Thackeray bats for Sushma Swaraj as PM, BJP says decision later (Second Lead)
September 10th, 2012 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray Sunday expressed admiration for BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and termed her best suited to becoming the next prime minister ... Read more...
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Shahabuddin dropped, Raja Pervez Ashraf is PPP’s new PM hopeful (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Thursday dropped Makhdoom Shahabuddin as its candidate for the office of prime minister after an anti-narcotics court issued non-bailable arrest ... Read more...
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Five in race for Pakistan PM’s post (Lead)
June 21st, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) Five candidates, three from the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and one each from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Thursday filed ... Read more...
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Pakistan prime ministerial hopeful Makhdoom Shahabuddin - a brief profile
June 20th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 20 (IANS) Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Shahabuddin has been short-listed as one of the candidates for Pakistan prime minister's post following a Supreme Court ruling disqualifying Yousuf ... Read more...
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Modi needs to review style of working: RSS mouthpiece (Lead)
June 3rd, 2012 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) In an apparent disapproval by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's style of working, an article in the organisation's ... Read more...
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Gadkari slams ‘55 chief-minister candidates’ comment
March 2nd, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) BJP MP Varun Gandhi's comment of "55 chief ministerial" candidates in Uttar Pradesh has displeased party president Nitin Gadkari who said Friday he had ... Read more...
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India 2012 will be a story of enterprising Indians, mediocre leaders (Comment)
December 29th, 2011 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
2012 could be another atrophied year for India due to mediocre leaders without a cogent vision for the country. A country of 1.2 billion people, with boundless resources and energy, ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh: joining the battle for the heartland of India (Comment)
November 19th, 2011 - 3:35 pm ICT by IANS
The bugle has been sounded and the country is poised for another bruising round of elections which will make or mar the reputations of several parties and politicians.Some of the ... Read more...
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Don’t have expectation for any post: Gadkari
October 9th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Amid speculation about his emerging as one of the prime ministerial candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), party president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said that ... Read more...
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Advani hints he may not be PM candidate in 2014
September 21st, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Sep 21 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Wednesday indicated for the first time he may not be the candidate for prime minister's job in ... Read more...
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BJP’s PM wannabes more enthusiastic than party (Comment)
September 17th, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
It is understandable that the Congress' present condition of disarray will encourage its opponents to take it on in an electoral battle. But curiously, the enthusiasm is noticeable more ... Read more...
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WikiLeaks: Afghanistan steeped in monumental corruption
December 3rd, 2010 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) A new set of leaked US diplomatic cables portray Afghan President Hamid Karzai as paranoid, with an "inability to grasp the most rudimentary principles of state-building" ... Read more...
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Tibetan netizens debate their prime ministerial candidates
October 2nd, 2010 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Dharamsala, Oct 2 (IANS) The Tibetan cyberspace is abuzz with activity ahead of Sunday's primary elections to shortlist candidates for the 'prime minister' and parliament of the Tibetan government-in-exile here.The ... Read more...
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Fourth round of Nepal prime ministerial election today
August 6th, 2010 - 1:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, Aug 6 (ANI): Nepal Parliament will conduct a fourth runoff election for the post of prime minister today.The previous three elections held on July 21, July 23 and August 2 ... Read more...
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Nepal next prime ministerial runoff on August 2
July 24th, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, July 24 (ANI): The Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Legislature- Parliament has decided to hold the third runoff election for the prime ministerial post on August 2.The BAC took the decision ... Read more...
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Nepal PM impasse makes West restive
July 23rd, 2010 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 23 (IANS) Growing restive at the protracted impasse over electing a new prime minister in Nepal, western governments have begun to show concern that it may affect the ... Read more...
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UN mission chief says Afghanistan will flounder without functional government
January 4th, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by ANI
London/Kabul, Jan. 4 (ANI): The head of the United Nations in Kabul has warned that Afghanistan risked floundering "without a functioning government", after only seven of the President's twenty-four ministerial candidates were ... Read more...
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Advani elected leader of opposition (Lead)
May 31st, 2009 - 10:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani was Sunday formally elected as leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
A meeting of the ... Read more...
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Six prominent faces of campaign 2009
May 14th, 2009 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Ashish Mehta
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) While the likes of L.K. Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sonia Gandhi of the Congress have led election campaigns before, there ... Read more...
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Leaders of other fronts are power hungry: Sonia
May 1st, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, May 1 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday said various leaders, who claim to be prime ministerial candidates, are "power hungry" and are "least bothered" about the welfare of the ... Read more...
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Rayalaseema - battleground for Andhra chief ministerial candidates
April 19th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Mohammed Shafeeq
Hyderabad, April 19 (IANS) With the first phase of assembly and Lok Sabha elections over in Andhra Pradesh, all eyes are on the Rayalaseema region that has turned into a ... Read more...
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Congress slams Advani for skipping PM’s dinner
April 15th, 2009 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday criticised Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani for skipping Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's dinner for outgoing Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee and ... Read more...
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Advani to skip PM’s dinner
April 14th, 2009 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Tuesday decided not to attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a farewell for Lok Sabha ... Read more...
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Congress, BJP spar over Manmohan, Advani (Roundup)
April 11th, 2009 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Five days ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the main rivals, the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Saturday exchanged strong words over their respective ... Read more...
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Only Congress can provide stable government, strong PM: Sonia
April 11th, 2009 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 11 (IANS) Ridiculing the launch of various alliances ahead of the general elections, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Saturday only her party was capable of providing a stable and ... Read more...
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Prime Minister Dr. Singh should debate with Advani, says Arun Shourie
March 30th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
By Ajitha MenonKolkata, March 30 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Shourie on Monday said that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh should not hesitate from joining BJP leader L.K. Advani ... Read more...
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Sonia targets NDA for promoting communal elements
March 23rd, 2009 - 8:07 pm ICT by ANI
Davangere (Karnataka), Mar 23 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday targeted the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for promoting communal elements and shaking the foundations of Indian democracy.Gandhi, ... Read more...
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Jaspal Bhatti to contest polls… Wants to be PM!
March 16th, 2009 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 16 (IANS) Sounding his election bugle with a colourful brass band in tow here, comedian-actor Jaspal Bhatti Monday announced that he would contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections with ... Read more...
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Manmohan, Advani, Rahul, Modi - who will be next PM? (Lead)
January 18th, 2009 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) With election drums sounding on the horizon, India's two prinicipal political formations have begun debating their prime ministerial candidates, with closed door talk weighing their vote-drawing qualities ... Read more...
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Mizoram records 75 percent turnout in peaceful poll (Round up)
December 2nd, 2008 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Polling ends in Mizoram with 70 percent turnout (Second lead)
December 2nd, 2008 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Moderate polling in peaceful Mizoram (Lead)
December 2nd, 2008 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Voting for Mizoram assembly elections begins
December 2nd, 2008 - 10:17 am ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Stage set for Mizoram assembly polls Tuesday (Curtain raiser)
December 1st, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by IANS
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 ... Read more...
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Advani calls Manmohan Singh weakest PM
November 11th, 2008 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jagdalpur (Chhattisgarh), Nov 11 (IANS) Manmohan Singh is the country's weakest prime minister, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said at an election rally here Tuesday."Manmohan Singh is the weakest ever ... Read more...
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