May 16th, 2008 - 8:38 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) Voting began Friday morning in 66 constituencies in 10 districts of central, coastal and parts of north Karnataka in the second phase of elections for the 224-member state assembly. Over 11 million people are eligible to vote to decide the fate of 589 candidates - an ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore , May 15 (ANI): With an additional layer of security in the Naxal infested districts of Udupi, Shimoga and Chiknagalur, Karnataka is all set for the second phase of assembly polls on Friday.
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May 15th, 2008 - 1:58 pm ICT by admin
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By Fakir Balaji
Mangalore, May 15 (IANS) In the second phase of polling Friday, the die is cast for a no-holds-barred contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in 66 assembly constituencies across 10 districts in coastal and central Karnataka. In all, about 590 candidates are in the ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 12:58 am ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 14 (IANS) Narendra Singh Tomar, president of the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Wednesday said he would not contest the assembly polls slated to take place later this year. He said the BJP retaining power was more important for him than gaining power for ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:52 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 14 (IANS) Political parties in Karnataka Wednesday ended their campaign for the second phase of polling Friday for 66 assembly seats in 10 districts in central, coastal and northern parts of the state. Over 11 million people are eligible to vote and decide the fate of 589 candidates, ...
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May 14th, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by admin
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By K G Vasuki
Shikaripura (Karnataka), May 14 (ANI): The small town Shikaripura in Malnad area of Karnataka has woken up to the tremors of Assembly elections. For the people of Shikaripura, this election is a fight for supremacy between two leaders.
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:54 am ICT by admin
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By KG Vasuki
Bangalore, May 14 (ANI): In a way all eyes are on Harappanahalli where mining lord and BJP MP from Bellary Karunakara Reddy is contesting against the soft-spoken Lingayat leader and Karnataka's former deputy chief minister M P Prakash of the Congress.
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May 14th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by admin
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Mangalore, May 14 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called for a stable government in poll bound Karnataka.
"It is the need of the hour today, that the new government which is formed in the state, completes a five year term in office," Sonia said.
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:50 pm ICT by admin
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Bellary (Karnataka), May 13 (ANI): As Karnataka gears up for the second phase of Assembly elections slated for May 16, migrants from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh hold the key in the State's Bellary District.
Chief Minister of the neighbouring Congress-ruled Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy is also campaigning for the Congress ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 10:53 pm ICT by admin
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Patna, May 13 (IANS) Over 58 percent children in Bihar are malnourished, said a voluntary organisation after visiting rural pockets of the state. The Citizens' Alliance against Malnutrition (CAM), which comprises parliamentarians cutting across party lines, described the situation in Bihar as alarming.
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May 13th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Tuesday made a scathing attack on the Congress-led UPA government, claiming it has adopted a "step-motherly" attitude towards her state and was not doing enough for the development of the backward regions. "The Congress-led union government is adopting a step-motherly attitude ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 5:00 pm ICT by admin
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Bathinda (Punjab), May 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers Tuesday damaged buses and pulled down hoardings with pictures of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his son Sukhbir Badal here to protest alleged violence against BJP workers by activists of ruling alliance partner Akali Dal during panchayat polls. ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
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Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) As Mayawati Tuesday completed one year as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, activists of her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) painted this state capital blue, the colour of her party's flag, and celebrated the occasion. There were a number of huge makeshift gates carrying her larger-than-life pictures and ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by admin
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By Fakir Balaji
Shikaripura (Karnataka), May 13 (IANS) In the heart of Malnad region in central Karnataka, two former chief ministers - B.S. Yeddyurappa and S. Bangarappa - are locked in a mother of all poll battles in the second phase of the state assembly elections May 16 from this constituency, ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin
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Muzaffarpur (Bihar), May 13 (ANI): Cutting across party lines, a group of young lawmakers are vociferously campaigning to root out the menace of malnutrition in the country.
Working under the banner of 'Citizen Alliance', the lawmakers also have the support of popular figures and leading personalities from the fields of ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:30 pm ICT by admin
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Bellary (Karnataka), May 13 (ANI): In the second phase of elections for the Karnataka assembly constituency of Bellary, the battle is between two feudal families, one belonging to the Congress and the other to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The Reddy family of the BJP and the Lad family of the ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by admin
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Kochi, May 13 (IANS) Astrologer to the stars and controversial guru Swami Amritananthachaithanya alias Santosh Madhavan was arrested here Tuesday morning on charges of cheating a woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2004. Madhavan, who was arrested at Aluva near here, has been taken to an undisclosed destination ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 10:38 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) It is perhaps just a matter of time, given the "certain weariness" with the mainstream political parties, before Mayawati becomes India's prime minister, says a new autobiography of the Uttar Pradesh chief minister released to time with the first anniversary of her fourth stint as ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:30 am ICT by admin
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Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha Monday fainted while participating in an agitation launched by the party here. Sinha fainted near Chief Minister Madhu Koda's official residence. The former central minister was leading a team of BJP workers to protest against rising prices and corruption. ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 12:29 am ICT by admin
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Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Incidents of violence, including clashes between workers of the ruling Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine, marred voting in Punjab's panchayat polls Monday. One opposition Congress worker was killed and dozens of Congress and ruling Akali Dal-BJP workers were injured at various places in the violence.
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May 12th, 2008 - 11:59 pm ICT by admin
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Kundapura (Karnataka), May 12 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Karnataka has lost its tag of being a progressive state.
He said this while on a campaign trail ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections in the state.
Addressing a public meeting in Kundapura in the states ...
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May 12th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin
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Jammu, May 12 (ANI): A shutdown called by several political parties today against the militant attack in Samba has disrupted normal life in Jammu.
Shops, markets and commercial establishments were shut and public and private transport was off the road.
The shutdown is spearheaded by the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 10 (IANS) Around 60 percent of 17.3 million eligible voters including those in Bangalore Saturday voted in 89 constituencies across 11 southern districts of Karnataka in the first phase of assembly elections considered crucial for the Congress' hope of recapturing power in the state. Voting was the lowest, ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Farmers took out a rally in New Delhi on Saturday and threaten to court arrest. They also voiced their anguish over the government's inability to adhere to its promise of loan waiver.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram proposed a waiver of rupees 600 billion of bank ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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Nandigram, May 10 (ANI): An uneasy calm prevails in Nandigram in West Bengal, a flashpoint of conflict between poor farmers and the State government, a day ahead of Panchayat elections set to begin on May 11.
Nandigram has been the flashpoint of a conflict between mostly poor farmers and the ...
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May 10th, 2008 - 2:25 am ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacherjee Friday lashed out against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, saying that he had failed to check rising inflation and advocated a third front alternative. "I repeat what I have said. I did not try to denigrate the prime minister. I have ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 8:07 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 9 (IANS) The last assembly election in Karnataka, held in April-May 2004 along with Lok Sabha poll, resulted in a fractured verdict for the first time in the history of the state legislature. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single largest party winning 79 of the ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 9 (ANI): The Congress Party has evinced confidence of winning maximum number seats in the Karnataka state Assembly polls.
Talking to ANI before the first phase of polling, SM Krishna, the face of the Congress for these assembly elections in Karnataka, said that the first phase was crucial ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 2:00 pm ICT by admin
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Palakkad (Kerala), May 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday called for a daylong shutdown in Kerala's Chittur area after a party activist was killed while returning from a temple festival. Suresh was attacked Thursday midnight in Chittur, 15 km from Palakkad town, and succumbed to his injuries Friday ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 8 (ANI): Senior leader SM Krishna, the face of the Congress for these assembly elections in Karnataka, has declared himself out of the race for the coveted post of Chief Minister if party comes to power.
Talking to ANI in an exclusive interview on Thursday, SM Krishna ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by admin
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Kolkata, May 8 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Thursday said that the Left parties would forge a third front in the run up to the general elections slated for 2009 rather than ally with the ruling Congress or the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bhattacharjee said that the ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today called for stable government in poll bound Karnataka, and said that the state has lost its reputation due to "greed" and "lust" for power.
Dr Singh, while addressing a meeting organised by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) slammed the previous ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday exhorted the electorate in this tech city of India to vote for the Congress and save this "symbol of a new India" from "opportunistic" parties whose governments had dented its global brand by neglecting its infrastructure development. Addressing party workers and ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by admin
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By Mrityunjay Singh
Bangalore, May 8 (ANI): Senior Congress party leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister M. Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday that the political opportunism practiced by the previous BJP-JD (S) State Government had provided the people the clarity as to which party to vote into power during the ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
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By V.S. Karnic
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) More than 40 million voters in Karnataka are eligible to elect a new state assembly in three phases from Saturday in an electoral battle that has assumed national importance. For decades Karnataka's choice has invariably gone against the trend in other states and at ...
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May 8th, 2008 - 12:01 am ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 7 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday cautioned the electorate in Karnataka against giving a fractured mandate again in the state assembly election that gets underway Saturday in the first phase. "As responsible citizens, I am sure you will not make the mistake of giving a fractured verdict ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:04 pm ICT by admin
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By K.G.Vasuki
Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): It is significant that about 47 candidates who are contesting in the first phase of Karnataka assembly elections have criminal records and 82 candidates have declared total assets amounting to whopping rupees 481.2 crores (4.812 billion rupees).
Releasing a report in Bangalore the Karnataka Election ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 11:02 pm ICT by admin
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Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): The Chief Ministerial candidate of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) B. S Yediyurappa on Wednesday offered the sops and hopes of cabinet berth to minorities.
He was addressing a press conference in Bangalore.
"We are going to form the majority government in Karnataka. The electioneering is working towards ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by admin
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Karkala (Karnataka), May 7 (ANI): This small town on the foothills of Western Ghats in Karnataka, known for a giant statue of Jain saint Bahubali, is slowly waking up for the Assembly elections on May 22 .
Development and caste equations seem to be the important factors that would ...
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May 7th, 2008 - 1:39 pm ICT by admin
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By K.G.Vasuki
Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): The first round of the three-phased Karnataka Assembly polls boasts of 47 candidates with criminal cases filed against them.
According to a report released by the State Election Watch Committee, the Congress party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular), have candidates with criminal ...
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May 6th, 2008 - 5:16 pm ICT by admin
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