Karachi, Nov 20 : Anticipating the possibility of the Musharraf regime rigging the general elections, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said that her party—the Pakistan People’s Party—might boycott the polls scheduled for January 8, 2008.

Benazir said that she has received information from a credible source and her party has written a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retired) Qazi Mohammad Farooq on this issue

She said that the PPP and other opposition parties would launch a countrywide movement against the Musharraf regime if it continued with its pick and choose policy and rigged the elections.

She also confirmed that her party is divided over the issue of participation in the general elections.

Ahmedabad, Nov.20 : The Gujarat unit of the Congress party has cleared the names of 27 candidates who will contest the first phase of two-phased elections in Gujarat on December 11.

 After much deliberation which continued till 4 a.m. this morning, the Congress leadership in the state arrived at a consensus.

The list of 27 candidates whose names have been cleared is as follows.

Mandvi           –                Chhabil Patel

Bhuj              -                  Shivji Ahir

Rapar            -                  Babu Meghji Shah

Dasada          -                  Manhar Makwana

New Delhi, Nov 20 : The winter session of the Parliament has failed to take off as the recent incidents of violence in Nandigram rocked the Parliament for a second consecutive day on Tuesday.

Bangalore, Nov 19 : BS Yedyurappa on Monday evening resigned from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister, hours after coalition partner J D (S) announced to vote against the government in the crucial confidence motion in the Vidhan Soudha.

Yedyurappa, who had taken the oath as the Chief Minister of the State a week ago, submitted his resignation letter to Governor Rameshwar Thakur even before taking the floor test.

After tendering his resignation, Yedyurappa said he was 'cheated' by the BJP leadership, not once but twice.

Bangalore/New Delhi, Nov 19 : A week-old BJP-led coalition government in Karnataka suffered a major jolt after its coalition partner JD (S) decided to vote against the government in the confidence