Polling picks up pace in UP, 42 percent turnout till 3 p.m. (Fourth Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) Election day in Uttar Pradesh started off cold and damp with people huddled indoors but the scene changed as it grew warmer and long queues ... Read more...
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Day gets warmer, polling slowly picks up in UP (Third Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) After a cold, damp start, polling began to slowly pick up in Uttar Pradesh, where the first phase of the staggered elections were under way ... Read more...
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Cold keeps voters indoors in UP (Second Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 1:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) Voting proceeded sluggishly in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday with the rain and cold keeping people away from polling booths in the state, where the first phase ... Read more...
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Slow start to UP elections (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh elections got off to a slow start Wednesday with people reluctant to move out early morning due to the cold and incessant ... Read more...
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Hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh, SP on top: survey
February 6th, 2012 - 8:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party is likely to win 130-170 seats and finish on top of a hung 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly, according to an opinion ... Read more...
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Bright sun brings highest turnout in Uttarakhand (Third Lead)
January 30th, 2012 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dehradun, Jan 30 (IANS) Bright sunshine, and the consequent let up in the cold conditions, resulted in the highest turnout of voters in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, which ... Read more...
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Will stay in Bengal ministry, we are not afraid of anybody: Congress
January 7th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 7 (IANS) Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee told alliance partner Congress that it was free to leave, the state Congress retorted ... Read more...
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Badal vs Badal vs Badal in Punjab’s Lambi seat
January 7th, 2012 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Lambi (Punjab), Jan 7 (IANS) The Lambi assembly seat in Punjab has been famous for one thing - its legislator and Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. But as the state ... Read more...
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Temporary problems with allies will be overcome: PM (Second Lead)
January 7th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) As tensions escalated between the UPA and key alliance partner Trinamool Congress, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday tried to soothe the frayed ties, saying ... Read more...
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Temporary problems with allies will be overcome: PM (Lead)
January 6th, 2012 - 11:08 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) With tensions escalating with ruling UPA's key alliance partner Trinamool Congress, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday hoped that "temporary problems" with allies will be ... Read more...
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Congress calls Trinamool stooge of BJP
January 4th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) Hitting back at the Trinamool Congress for alleging it was colluding with the Marxists, the West Bengal state Congress leadership Wednesday termed its alliance partner ... Read more...
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Jethmalani triggers ruckus in Lokpal debate
December 29th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Former law minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ram Jethmalani triggered a storm in the Rajya Sabha Thursday when he said that a ... Read more...
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Former Karnataka chief minister Bangarappa passes away (Lead)
December 26th, 2011 - 3:13 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Dec 26 (IANS) Former Karnataka chief minister Sarekoppa Bangarappa died here Monday in a private hospital where he was being treated for kidney-related problems, his family members said. ... Read more...
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Make-or-break electoral battle awaits 2012
December 25th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) Midway through Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's second five-year stint, the Congress readies to take on both an aggressive opposition and an uncompromising Anna Hazare ... Read more...
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Sonia slams BJP for obstructing legislations
December 21st, 2011 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for obstructing important legislations that the government was bringing to fight corruption and ... Read more...
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Advani is emotive as Rajnath calls him PM material (Lead)
November 8th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Taking a break from his cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra, veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani became emotional as party colleagues lavishly praised him on his ... Read more...
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Mamata resigns from Lok Sabha
October 8th, 2011 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday resigned as Lok Sabha member, days after winning the Bhowanipore assembly by-polls to make her maiden entry ... Read more...
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Big B remembers Sathe as affable
September 24th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Amitabh Bachchan had met late Congress leader Vasant Sathe during his short political stint in the 1980s and remembers him as an affable person."Vasant ... Read more...
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People questioned my social service: Big B
September 17th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who had a short political stint during the 1980s, says he quit politics as people questioned his "harmless social service".It was ... Read more...
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Bansal takes a dig at Advani
September 9th, 2011 - 12:11 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Thursday took a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's decision to launch a 'yatra' against ... Read more...
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Anna supporters ask PM to contest polls
August 27th, 2011 - 11:15 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 27 (IANS) Thousands of supporters of Anna Hazare marched down the main thoroughfares of this Uttar Pradesh capital Saturday, asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to contest Lok ... Read more...
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Illegal mining: 8 politicos, 500 officials and Rs.18 bn loss
July 21st, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 21 (IANS) Illegal mining has dominated public discourse for nearly five years. Now Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde is ready with a 5,000-page report exposing the politician-officials-businessmen ... Read more...
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Celebrations as Virbhadra turns 77 (Lead)
June 23rd, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 23 (IANS) Four-time former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh turned 77 Thursday, and his supporters here celebrated the day with prayers and distribution of sweets.A large number ... Read more...
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World War veteran dies
June 18th, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 18 (IANS) Piyara Singh, a World War II veteran who took seven bullets but survived while fighting against Germany, has died here at the age of 106, his ... Read more...
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Sack Chidambaram, says BJP’s Joshi (Lead)
June 17th, 2011 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 17 (IANS) Three days after Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa sought Home Minister P. Chidambaran's resignation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manmohar Joshi Friday ... Read more...
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Uma Bharti homecoming may help BJP in Uttar Pradesh
June 7th, 2011 - 6:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The return of former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seen as an attempt by the party ... Read more...
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Left will bounce back in West Bengal, says Karat
May 16th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday vowed to bounce back in West Bengal where it has been routed after for 34 long years."While acknowledging ... Read more...
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Congress wins Kerala cliffhanger from ‘old man’ Achuthanandan (Roundup)
May 13th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) "Old man" V.S. Achuthanandan almost did it, but in the end the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by the Communist veteran lost a cliffhanger of ... Read more...
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Oommen Chandy: veteran Congressman set to rule Kerala
May 13th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) A devout Christian who leads a spartan life, Oommen Chandy is the longest serving Congress legislator from Kerala who is all set to rule for a ... Read more...
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West Bengal opted for change: Sitaram Yechury (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury Friday said the defeat of the Left Front in West Bengal was because the "people opted ... Read more...
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UDF scrapes through in Kerala, LDF a close second (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) just about scraped through to victory in Kerala Friday, with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) putting up a valiant fight ... Read more...
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West Bengal opted for change: Sitaram Yechury
May 13th, 2011 - 3:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury said Friday the defeat of the Left Front in West Bengal was because the "people opted ... Read more...
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Jayalalithaa: Tamil Nadu’s iron woman is chief minister once more
May 13th, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 13 (IANS) Jayaram Jayalalithaa, set to be Tamil Nadu's chief minister for a third time, began life as a small-time movie actress before becoming one of India's most ... Read more...
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LDF, UDF in neck and neck race in Kerala
May 13th, 2011 - 10:26 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) were Friday neck and neck in the race for power in the state, ... Read more...
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CPI-M reports predict losses in West Bengal, Kerala
May 10th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) seems resigned to losing power in West Bengal and Kerala -- after studying reports from its units in ... Read more...
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