The Left parties, generally considered as a regimented force, have started facing increased rebellions over their candidate selection in West Bengal for the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Left faces selection woes

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The alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena for the Lok Sabha polls in Mahrashtra today suffered a setback with BJP state unit president Nitin Gadkari objecting to a Sena leader&rsquo;s comments that his party would back Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for the prime ministerial post.

Pawar tussle may harm Sena-BJP alliance

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Sumitra Mahajan, Dilip Singh Judev, Yashodhara Raje and B Y Raghvendra, son of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, figure in the list of 46 candidates declared by the party today for the forthcoming Lok sabha elections.

BJP declares list of 46 candidates

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Congress govt amends century-old law to benefit Cidade de Goa.

Goa polls head for five-star controversy

Hardening its stand against the Shiv Sena leadership, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that negotiations on seat-sharing for the coming Lok Sabha elections could not begin unless statements made by a Sena leader that his party would back Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar for the prime ministerial post are publicly retracted by senior Sena leaders.

BJP toughens stand against Shiv Sena

Retired Major Ramesh Upadhyay, an accused in the last year&rsquo;s Malegaon bomb blast, today moved to a special court seeking permission to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Malegaon accused wants to contest LS polls

Apart from fielding its candidates in the bastions of Kerala and West Bengal, the CPI(M) is eyeing at least 18 seats across six important states in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

CPI(M) eyes 18 seats in non-bastion states

&ldquo;There will be a vote of confidence in the state Assembly on March 11 during a special session,&rdquo; Patnaik told reporters.

Naveen to seek vote of confidence

When Orissa Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik called CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat last night and sought help to sustain his government, it gave a new ray of hope for the alternative electoral tie-ups promoted by the Left.

Renewed hope in Third Front after BJD snaps ties with BJP

While they are trying to unite different parties to form a non-BJP, non-Congress alliance at the Centre, the CPI(M) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) today intensified their tussle over the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency in northern Kerala&rsquo;s Mallapuram district.

CPI(M), CPI fight it out over LS seat in Kerala

Concentrating on the massive job losses due to economic recession in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) manifesto will speak about &ldquo;commitment-linked&rdquo; bailout packages for companies.

CPI(M) to press for 'committed' bailout packages for cos

The Congress today announced the list of 12 candidates in Gujarat for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Eight sitting MPs figure in the first list, which includes Union ministers Dinsha Patel, Shankersinh Vaghela and Naranbhai Rathwa who will contest from Kheda, Panchmahal and Chota Udepur constituencies, respectively.

Cong releases first list for Gujarat

A prominent West Bengal Congress leader went to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi to impress upon her the ill effects of an alliance with Mamata Banerjee&rsquo;s Trinamool Congress. After hearing her out for a few minutes, Gandhi asked her to submit her views in writing. When the leader insisted on saying the alliance would not benefit the Congress, Gandhi had no option but to bluntly tell her that she did not share the view and the Congress would gain from the alliance.

Sonia Gandhi's view differs

Orissa has witnessed a dramatic turn of events in the last 48 hours.

Double or quits, ask voters

With mutual suspicion dogging allies, Maharashtra will vote in this Lok Sabha election, not for parties but for individuals.

The Sharad, Shiv Sena story

Those living to the north of the Vindhyas can be forgiven for asking who Vijayakanth is. The answer? He is the heartthrob of a million hearts, &rdquo;the Captain&rdquo; or Karruppu MGR (dark MGR).

Alliances are the key

In the run-up to the 2006 West Bengal assembly elections, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee&rsquo;s clarion call was: &ldquo;Now or Never&rdquo; to topple the Left Front government. That didn&rsquo;t work then; but in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, she actually has the best chance of shaking the foundations of the citadel of the Left in Bengal.

Return of the Didi

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) defeat in the Bhadohi assembly by-election in Uttar Pradesh last month was a big blow. Not only was this the first major setback for the Mayawati-led BSP, but also showed the flaws in the first-Lucknow-next-stop-Delhi project.

Samaj vs Bahujan Samaj

Music, poetry and art are going to resound in the high-octane political drama to be played out for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in the 2009 elections.

Poll-bound Bengal turns to artistes

Some things never change. Despite mounting public criticism about criminal-politicians, parties continue to field them in elections. A voluntary organisation tracking parties and politics has found that of the 19 Congress candidates in UP, whose personal records it was familiar with, at least four had serious criminal cases pending against them. In the case of the Samajwadis, 24 of its 61 candidates whose histories the NGO was familiar with had criminal antecedents.

Criminals in the fray

CPI, BJP and the NCP today demanded postponement of Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, slated for April 16, at least by a week as the festival of Vishu and the Holy Week of Christians come just before the polls.

CPI, BJP want  polls in Kerala postponed

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