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  With Uttarakhand elections in mind, Gadkari holds party meeting

  Politics | June 19, 2011 17:44 IST

  Dehra Dun, June 20: Ahead of the assembly polls early next year in Uttarakhand, BJP President Nitin Gadkari has held a meeting of the party's core group here, party sources today said.The details of the

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  Bengal, Kerala Results Telling Manifestation: PM

  Politics | May 28, 2011 22:13 IST

  On Board PM's Special Aircraft, May 28: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the election results of West Bengal and Kerala were a "telling manifestation" that Left parties have to learn "important lessons" about the

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  Tamil Nadu Congress Chief Resigns Owning Responsibility

  India | May 14, 2011 14:03 IST

  Chennai, May 14 : A day after the Congress in Tamil Nadu was decimated in the Assembly polls, TNCC President K V Thangkabalu announced his resignation from the post, accepting moral responsibility for the defeat. 

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  DMK Cabinet Resigns

  India | May 13, 2011 15:22 IST

  Chennai, May 13: Facing a rout in the Assembly polls with his bitter political foe AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa storming back to power, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today submitted the resignation of his ministry.

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  EC Asks Poll Authorities To Ready Counting Halls By Tuesday

  Politics | May 08, 2011 11:35 IST

  New Delhi, May 8 : Gearing up for the counting of votes in the Assembly polls in five states on May 13, the Election Commission has directed authorities to ensure that the counting halls are

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  CPI(M) Complains Against TMC For Using Dhoni's Photograph

  Politics | April 25, 2011 21:36 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 25: The CPI(M) today complained against the Trinamool Congress for using Indian Cricket captain M S Dhoni's photograph in some of their posters.  “We have received a compliant that Dhoni's photograph is being

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  I Will Not Become UP CM, Says Rajnath

  Politics | April 25, 2011 9:36 IST

  Meerut, Apr 24 : Putting speculations to rest that Rajnath Singh will become the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh if BJP wins the next year Assembly polls, the senior party leader said anyone but him

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  Second Phase Of WB Polls Records 85.32% Votes

  India | April 23, 2011 22:18 IST

  Kolkata, Apr 23: An estimated 85.32 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise in the second phase of assembly poll in 50 constituencies in three districts of West Bengal which was entirely peaceful.Prominent

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  Polling Official Applied Indelible Ink On Amputated Limb In Kerala

  India | April 14, 2011 16:12 IST

  Kottayam, Apr 14: A man whose left arm was amputated after an accident has complained that he was "harassed and insulted" by presiding officer in a booth in Poonjar segment by insisting that the indelible

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  Battle For South: BJP Says Not Just A Token Fight

  Politics | April 12, 2011 22:27 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 12: Vowing to put up more that just a token fight, the BJP today claimed it would have an “impressive presence” in the new Tamil Nadu and Kerala Assemblies and emerge as

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  AIADMK Will Decisively Win TN Polls, says Karat

  Politics | April 06, 2011 18:02 IST

  Coimbatore, Apr 6: CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat today claimed that the AIADMK-led alliance will have such a decisive victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls that no question would arise of the Left Front

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  Lokpal Bill Is A Farce On The Public: Former Judge Rajinder Sachar

  India | April 06, 2011 15:32 IST

  New Delhi, April 6: Former chief justice of Delhi High Court rajinder Sachar says that the government draft of Lokpal Bill, 2010 is a farce on the public.  Writing in The Economic Times, Sachar says,

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  75 Per Cent Turnout In Assam First Phase Poll

  India | April 04, 2011 21:06 IST

  Guwahati, Apr 4: An estimated 75 per cent voters today exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Assam assembly election covering 62 of the 126 constituencies, which was by and large peaceful.“The figure

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  DMK Minister's Assets Rose 780 Times In 5 Years

  Politics | March 24, 2011 10:51 IST

  Chennai, March 24 : In five years of DMK rule, a state minister has multiplied his assets 780 times. At least that's what the official figures show, says a media report. Tamil Nadu food minister

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  Mamata's Manifesto Promises Good Governance in Bengal

  Politics | March 22, 2011 11:21 IST

  Kolkata, Mar 21 :  Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today released her party's manifesto for the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal promising to ensure "good governance" and "impartial administration" replacing the 35-year old "rotten"

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  No Going Back On Decision To Boycott Polls: Vaiko

  Politics | March 21, 2011 22:11 IST

  Tirunelveli (TN) Mar 21 : MDMK leader Vaiko today said there was no going back on the party's decision to boycott the April 13 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls. Upset over AIADMK's "adamant attitude and ill-treatment",MDMK

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  Jayalalithaa On Damage Control Mode

  Politics | March 19, 2011 14:25 IST

  Chennai, Mar 19: Seeking to mollify allies miffed over its "unilateral" announcement of candidates for 160 constituencies, AIADMK today concluded seat sharing arrangements with the Left parties and other minor allies for the April 13

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  Congress Demands 98 Seats In West Bengal Assembly Polls

  Politics | February 22, 2011 22:05 IST

  Kolkata, Feb 22: Congress today demanded 98 seats from its coalition partner Trinamool Congress to contest in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections."Congress must have 98 seats to contest, leaving 196 seats for Trinamool Congress,"

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  Rahul Charisma Failed To Work In Bihar: JD (U)

  Politics | November 19, 2010 22:37 IST

  Patna, Nov 19: Claiming that the 'charisma' of Rahul Gandhi and Lalu Prasad failed to work in Bihar campaign, the ruling JD (U) today said the assembly poll results would be 'astonishing' as evident from

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  RJD-LJP To Form Government : Lalu, Paswan

  Politics | November 18, 2010 22:36 IST

  Patna, Nov 18: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan today claimed that their alliance would pull off a spectacular victory and form the government with two third majority under Prasad. The people