Assam riots: Clashes continue for 7th day; toll rises to 44

Clashes between Bodos and minority immigrants in four Assam districts continued for the seventh day today, leaving 44 people dead even as Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi insisted the situation was "improving" and rapped the media for portraying the state as "burning".

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would visit Assam on Saturday to take stock of the situation and the

PA Sangma harps on history to support victory claim

BHUBANESWAR: Presidential nominee PA Sangma on Sunday claimed that he would win the race to Raisina Hill by drawing parallels with the polls in 1969. "This fight is going to be like the one in 1969 when V V Giri defeated the official Congress candidate, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy," he told MPs and MLAs of the ruling BJD.

The former Lok Sabha speaker was in Bhubaneswar to canvass for the July 19 polls. He also addressed a separate meeting of BJP legislators.

He said the 2012 polls had another similarity with the contest between Giri and Reddy. "In the past, people did not know about what was going on in the