Expelled RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav was today arrested allegedly for violating model code of conduct during a roadshow in favour of his mother in Bihar's Purnia district.

Pappu Yadav arrested for model code violation

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Tejaswini Ramesh, sitting MP and Congress candidate contesting the Lok Sabha seat from Bangalore Rural assembly segment, has filed a police complaint, saying she was robbed of Rs 12.50 lakh by three persons posing as election officers.

MP says she was robbed of Rs 12.5 lakh by 'fake' poll officials

Even as the Congress and Left are relying on each others support to form the next government, the two sides today heightened its tussle over development with Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi slamming the Left Front government in West Bengal.

Congress open for anyone willing to join, says Rahul

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Voters of Faridkot may have to elect an &quot;outsider&quot; as most political parties have fielded candidates from outside this Lok Sabha constituency, though nobody is expected to get a cakewalk out here.

Faridkot to witness battle among 'outsiders'

Will candle show them the road to Parliament? Or will kite ensure their dreams soaring high?The candle or kite may not have anything to do with the decision of voters but contestants in Delhi feel they could win the poll with these election mascots.

Delhi candidates woo voters with kites,candles

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Orissa, today recommended repolling in at least nine polling stations where elections were disrupted during the second phase on April 23, official sources said.

Orissa chief electoral officer wants re-poll in 9 stations

Throwing shoes at political leaders to register protest is quite in fashion these days.&nbsp; A 28-year-old youth hurled a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in Ahmedabad today.

Shoe flung at PM Manmohan Singh, falls short

In the midst of L K Advani and other BJP leaders raising a hue and cry over black money stashed abroad, the Swiss Bankers Association has said the issue has become &quot;good election fodder&quot; and that the amounts being mentioned were &quot;quite incredible&quot;.

Black money issue "good election fodder": Swiss Bankers Assn

BJP today said it does not support the demand for a separate Tamil State to be carved out from Sri Lanka, but asserted that India should exercise the option of imposing sanctions on Colombo and recall its High Commissioner if the killing of innocent Tamils is not stopped.

BJP not for separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka: Yashwant Sinha

As the third phase of polls draw near, different political parties have started positioning themselves for the future alliances signaling further changes in the existing pre-poll ties. A few days after RJD boss Lalu Prasad declared he is open to take the support of the Left, Samajwadi Party today ruled out its possibility of joining hands with the Left like Prasad.

Future alliances change pre-poll ties

As the third phase of Lok Sabha polls draws near, political parties have started positioning themselves for future alliances, signalling further changes in the existing pre-poll ties.

SP rules out tie-up with Third Front

BJP leader L K Advani dared Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to come out with the names of those Indians having stacked money in Swiss banks and take steps to get that money back to India.

Advani dares PM

The results in the constituency which now spans from Mumbai&rsquo;s southern-most point, the Gateway of India, to mill lands of Parel, Lalbaug and Worli depend on who plays a bigger spoilsport. If Maharashtra Navanirman Sena&rsquo;s (MNS) Bala Nandgaonkar eats into the Marathi-mill worker votes, Shiv Sena&rsquo;s Mohan Rawle could find it tough to make it to the lower house of Parliament for the sixth time.

New candidates make South Mumbai result unpredictable

Even those well-disposed towards BJP leader LK Advani find him a bit of an enigma.

Sunil Jain: In black and white

Throwing shoes at political leaders to register protest seems to have become a trend in this election. A 21-year-old youth hurled a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during a rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday. However, the shoe fell short of the dais from where Singh was addressing his first election rally in Gujarat during the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

Shoe hurled at PM, falls short

Party hopper and Congress nominee Ranjeet Ranjan, wife of controversial MP Pappu Yadav, is seeking re-election from here but rival JD(U)'s Vishwamohan Kumar's equation with his own caste hold the key to results.

Ranjeet Ranjan's win hinges on rival Kumar's caste equation

Some local issues like improper irrigation, non-availability of fertiliser and lack of rural electrification would apparently decide the fate of the candidates in Balurghat Lok Sabha seat of South Dinajpur district going to polls on April 30.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Inadequate minimum support price for paddy and Sachar Committee report citing lack of development among Muslims are also likely to take the wind out the sail of Left Front partner RSP, political observers

Local issues centre voters minds in Balurghat

With the regional politics polarised since Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's demand for Gorkhaland, voters of ethnically diverse Alipurduar Lok Sabha seat are likely cast votes on ethnic lines.

Voting on ethnic lines in Alipurduars

Ailing Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi's wife Deepa is contesting from his seat here but the Congress nominee has only the good image of her husband to counter the tremors of delimitation that has snatched away the party's traditional vote base.

Dasmunsi's wife loses edge to delimitation in Raigunj

Congress General Secretary, Digvijay Singh has said that for him his party was like a mother and he can never betray it.

Cong is like a mother, can't betray it : Digvijay

Sharing the dais with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for the first time in eight years, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the Left parties for failure to support UPA government on the nuclear deal issue.

Sonia attacks Left Front govt in Left bastion

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