Assemblypolls
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Shiv Sena Will Win 2014 Assembly Polls, Says Uddhav
National | Mar 18, 2012, 08:29 AM ISTMumbai, Mar 18: Stating that Shiv Sena's success in the recent civic polls in Mumbai and other places in Maharashtra was only the beginning, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said his party would win majority
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Congress Downplays Trivedi's Mid-Term Poll Remark
India | Mar 08, 2012, 04:05 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 07, 2012, 06:54 PM ISTNew 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 | Mar 06, 2012, 09:21 PM ISTLucknow, 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 | Feb 03, 2012, 02:41 PM ISTPanaji, 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 | Jan 27, 2012, 02:56 PM ISTLucknow, 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 | Jan 23, 2012, 10:46 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 22, 2012, 12:37 PM ISTPatiala, 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 | Jan 20, 2012, 11:45 AM ISTThoubal (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
National | Jan 17, 2012, 05:39 PM ISTSant 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 | Jan 14, 2012, 05:43 PM ISTLucknow, 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 | Jan 11, 2012, 08:56 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 10, 2012, 08:49 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 09, 2012, 10:49 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jan 06, 2012, 08:05 PM ISTNew 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 | Jan 05, 2012, 05:22 PM ISTPune, 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
National | Dec 20, 2011, 08:04 PM ISTLucknow, 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 | Nov 18, 2011, 02:04 PM ISTDehra 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
National | Oct 23, 2011, 08:31 AM ISTMathura, 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
National | Oct 21, 2011, 05:39 PM ISTDehra 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