With nomination papers of Congress candidate Rajkumar Patel rejected by the district collector on Monday, the party has virtually &ldquo;gifted&rdquo; veteran BJP leader Sushma Swaraj the Vidisha seat. The Congress nominee, Patel failed to submit a necessary document, &lsquo;Form A&rsquo;, in the original that is needed to prove that a candidate is a particular party&rsquo;s official choice. Vidisha is agog, however, with talk of a secret deal between the Congress and the BJP.

No Cong candidate against Sushma

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Independent candidate from Gopalpur assembly constituency Debasish Paramanik, a blind man, hopes to get into the record books by becoming perhaps the first person in the country to be elected.

Blind candidate hopes to create record

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The Mumbai North constituency, comprising a significant chunk of north Indian migrants, Marathis and Gujaratis, will witness a straight fight between former Union Minister Ram Naik of BJP and Congress candidate Sanjay Nirupam.

With star power gone, Mumbai North to see Naik-Nirupam fight

With rival parties raking up the match-fixing scandal against him, former Indian skipper and Congress candidate from here Mohammed Azharuddin today asserted that it was &quot;not an issue&quot; in the polls.

Azhar dismisses match-fixing scam as non-issue

Raking up the issue of black money stashed away by Indians in tax havens abroad, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani today said if government pursued this matter and got back the money, it could be used for country's development.

Advani files papers, rakes up black money issue

BJP MP Maneka Gandhi today lodged a complaint with police against RJD supremo Lalu Prasad for his alleged remarks that he would have &quot;crushed&quot; her son Varun Gandhi under a roller for his anti-Muslim speeches.

Maneka files complaint against Lalu for Varun remarks

BJP today said that it is &quot;unlikely&quot; to enter into any post-poll alliance with BSP as its partnership in governance twice with that party was a &quot; failed experiment&quot;.

BJP unlikely to enter into post poll alliance with BSP:Jaitley

BSP supremo Mayawati today made it clear that her party will go all alone in all the states where they had put up candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.

BSP to go it alone in LS polls: Mayawati

Filing her nomination papers, Congress candidate from Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha seat Priya Dutt today said her poll campaign will focus on development and appealed voters to rise above religious and casteist considerations.

Priya Dutt files nomination; harps on development

BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani today declared that his and his family's assets are over Rs 3.5 crores, including two flats in Gurgaon and a house here.

Advani has assets worth over Rs 3.5 crore

In Andhra Pradesh, where polling will be held in 22 constituencies, 315 candidates are in the fray of whom 25 are women.

1,715 candidates in first phase of LS polls

With the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament and coming general elections set to dominate media space for the next 45 days, the entertainment industry is expected to lose up to Rs 200 crore worth of business in April-May.

Rs 200 crore hit for entertainment industry due to IPL, polls

Says its prime focus will be to ensure national security.

BJP may not repeat &#39;failed&#39; partnership with BSP

Criticising the Election Commission (EC) for transferring a top state government official, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati today said that such action may lead to law and order problems in the state.

Mayawati slams EC for transferring top state official

With the party&rsquo;s prime ministerial candidate LK Advani filing his nomination papers from Gandhinagar, the party is banking on the changes wrought by delimitation to work the trick in at least two seats &mdash; Sabarkantha in Saurashtra and in Kheda in central Gujarat &mdash; where it lost heavily in the last Lok Sabha elections. In Sabarkantha, the Vadgam Assembly segment was dominated by minority communities, while the Danta Assembly segment had a large tribal presence. Both these areas have been excised following delimitation, raising hopes of an easy BJP victory this time.

BJP expects 20 seats from Gujarat

Mallika Sarabhai, danseuse and independent candidate from Gandhinagar, feels that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi&rsquo;s development claims are hollow. In a conversation with Sreelatha Menon, Sarabhai says she is fighting to win.

'I am in politics for good'

While Darjeeling has been simmering on the demand for a separate state, the Left Front government in West Bengal is faced with trouble from yet another corner &mdash; the tribal community of Lalgarh, in West Midnapore. The state government is taking necessary measures to ensure a free and fair election in Lalgarh in the wake of increased Maoist presence in that area.

In West Bengal, Lalgarh tribals resist police entry

Amid reports that Congress has asked him to withdraw from the Lok Sabha race, party leader Jagdish Tytler today said he will give his reaction only after the court takes a view on the CBI report on his alleged involvement in 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Will react only after court view on CBI report: Tytler

Over 100 protestors from various Sikh organisations today held a demonstration outside the court which is scheduled to hear CBI plea of closing the case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Sikhs protest outside court hearing Tytler case

The poll tussle in a Bangalore seat is taking centrestage with Congress candidate Tejaswini Gowda, who had trounced former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda in the 2004 polls, taking on his son and JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy.

Will Tejaswini prove to be a giant killer again?

BJP's high-profile candidate and former External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh today submitted his nomination papers for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat.

Jaswant Singh files nomination from Darjeeling

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