Politicians take backseat as US remembers 9/11 victims (Lead)
September 12th, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Eleven years after terrorist attacks destroyed New York World Trade Centre's twin towers, thousands gathered Tuesday at ground sero and elsewhere to remember nearly 3,000 ... Read more...
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Hollande gives Sarkozy a run for his money (Second Lead)
April 23rd, 2012 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 23 (IANS) Incumbent President Nicolas Sarkozy, who stood second in the first round of France's presidential poll, faces a tough challenge from socialist Francois Hollande as the country ... Read more...
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Sarkozy challenges Hollande to public debates
April 23rd, 2012 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 23 (IANS) President Nicolas Sarkozy has challenged socialist Francois Hollande, who won the first round of France's presidential poll, to hold three public debates with him before the ... Read more...
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Enforce noise laws during polls, Prithviraj Chavan urged
February 4th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) A day after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) threatened to hold election campaign rallies on Mumbai's streets, an organization working in the pollution field Saturday ... Read more...
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Rousing reception for Anna Hazare in Pune
April 11th, 2011 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Pune, April 11 (IANS) Over 2,000 people accorded a rousing reception to social activist Anna Hazare, who arrived here Monday evening from New Delhi after rallying the whole nation in ... Read more...
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Marathons, street plays in BJP’s anti-graft campaign
April 5th, 2011 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will conduct marathon races and street plays as part of its nationwide "jan sangarsh (public struggle)" against the central ... Read more...
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Uganda’s Prez filing lawsuit against hip-hop rappers over campaign song
December 9th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 9 (ANI): The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, is suing the rappers who mixed his renditions of Ugandan folk songs to create a hugely popular rap song.Museveni sang children's ... Read more...
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Nitish Kumar vows to seize property of corrupt
October 25th, 2010 - 4:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Imran Khan
Patna, Oct 25 (IANS) He is promising to develop Bihar. And at rally after rally, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also vowing to send to jail the corrupt and seize ... Read more...
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Give me chance to finish development work, Nitish to voters
October 12th, 2010 - 7:21 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Plugging development as his main poll plank, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been urging people at several campaign rallies to vote and give him another term ... Read more...
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What keeps our senior politicians going?
May 5th, 2009 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
By Shweta Srinivasan
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) What keeps our senior politicians, many of whom are in the 70-plus category, healthy in the heat and dust of the campaign trail? Answer: ... Read more...
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Lalu will become PM one day: Rabri Devi
May 4th, 2009 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, May 4 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi said here Monday that she was confident that her husband, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, will become ... Read more...
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Fernandes begs for votes, says it may be his last election
April 18th, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 18 (IANS) Veteran socialist George Fernandes is virtually begging for sympathy votes, telling voters in Muzaffarpur that he was near "my end" and that this could be his last election.
Denied ... Read more...
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After first phase, campaign focuses on money (Political Roundup)
April 17th, 2009 - 9:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) With the first round of balloting accounting for 124 of the 543 seats over, the shrill campaign rhetoric, that had even turned personal, subsided considerably Friday ... Read more...
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Holiday mood in Jammu as polling begins
April 16th, 2009 - 10:50 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 16 (IANS) The sky was overcast in this winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday morning and residents took it easy on an extra holiday, while security forces kept ... Read more...
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Why did Advani not resign over Kandahar, asks Sonia (Roundup)
April 14th, 2009 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur/Bhopal, April 14 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday continued her attack on Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, demanding to know why he did not resign over ... Read more...
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VHP leader’s murder, riots major issues in Orissa
April 7th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
By Jatindra Dash
Bhubaneswar, April 7 (IANS) The killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader last year and the communal violence it triggered in Orissa have become major election campaign issues.At ... Read more...
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Pressure mounts on Palin to react to racist Govt. e-mails about Obama
December 19th, 2008 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
London, December 19 (ANI): Alaska Governor Sarah Palins critics are demanding that she respond to the circulation of racist e-mails about U.S. President-elect Barack Obama by staff members in her state''s ... Read more...
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Palin could turn to TV to restore her tarnished image
November 12th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Nov.12 (ANI): Losing Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin could turn to television networks across the United States to restore her image, reports the New York Times.
Palin ... Read more...
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Kenya in carnival mood in expectation of Obama victory
November 4th, 2008 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Nairobi, Nov 4 (Xinhua) Carnival mood has gripped Kenya as citizens were planning massive parties with the expectation that US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will make history by becoming the first ... Read more...
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Pakistani TV cameras trained on US polls
November 3rd, 2008 - 11:31 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) Every morning, Pakistan wakes up to television programmes on the US election. The discussions, analysis and forecasts continue through the day till midnight talk shows, with news channels ... Read more...
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Conservatives believe McCain has blown his White House bid: NYT
October 13th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.13 (ANI): Conservative Americans are of the view that Republican presidential candidate John McCain has blown his chances of securing the White House.
According to the New York Times, the Right ... Read more...
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No negativity, but India does figure in Pakistan
February 18th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by admin
By Devirupa Mitra
Islamabad, Feb 18 (IANS) The once-endemic anti-India rhetoric is gone. Even Kashmir did not figure in campaign rallies. As Pakistanis voted Monday, there appeared to be some genuine admiration for ... Read more...
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Pakistan election campaign ends with bomb attack
February 16th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
DPA
Islamabad, Feb 16 (DPA) A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people at a campaign office in Pakistan's restive tribal belt as Pakistani political parties held their final election campaign rallies Saturday ... Read more...
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