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  Polling begins in Maldives to elect new President

  World | November 09, 2013 10:34 IST

  Male : Polling for long-delayed presidential elections in Maldives began today as the archipelago nation made third attempt to elect a new President in order to avert a constitutional crisis.People stood in long queues outside

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  Sangma asks Congress MPs and MLAs to vote for him without fear

  Politics | July 15, 2012 23:41 IST

  Guwahati, Jul 15: BJP-backed Presidential candidate P A Sangma today called upon Congress MLAs and MPs to vote for him without ‘fear', saying there was no official whip barring them from doing so and cited

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  Presidential polls could be as significant as 1969 : Sangma

  Politics | July 18, 2012 13:50 IST

  Bhubaneswar, July 15: Enthused by backing from 18 political parties, opposition Presidential Candidate P A Sangma today hoped to draw support from some more parties and said the July 19 polls could be as significant

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  Mamata happy at GJM decision to participate in polls

  Politics | July 02, 2012 12:39 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 30: With the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) agreeing to contest elections to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, the new hill council in Darjeeling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has welcomed it saying that

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  GJM to go along with Mamata's decision on Prez polls

  Politics | June 28, 2012 19:15 IST

  Kolkata, Jun 28: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today said it will support whatever decision taken by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the presidential election.“We have not given any thought about the presidential

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  Nobody has approached us so far, Jaya on presidential polls

  India | May 05, 2012 9:58 IST

  Chennai, May 5:  AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said her party was yet to decide on the ensuing presidential polls and nobody had approached her so far on the issue.“AIADMK has

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  Mulayam, Mamata hold key to Presidential polls

  India | April 26, 2012 14:11 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 26: SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee appear to be holding the key to the election of the next President amid indications that Congress would initiate formal

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  A Tearful Vlamdir Putin Claims Russian Presidential Election Victory

  World | March 05, 2012 12:07 IST

  Moscow, Mar 5: Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election Sunday to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. His eyes brimming with tears, he