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UPDATED 3.25PM The newly-minted sports minister says Zahid's statement telling critics to migrate does not reflect that of the gov't.

UPDATED 2.50PM Abdul Khalid Ibrahim took his oath of office before the Selangor sultan at the Istana Alam Shah today. [VIDEO]

ANALYSIS An increase in the turnout rate and the lack of Chinese voters has been tipped as the deciding factors in PAS’s loss in five seats.

UPDATED 6.35PM Ahmad, who was Nik Aziz’s deputy and Kelantan PAS deputy commissioner I, takes his oath of office at 4pm today.

UPDATED 12.04PM Kedah BN chief Ahmad Bashah says five years of Pakatan rule in the northern state have sent the voters back to BN.

KEDAH Amiruddin Hamzah claims investments into the state have in fact grown, in contrast to claims by the caretaker DPM.

KEDAH Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah appeals to his supporters, angered by his non-candidacy, to forget 'sabotage' and help the chosen candidate instead.

KEDAH PAS candidate and incumbent Abdul Ghani Ahmad may benefit from protest votes, following a split in the Jerlun Umno.

UPDATED 5.40PM The seats of Semenyih and Kota Damansara are in question if the logo squabble is not resolved by Sunday.

UPDATED 7.05PM Umno responds to MCA grassroots anger, saying: 'We loaned it to MCA. Now, MCA has returned it.'

UPDATED 6.48PM Umno sec-gen Tengku Adnan says voters will choose an MP who takes an interest in their needs.

According to Anwar Ibrahim, the PM's directive is to put the three in the cross-hairs to ensure their fall in the looming polls.

The caretaker DPM plans to hand out school allocations with an eye to woo Chinese voters four days before nomination day.

Wanita Pakatan Rakyat viewed BN's promise to build daycare centres throughout the country with doubt as this could not even be done in Parliament.

UPDATED 7.25PM Shafie Abdullah’s candidacy was alluded to by DPM Muhyiddin at a speech and if so, it could see him face PKR’s Tan Kee Kwong.

GE13 WATCH But Pakatan will face an onslaught from BN, which aims to win at least another five seats to rule Kedah again.

UPDATED 3.05PM PAS jokes that BN leaders are consulting a witchdoctor to decide when Parliament should be dissolved.

UPDATED 4.30PM Nasrudin Hassan’s rival could be Saifuddin Abdullah, if the latter is fielded by Umno. [VIDEO]

GE13 WATCH The rift within the state gov't appears to make the Kedah battleground a little shaky for a Pakatan clean sweep.

UPDATED 10.55PM The three students had been trying to meet an RTM director inside, over their demand for a platform to debate with the PM. [VIDEO INSIDE]

Protesters claim that the bank adopts unfair appraisal when awarding bonus and sacks staff who question the management’s use of employee fund.

GE13 WATCH Pakatan will announce a ‘heavyweight’ candidate, possibly Gen (Rtd) Md Hashim Hussein.

Another batch of Universiti Islam Antarabangsa students and staff - this time in Kuantan - will get to watch the May 13 film.

UPDATED 3.52PM Tian says the raid is related to his sedition charge over alleged comments on Lahad Datu. [VIDEO INSIDE]