Election
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For Delhi voters, choice is between anarchy and governance, cautions Arun Jaitley
National | Feb 07, 2015, 08:03 AM ISTNew Delhi: As Delhi geared up for its biggest battle, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley cautioned voters that their choice was between “governance and anarchy”, and told them that the result would impact the “country's image”.Finance
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Election to be quashed if crime is not disclosed: SC
India | Feb 05, 2015, 03:52 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday said the suppression or non-disclosure of information about serious crimes by a candidate at the time of filing nomination interferes with the voters' right to make an informed choice
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Delhi polls: Election Commission to monitor press conferences
National | Jan 29, 2015, 10:53 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Election Commission has started monitoring even the press conferences of political parties in addition to the public meetings and rallies.Representatives of Election commission from poll panel will attend press conferences to check
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Narendra Modi has not fulfilled any of his election promises: Mulayam Singh Yadav
National | Nov 29, 2014, 07:37 PM ISTAhmedabad: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to fulfil any of his election-time commitments, including the promise to bring the black money back.“Modi worked hard and
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Contradictions in Smriti Irani's election affidavits
National | May 28, 2014, 06:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Even as a controversy rages over her educational qualification, it has now emerged that HRD minister Smriti Irani had given contradictory declarations in her affidavits in 2004 and 2014 when she contested Lok
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Election to RS seat in Arunachal Pradesh on June 19
India | May 21, 2014, 01:15 PM ISTItanagar: With the term of the incumbent Rajya Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh ending on May 26, election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in the state would be held on June 19. Congress MP Mukut
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Narendra Modi to visit Varanasi, say thanks
India | May 17, 2014, 11:18 AM ISTLucknow: Narendra Modi, set to be the next prime minister, will Saturday pay a thanks giving visit to Varanasi, the second Lok Sabha constituency from which he won handsomely.Party leaders said Modi will fly into
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Lalu's wife and daughter lose election
India | May 16, 2014, 05:17 PM ISTPatna: In an embarassment to RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi and his daughter Misa Bharti lost their elections to the Lok Sabha from Saran and Patliputra parliamentary constsituencies
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Election outcome is vote for stable government: Lord Paul
World | May 16, 2014, 05:06 PM ISTLondon: Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today hailed the decisive outcome of the Lok Sabha elections as a vote for a stable government which he said should concentrate on the betterment of the country.
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SC junks plea on hate speeches during election
India | May 16, 2014, 06:26 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday dismissed a PIL seeking direction to the Election Commission to take action against all the politicians and political parties indulging in hate campaign during electioneering including making hate speeches.Dismissing
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Congress was out-funded in this election: Jairam Ramesh
National | May 13, 2014, 09:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh Tuesday said his Congress party has been "out-funded" as far as this election was concerned, but maintained that the exit polls which predict a BJP clean sweep would
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Indian stocks to see volatility as election nears end
May 11, 2014, 07:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Indian stocks are likely to witness extreme volatility during the trading week beginning Monday amid exit polls and election outcomes, after key indices Sensex and Nifty touched record highs Friday.A big volatility in
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Meet the sportsperson who get Inked in this election
Cricket | May 02, 2014, 07:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: The biggest festival of democracy is being celebrated in the country which boasts of having the largest number of electorates casting their votes and participating in selecting the representatives to govern the country.
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Toll rises to 33 in Iraq election rally bombing
World | Apr 26, 2014, 11:08 AM ISTBaghdad: At least 33 people were killed and 90 others wounded in a series of bombing attacks at a parliamentary election rally in Iraq's capital city of Baghdad Friday, an interior ministry source said. The
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Economy major issue ahead of election in India: Gallup poll
Apr 05, 2014, 07:50 PM ISTWashington: With a record 35 percent Indians saying the national economy was getting worse, India's sputtering economy will undoubtedly be a major issue in the country's month-long election starting Monday, according to a US poll.Suggesting
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UEFA's Platini delays talks on FIFA election plans
Football | Mar 27, 2014, 10:44 AM ISTASTANA, Kazakhstan : UEFA President Michel Platini has pushed back his deadline to decide to contest the FIFA presidential election next year. Platini told UEFA's 54 member federations he will discuss the 2015 FIFA and
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TDP forms election, manifesto panels for Telangana
India | Mar 25, 2014, 07:39 AM ISTHyderabad: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu yesterday constituted a election committee and a manifesto committee for Telangana. Senior MLA L Ramana will be the president of the 16-member election panel while another senior
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Real issue in Darjeeling is lack of development: Bhutia
Football | Mar 24, 2014, 12:49 PM ISTKolkata: Pitted against BJP's S S Ahluwalia who has the backing of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, Trinamool Congress nominee Baichung Bhutia said the real issue in Darjeeling hills was not a separate state, but lack
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Mizoram to take back Bru refugees before election
India | Mar 07, 2014, 11:15 AM ISTAizawl: Mizoram government will soon initiate repatriation of Brus lodged in six relief camps in neighbouring Tripura if the Election Committee gives a green signal for it.The state government and the civil society wants that
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Undertrials can contest election, says Delhi High Court
India | Feb 06, 2014, 10:36 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking to bar a person who is in jail or in police custody from contesting elections, saying it would leave the door open for practice