Three wins tighten Romney grip on Republican ticket
April 4th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 4 (IANS) With decisive victories in Republican presidential primaries in three states, frontrunner Mitt Romney virtually assured himself of the party nomination to challenge President Barack Obama ... Read more...
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Romney faces tough fight in deep South (Lead)
March 13th, 2012 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) Ahead of Tuesday's Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi in the deep South to pick up the party candidate to challenge President Barack Obama, leading ... Read more...
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Romney faces tough fight in deep South
March 13th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) Ahead of Tuesday's tough Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi in deep South to pick up the party candidate to challenge President Barack Obama, leading ... Read more...
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Romney pulls ahead, but Ohio still hangs in balance (Lead)
March 7th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 7 (IANS) Mitt Romney pulled ahead to score his fourth victory in Super Tuesday primaries in ten states, but with the most hotly contested prize Ohio witnessing ... Read more...
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Waiting for the Republican Superman!
March 5th, 2012 - 6:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 5 (IANS) Will Mitt Romney emerge on Super Tuesday as the Republican Superman who would challenge President Barack Obama in November? Or would he stumble again to ... Read more...
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Republican presidential hopefuls target Obama
February 21st, 2012 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) Two leading Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are training their guns on President Barack Obama as they woo conservative voters ahead of ... Read more...
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No big revolt, things will calm down: Amarinder
January 7th, 2012 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 7 (IANS) Faced with a situation when his own younger brother has quit the Congress and joined the Akali Dal after being denied the party ticket for the ... Read more...
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Am I appeaser? Ask Osama Bin Laden, says Obama
December 9th, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 9 (IANS) In an unusually feisty, blunt response to opposition Republican charges that he is engaged in a foreign policy of "appeasement," President Barack Obama simply snapped: ... Read more...
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Over 51 percent vote in Kolkata South by-poll
November 30th, 2011 - 8:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 30 (IANS) A little over half of the total number of voters exercised their franchise peacefully in the prestigious Kolkata South Lok Sabha by-poll here Wednesday.
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Bobby Jindal endorses Rick Perry for president
September 13th, 2011 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) Louisiana's Indian American Governor Bobby Jindal has come out in support of Texas Governor Rick Perry for his Republican party's nomination to challenge President Barack ... Read more...
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Indian-American Nikki Haley set to become South Carolina governor
January 12th, 2011 - 10:50 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Nikki Haley, the daughter of Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, is set to become the first woman governor of South Carolina and the first Indian ... Read more...
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BJP, JD-S win Karnataka bypolls, Congress comes third (Second Lead, superseding earlier story)
September 16th, 2010 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Thursday bagged one seat each in two Karnataka bypolls, but the Congress drew a blank, continuing ... Read more...
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BJP, JD-S win Karnataka bypolls, Congress loses again (Lead)
September 16th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Thursday grabbed a seat each in two Karnataka bypolls, but the Congress again drew ... Read more...
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BJP, JD-S win Karnataka bypolls, Congress loses again
September 16th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 16 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and opposition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) Thursday bagged one seat each in two Karnataka bypolls, but the Congress drew a blank, continuing ... Read more...
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Mulayam renominates Jaya Bachchan to Rajya Sabha (Lead)
May 26th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow/New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has again named actress-politician Jaya Bachchan for another term in the Rajya Sabha, a move that is likely to ... Read more...
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Amar sings praises of Mayawati, Sonia, fuels war with SP (Lead)
January 30th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) Saturday said it will soon take a "final decision" on Amar Singh after the rebel leader tried to cosy up to the ... Read more...
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Congress Himachal bypoll campaign launched by an upset Virbhadra
October 26th, 2009 - 12:13 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Oct 26 (IANS) Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Monday launched the Congress party's election campaign in Himachal Pradesh for the Nov 7 by-elections to two assembly seats, while saying he should ... Read more...
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President’s son trails in early trends
October 22nd, 2009 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 22 (IANS) Rajendrasingh Shekhawat, son of President Pratibha Patil who is contesting from Amravati, was trailing behind a Congress rebel and former minister Sunil Deshmukh in early trends Thursday.
At ... Read more...
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Modi dons teacher’s cap for party ministers in Karnataka
September 29th, 2009 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 29 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is in Mysore to hold 'classes' on team building and human resource development for ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ... Read more...
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A pen stand called ‘Nano’ (Poll Prattle)
April 11th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is hoping to zip zap zoom to victory. Or so it would seem from the Nano memorabilia - modelled on the ... Read more...
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BJP withdraws Sangli nominee in favour of Congress rebel
April 8th, 2009 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 8 (IANS) Deepak Shinde, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Sangli Lok Sabha seat, Wednesday withdrew his candidature in favour of Ajit Ghorpade, a rebel candidate who ... Read more...
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Congress rehabilitates Margaret Alva
March 31st, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 31 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday chose Margaret Alva to fight the Lok Sabha poll from Uttara Kannada constituency in Karnataka, five months after sacking her as general secretary for ... Read more...
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Sink differences over ticket to Madan Lal, Congress cadre told
March 28th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, March 28 (IANS) Amid raging infighting over a party ticket to former cricketer Madan Lal to contest Lok Sabha elections from Himachal Pradesh, the state Congress chief Saturday asked the party ... Read more...
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Poonam Mahajan meets Raj Thackeray, denies rift with BJP
March 27th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing leader Poonam Mahajan-Rao, daughter of late Pramod Mahajan, Friday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, then said there was ... Read more...
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Highlights of the Election Commission order indicting Varun Gandhi
March 23rd, 2009 - 1:26 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Election Commission Sunday found Varun Gandhi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee for the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh, guilty of violating the ... Read more...
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Senior MCD official arrested for corruption
March 18th, 2009 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday was sent to two days' police custody after he was booked by the anti-corruption cell on ... Read more...
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Denied nominations, two RJD leaders join JD-U
March 18th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 18 (IANS) Unhappy over being denied party nomination to contest the Lok Sabha elections, two leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Wednesday defected to Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United ... Read more...
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Senior MCD official booked on corruption charges (Lead)
March 18th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was booked by the anti corruption cell on charges of having demanded Rs.20 million from a south-Delhi ... Read more...
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Senior MCD official booked on corruption charges
March 18th, 2009 - 4:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was booked by the anti corruption cell on charges of having demanded Rs.20 million from a south-Delhi ... Read more...
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Former eBay CEO to run for California governor
February 10th, 2009 - 6:52 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Feb 10 (Xinhua) Former eBay chief executive officer Meg Whitman has said that she will run for California governor to replace Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2010."California faces challenges unlike any other ... Read more...
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Bangladesh parties accept new poll dates, want emergency lifted
November 25th, 2008 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 25 (IANS) The two major political alliances of Bangladesh led by the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) respectively have accepted the revised schedule for the elections due ... Read more...
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Congress leader to contest Kashmir election as independent
November 11th, 2008 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 11 (IANS) Octogenarian Congress leader and former MP Ghulam Rasool Kar Tuesday decided to fight the coming Kashmir elections as an independent candidate after his request for a party nomination ... Read more...
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Highlights of Obama’s life and times
November 5th, 2008 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) Here are the highlights of US president elect Barack Obama's life and career:Born: Aug 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii.Parentage: Father Barack Hussein Obama, Sr., a Luo from Nyang'oma ... Read more...
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BJP faces revolt in Chhattisgarh over nominations
October 22nd, 2008 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Oct 22 (IANS) Chhattisgarh's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bet on new faces by not fielding 18 sitting legislators, including a minister, in the first list of 78 candidates, but ... Read more...
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McCain facing a Republican mutiny
October 13th, 2008 - 1:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.13 (ANI): Senior members of the Republican party are reportedly in open mutiny against John McCain''s presidential campaign, after a disastrous period which has seen Barack Obama solidify his lead ... Read more...
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