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  Denmark To Get 1st Female PM After Left Wins Vote

  World | September 16, 2011 8:12 IST

  Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept 16: Denmark has elected its first female prime minister, ousting the right-wing government from power after 10 years of pro-market reforms and ever-stricter controls on immigration.Near complete official results showed Thursday that

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  Jaya Faces 'Some Difficulty' In Registering Vote In EVM

  Politics | April 13, 2011 21:20 IST

  Chennai, Apr 13: AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa, a critic of the Electronic Voting Machines, today faced some difficulty in registering her vote following which she took it up with officials who attended to the matter immediately.The

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  PM Skips Vote

  Politics | April 11, 2011 16:20 IST

  Guwahati, Apr 11: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today gave a miss to his right to vote in the Assam Assembly election.Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur are registered voters in Assam's Dispur Assembly constituency where

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  Jaitley Says, Cong Should Take Wiki Seriously On Cash For Vote

  India | March 28, 2011 18:05 IST

  Guwahati, Mar 28: Stating that phraseology like ‘opportunistic' was inconsistent with BJP's views, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today hoped Congress would take Wikileaks seriously on the ‘cash for vote' issue.“Any comment or use of

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  Gadkari Questions PM's Role In Spate Of Scams

  Politics | March 27, 2011 21:55 IST

  Ranchi, Mar 27: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today wondered whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had "silent approval" of the series of scams his government was currently facing and said nobody in the government was taking

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  Egyptians Vote 77 PC 'Yes' For Constitutional Amendments

  World | March 21, 2011 7:36 IST

  Cairo, Mar 20: Fresh from upturning the 30-year rule of Hosni Mubarak, Egyptians have voted  overwhelmingly to endorse a package of constitutional amendments, paving the way for fresh parliamentary elections. Over 77 per cent of

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  NRIs Can Now Vote, Govt Issues Notification

  India | November 24, 2010 17:38 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 24: A longstanding wish of millions of NRIs for voting right in India has come true with the Centre issuing a notification to this effect to enable them to exercise their franchise.

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  Vote Swings Can Cause Wins, Upsets In Bihar

  Politics | September 29, 2010 17:34 IST

  Patna, Sep 29: Negative vote swings are what the ruling NDA in Bihar and the RJD-LJP combine has to look out for in the assembly elections as it can prove to be costly. A negative