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Polling begins for final phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh

Polling begins for final phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh

November 20th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by ANI -
Raipur, Nov 20 (ANI): Polling has begun in Chhattisgarh for the second and final phase of assembly elections. Voting is taking place in 51 constituencies in this phase. Political future of 687 ...

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Chhattisgarh polls tomorrow

Chhattisgarh polls tomorrow

November 19th, 2008 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI -
Raipur, Nov 19 (ANI): Elections for 51 seats in the 90-member House, in eight districts of Chhattisgarh will be held tomorrow during the second and final phase of Assembly polls in ...

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42 billionaires, 53 with criminal cases in fray in Chhattisgarh

42 billionaires, 53 with criminal cases in fray in Chhattisgarh

November 19th, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 19 (IANS) As many as 42 billionaires and 53 people with criminal cases against them are in the fray in Chhattisgarh's second and final phase of polling for 51 seats ...

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Campaigning ends for second phase polls in Chhattisgarh

Campaigning ends for second phase polls in Chhattisgarh

November 18th, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 18 (IANS) Campaigning ended Tuesday evening for 51 assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh that are going to polls in the second and the final phase Thursday.Elections for 39 of the total ...

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BSP leader joins Delhi Congress

BSP leader joins Delhi Congress

November 18th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Terming the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) "turncoat", a prominent woman leader of the party Tuesday joined the Delhi unit of the Congress."I feel the BSP is a ...

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Women politicians get a raw deal in Madhya Pradesh

Women politicians get a raw deal in Madhya Pradesh

November 18th, 2008 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Nov 18 (IANS) Notwithstanding their tall claims of empowering women, political parties in Madhya Pradesh have let them down in nominations for the Nov 27 state assembly polls.Despite 47 per cent ...

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Court dismisses expelled BSP member’s plea

Court dismisses expelled BSP member’s plea

November 17th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday dismissed the plea of an expelled Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) member Isam Singh, who had challenged his disqualification as member of the ...

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Apex court turns down plea against political parties

Apex court turns down plea against political parties

November 14th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday refused to take up a lawsuit questioning some political parties availing income tax exemptions without informing the Election Commission about their annual ...

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BSP legislator’s son held for running down three people

BSP legislator’s son held for running down three people

November 13th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Nov 13 (IANS) The son of a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator was arrested Thursday for running down three people in an Uttar Pradesh town, the police said. The dead included ...

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Chhattisgarh set for elections amid Maoist threats

Chhattisgarh set for elections amid Maoist threats

November 13th, 2008 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 13 (IANS) One of India's youngest states, Chhattisgarh, goes to the polls Friday to elect 39 of the state's 90 legislators in the first of the two-phase elections.The Election Commission ...

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Supreme Court bench declines to hear Uttar Pradesh plea

Supreme Court bench declines to hear Uttar Pradesh plea

November 12th, 2008 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday declined to hear a petition by the Uttar Pradesh government seeking the transfer to the apex court of cases pending before the Allahabad ...

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Campaigning ends for first phase of Chhattisgarh polls

November 12th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 12 (IANS) Campaigning for Chhattisgarh's 39 seats, which are scheduled to go to polls Nov 14, ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday.The state has a total of 90 seats and polling ...

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Sri Lankan Tamil MPs in Delhi seeking ceasefire

November 11th, 2008 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Two Sri Lankan Tamil MPs sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers are here to meet political leaders as part of their efforts to bring about a ceasefire in ...

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Delimitation benefits Madhya Pradesh tribal leaders most

November 10th, 2008 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Nov 10 (IANS) The delimitation exercise in Madhya Pradesh that changed the boundaries of assembly constituencies this year may have upset several political bigwigs, including seven ministers and 54 legislators belonging ...

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BJP most affected by delimitation in Madhya Pradesh

BJP most affected by delimitation in Madhya Pradesh

November 9th, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS -
img src="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/images/Bharatiya Janata Party/rode.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" alt="Bharatiya Janata Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party" align="right" Bhopal, Nov 9 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh has been affected the most by ...

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BJP rejects Star News survey predicting Congress win in Delhi

BJP rejects Star News survey predicting Congress win in Delhi

November 8th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday rejected a survey conducted by Star News and A.C. Nielsen that predicted a third chance for the ...

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‘BSP to play kingmaker in Chhattisgarh’

‘BSP to play kingmaker in Chhattisgarh’

November 8th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) claims it has eroded the base of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Chhattisgarh and that the party will play ...

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Shiela Dikshit may get third chance, says Star News

Shiela Dikshit may get third chance, says Star News

November 7th, 2008 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) A survey by Star News and Nielsen has predicted that the Shiela Dikshit led-Congress government might get a third chance in Delhi, winning a slender majority in ...

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Chhattisgarh rebels pose challenge to BJP, Congress

Chhattisgarh rebels pose challenge to BJP, Congress

November 7th, 2008 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Nov 7 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress-Nationalist Congress Party alliance are both facing stiff challenges from the rebels in the run-up to the Chhattisgarh elections ...

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Ticket distribution problems plague Congress in Madhya Pradesh (Lead)

Ticket distribution problems plague Congress in Madhya Pradesh (Lead)

November 6th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Nov 6 (IANS) Despite firefighting efforts by the party high command, the simmering discontent among Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh over denial of tickets for the Nov 27 state elections has ...

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Chhattisgarh parties complain to Election Commission against BJP

Chhattisgarh parties complain to Election Commission against BJP

October 25th, 2008 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Oct 24 (IANS) The Congress and several smaller political parties in Chhattisgarh complained to the chief election commissioner (CEC) Friday that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is misusing government machinery ...

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Dozens injured as Samajwadi party activists clash with police in Varanasi

Dozens injured as Samajwadi party activists clash with police in Varanasi

October 23rd, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Varanasi, Oct 23 (ANI): Dozens including women were injured when Samajwadi party activists demonstrating against Mayawati Government clashed with police here today. Police baton charged and used water canons to disperse the ...

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Opposition walkout on failure to cut oil prices

Opposition walkout on failure to cut oil prices

October 23rd, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Unsatisfied over Petroleum Minister Murli Deora's stand that the government would consider reducing oil and gas prices in the country only after knowing the outcome of Saturday's ...

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Stormy scenes in parliament over CBI ‘misuse’, Orissa violence (Roundup)

Stormy scenes in parliament over CBI ‘misuse’, Orissa violence (Roundup)

October 21st, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Parliament Tuesday witnessed stormy scenes and walkouts by the Left parties and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) over the anti-Christian violence and a CBI threat to a ...

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Political parties welcome arrest of MNS chief

Political parties welcome arrest of MNS chief

October 21st, 2008 - 8:12 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Political parties across the spectrum Tuesday welcomed the arrest of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray following the attacks on north Indians by his party cadre ...

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CPI-M, BSP stage walkout in Lok Sabha (Second Lead)

CPI-M, BSP stage walkout in Lok Sabha (Second Lead)

October 21st, 2008 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Members of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) staged a walkout in the Lok Sabha Tuesday over the house's alleged inability ...

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BJP, Congress struggle to select Madhya Pradesh candidates

BJP, Congress struggle to select Madhya Pradesh candidates

October 21st, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Bhopal, Oct 21 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress are facing an uphill task in selecting candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.The Congress has so far ...

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Ban MNS and arrest Raj Thackeray, demand Congress, Samajwadi Party and BSP

Ban MNS and arrest Raj Thackeray, demand Congress, Samajwadi Party and BSP

October 20th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A day after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad called for a ban on the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the arrest of its leader, the ...

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‘Mayawati trying to woo upper caste vote bank’

October 20th, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was pointlessly trying to woo the upper caste vote bank with her pseudo sympathy. "She (Mayawati) ...

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Kanpur Oct 24

October 20th, 2008 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district Friday, Congress officials Monday said.State congress spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh said: "Rahul Gandhi will be attending ...

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