Anna supporters picket Congress MP’s Jammu home
August 23rd, 2011 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 23 (IANS) Around 50 supporters of Anna Hazare held a demonstration outside the house of Congress MP Madan Lal Sharma here, responding to the call of the activist ... Read more...
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Anna supporters seek Lalu Prasad’s support
August 22nd, 2011 - 10:40 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Aug 22 (IANS) Anna Hazare's supporters in Bihar Monday demanded that Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad support the social activist's anti-corruption movement.Ratnesh, an activist ... Read more...
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Mayawati lures away Samajwadi Party Dalit legislator
August 4th, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 4 (IANS) In what is seen as a retaliation for the Samajwadi Party poaching away her party legislators, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati Thursday managed to ... Read more...
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Hectic parleys in Karnataka BJP for new leader
August 1st, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Aug 1 (IANS) Hectic parleys resumed Monday in the faction-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka to pick a new leader a day after scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa resigned ... Read more...
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Yeddyurappa resigns, wants Sadananda Gowda as successor (Third Lead)
July 31st, 2011 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 31 (IANS) Scam-hit B.S. Yeddyurappa, who resigned Sunday as the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first chief minister in Karnataka, insisted on Lok Sabha member D.V. Sadananda Gowda ... Read more...
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Hegde should apologise, says Karunakara Reddy
July 29th, 2011 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 29 (IANS) Karnataka Revenue Minister G. Karunakara Reddy Friday denied any role in illegal mining in the state and sought an apology from the Lokayukta (ombudsman) for ... Read more...
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Campaign on anti-graft bill in Sibal’s constituency
July 21st, 2011 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) A voluntary group Thursday started a campaign to popularise the anti-corruption Jan Lokpal bill in central Delhi's Chandini Chowk, the parliamentary constituency of union minister ... Read more...
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Woman gangraped in power firm’s housing colony, four held
July 4th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 4 (IANS) A 22-year old woman was gang-raped in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, which is also the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, ... Read more...
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BSP flays Rahul’s ‘double standards’
June 30th, 2011 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 29 (IANS) Reacting sharply to Rahul Gandhi's unscheduled visit to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the family of a girl who was allegedly raped and murdered, Uttar Pradesh's ... Read more...
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Virbhadra not to contest next Lok Sabha elections
June 18th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 18 (IANS) Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Minister Virbhadra Singh Saturday said he would not contest the next Lok Sabha elections but declined to answer if he ... Read more...
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War of words breaks out between Chidambaram and Jayalalithaa (Second Lead)
June 14th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday triggered a full blown war of words with P. Chidambaram accusing the union home minister of ballot ... Read more...
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Soren rejects Munda’s plea, JMM joins Jamshedpur by-poll (Lead)
June 11th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jun 11 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren, who also heads the ruling alliance's steering committee, Saturday turned down Chief Minister Arjun Munda's request not ... Read more...
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JMM rejects Munda’s request not to contest by-poll
June 11th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Jun 11 (IANS) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief and the ruling alliance's steering committee chairman Shibu Soren Saturday turned down Chief Minister Arjun Munda's request not to field ... Read more...
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We pay more compensation to farmers than centre: Mayawati
May 16th, 2011 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 16 (IANS) Stung by the widespread criticism over the farmers' agitation in Greater Noida, the Mayawati government Monday issued a statement to emphasise that it had evolved ... Read more...
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Sonia reviews developmental schemes in constituency
May 12th, 2011 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), May 12 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi here Thursday directed government officials and public representatives to ensure proper implementation of central government-sponsored development schemes in ... Read more...
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Hundreds detained as Congress takes on Mayawati government (Second Lead)
May 12th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/Greater Noida, May 12 (IANS) Hundreds of Congress activists were detained in Uttar Pradesh as they took to the streets, clashed with police, blockaded railway tracks Thursday, a day ... Read more...
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Counting agents should monitor data entry operators: Jayalalithaa
May 11th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, May 11 (IANS) Alleging that data entry operators had facilitated union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's victory in the May 2009 Lok Sabha elections, AIADMK chief J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday ... Read more...
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Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli
May 10th, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, May 10 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi will undertake a two-day tour of her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli from Wednesday to review developmental projects, a party official said ... Read more...
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Bastar is ours, say both BJP and Congress
May 10th, 2011 - 2:38 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Congress Tuesday claimed they would win the Bastar Lok Sabha by-election held May 8.The counting of votes ... Read more...
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About 70 percent voting in Andhra by-polls (Third Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) About 70 percent of the electors cast their votes in the Kadapa Lok Sabha and 81 percent in the Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh Sunday. ... Read more...
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Over 65 percent voting in Andhra by-polls (Second Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Over 65 percent electors cast their votes in the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh Sunday. Barring minor incidents, voting was peaceful, ... Read more...
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Peaceful polling in Andhra by-polls (Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) About 35 percent votes were polled by noon in the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh Sunday. Barring minor incidents, voting was ... Read more...
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Bastar votes in by-poll amid Maoist firing (Lead)
May 8th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 8 (IANS) Polling booths in the urban and forested areas of Bastar in Chhattisgarh presented a study in contrast Sunday, as about 20-22 percent of 11.94 lakh ... Read more...
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Polling begins in Andhra by-polls
May 8th, 2011 - 10:43 am ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 8 (IANS) Polling began in Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district Sunday amid tight security.Voters started casting their votes at 1,512 polling ... Read more...
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Polling begins for Bastar amid Maoist violence
May 8th, 2011 - 10:00 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 8 (IANS) Voting began Sunday for Bastar Lok Sabha constituency by-poll at 8 a.m. amid sporadic firing by Maoists in the interiors areas to scare away the ... Read more...
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Congress-YSR Congress face-off in Kadappa Sunday
May 7th, 2011 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 7 (IANS) The newly launched YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh will face its first electoral test Sunday as its founder leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy takes on ... Read more...
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Campaigning ends for Chhattisgarh by-poll
May 6th, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 6 (IANS) Campaigning ended Friday in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Bastar Lok Sabha constituency where a by-poll will be held Sunday, officials said.There are eight candidates in the fray ... Read more...
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Committed to restoring peace in Bastar: Raman Singh
May 5th, 2011 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 4 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh Wednesday said that the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was committed to restoring peace in the sprawling Maoist-affected Bastar ... Read more...
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BJP government has no control in Bastar: Ajit Jogi
April 30th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 30 (IANS) Ahead of the Lok Sabha bypoll in Bastar next month, senior Congress politician and former chief minister Ajit Jogi Saturday said Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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In Maoist bastion of Bastar, 200 polling booths relocated
April 28th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 28 (IANS) Citing security reasons, the Election Commission has relocated 200 polling booths for the May 8 by-election in Chhattisgarh's Bastar parliamentary constituency where the Maoist shadow ... Read more...
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Congress says it will win Bastar by-poll
April 27th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 27 (IANS) The Congress has struggled in vain to win the Bastar Lok Sabha seat in Chhattisgarh but will be victorious in the by-election next month as ... Read more...
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BJP to step up campaigning in Bastar
April 25th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 25 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and the majority of his 13-member council of ministers will intensify campaigning for the May 8 Bastar Lok Sabha constituency ... Read more...
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WB polls: TMC MP confident of winning 11 constituencies in Kolkata
April 25th, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Apr 25 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay today said his party will win all the eleven assembly constituencies in Kolkata in the ongoing assembly polls.Participating in a rally ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh seeks extra troopers for Bastar by-poll
April 25th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 25 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government has sought at least 15,000 additional paramilitary troopers for the May 8 Lok Sabha by-election from the Maoist stronghold of Bastar, official ... Read more...
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Eight candidates for Bastar Lok Sabha seat
April 22nd, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 22 (IANS) Eight candidates are in the fray for the May 8 election to the Bastar Lok Sabha seat -- an area where Maoists hold sway.Officials said ... Read more...
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