Narendra Modi will contest from Varanasi, Rajnath Singh to be fielded from Lucknow; In his latest blog, Arun Jaitley says the BJP needs to focus on consolidating its gains and not on who is selected as a candidate after Sushma Swaraj's open opposition to induction of tainted candidates; The Malaysian Prime Minister says hijack cannot be confirmed but there was deliberate action by someone; After weeks of suspense, the Telengana Rashtra Samithi decides to go it alone in the Lok Sabha polls; and more in our news wrap of the day.
