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PERSPECTIVE PRIME CONCERN KALEIDOSCOPE SPECIAL REPORT

Sunday, March 9, 2014, Chandigarh, India,
Edition update time 2:30 am (IST)

Fireworks in BJP over Modi seat
Joshi walks out; Sushma objects to tie-ups with ‘dubious’ parties
New Delhi, March 8
All’s not well within the Bharatiya Janata Party. Or so it seems. Senior party leaders Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi left a crucial party meeting today. Differences over Narendra Modi’s candidature from Varanasi and alliances with “dubious” parties apparently led to the showdown.

ON RECORD: ‘Development will be BJP’s main plank’

From left: BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, LK Advani and Narendra Modi during the party’s central election committee meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

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Sonia, Rahul, Meira, Nandan in Cong first list of 194 candidates
New Delhi, March 8
The Congress today sounded the poll bugle for the Lok Sabha elections. It announced its first list of 194 candidates led by party president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who will again seek mandate from their respective constituencies of Rae Bareilly and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.

Nation page: Yeddy, Chandan Mitra in BJP’s 2nd list

BSP lets Venod in, offers Karnal
Chandigarh, March 8
After hectic parleys, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has agreed to the induction of former Union Minister and Ambala City legislator Venod Sharma into the party.

EC disallows atta-dal cards with CM’s photo
Chandigarh, March 8
The Punjab Government’s flagship Atta Dal Scheme has met with disapproval of the state Election Commission.

Crash fears float as Malaysian plane with 239 aboard missing
Beijing/Kuala Lumpur, March 8
A Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 persons, including five Indians, on board was presumed to have crashed today and the worst is feared as two large oil slicks have been spotted off Vietnam's sea coast where the plane went missing.

Relatives of passengers aboard the ill-fated flight at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday. PTI

J-K auditor reveals Rs 25k-crore land scam under Roshini Act Jammu, March 8 Subhash Chander Pandey, Principal Accountant General, today dubbed the Roshini Act to be the biggest scam in Jammu and Kashmir. He detected irregularities worth over Rs 25,000 crore.