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December 2nd, 2008 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Singur (West Bengal), Dec 2 (IANS) West Bengal's principal opposition party Trinamool Congress Tuesday decided to extend support to the Congress for the upcoming byelection from the Sujapur assembly constituency in Malda ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) Voting to elect a new government in the northeastern state of Mizoram ended peacefully Tuesday with at least 75 percent people exercising their franchise."The exact poll percentage would ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) Voting to elect a new government in the northeastern state of Mizoram ended peacefully Tuesday with about 70 percent people exercising their franchise.According to preliminary reports, the voting ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) Moderate polling was recorded Tuesday for the assembly elections in the northeastern state of Mizoram with about 30 percent voters exercising their franchise till midday.The state assembly has ...
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December 2nd, 2008 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 2 (IANS) Polling for the assembly elections in the northeastern state of Mizoram began Tuesday morning amid tight security, officials said. "People in large numbers queued up in front of ...
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December 1st, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Aizawl, Dec 1 (IANS) The northeastern state of Mizoram goes to polls Tuesday with the fight for political supremacy expected to be a triangular one.The battle lines are drawn with the fight ...
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November 29th, 2008 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 29 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will kick-start campaigning in Kerala for the impending Lok Sabha polls Dec 14. She is expected to address the state conference of the Congress ...
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November 28th, 2008 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Political parties are worried that the 20,000 weddings slated to take place in the capital Saturday might steal the show and translate into a low voter turnout, ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The terror strike in Mumbai cast its shadow on the last day of campaigning for the Nov 29 Delhi elections Thursday, with the Congress cancelling all its ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 27(IANS) Unprecedented advertising blitzkrieg, star-studded public rallies, tall claims of development, allegations and counter-allegations fired the political atmosphere in national capital Delhi in the run up to the Nov ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
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Editor's Note: Environment and climate change are among the most important challenges facing humanity today, but have they become key political issues in India? IANS examines how political parties treat them ...
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November 27th, 2008 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's election rally in the capital Thursday was cancelled following the terrorist attack in Mumbai that left least 101 people dead and over 250 ...
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November 26th, 2008 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Nov 26 (IANS) Intensifying its campaign in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress will send Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul to woo voters in the ...
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November 25th, 2008 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
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Kathmandu, Nov 25 (IANS) When Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda met Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Tuesday at his residence here, the former revolutionary had a genuine smile ...
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November 24th, 2008 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Monday turned down a petition seeking legal action against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh and a private ...
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November 24th, 2008 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Vishwa Hindu Parishad general secretary Pravin Togadia denied funding an organisation suspected to be involved in the Malegaon bomb blast even as VHP leader Acharya Giriraj Kishore ...
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November 22nd, 2008 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Nov 22 (IANS) Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad will seek re-election from Bhaderwah constituency in the mountainous district of Doda.Putting all speculation to rest, the Congress ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 7:41 pm ICT by IANS
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Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 20 (IANS) All India Congress Committee coordinator Janardhan Poojary Thursday asked Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president K. Muraleedharan not to "criticise the affairs of another party". "Let him say ...
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November 20th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) A 14-year-old boy will return to his home in Pakistan Friday with a new lease of life thanks to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi - yet another instance ...
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November 18th, 2008 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 17 (IANS) As a stalemate continued over the tribal unrest in West Bengal's West Midnapore district, the ruling Left Front major Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday alleged that "outsiders" ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Srinagar/Jammu, Nov 16 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir goes to the polls Monday to elect a new assembly amid boycott calls by Muslim separatists, with the 10 constituencies in the first of seven-phase ...
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November 16th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
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Jammu, Nov 16 (IANS) Former spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Jammu and Kashmir Hari Om, who had resigned from the party in October, joined the Congress Sunday.Former chief minister ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 15 (ANI): Senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Lal Krishna Advani inaugurated website of V.K. Malhotra, party''s chief ministerial candidate of Delhi on Saturday.
Malhotra has been ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) V.K. Malhotra is using SMSes and even a website for his electioneering, his rival and Delhi Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit ...
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November 15th, 2008 - 4:38 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) Polling for the first phase of election in Chhattisgarh has concluded and five other states will go to the hustings within a week, but the Congress party ...
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November 12th, 2008 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) It was a rather silent birthday party for Delhi Congress chief J.P. Aggarwal.Aggarwal, who turned 63 Tuesday, remained busy throughout the day and met scores of people ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
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Ahmedabad, Nov 11 (IANS) The Congress has criticised the Gujarat government for reportedly offering a soft loan of Rs.95.70 billion and other special incentives to the Tata group for the prestigious Nano ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, Nov 11 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi has put off her Chhattisgarh campaign tour scheduled for Wednesday, party sources said Tuesday.The Congress chief was scheduled to address two public meetings Nov ...
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November 11th, 2008 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) With two ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists, including a top district leader, convicted in the Tapasi Malik murder case, West Bengal's opposition parties Tuesday were quick ...
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November 6th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by IANS
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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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