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  Congress Downplays Trivedi's Mid-Term Poll Remark

  India | March 08, 2012 16:05 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 8: Congress today sought to downplay the remarks of Trinamool Congress leader and Rail Minister Dinesh Trivedi that the country may head for a mid-term poll, saying that the UPA government at

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  Congress May Face Obstacles In Presidential Poll

  India | March 07, 2012 18:54 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 7: The Congress party's poor show in the just-concluded Assembly polls in five states has raised questions over its ability to get a candidate of its choice elected as the next President

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  Regionwise Seats Tally In Uttar Pradesh

  India | March 06, 2012 21:21 IST

  Lucknow, March 6 : Following are the regionwise seats tally in UP assembly elections: PartyTotal AwadhPurvanchalHarit PradeshBundelkhandRouhelkhandSP2241026521729BSP801219281011BJP4711121248CONG.2879642RLD9  9  PP412  1Koumi Ekta Dal2 2   Apna Dal1 1   Miliyat Council1    1Rashtrawadi Cong. Party1 1   Others633    403136114762552

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  BJP Prepares List Of 40 Goa Candidates

  India | February 03, 2012 14:41 IST

  Panaji, Feb 3 : Even as the talks of forging a pre-poll alliance with Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party (MGP) are underway, BJP in Goa has prepared a list of its candidates for the March 3 Assembly

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  Free Tab Computers, Cheap Wheat, Rice Promised In BJP's UP Manifesto

  India | January 27, 2012 14:56 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 27: Promising sops for every section of society in its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, BJP today opposed 4.5 per cent reservation to minorities from the 27 per cent quota of backward

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  Cong Open To Work With SP, BSP If UP Produces Hung House

  India | January 23, 2012 22:46 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 23: Congress is open to do business with either Samajwadi Party or BSP in Uttar Pradesh if the Assembly polls throw up a hung House.A senior party leader, who declined to be

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  Malwinder Draws Battleline, To Campaign Against Nephew

  India | January 22, 2012 12:37 IST

  Patiala, Jan 22 : As election fever catches up in Punjab, Congress party's biggest rebel Malwinder Singh, the younger brother of state Congress chief Amarinder, is busy drawing the battle-line against his nephew who overtook

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  Manipur CM Eyeing A Hat Trick

  India | January 20, 2012 11:45 IST

  Thoubal (Manipur), Jan 20: Nestled among the picturesque hills, Manipur's Thoubal Assembly constituency, from where Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh is eyeing a hat trick on development plank, is a perfect example of being carefully

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  Mulayam Promises Special Law For Rickshaw Pullers

  Politics | January 17, 2012 17:39 IST

  Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Jan 17: Making a slew of promises ahead of the Assembly polls, Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today said he will install motors in cycle richshaws and bring in place

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  With EC Watching, No Grand Birthday Party For Mayawati

  India | January 14, 2012 17:43 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 14: With the ruling BSP bracing up for the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Chief Minister Mayawati's birthday tomorrow will be a low key affair unlike previous years.To celebrate the 56th birthday of

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  EC Puts 4.5 PC Minority Quota On Hold In Poll-Bound States

  India | January 11, 2012 20:56 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 11: The Election Commission today directed the government to put on hold the decision on 4.5 per cent sub-quota for minorities in five poll-bound states till election process ends there, taking cognisance

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  Shooter Jaspal Rana Quits BJP, Joins Cong

  India | January 10, 2012 20:49 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 10: International shooter Jaspal Rana today quit BJP and joined Congress and is likely to be one of the party's key campaigners in poll-bound Uttarakhand.35-year-old Rana's admission into the party was approved

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  Counting Of Votes Now On March 6

  India | January 09, 2012 22:49 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 9: Counting of votes in the assembly elections in five states will now be held on March 6, the Election Commission decided today after rescheduling the first phase of polls in Uttar

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  Poll Reforms After Assembly Elections, Says Salman Khurshid

  Politics | January 06, 2012 20:05 IST

  New Delhi, Jan 6: Declaring that the government is committed to decriminalising the electoral system, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today said far-reaching electoral reforms are on the anvil after the coming Assembly polls.“The Chief Election

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  Anna Hazare Not To Campaign In Assembly Polls

  India | January 05, 2012 17:22 IST

  Pune, Jan 5: Setting at rest speculation over Anna Hazare's proposed tour of five poll-bound states, his close aide Kiran Bedi today said he would not campaign as planned earlier on medical advice.“Anna is not

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  UP Assembly Polls : Three State-Level Parties Forge Alliance

  Politics | December 20, 2011 20:04 IST

  Lucknow, Dec 20: The three state-level parties - Bundelkhand Congress, Peace Party and Apna Dal - here on Tuesday formally announced an alliance between them to contest the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections jointly. "The three

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  Voters Can not Show Alternative Documents In Assembly Polls

  India | November 18, 2011 14:04 IST

  Dehra Dun, Nov 18: Chief Election Commissioner S Y Qureshi on Thursday said no documents other than those issued by the commission will be allowed for casting votes in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttarakhand

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  We Will Form The Next Government In UP: Akhilesh Yadav

  Politics | October 23, 2011 8:31 IST

  Mathura, Oct 22 : The Samajwadi party today expressed confidence of winning the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls due early next year, alleging that people were fed up with Chief Minister Mayawati's “corrupt regime”.“We are confident

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  Uttarakhand CM Says, Congress Will Be Defeated In Assembly Polls

  Politics | October 21, 2011 17:39 IST

  Dehra Dun, Oct 21: Buoyed by Congress' defeat in the Hisar bypolls, Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri today predicted the party would face the same fate in the upcoming state Assembly elections.“Some political analysts

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  BJP To Take Out Two Yatras In UP

  Politics | October 05, 2011 12:49 IST

  Lucknow, Oct 5: With an eye on the forthcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, BJP has decided to take out two “Jan Swabhiman yatras” from different parts of the state over the issue of corruption