mukherjee with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Sunday. — PTI

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DSP shot dead in UP; wife blames minister
Lucknow, March 3
A DSP was killed by a mob in Pratapgarh where he had rushed after a village head was shot dead over a land dispute, with the slain officer's wife today alleging hand of controversial UP minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh 'Raja Bhaiya'.

Rebel Congress MP Rao takes on Hooda, forms Haryana Insaaf Manch
Pataudi, March 3
Sowing the seeds of a new political outfit in the state, rebel Congress MP and former Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh announced the formation of a public forum, Haryana Insaaf Manch, at the “Insaaf rally” organised here today.

Odisha Govt resumes land acquisition for Posco plant
Paradip (Odisha), March 3
Amid tension in proposed Posco plant area where three anti-project activists were killed last night while allegedly making bombs, the Odisha government today resumed land acquisition for the mega steel project.
Villagers displaced by the construction of a steel plant by South Korean steelmaker Posco rest at a shelter for displaced persons in Jagatsinghpur district in this file photo. — AFP