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  Vote in LA on whether porn actors must wear condoms in sex scenes

  World | July 25, 2012 16:04 IST

  Los Angeles, Jul 25: Los Angeles County officials have approved a ballot initiative that will ask voters to decide whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms in sex scenes.The Board of Supervisors voted

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  EC rejects Mulayam's vote in Prez poll

  Politics | July 22, 2012 20:43 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 20: The Election Commission today rejected Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav's vote in the Presidential poll and directed the Returning Officer (RO) not to count it as the secrecy of the

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  MPs, MLAs to show I-cards to vote in Presidential election

  Politics | July 18, 2012 19:50 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 18: Electors keen to exercise their franchise in tomorrow's Presidential election will have to furnish either their identity card or a letter from the poll authority before being allowed to vote.  “Yes,

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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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  M S Dhoni casts his vote in Jharkhand

  Cricket | June 12, 2012 20:51 IST

  Ranchi, Jun 12: Team India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today cast his vote for the bypoll to the Hatia assembly constituency in Jharkhand.Accompanied by his parents, Dhoni went to his school Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shaymli,

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  Don't vote for Congress, NCP, says Vidarbha farmer's suicide note

  India | April 23, 2012 20:19 IST

  Mumbai, Apr 23: The suicide of a farmer in Vidarbha's Yavatmal district has put the Maharashtra government in a spot, as in his suicide note, he asked people not to vote for Congress and NCP,

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  India Introduced 'Element Of Balance' In UN Resolution, Says Manmohan Singh

  India | March 24, 2012 19:36 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 24: Seeking to mollify Sri Lanka after the vote against it in UNHCR, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today wrote to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, telling him that India made all efforts and succeeded

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  'Domestic Compulsions' Forced Friends To Vote For UN Resolution

  World | March 23, 2012 18:45 IST

  Colombo, Mar 23: In an apparent reference to India, Sri Lanka today said “certain domestic compulsions” had forced some of its neighbours and traditional friends to vote for the UNHRC resolution censuring Colombo for alleged

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  SP Looks To Benefit From MP Muslim Votes By Choosing Saleem

  Politics | March 23, 2012 13:06 IST

  Bhopal, Mar 23: The Samajwadi Party (SP) which humbled the Congress in recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls by cornering majority of the Muslim votes, has offered an olive branch to the minority community in Madhya

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  SP Looks To Benefit From MP Muslim Votes By Choosing Saleem

  India | March 23, 2012 11:44 IST

  Bhopal, Mar 23: The Samajwadi Party (SP) which humbled the Congress in recent Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls by cornering majority of the Muslim votes, has offered an olive branch to the minority community in Madhya

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  BJP Asks Its Jharkhand MLAs Not To Vote For Mishra

  Politics | March 21, 2012 19:10 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 21: Faced with revolt over some of its MLAs supporting Independent candidate Anshuman Mishra from Jharkhand in the Rajya Sabha elections, BJP today said it has directed its legislators not to vote

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  Lanka FM Requests Krishna To Re-Consider Vote On UN Resolution

  World | March 20, 2012 22:55 IST

  Colombo/New Delhi, Mar 20: Sri Lanka today requested India to “reconsider” its support for a US-backed resolution, censoring Colombo at the UN Human Rights Council, a day after New Delhi said it is “inclined to”

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  Govt Agrees To Take Up Lokpal Bill Vote In First Half Of Budget Session

  India | March 14, 2012 13:22 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 14: The government today said it wants to bring the bill to set up anti-corruption ombudsman, Lokpal, in Rajya Sabha during the first part of the current Budget session of Parliament.Replying to

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  Badals Break 46-Year-Old Jinx, Create History In Punjab

  India | March 06, 2012 18:10 IST

  Chandigarh, Mar 6: The SAD-BJP alliance today created history in Punjab by storming back to power for a second consecutive term, breaking a 46-year-old jinx.  Bucking the anti-incumbency trend, the Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) won

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  Cong To Form Govt In Uttarakhand, To Seek Independents Support

  India | March 06, 2012 21:26 IST

  Dehra Dun, Mar 6: Congress tonight appeared on course to form government in Uttarakhand after it took a wafer-thin one seat advantage over ruling BJP in a cliff-hanger of a contest in state assembly polls.Out

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  Vote For Mulayam, Imam Bukhari Tells Muslims

  India | January 28, 2012 17:53 IST

  Lucknow, Jan 28: Alleging the Congress was mainly responsible for the poor state of Muslims in the country, Shahi Imam of Delhi's Jama Masjid Maulana Ahmad Bukhari today appealed to Muslims to vote for Samajwadi

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  Swami Ramdev Appeals To Uttarakhand Voters To Vote For BJP, CPI

  India | January 25, 2012 17:40 IST

  Dehra Dun, Jan 25: Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev today asked people to vote for BJP and CPI in the coming Assembly elections in five states and "reject" other parties which have failed to accept "genuine"

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  Saudi Women To Run, Vote Without Male Approval

  World | December 29, 2011 10:42 IST

  Riyadh, Dec 29: Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian's approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when Women will also run for office for the first time, a

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  Islamists Claim Lead In Landmark Tunisia Vote

  World | October 24, 2011 18:52 IST

  Tunis, Oct 24: Tunisia's main Islamist party today predicted it would secure 40 per cent of the country's first ever free polls, as the birth place of the Arab Spring basked in the world's praise

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  Don't Vote For Congress In UP Polls, Ramdev Tells People

  India | October 21, 2011 21:05 IST

  Etah (UP), Oct 21: Yoga guru Ramdev today asked the people to “teach Congress a lesson” by not voting for its candidates in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls over the party's “failure” in bringing