New Delhi, Apr 2: The notification for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections will be issued today.

In this phase, polling will take place on April 30.

The states which will go to the polls are Bihar (11), Gujarat (26), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Karnataka (11), Madhya Pradesh (16), Maharashtra (10), Sikkim (1), Uttar Pradesh (15), West Bengal (14), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1).

New Delhi, Apr 2: The Kakardooma Court will today consider the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) final investigation report on former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler''s involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

On March 28, the CBI filed the report in a sealed envelope before Metropolitan Magistrate Ram Lal Meena.

The CBI is reported to have said that there is no evidence against Tytler, sources said.

New Delhi, Apr 2 : The Supreme Court will today hear a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi challenging imposition of National Security Act (NSA) on him.

The Bench headed by Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan will hear the matter.

In his petition, Varun says that the use of NSA against him was an act of political witch hunting by his political opponents.

New Delhi, Apr 1 : Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit shook a leg during a function here on Wednesday, held to introduce nominees of Congress party from Delhi for the coming general elections.

Dikshit, who led Congress party to victory in last year''s Assembly polls for the third consecutive term, is hopeful of winning all the seven seats this time.

New Delhi, Apr 1 : Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has written to Chief Ministers of all the states to provide adequate security for nearly two dozen VVIPs during the period of the upcoming general elections.

Chidambaram has urged all the state chiefs to cooperate with security agencies.

The letter has listed out ''dos and don''ts'' to be ensured by the state police and paramilitary forces during their electioneering, official sources said.

New Delhi, Apr 1 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday postponed the hearing on the petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members challenging the institution of an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the disproportionate assets case.

A Bench of Justices Altmas Kabir and H L Dattu delayed the hearing as the judgment of a Constitution Bench on the authenticity of the court ordering CBI probe is awaited in the first week of May.