Sangma plays tribal card to garner support from northeast
June 30th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, June 30 (IANS) Playing the tribal card, former Lok Sabha speaker and NDA presidential candidate P.A. Sangma Saturday appealed to politicians in the mostly Congress-ruled northeastern states - ... Read more...
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A tale of two union ministers
May 24th, 2012 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 24 (IANS) They both belong to Shimla and are union cabinet ministers but when it comes to begging for votes for their Congress party, they belong to ... Read more...
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Punjab municipal polls June 7
May 21st, 2012 - 10:26 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 21 (IANS) The state election commission in Punjab Monday issued the notification for elections to municipal councils and other local bodies in the state. The polls will ... Read more...
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Akhilesh sets fresh rules for SP workers, says don’t cross ‘Lakshman Rekha’
March 17th, 2012 - 1:29 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 16 (IANS) Haunted by the spectre of a repeat of hooliganism that marred the the 2004-2007 tenure of the Samajwadi Party government, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav ... Read more...
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MNS bags Nashik mayor’s post - with BJP support
March 15th, 2012 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Nashik, March 15 (IANS) The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Thursday bagged the prestigious post of mayor in the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) with the unexpected support of ... Read more...
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Finally, covers go off Mayawati statues (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) Draped in pink sheets since Jan 11 following an Election Commission (EC) order, the covers have gone go off scores of statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief ... Read more...
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Day after UP polls, parties assess performance
March 4th, 2012 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) A day after the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh assembly polls ended, political parties spent Sunday assessing their performance - some scaling down their anticipated numbers, while ... Read more...
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Finally, veils to go off Mayawati statues
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) Draped in pink sheets since Jan 11 following an Election Commission (EC) order, the veils will at long last go off scores of statues of ... Read more...
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Finally, veils go off Mayawati statues (Lead)
March 4th, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 4 (IANS) Covered in pink sheets since January following an Election Commission (EC) order, the drapes were at long last drawn off from scores of statues of Uttar ... Read more...
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Rahul spares none — Mayawati, Mulayam, BJP
February 23rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Feb 23 (IANS) On the day of the fifth round of polling for a new Uttar Pradesh assembly, Congress star Rahul Gandhi Thursday told thousands not to trust ... Read more...
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Mayawati flays poll panel for draping statues (Lead)
January 15th, 2012 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who turned 56 Sunday, lashed out at the Election Commission (EC) for veiling her statues and that of the Bahujan ... Read more...
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Mayawati lashes out at CEC for covering statues
January 15th, 2012 - 3:03 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Jan 15 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, who turned 56 Sunday, made a frontal attack on Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi, blaming him for covering her statues ... Read more...
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Quraishi defends cover-up directive to BSP
January 9th, 2012 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) S.Y. Quraishi Monday brushed aside criticism of the directive to cover statues of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati and ... Read more...
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BSP, BJP fooling people, says Congress
January 6th, 2012 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Congress Friday again slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for inducting a tainted former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader in its fold and ... Read more...
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BJP backs JMM in bypoll, JD-U miffed
November 21st, 2011 - 4:07 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 21 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) decision to back ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) in the Dec 4 Mandu assembly bypoll in Jharkhand has upset its ... Read more...
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Non-stop celebrations at Mamata’s house (Second Lead)
May 14th, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) People burst firecrackers and threw green gulal in the air outside Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's residence in celebration Friday as the party wrested power ... Read more...
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BJP’s lotus again fails to bloom in Kerala
May 13th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which had claimed that the lotus - its party symbol - will bloom in Kerala after this assembly elections, had ... Read more...
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Politicos piggyback on Bengali new year bonhomie
April 14th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) With calendars, greeting cards and Rabindranath Tagore's verses, political leaders in West Bengal are trying to make their way into voters' hearts. For, the Bengali ... Read more...
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Kolkata traders make hay selling campaign gear
April 13th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 13 (IANS) From caps to vests, saris to hair clips, umbrellas to flashlights -- almost everything has a party symbol on it these days. City traders are ... Read more...
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Buddhadeb paints town red with roadshow
April 10th, 2011 - 12:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) The red flag fluttered in the spring breeze and giant cut-outs of the 'sickle, hammer and star' party symbol hovered on banners, as West Bengal ... Read more...
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Kashmir solution will usher in peace, development: PDP
March 13th, 2011 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 13 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's main opposition Peoples Democratic Party Sunday asked the central government to "resolve Kashmir issue at the earliest", saying that failing to do so ... Read more...
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PRP’s merger will strengthen Congress: Andhra chief minister
February 6th, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 6 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Sunday welcomed the merger of Telugu superstar K. Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) with the Congress and said this ... Read more...
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Devegowda demands dismissal of BJP Govt. in Karnataka
October 25th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct. 25 (ANI): Former Prime Minister H.D. Devegowda on Monday called for the immediate dismissal of the B.S. Yeddyurappa-led BJP Government in Karnataka, accusing it of taking the practice of ... Read more...
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Gujarat civic polls: BJP plea rejected
September 27th, 2010 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 27 (IANS) The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's plea to the Gujarat Election Commission seeking rejection of the Congress nominees' candidature in the Oct 10 polls to six municipal ... Read more...
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Election Commission to decide on BSP’s party symbol
July 9th, 2010 - 4:38 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Election Commission to decide within three months a complaint-seeking freezing of the 'elephant' symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party ... Read more...
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Roots in Kashmir, PDP spreads branches in Jammu
May 3rd, 2010 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo Joshi
Jammu, May 3 (IANS) With its roots in the Kashmir Valley, main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is slowly spreading its branches in the Jammu region. Its patron Mufti ... Read more...
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Congress not to use party symbol for Haryana civic polls
April 28th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 28 (IANS) The ruling Congress in Haryana will not contest next month's elections to various municipal agencies across the state on the party's election symbol, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda ... Read more...
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Poll panel list shows Shinde’s daughter as NCP candidate (Lead)
October 4th, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) In a "typographical error", the Maharashtra state election commission changed the political party and symbol of Congress candidate Praniti Shinde to that of the Nationalist Congress Party ... Read more...
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Poll panel list shows Shinde’s daughter as NCP candidate
October 4th, 2009 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) In a serious goof-up, the Maharashtra election department "changed" the political party and symbol of Congress candidate Praniti Shinde to that of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). ... Read more...
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Congress condemns Mayawati over violence threat
September 18th, 2009 - 7:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The Congress Friday condemned Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's comment that any attempt to demolish Dalit icons' statues will lead to a law and order situation, ... Read more...
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‘Elephants statues have nothing in common with BSP symbol’
August 6th, 2009 - 1:22 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 5 (IANS) The 60 red-stone elephants installed in the Rs.750 crore Ambedkar Park cum memorial here have nothing in common with the election symbol of Chief Minister Mayawati's Bahujan ... Read more...
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Lawyers urge poll panel to act against Mayawati
July 17th, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) A group of lawyers Friday urged the Election Commission to freeze the election symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and disqualify its chief, Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Chiranjeevi’s party gets new election symbol
July 17th, 2009 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 17 (IANS) The Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi was Friday allotted a new party symbol -- rising sun.
The party had applied for new symbol as it ... Read more...
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Memorials will earn money from tourists: Mayawati (Lead)
July 1st, 2009 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, July 1 (IANS) Seeking to justify use of nearly Rs.3,200 crore (Rs.3.2 billion) of public funds for building grandiose memorials and statues of Dalit icons, including of herself, Uttar Pradesh ... Read more...
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Supreme Court to hear PIL against Mayawati
June 29th, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 29 (ANI): A vacation bench of the Supreme Court will take up a public interest litigation (PIL) filed against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for allegedly misusing public ... Read more...
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