After two weeks of deadlock between Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party, the latter has finally backed out saying that they will not be forming the government in Maharashtra blaming the former's change in attitude.

It is not new when the voting list has been found not updated with the latest data. Particularly, in the case of Manjula Modi as she found that she has 'died again' as the Bandra resident went to cast her votes along with her husband on Monday morning.

In the view of assembly elections to be held in Haryana on October 21, a public holiday has been announced for those working in the government and semi-government offices, state-run corporations and boards, educational institutions, public enterprises and banks in Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi, stated a report.

Exit polls on Friday predicted a Congress sweep in Rajasthan and a Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) win in Telangana while giving the Congress an edge over the BJP in a fiercely-contested battle in both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

The key equity indices traded flat on Wednesday afternoon as higher wholesale inflation and caution during the ongoing assembly polls in five states weighed on the domestic investor sentiments.

Defying Maoist threats, over 33 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise on Monday by midday in 18 constituencies in the first phase of Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh where the Congress is vying to end 15 years of BJP rule.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday ruled out any alliance with the Congress for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.

The Congress party will have 40 of its senior leaders including the party's former chief Sonia Gandhi, senior leader and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and current President Rahul Gandhi, to campaign ahead of the May 12 Karnataka Assembly polls.

The Congress on Tuesday attacked the BJP over its IT cell chief declaring the date of the Karnataka assembly polls before the Election Commission did and said the poll panel's credibility is on test and the ruling party has become a "Super Election Commission."

Ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, the Karnataka cabinet on Monday agreed to consider the Hindu sect of Lingayats as a separate religion, state Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra said.