NEW DELHI | MUMBAI: Toffee, Tata and Ambedkar entered 2014's campaign lexicon on Monday as Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi intensified what's already become a virtual competition of personal attacks. Adding to this were similar attacks on rivals by other leaders of both parties. Gandhi's targeting of Modi, which resulted in Tatas being named in political attacks for the first time this poll season, seemed more dramatic, as it persists in naming big companies. But so far at least, pundits in finance, marketing and academia don't see such a strategy change delivering major benefits for Congress. Gandhi, continuing his attack on Modi and India Inc, named Tatas in addition to Adani and termed Modi's policies as a 'toffee model'. "You get a toffee at Rs 1, but Modi gave away 44,000 acre at Rs 1 (per) sq m," Gandhi said. "This is not Gujarat model, this is toffee model." On Tatas, Gandhi said, "Tata can get a loan for 20 yea...
GHARAUNDA (HARYANA): Three teenagers were detained on Thursday for allegedly throwing stones at the train in which Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was travelling on Tuesday evening, police said. "Based on our investigation, today (Thursday) we have detained three teenagers from Gharaunda village for questioning. The railway guard had said that the miscreants were in the age group of 16-17 years. So we are focusing on youngsters in the neighbouring villages," said inspector general of police (Rohtak) V Kamaraj. The official ruled out the possibility of political parties being involved in the incident. "Not at all, there is no 
political party involved in it. However, our investigation is still under progress and very soon we will nab the accused," Kamraj said. State police had launched a massive manhunt for a group of young men who allegedly threw stones at the Swarn Shatabdi Express in which Gandhi was travelling from Ludhiana to New Delhi. He took a train instead of the usual helicopter ride as part of austerity measures initiated by Congress leaders. Though no one was injured in the train attack, three coaches, C-2, C-4 and C-7, were damaged. One stone pierced the twin glass window of the Shatabdi Express and landed inside coach C-4. The glass panes of two other coaches suffered damages. However, none of the stones hit the C-3 coach in which Rahul Gandhi was seated, near the window.
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